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SWISS EVENTS

IN NEW YORK
AND CT/ ME/ MA/ MI/ MN/ NH/ NJ/ ND/ OH/ PA/ RI/ SD/ VT/ WI/ BM/ PR/ VI

for the period of August 20 September 2, 2014

UPCOMING/ONGOING EVENTS

Film | Music | Visual Arts | Architecture | Theater | Design | Above and Beyond | Coming Soon | Meanwhile in Switzerland

Dates, locations and ticket prices are subject to change. Please confirm before visiting events!
HIGHLIGHT
Monday, August 25
7pm



CHRISTIAN MARCLAY
MUSIC + FILM

Join the Walker Art Center for a special
evening of playful and conceptually rich
works introduced by the artist Christian
Marclay and live music by a renowned
experimental trio of Laurent Estoppey, Ikue
Mori, and Anthony Coleman.
Image: Christian Marclay, photo courtesy
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
The Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
www.walkerart.org
FILM
Through August 25

THE CLOCK
SCREENING

Winner of the Golden Lion award at the 2011
Venice Biennale, The Clock by Christian
Marclay samples thousands of excerpts from
the history of film that indicate the passage of
timefrom clock towers to wristwatches to
buzzing alarm clocksthat the artist has
edited together to unfold on the screen in real
time as a 24-hour montage.
Image: Christian Marclay, The Clock, 2010
(video still). Courtesy the artist and Paula
Cooper Gallery, New York.
The Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
www.walkerart.org
MUSIC
Wednesday, August 20
9pm

Thursday, August 21
9pm

Monday, August 25
9pm

Tuesday, August 26

NOMADTON AND FA VENTILATO
CONCERTS

Through August 26th, New York based
Swiss-Italian sound artist Fa Ventilato teams
up with the visionary sound duo
NOMADTON (Sven Bsiger: Jaw harp,
rectronics and Patrick Kessler: Double bass
& electronics) to perform the soundtrack to
the full feature documentary art film TISHE!
Cafe Bar
3290 36th St.
Astoria, NY
www.cafebarastoria.com

Cathouse FUNeral
260 Richardson St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.daviddixon.net

9pm by Russian director Victor Kossakovsky
(2003) at Caf Bar in Astoria on August 20
th
,
Cathouse FUNeral in Williamsburg on August
21, Nublu in the East Village on August 25
and at Lot 45 in Bushwick on August 26.
Image: Fa Ventilato.
Nublu
62 Avenue C
New York, NY
http://nublu.net/

Lot 45
411 Troutman St.
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.lot45bushwick.com/
Saturday, August 23
8:30pm




FAMOUS OCTOBER
CONCERT

Famous October, the new acoustic duo of
Sarah Bowman and Rene Coal Burrell
perform at Rockwood Music Hall on
Saturday, August 23 at 8:30pm. The two
singer-songwriters combine in harmony with
cello and guitar to create a sound that draws
from Americana, Country, folk, and classical.
Image: Famous October.
Rockwood Music Hall
Stage 3
196 Allen Street
www.rockwoodmusichall.com

Tuesday, September 2
8:30pm

FELDMAN + COURVOISIER
CONCERT

Violinist Mark Feldman and pianist Sylvie
Courvoisier perform Play Malphas the
Music of John Zorn at The Village Vanguard
on Tuesday, September 2
nd
at 8:30pm as
part of John Zorns Masada Angels at the
Vanguard, a special weeklong festival of 12
bands from John Zorn's Book of Angels
series performing music from Masada Books
Two and Three.
Image: Mark Feldman and Sylvie
Courvoisier.
The Village Vanguard
178 7
th
Ave. S
New York, NY
www.villagevanguard.com
Thursday, September 4
7:30pm

CHRISTOPH DENOTH
CONCERT

Christoph Denoth presents his new
recording featuring music of English
Renaissance composer John Dowland at
SubCulture on Bleecker Street on Thursday,
September 4. Denoth is noted throughout the
world as a virtuoso classical guitarist whose
personal mission is to expand the tonal and
dynamic range of todays concert guitar and
to bring his instrument and the music written
for it to the attention of a wider world
audience.
Image: Christoph Denoth.
SubCulture
45 Bleecker Street
New York, NY
www.subculturenewyork.com
VISUAL ARTS
Thursday, August 28
6pm

URSULA BIEMANN
EXHIBITION OPENING + ARTIST TALK

As part of its newly inaugurated artists
residency and commissioning program, the
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at
Michigan State University presents the
exhibtion The Land Grant: Forest Law by
Swiss artist Ursula Biemann and Paulo
Tavares. The exhibition will be on view
through January 11, 2015.
Image: Ursula Biemann, Forest Law, 2014
(video still) Ursula Biemann.
Eli and Edythe Broad Art
Museum
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
www.broadmuseum.msu.edu
Monday, September 1

FRANCO MUELLER
EXHIBITION OPENING

Pentimenti Gallery is delighted to present the
paintings of Swiss artist Franco Mueller for
the month of September. The exhibit
entitled, Transferable Views, will be open
from September 1 to September 28 with an
artist reception on September 5, from 6:30 -
8:30 pm. Franco Mueller is a self-taught artist
and the recipient of many awards and
honors: Paul Zuppinger Prize; Malerei
Kanton Solothurn Prize and
Wekjahresbeitrag Kanton Solothurn.
Image: Franco Mueller.
Pentimenti Gallery
145 North Second St.
Philadelphia, PA
www.pentimenti.com
Through August 24

OLAF BREUNING
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION

Public Art Fund presents a playful new
commission by Olaf Breuning entitled
Clouds installed at the southeast entrance to
Central Park. The artists largest public art
installation in the United States to date, the
work features six clouds rendered as childlike
drawings made of polished blue aluminum
towering nearly 35 feet above the plaza and
mounted on seemingly makeshift steel
supports.
Image: Olaf Breuning, Clouds.
Central Park
Doris C. Freedman Plaza
60
th
Street and 5
th
Avenue
New York, NY
www.publicartfund.org
Through August 24

THE ST. PETERSBURG PARADOX
EXHIBITION

Based on the theory of the same name
developed by 18
th
century Swiss
mathematicians, brothers Nicolaus and
Daniel Bernoulli, The St. Petersburg
Paradox invites artists to consider notions of
risk aversion, expected value, and gaming.
Featuring: Giovanni Anselmo, Jean Arp,
Ericka Beckman, Barbara Bloom, Alex
Mackin Dolan, Marcel Duchamp, Cayetano
Ferrer, Douglas Gordon, John Miller, Kaspar
Mller, Sarah Ortmeyer, Tabor Robak, and
Amalia Ulman. Curated by Simon Castets.
Image: Kaspar Mller, detail of Tropic of
Cancer, 2014. Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich.
Swiss Institute
18 Wooster Street
New York, NY
www.swissinstitute.net
Through August 24

THE INTUITIONISTS
EXHIBITION

The Intuitionists is a collaborative project by
artists Heather Hart, Steffani Jemison, and
Jina Valentine. Inspired by Colson
Whitehead's novel The Intuitionist, the
exhibition considers how the collection, the
database, and the aggregate serve as
complementary models for the organization
of information and objects in flux. Among the
artists featured in the exhibition are
Elisabeth Eberle and Caroline Tavelli-Abar
from Switzerland.
Image: Elisabeth Eberle. Foto: H.C. Wepfer.
The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street
New York, NY
www.drawingcenter.org
Through August 31

ANDREAS RENTSCH
EXHIBITION

Helen Day Art Center is pleased to present
three of Andreas Rentschs large X-
Ray works in the exhibition The Appearance
of Clarity: Works in Black and White along
with Jenny Holzer, Louis Cameron, Lynn
Newcomb, Suzy Spence, Sharan Elran,
Marietta Hoferer, Sarah Horne, Chelsea
Martin and Nan Tull. Curated by Amy Rahn.
Helen Day Art Center
90 Pond Street
Stowe, VT 05672
www.helenday.com
Image: Andreas Rentsch, detail of X-Ray # 8,
2013.
ARCHITECTURE
Through August


THE SWISS TOUCH IN LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
EXHIBITION

The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture
provides an insight into the extreme richness
and variety of Swiss landscape architecture
and presents the relevant works of renowned
Swiss architects such as Bernard Tschumi,
Herzog & de Meuron and that of engineer
Jrg Conzett. The exhibition was produced
by Pro Helvetia, curated by Michael Jakob,
and made possible by Presence Switzerland.
Image: Birkenhof, Hotel Greulich, Zrich
Christian Vogt / Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten
AG, Zrich.
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY
www.cfa.aiany.org
THEATER
Tuesday, August 26
6:30pm

IN THE RING
PREMIERE

Premiering on Tuesday, August
26
th
, DifFRactions Theatre and Theatre for
the New City proudly present the world
premiere of the English version of In The
Ring, by Swiss - French author and 2014
Moliere Awards nominee, Leonore
Confino. A part of the Dream Up Festival
2014, this intriguing play explores the
universal conflicts between men and women,
when they are "in the ring." Instead of
traditional scenes, these are rounds in a
boxing between two actors interpreting
different characters. The play runs through
September 6, 2014.
Image: In the Ring.
Theatre For The New City
Johnson Theater
155 first avenue
New York, NY
Through September 7

DEATHTRAP
THEATER PERFORMANCE

John W. Engeman Theater presents
Deathtrap, a wickedly funny slice of
murderous showbiz satire by Ira Levin
featuring Sue Mathys as Helga Ten Drop,
directed by Richard T. Dolce.
Image: Sue Mathys and Mary Mossberg,
photo by Michael DeCristofaro.
John W. Engeman Theater
250 Main Street
Northport, NY
www.engemantheater.com
www.web.ovationtix.com
DESIGN
Through September 14

MULTIPLE EXPOSURES
EXHIBITION

Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and
Photography is the first museum exhibition to
explore how contemporary jewelry artists
transform and add new meaning to the
pervasive images of this digital age. The
exhibition features works by more than 80
renowned artists from over 20 countries,
including Swiss artists: Esther Brinkmann,
Otto Kunzli, Bernhard Schobinger, and
Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY
www.madmuseum.org
Fabrice Schaefer.
Image: Lauren Kalman, Tongue Gilding,
2009, Digital video, 12 minutes; Courtesy of
the artist and Sienna Patti.
COMING SOON
Wednesday, September 10
11:30 6pm

ZERO POWER SMART FASHION
EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUM

Zero Power Smart Fashion Wearable
sensors and green energy, an event
organized by the cole polytechnique
fdrale de Lausanne EPFL and swissnex
Boston, showcases latest innovations in
wearable technology, connecting the fashion
and high-tech industries with research
institutions and universities from the US and
Europe. Join us for the exhibition and
symposium on September 10th in New York
City! For more information and to register
visit www.zpfashion.org.
Image: ZPSF
The Gallery of Metropolitan
Pavilion
135 West 18
th
Street
New York, NY
www.swissnexboston.org
MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND
BERN / GENEVA

KRASIS
AUGUST 21, 29 SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Krsis, the monumental video installation by Julie Beauvaiss transforms urban
space into an outdoor opera. The audience is invited to stand outside with
headsets on and watch Beauvaiss monumental video fresco of baroque singers.
Krasis will be on view in Bern on August 21
st
and in Geneva from August 29
September 2.
Image: Krasis Brigitte Lustenberger
www.krasisproject.ch
ZURICH

PHOTOBASTEI
THROUGH AUGUST

Dont miss the last days of the Photobastei! Seven floors and more than 1,500
square meters of exhibition space - enough for up to 50 shows running at the
same time. The first two floors house curated major exhibitions featuring well-
known photographers, Floors 3 to 7 serve as a platform for a program of shows,
changing on a weekly basis, presented and organized independently by
photographers, agencies, foundations and art schools.
Image: Roger Frei
www.photobastei.ch
LUCERNE

LUCERNE FESTIVAL IN SUMMER
AUGUST 15 SEPTEMBER 14

With Psyche as the theme, LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer brings the
international stars of classical music together to explore music as a mirror of the
soul and how the art of sound is so tremendously effective. Enjoy the legendary
orchestras, conductors, and soloists of our time, from Daniel Barenboim to Simon
Rattle, Lang Lang to Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Berlin to the Vienna Philharmonic.
Image: Gustavo Dudamel
www.lucernefestival.ch
Contact :

Contact:
Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, Cultural Department: nyc.culture@eda.admin.ch

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