The cultural affairs section promotes cultural exchange between Switzerland and Hong Kong/Macau. It helps connect Swiss artists in a variety of fields such as music, dance, drama or photography with useful contacts in this part of the world.
Regularly the cultural affairs section organizes or co-hosts various events and exhibitions with a Swiss interest and works closely with organisations such as the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Studio Residencies
A studio residency (3 months) in China or, conversely, in Switzerland gives artists the chance to gain a broad insight into a different cultural environment. The aim of the residency is to find inspiration, establish networks and contemplate new projects and cooperations. In addition to a place to work and accommodation, Pro Helvetia will provide specific coaching. The Swiss Arts Council covers the cost of travel, insurances and per diem expenses. Applicants may benefit three times in total from a Pro Helvetia studio residency.
Selection criteria
convincing track record: personal artistic activity above and beyond regional level
Hong Kong Arts Centre in collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland and Swiss Films organizes a film festival about Swiss documentaries on adolescence.
Location: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Sunday, 29.05.2016
Sunday, 29.05.2016
Cultural event; Movie; Event for Swiss nationals who live abroad
Heidi, the Girl from the Alps, written by Johanna Spyri in the 19th Century, became a world-wide successful children story. The latest movie-adaption has broken the Swiss box-office record after five weeks and is already the most successful movie made in Switzerland.
Location: Movie Theater “The Grand”, Level 2, Elements, Kowloon Station, 1 Austin Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Principal Flute of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1993, Emmanuel Pahud is a virtuoso very much in demand for recitals and concerts, and one of only a handful of classical flautists in the world to have a major recording career. In this dazzlingly diverse recital, Pahud partners with guitarist Christian Rivet to present to audiences in Hong Kong an exhilarating musical journey of 300 years across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Location: HKAPA Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre, 1 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Connecting Space Hong Kong is proud to support this artists-in-labs (ail) Programme to present six new media artists in Hong Kong. R<CONNECTING SENSES is part of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Location: Connecting Space Hong Kong, G/F, 18 Fort Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Pulgasari (불가사리)(1985) is a cult classicLoosely based on the Korean mythic creature – Bulgasari, this movie is, perhaps not without irony, about a giant pro-peasantry metal-eating monster that stood by the side of the peasant army to overthrow the corrupt monarchy of the feudal Goryeo Dynasty in Korea.
Location: Connecting Space Hong Kong, G/F, 18 Fort Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Saturday, 07.05.2016
Friday, 15.04.2016
Movie; Cultural event; Concert
After so many contacts and discussions, from 7 to 15 May, Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festvial (LUFF) will be in Hong Kong for 9 days, showcasing a series of music and film programs together with Kill the Silence Festival. This is part of an intensive exchange of these two Festivals between May and October 2016 in Hong Kong and Lausanne.
A big success in Hong Kong! This exhibition is now moving to be shown in Macao SAR for two months. Regarded as the “enfant terrible” of modern Swiss typography, Wolfgang Weingart has revolutionised established typography rules since the mid-1960s, shaping generations of designers as a typography teacher. This exhibition at d-mart presents the groundbreaking work, creative process and teachings of Weingart and the work of his students.
Location: Tap Seac Gallery, Avenida Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, N°95, Macau
How can art be understood as a tool for understanding foreign cultures? Why do cultural values play an important role in threshold countries undergoing modernisation? What can art contribute to a country’s public image? Based on a case study about global culture, the «Chinese Contemporary Art Award» online course develops possible answers to these crucial questions.
Young Artist in Residence @ V54
An initiative run by a local charity, Po Leung Kuk, aiming to provide low rental fees and short-term residencies for young artists, to encourage them to express their appreciation of Art and Culture of East & West and life history, and also to make contributions to society by promoting the value of Art and Culture to young people.