3.5.2022

May It Be

And so it begins. Hybrid events step in as the Schaffhauser Jazzfestival is livestreamed online and also at a venue to be announced in Delhi. Also, Indent Lab announces an open call for artists interested in body and the performative to participate in a four-day hybrid lab.

This month sees four artists travel on research trips to Switzerland: Farah Mulla, Ravi Agarwal and the duo Barnali Bose and Soumya Sankar Bose. Meanwhile we take time to look back at the year before with our annual report, and also catch a glimpse of Peter Rinderknecht's performances in Bangladesh in March this year.

Pro Helvetia New Delhi

'Windschatten' by Farah Mulla, 2016, Dimensions: 6ft Hemisphere, Medium: Kinetic sound sculpture, Supported by KYTA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SWISS ARTS COUNCIL PRO HELVETIA

Annual Report 2021 Online Now

Yet again, we are looking back at twelve extraordinary months in which the Covid–19 pandemic remained a constant challenge for cultural life. In 2021, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia supported almost 5,000 art and cultural projects in Switzerland and in 100 countries across the world.
In the interests of sustainability, we provide the annual report in digital form. You can download your copy here or view it online.

PERFORMING ARTS / OPEN CALL

Apply to LAST-ING | Indent Lab 2022

What meaning might 'last' hold? Indent lab holds a space of introspection and imagination, of shared thinking. It is run as a four-day hybrid lab, offline in New Delhi and online from 9 - 12 June 2022. Applicants could be dancers, performers, researchers or practitioners/ artists with an interest in the body and the performative. Participation on all four days is mandatory. For more information on the application, click here. Applications for Indent Lab are open until 22 May 2022. Selected applications will receive confirmation by 31 May 2022.

EVENTS

MUSIC

Schaffhauser Jazzfestival streamed online and at a venue in Delhi

Since its foundation in 1990, the Schaffhauser Jazzfestival has been dedicated to creativity in the field of "jazz and improvised music". Featuring the finest of Swiss jazz, the festival will take place in Switzerland. All concerts will be livestreamed here. Stay tuned to prohelvetia.in for more information on Boxout.fm organising livestreaming of the event at a venue in Delhi.

RESIDENCIES & RESEARCH TRIPS

VISUAL ARTS

Farah Mulla on research trip to Switzerland

'Crosstalk' by Farah Mulla, 2019, Dimensions: variable, Medium: Sound installation, Supported by Serendipity Arts Foundation.

Farah Mulla is a multimedia artist based in Goa. Her background in science overlaps with her art practice that explores the perception of sound and its effects on human neurology and subjectivity. Often investigating different media, she uses the human voice, field recordings and other modes of inquiries to explore aspects of our listening experience and the invisible agency of sound via multiple modes of perception. During her research trip, Mara will explore various arts and science organisations. Stay tuned to prohelvetia.in for more.

VISUAL ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY

Barnali Bose and Soumya Sankar Bose on research trip to Switzerland

Barnali Bose and Soumya Sankar Bose. Photos courtesy the artists.

Barnali Bose is a film editor and designer from India. She has a filmmaking background, and studied editing from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute. Soumya Sankar Bose is an Indian documentary photographer. In his practice he uses photography, archival material and texts to explore desire, identity and memory. Together they started a self-publishing initiative, RED Turtle Photobook, in 2020. During their trip to Switzerland, they will research photo books and artist books, and to work on their own process technically and aesthetically. Visit prohelvetia.in soon for more information.

INTERDISCIPLINARY

Ravi Agarwal on research trip to Switzerland

Photo courtesy the artist

Ravi Agarwal is an inter-disciplinary artist, environmental campaigner, writer and curator. His work bridges the divide between art and activism, to politicize the entangled questions of nature and its futures. Using photography, video, text and installation he poses questions about ecology and society, culture, urbanity and more. During his stay in Switzerland, Ravi proposes to examine these questions through artistic and pedagogical collaborations possible for sustainable futures. Visit prohelvetia.in soon for more information.

GALLERY

For forty years Peter Rinderknecht, actor, director and author, has been one of the important personalities in theatre for young audiences in Switzerland. As the director of his company “Theater for a Growing Audience” he takes his plays all over the world, creating a unique theatre world in which reality and fantasy merge.

Rinderknecht was in Bangladesh in March 2022 where he performed the piece "Minor Matters" to young audiences. A story of departure, desires, hopes and disappointments, "Minor Matters" was presented to audiences at Alliance Francaise Dhaka, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, University of Dhaka, and Cox's Bazaar.

Here is a glimpse of Peter Rinderknecht's Bangladesh tour.