The Swiss Polar Institute and Pro-Helvetia have launched together a very interesting initiative for Artists and Scientists to collaborate and develop a joint project.
In brief, the idea is that a scientist (from any field) and an artist establish a “tandem” (1 artist 1 scientist or 1 artist 2 scientists).
The Artist will get to know closely the work of the scientist, for instance, the Artist might meet for “dialogues” with the scientist, accompany the scientist to the field or observe her/his work in the lab.
The output of the Artist-scientists exchanges would be an artistic piece, e.g. a short movie, a book, photography, paintings. The exact output will be decided between the tandem Artist-scientist.
A call is open until the 31st of January 2020 for the tandem Artist-scientist to submit a project proposal. The SPI and ProHelvetia will provide funding for the chosen projects. For detailed information about the initiative and the application forms see here: https://swisspolar.ch/polarts/
Here is a short list of Artists from pro-Helvetia still looking for tandems!
Jens Nielsen https://www.jens-nielsen.ch/ LITERATUR
Dominik Hodel https://www.dominikhodel.com/exhibitions-archive PHOTOGRAPHY
Raphael Hefti https://raphaelhefti.com/#/works VISUAL ARTS
Alan Alpenfelt http://www.vxxzweetz.com and http://www.humankindrecords.com MUSIC (he is interested the intersection of science and sound narrative)
Levin Westermann https://www.literaturport.de/Levin.Westermann/ LITERATUR
Eva Maria Thürig http://www.lenamariathuering.ch/ VISUAL ARTS
George Steinmann https://www.george-steinmann.ch/ VISUAL ARTS
Sabine Harbeke https://www.zhdk.ch/person/151024 THEATRE
Florian Dombois http://www.floriandombois.net/ VISUAL ARTS
Katharina Cromme https://winkelwiese.ch/team/katharina-cromme THEATRE
Gianna Molinari and Christophe Oeschger LITERATUR AND VISUAL ARTS
https://www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/gianna-molinari
http://www.christophoeschger.ch/
(They are interested in the cartography of the seabed in relation to the questions about the disappearance (of ice) and emergence (of land), the issue of seabed surveying and the resulting redistribution but also the question of what new images can be opposed to the romantic image of the Arctic)
Barbara Schibli http://barbaraschibli.ch/ LITERATUR (Tandem together with Gabriela Schaepmann)
Gabriel Flückiger https://www.gabrielflueckiger.com/ VISUAL ARTS
U5 https://u5.92u.ch/index.php?title=Main_Page VISUAL ARTS
Mario von Rickenbach https://mariov.ch/ MEDIA ARTS
Raphael Perret https://raphaelperret.ch/ VISUAL ARTS
Michael Hirschbichler http://atelier-hirschbichler.com/ VISUAL ARTS
Nadya Suvorova https://nadyasuvorova.com/ MEDIA ARTS
Hannes Rickli https://www.zhdk.ch/person/prof-hannes-rickli-6486 VISUAL ARTS
Alan Alpenfelt and Olga Kokcharova (http://kokcharova.zov308.org/ MEDIA AND VISUAL ARTS