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Critical Reflection

«Expanding Perspectives»: supported projects

With its call for applications «Expanding Perspectives» (2023), the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia aims to support projects that seek new and creative ways of networking and exchange as part of its thematic focus on «Critical Reflection». A total of 79 projects were submitted by arts and culture practitioners. The specialist jury selected 11 projects …

07.08.2023
© Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

NanoARTS: Selected Tandems 2022

For the NanoARTS call, tandems consisting of Swiss artists and international scientists from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) submitted proposals exploring interfaces between art and nanoscience. A transdisciplinary jury of experts has selected three tandems whose promising collaborations will start in the next months. The three selected tandems are: The Jury consisted of: Giulia Bini, …

28.09.2022
© Martin Heynen
Critical Reflection

Multiply Perspectives: selected projects

With its call for applications «Multiply Perspectives» (2022), the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia aims to support projects that seek innovative ways of thinking critically about art and culture and about their function in society as part of our thematic focus on «Critical Reflection». A total of 53 projects were submitted by arts practitioners following …

08.09.2022
© Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

PolARTS: Selected Tandems 2022

A total of 13 tandems of artists and researchers applied for participation in the PolARTS programme. Among the applicants, four tandems whose submitted project stood out in terms of quality, originality and prospective synergies were ultimately selected by a transdisciplinary jury in cooperation with the PolARTS initiators Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute. The …

01.06.2022
«Snow Sampling on a first field trip of Sabine Harbeke, Margrit Schwikowski and scientists of the Paul Scherrer institute on Jungfraujochfirn 21 & 22 January 2020» © Sabine Harbeke
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

PolARTS: Selected Tandems 2020

A total of 15 tandems made up of renowned artists and researchers applied for participation in the PolARTS pilot project. On the arts side, applicants included representatives of all disciplines supported by Pro Helvetia. Some of the tandem partners got to know each other at a specific matchmaking event in December 2019. Among the applicants, …

30.04.2020