“Cosmos Archaeology: Exploring the Universe Through Art & Science”, as a pre-Chinese New Year special exhibition, co-presented by EPFL Pavilions and Guangdong Science Center (GDSC), was officially opened in the GDSC on January 10, 2025.
VEIN formed almost 10 years is once again going back to their classical chamber music roots with “The Chamber Music Effect” featured on their new release CD in September. The group is making a tour in China and Hong Kong in October sharing their new album with jazz fans.
Location: Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
The Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong cordially invites Alumni of Swiss Public Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences currently living in Hong Kong and Macao (incl. former exchange students) as well as current exchange students from Switzerland in Hong Kong to the traditional Swiss Alumni Event 2016.
Location: Credit Suisse, Level 88, International Commerce Centre 1, Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong
On June 1, 2016, Switzerland celebrated the opening of the world’s longest railway tunnel, which was a milestone of worldwide significance. For this occasion, in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong and the Royal Geographical Society - Hong Kong, The Consulate proudly present a talk by Prof. Emeritus Christian Schlüchter – Assistant Professor between 1986 and 1983 at the Institute of Geology at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and Professor and Chair in Quaternary and Environmental Geology at the University of Bern – to talk about this masterpiece in engineering from a geological point of view.
Location: The University of Hong Kong, Lecture Theatre P3, Chong Yuet Ming Building, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
According to Swiss Jazz Zeitung newspaper, innovative Swiss jazz trio VEIN is “driving tradition forward with great curiosity, a passion for anything different, highest improvisational finesse, and superb interplay.” Comprising pianist Michael Arbenz, bassistThomas Lähns, and drummer Florian Arbenz, the trio has been active in Europe’s music scene since 2006 and has shared the stage with renowned jazz musicians. Besides their live shows at a few cities in China, the trio will be featured at the OCT-Loft Jazz and Shunde Music festivals.
Tuesday, 11.10.2016
– Wednesday, 19.10.2016,
Pro Helvetia
Concert
In October, Swiss pop-jazz band bconnected will perform nine shows across China. Chinese musicians will join the group to provide a sensitivity retransmitted by traditional instruments including the erhu (Chinese fiddle). Their concerts will be at the famous jazz clubs in China, with one of them at this year’s Nine Gates International Jazz Festival in Beijing.
Sunday, 02.10.2016
– Thursday, 06.10.2016,
Pro Helvetia
Concert
In December 2008, Swiss musician Jeroen Visser found himself jamming with Mesele Asmamaw from Ethiopia and Fabien Duscombs from France in the district of Kazanchis, Ethiopia. Their electric chemistry led them to form the band Kazanchis+1, an ode to the district that has brought many musicians and dancers together. With Duscombs holding down lively beats, multi-instrumentalist, Visser adds his spirit of experimentation and punk rebellion to Asmamaw’s mastery and innovation on the krar (Ethiopian lyre). The result is a psychedelic-tinged jazz funk. The trio will be in China in October for the World Music Festival.
Real Fiction Cinema, a non-commercial temporary art installation, will start its China premiere in Shanghai on September 27 after travelling extensively in Switzerland. Curated by Swiss curator Klaus Littmann and Dutch artist Job Koelewijn, the project comprises of three cinemas at three locations in Shanghai. It intends to provide a unique perspective of temporary art interventions in public spaces. After Shanghai, the project will go on a tour of 10 cities in China. A book and an independent film will be produced and distributed worldwide after the tour.
Friday, 23.09.2016
– Monday, 07.11.2016,
Pro Helvetia
Exhibition
Switzerland’s University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL) has long been recognized as a global cradle for graphic design. Whether designing books, catalogues, magazines, posters, typography, or other digital projects, ECAL students are renowned for their mastery and expertise. Their success is due in no small part to campus workshops which allow them to learn from the best Swiss and international graphic designers.The ECAL Graphic Design exhibition highlights a number of animated and inspiring projects conducted by Bachelor of Graphic Design and Master of Art Direction graduates over the past five years.The selected contemporary works also pay tribute to the influential Swiss-style graphic design featuring minimalist design and simple layout.
A 2-day conference and business matching event focusing on the global megatrend of smart city development and latest trends in smart city technologies and applications – Not to be missed!
Location: Grand Hall, Convention Centre 3, Science Park
Some 65 photos from the portfolio of late Swiss photojournalist Fernand Gigon (1908-1986) showcase the hardships as well as beauty of everyday life of ordinary Chinese in the 1950s. Traveling extensively across the country, Gigon was particularly impressed by the masses uniting to develop the social economy and find their own path to the modern world. He subsequently focused his lens on ordinary people who kept their pride and dignity under difficult conditions.
This lecture demonstrates vividly and comprehensively how the subtly imperatives like “be modest and be pure” constantly optimize body, soul and mind in our daily life in western societies.
Location: G/F, Wah Kin Mansion, 18-20 Fort Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Friday, 16.09.2016
– Sunday, 11.12.2016,
Pro Helvetia
Exhibition
Swiss artist Christophe Polese has been an electronic music producer since the early 1990s, nesting between the persistent electro dance and the dark backstage of the post-industrial civilization. At the decks or performing live, his footprints bring him to audiences either in the techno underworld of Geneva or clubs in Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, New York, and elsewhere around the world.Polese also creates sonic installations, such as the interactive Zen garden Tactile and The Sonic Garden. His latest work is Axis Mundi, which is inspired by astronomical observatories in India. Following his fall residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art Pavilion Shanghai, Polese is now prepared to present Axis Mundi.
