What is femininity and who owns it? In 'Ef_femininity' a gender-diverse ensemble of performers from Switzerland and India examines the concepts of femininity, hyper-femininity and effeminacy. Under the artistic production of Marcel Schwald and Chris Leuenberger, the piece is choreographed and performed by Shilok Mukkati, Diya Naidu and Chris Leuenberger, with Living Smile Vidya on video projections.
Location: Bengaluru, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata
Hans Ulrich Obrist will be in New Delhi for the release of The Hans Ulrich Obrist Khoj Marathon Interviews book which is a collection of conversations from the Khoj Marathon with Hans Ulrich Obrist – a marathon-style, public interview series that was held in New Delhi in 2011 with 26 artists, curators, social philosophers, political analysts, activists and academics.
Location: India Art Fair Auditorium, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi
The Embassy of Switzerland in India in collaboration with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and the Habitats Trust presents Triggered by Motion created by the Art x Science Office, University of Zurich and Wiping Out by Karoline Schreiber at India Art Fair 2025.
Friday, 31.01.2025
Wednesday, 12.02.2025
Literature
With books translated into 41 languages, Peter Stamm will be on a tour in India. He will be in conversation with his translator Michael Hofmann about his book 'The Archive of Feelings' at the Jaipur Literature Festival. He will later travel to New Delhi and Varanasi.
Panorama Editions presents its next international art Salon in the epic Gwalior Fort. With 15 Embassies participating from across the world in cultural exchange with local Indian talent from Gwalior, a unique one night only theatrical happening is set to take place for the first time in the Fort’s history. Working with the twin themes of Desire and Sustainability, a cast and crew has been assembled to construct a moving tableau of emotion against this historic backdrop —the new and now meets the past as a momentary collage.
Swiss engineer, Thomas Joss will collaborate at the Panorama Editions on A STREET CART NAMED DESIRE, a new theatre work by Sarah Singh with a cast and crew of 46.
Organised with the support of Madhya Pradesh Ministries of Tourism and Culture, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, UNESCO, and Jai Vilas Palace.
The Embassy of Switzerland in India, in collaboration with Museo Camera and Association Famille Jacot-Guillarmod, present photos by Jules Jacot-Guillarmod’s first international Himalayan expeditions to conquer the world's highest peaks Chogori (K2), 8611m, in 1902, and Le Kangchenjunga, 8585m, in 1905.
Location: Museo Camera, Shri Ganesh Mandir Marg, Sector 28, DLF Phase IV, Gurugram, Haryana 122002
Emami Art Experimental Film Festival (EAEFF) is a platform dedicated to curating and building discourses around alternative and experimental films, videos, and artists’ moving image practices. The Third Edition of the festival - EAEFF24 will showcase the works of some of the internationally acclaimed artists and filmmakers alongside recent critical films from India. The Embassy of Switzerland in India is collaborating with the EAEFF to showcase 'In Focus: Switzerland', a collection of films by Swiss artists Nicole Bachmann, Elodie Pong, Ursula Biemann, Uriel Orlow and Monica Ursina Jaeger, curated by Damian Christinger and followed by a panel discussion.
Location: Kolkata Centre for Creativity, 4th Floor, 777, EM Bypass, Kolkata 700107
Join us for the screening of film ‘AI as a Friend: Does a Chatbox Relationship really work?’, which will be followed by a panel discussion. The screening and discussion will take place within the framework of the 6th Global Science Film Festival, organised by Swiss Science Film Academy. The screening and discussion will take place simultaneously in Bangalore, Osaka, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul , Shanghai, Tokyo and Zurich. More information here.
The exhibition Celebrating Cartoons – Switzerland through the Lens of Indian Cartoonists will exhibit 19 selected cartoons that depict ‘Switzerland’ from the perspective of Indian cartoonists. We received an enthusiastic response to our call for cartoons, and the final selection was based on creativity, skillfulness, diversity of styles, themes and approaches. The cartoons provided insights into the themes that most resonate with our Indian cartoonist friends when they think of Switzerland.
Location: Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Ernakulam, Kochi
Of Barriers and Distances curated by Parvez that will bring together Copa and Sordes (Birgit Krueger and Eric Schmutz Krueger), Mimi Von Moos, Muda Mathis and Sus Zwick from Switzerland and Birender Yadav, Tufan Pramanik, Richa Arya, Abdulla PA, Amjum Rizve from India. This visit will culminate into an art resideny followed by a public discourse and month long exhibition at Gallery Dotwalk.
Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Claude Diallo travels around the globe to play his music, which entices a cosmopolitan audience. Claude Diallo has performed at different jazz festivals and venues in Europe, America and Asia.
A child sits alone in their room. How wonderful it would be to have someone to play with now. Suddenly, something stirs. Someone enters the room: Petitpas! From loneliness, a whimsical duet between Petitpas and the child unfolds in a fantasy world. They dive into a whirlwind of situations revolving around joy, care, dominance, and conflict – an astonishing emotional rollercoaster!
During the 10th Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Economic Policy, organized by the World Trade Institute of University of Bern and the Centre for WTO Studies of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, the Embassy is organizing a panel discussion on India's evolving trade policy.