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Performance The performance scene in Switzerland has undergone enormous change over the past ten years, conquering new places as its stage and giving rise to an amazing variety of festivals. The lines between the traditional art forms are increasingly dissolving and today it seems as if almost everything can be called “performance”. In the coming issue of Passages we ask just what performance is, and why the genre is so in vogue – and not only in Switzerland. We illuminate the explosive political power of performance and what role its audience can or must play. The next issue of Passages appears in mid-December.
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Creativity and Culture Shock No. 55
Creativity and Culture Shock Cultural Exchange around the Globe By the Suez: Artist in Quest of Evidence | Design: Objects That Testify to Human Creativity | Experiment: Musicologists Meet Sonic Tinkerers T H E C U LT U R A L M A G A Z I N E O F P R O H E LV E T I A , N O . 5 5 , I S S U E 1 / 2 0 1 1
Pro Helvetia supports and promotes Swiss culture in Switzerland and throughout the world. It supports diversity in creative culture, stimulates reflection on cultural needs, and contributes to an open and culturally pluralist Switzerland.
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Computer Games: The Art of the Future No. 54
Computer Games: The Art of the Future Gäuerle and Chlefele: Swiss Folk Culture in Argentina p. 6 Exoticism with a Twist: Chopin as Modern Opera p. 36 On the Heels of a Poet: Writer-in-Residence in Buenos Aires p. 41 THE CU LTU RAL MAGAZINE OF PRO HELVETIA, NO. 54, ISSU E 3/2010
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Art Will Make You Happy! No. 53
Art Will Make You Happy! Epiphany in a Petri Dish: Artists-in-Labs p. 6 The Walls Have Tongues: Swiss Sound Art in San Francisco p. 36 Inspiring Rome: Turning Time into Art p. 38 T H E C U LT U R A L M A G A Z I N E O F P R O H E LV E T I A , N O . 5 3 , I S S U E 2 / 2 0 1 0
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