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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 July 9 23, 2014


UPCOMING/ONGOING EVENTS

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

Dates, locations and ticket prices are subject to change. Please confirm before visiting events!
HIGHLIGHT
Friday, July 11
6 9pm


SUSANNE HOFER
HALF TIME RECEPTION

Fresh Window Gallery is pleased to present
a half-time reception in honor of the
exhibition Light Bulb Magic by Swiss artist
Susanne Hofer. Peter Plagens for the Wall
Street Journal writes: A well-crafted and
rigorous exhibition...very well done...the two
Corner Pieces are incisively novel...the
pieces work, and so does the show. Light
Bulb Magic is on view through July 27, 2014
Image: Susanne Hofer Light Bulb Magic.
Fresh Window
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY
www.freshwindow.org
FILM
Through August 25

CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: 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
Friday, July 18
10pm

Saturday, July 19
2pm

ELIANE AMHERD
CONCERTS

Swiss singer Eliane Amherd rocks Brazilian
psychedelic 70ties Rock with AS LOLAS at
Nublu on Friday, July 18 at 10pm and funky
afro beats with Dawn Drake & Zapote at The
Way Station on Saturday, July 19 at 2pm.
Nublu
62 Avenue C
New York, NY
www.nublu.net

The Way Station
683 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Image: Eliane Amherd www.waystationbk.blogspot.ch
VISUAL ARTS
Thursday, July 10
6 8pm

THE INTUITIONISTS
OPENING RECEPTION

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 is Elisabeth
Eberle from Switzerland.
Image: Elisabeth Eberle, fruit manipulated,
ink on velin, 2011/2013, photo HC Wepfer
The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street
New York, NY
www.drawingcenter.org
Friday, July 11
6 8pm

RE-TRACING THE LAND
GROUP EXHIBTION

The New York Art Residency and Studios
(NARS) Foundation is delighted to announce
the opening of Re-Tracing the Land, a group
exhibition curated by Allison Young, winner
of the 2014 NARS Emerging Curator
Program Open Call, featuring the works of
Stephanie Dinkins, Aikaterini Gegisian,
Soraya Marcano, Viviane Rombaldi
Seppey, and Jared Thorne.
Image: Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, What I
dont see, 2010.
NARS Foundation
201 46th Street, 4th Floor
Sunset Park
Brooklyn, NY
www.narsfoundation.org
Thursday, July 10
Sunday, July 13

HARRY BERTSCHMANN
EXHIBITION

Rediscovered Masters is pleased to present
five paintings by Swiss artist Harry
Bertschmann at ArtHamptons (booth #215)
from July 10 through July 13, 2014.
Image: Harry Bertschmann
ArtHamptons
Bridgehampton, NY
www.arthamptons.com
Tuesday, July 15
6pm

JULIEN CECCALDI
ARTIST TALK

Join SI for a presentation by Julien Ceccaldi
on his work, and the manga and film authors
that inform it. The talk is organized on the
occasion of See Thru, a project by Julien
Ceccaldi for the window of Swiss Institute,
presented by Parasite Garage and Swiss
Institute.
Image: Julien Ceccaldi, See Thru, 2014.
Swiss Institute
18 Wooster Street
New York, NY
www.swissinstitute.net

RSVP
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Thursday, July 17

REMCO HEESEN I KONSTANTIN GENIN
IN CONVERSATION

Philosophers Remco Heesen and Konstantin
Genin discuss the theory of the St.
Petersburg Paradox developed by 18th
century Swiss mathematicians, cousins
Nicolaus and Daniel Bernoulli, as well as
recent academic research on decision and
game theory.
Image: Installation shot, The St. Petersburg
Paradox, 2014.
Swiss Institute
18 Wooster Street
New York, NY
www.swissinstitute.net

RSVP
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Through July 19

NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION

First Street Gallery is pleased to present the
2014 National Juried Exhibition, juried by Jed
Perl, the art critic for The New Republic. The
exhibition includes paintings, photography,
drawings, mixed media, and sculpture by 45
artists including the works of New York
based Swiss painter Marie-Louise McHugh.
Image: Marie-Louise McHugh, Daydream
Solace.
First Street Gallery
526 West 26th Street
Suite 209
New York, NY
www.firststreetgallery.net
Through July 20

OFF THE BLOCK
GROUP EXHIBITION

Southampton Arts Center presents an
exhibition by NYFA Fellows Hiroyuki
Hamada, Claire Watson and Swiss artists
Andreas Rentsch.
Image: Andreas Rentsch, detail of X-Ray # 8,
2013.
Southampton Arts Center
25 Jobs Lane
Southampton, NY
www.southamptoncenter.org

Through August 1

THE BIGGER PICTURE
GROUP EXHIBITION

Founded in 1994, the Tanya Bonakdar
Gallery celebrates its 20
th
anniversary with
the exhibition The Bigger Picture: Work from
the 1990s. The show features the work of
Hubbard / Birchler (Teresa Hubbard and
Alexander Birchler) who have worked
collaboratively in video, photography and
sculpture since 1990.
Image: installation view of The Bigger Picture
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
521 West 21st Street
New York, NY
www.tanyabonakdargallery.com.
Through August 3

JOYRIDE
GROUP EXHIBITION

Marlborough Broome Street is pleased to
present a special exhibition of works by an
international group of artists including Urs
Fischer - celebrating the bicycle: a visual
expression of the urban cycling movement.
Joyride, has been organized by Ed Spurr and
Brendt Barbur, and is presented in
celebration of the 14th edition of the Bicycle
Film Festival.
Image: Frank Benson, Locked Frame, 2014
Marlborough Broome Street
331 Broome Street
New York, NY
www.marlboroughchelsea.com

Through August 3

FIRST GENERATION
GROUP EXHIBITION

Wired Gallery is pleased to present Group
Show # 8: Frist Generation, showcasing the
work of twelve foreign-born, Hudson Valley-
based artists, including Swiss artist Astrid
Fitzgerald.
Image: Astrid Fitzgerald, detail of No. 358
Collage.
Wired Gallery
11 Mohonk Road
High Falls, NY
www.thewiredgallery.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
ARCHITECTURE
Through July 19


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
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
Fabrice Schaefer.
Image: Lauren Kalman, Tongue Gilding,
2009, Digital video, 12 minutes; Courtesy of
the artist and Sienna Patti.
Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY
www.madmuseum.org
ABOVE AND BEYOND
July 17 August 3

BLOCH NORTH DAKOTA
INTERACTIVE GLOBAL ART PROJECT

BLOCH is an interactive global art project by
Com&Com which connects artists and folk
traditions to facilitate a worldwide
conversation. The core of this unique project
is a large tree trunk called Bloch which
originates from an ancient Swiss tradition
from the Appenzell region. Bloch will travel to
North Dakota where local artists add their
mark or story to the tree trunk.
Image: Bloch at Shanghai Biennale, 2013.
Photography by Zhu Hai, PSA, Johannes
Hedinger, Fabian Kaiser.
Various locations
North Dakota
www.bloch23781.com
COMING SOON
Saturday, July 26
12 5pm

SWISS NATIONAL DAY 2014
CELEBRATION

Get ready to celebrate our Swiss heritage
with family, friends and colleagues. Exciting
highlights of this year's Swiss National Day
Celebration include: Katharina Hasler &
Dominik Kempf from Switzerland performing
Swiss Folklore music, Eliane Amherd
performing national anthems, food service
including Swiss sausage, raclette,
beverages, coffee & cake, Children's Corner
(arts, crafts, Zumbatomic, face paint).
Dont miss the speech by Ambassador,
Consul General Franois Barras at 2pm and
a chance to win a Nespresso machine
through the annual Raffle at 4pm.
Tickets are $10 per person (kids under 6
years free). Tickets are available at the event
only.
See you at the Swiss National Day!
Studio Square Beer Garden
35-33 36
th
Street
Long Island City, NY
www.swisssociety.com
www.studiosquarebeergarden.c
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MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND
MONTREUX

48
th
MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
JULY 4 19, 2014

The 48
th
edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival presents a fabulous line-up of over
100 musicians performing on three different stages. Among the highlights are
Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Pharrell Williams, Amy MacDonald and Jami
Cullum. For more information visit:
www.montreuxjazzfestival.com
Image: Amy McDonald
ZURICH

CINDY SHERMAN UNTITLED HORRORS
JUNE 6 SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Cindy Sherman (*1954) has enjoyed a long and remarkable career. Her works
have been shown in many of the worlds leading museums, but never before
been the subject of a solo exhibition in Zurich. At the heart of the retrospective
Cindy Sherman Untitled Horrors is the grotesque and gruesomely shocking.
www.kunsthaus.ch
Image: Cindy Sherman
GENEVA

PETER KNAPP 101 REGARDS SUR LES FEMMES
JULY 11 NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The Museum of the Swiss Abroad in Geneva is pleased to present Peter Knapp
101 Regards sur les Femmes. The focus of the exhibition is Knapps photos of
women, whom he photographed for 50 years on commission, notably for ELLE
magazine. His work reflects the story of film photography and technical
innovationshe was the first to use a Rotoflex camera and wide angles for
fashion photographyand is an important part of the artistic history of the
second half of the 20th century. www.penthes.ch
Image: Peter Knapp, Elle, 1964 Elle
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