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Selected Projects: «To-gather»

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  • The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has selected 31 projects to support the development and testing of new frameworks and methodologies for working internationally as part of the «To-gather» international collaboration.

    For the first time, «To-gather» supports 2–3-year collaborations between arts practitioners, cultural organisations and institutions in Switzerland and their counterparts in the regions of the Pro Helvetia liaison offices. The call looks to support time for critical reflection on the current situation, for sharing ideas towards more equal forms of exchange between cultures and across contexts, and for experimenting with new formats for collaborating.

    The following projects will be supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia in the coming years:

    Pro Helvetia Cairo / Arab Region

    El-Factory
    Erik Altorfer and Hewar for independent theatre and performing arts
    Theatre; Egypt, Switzerland 

    Extended ecologies
    Medrar for Contemporary and Art The Critical Media Lab (IXDM)
    Visual Arts, Innovation & Society; Egypt, Switzerland 

    Moving Stones
    Marcel Bieri and Sailing Stones Festival
    Music; Tunisia, Switzerland 

    My North is your South
    Alan Alpenfelt and Julia Foster, B’sarya, Olivia Wiederkehr, Thiyazen Alalawi
    Multi-disciplinary; Egypt, Switzerland, and other countries 

    To-Gather in Residencies
    Fashion Revolution Egypt and Fashion Revolution Switzerland
    Design; Egypt, Switzerland 

     

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF 
    PRO HELVETIA CAIRO 

    Pro Helvetia Johannesburg West, Central, East and Southern Africa 

    500 Hands for the Restitution
    Centre d’Art Waza, Collectif d’Art d’Art, Group 50:50
    Interdisciplinary; Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland and other countries 

    Art in human spaces
    Christophe Fellay, Jill Richards 
    Music; South Africa, Switzerland 

    Locus Globus
    Neil Coppen, Ntando Cele, Raphael Urweider, Vaughn Sadie
    Interdisciplinary; South Africa, Switzerland 

    Maabara Exchange
    Maabara Initiative, Theater Spektakel
    Performing Arts; Kenya, Switzerland 

    PORTALS NEXT
    camaguTshawe, Kaserne Basel, National Arts Festival, Sahyande Theatre Interdisciplinary; India, South Africa, Switzerland 

    Reading Africa
    Litar Foundation, Strauhof Zurich
    Literature; Switzerland and other countries  

    (RE)SHAPE
    arthereistanbul, The Art Corner of Tehran, Associação Cultural Scala, CHELA (Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano), Fundación Mar Adentro, Tanzhaus Zürich, Work it Out
    Interdisciplinary; Argentina, Chile, Iran, Mozambique, Turkey, Switzerland 

     

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF 
    PRO HELVETIA JOHANNESBURG 

    Pro Helvetia New Delhi / South Asia 

    Awake the sleeping giants
    Sandbox Collective, Trickster-P
    Performing Arts; India, Switzerland 

    Environmental Art Exchange (EAE)
    Institute of Land and Environmental Art (ILEA); Shazeb Shaikh
    Art, Science and Technology; India, Switzerland 

    How To Live Together?
    Britto Arts Trust, Galerie 3000, HH Art Spaces Foundation, Theertha 
    Performing Arts; Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Switzerland 

    Rotational Rider
    FHNW, Garage Museum, Kunsthalle Zurich, Pivo, Samdani Art Foundation
    Visual Arts; Bangladesh, Brazil, Russia, Switzerland 

    Swiss Indian Network of Experimental Music and Sound (SINEMS)
    Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST, Zhdk), The Indian Sonic Research Organisation (ISRO), and The International Media Music and Sound Arts Network in Education (IMMSANE)
    Music; India, Switzerland 

    WET LAND: New Terrain for Collaboration, spaces of sharing
    Abdul Halik Azeez and Jackie Poloni
    Transdisciplinary; Germany, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Switzerland 

    With the field
    Anga Art Collective, Arte & Escola Na Floresta, Gidree Bawlee Foundation of the Arts, Paloma Ayala and Tara Lasrado
    Visual Arts; Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mexico, Switzerland 

     

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF 
    PRO HELVETIA NEW DELHI 

    Pro Helvetia Shangai / China

    The New Voice Project
    One-way Street Journal
    Literature; China, Switzerland 

    To See, To Say: The new wave of international women independent performing arts project
    Yinzi Theatre
    Performing Arts; China, Switzerland 

    UN-Curating: Arts and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
    UNArt Centre
    Interdisciplinary; China, Switzerland 

     

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF 
    PRO HELVETIA SHANGHAI 

    Pro Helvetia Moscow / Russia

    PERIFERIYA «TO-GATHER»
    Christian Müller and Periferiya collective
    Music; Russia, Switzerland 

    Primeval Forests as Time Machines
    Art & Science Center of ITMO University, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
    Visual Arts, Innovation & Society; Russia, Switzerland 

    Ulyap Chanson: A Transmedia Artistic Journey around the “DJEGUAKOS”
    Flee Project in collaboration with Ored Recordings & V-A-C Foundation
    Transdisciplinary; Russia, Switzerland 

     

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF 
    PRO HELVETIA MOSCOW 

    Pro Helvetia South America

    Amazonia Revisited
    CMC Festival, IOIC – Institute for Incoherent Cinematography
    Music, Interdisciplinary; Virtual 

    EMERGING FUTURES
    ATDaM – Asociación de Trabajadores de la Danza, Casa Parque, COBAI, Danca em Foco, L’Abri-Genève, Fundación RED GESTIÓN CULTURAL, Movimiento en Foco
    Dance & Performing Arts; Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland 

    Exchange program between SACO Biennial and Swiss Institutions
    Atelier Mondial, Corporación Cultural SACO, School of Commons
    Visual Arts; Chile, Switzerland 

    Expanded Translation Platform for Reflection, Co-Creation and Activation, Switzerland/Latin America
    Associação Cultural Scala, Centro de Estudos Africanos, Escuela de Literatura Creativa Universidad Diego Portales, Lia Rumantscha, Looren América Latina, Proyecto Prisma, Übersetzerhaus Looren, Universities of Zurich and Geneva
    Literature; Chile, Mozambique, Switzerland 

    Life Plan for Art & Social Change/Landlocked lands: Shifting peripheries and paradigms
    Arterias Urbanas, Kiosko Galería, Rodolfo Andaur, Sabrina Fernández Casas, URRA Art Residencies
    Visual Arts; Bolivia, Switzerland 

    OpenScape
    iPanda, Materialise, Mwenya Kabwe, Nave, Nika Parkhomovskaia, Sandbox Collective, Reso, The Khan
    Dance, Performing Arts; Chile, China, India, Lebanon, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland 

     

    Find out more about the projects on the Website of
    Pro Helvetia South America

    «To-gather» aims at supporting either new or ongoing long-term international collaborative projects and encompasses all disciplines that are supported by Pro Helvetia: design, interactive media, literature, music, performing arts, visual arts and architecture as well as projects which combine multiple disciplines both within and beyond the arts. Digital formats and analogue formats were selected. Projects include both small or large groups of partners.

    Funding is aimed at projects with the following goals:

    • To encourage artistic collaborations with long-term visions between Switzerland and one or more region of the liaison offices
    • To maintain existing AND develop new professional networks during and beyond the pandemic
    • To reflect on and develop new models of collaboration between artists, and between artists and organisations, towards a more equal and sustainable practice – both on the local and global level


    Ilustation: © Irene Schoch