“Great organisation. I had a good time and was very happy to present my projects to the audience.”
Andreas Gysin Residency artist of Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Arts CouncilArts-Science
We present excellent cross-disciplinary projects from Switzerland, and facilitate cross-border interdisciplinary cooperation and exchanges. .
Programs
Art-Science Dialogues | LASER Talks
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Art x Science Dialogues: Transcending Waves: Sound, Technology, and Creativity
September 26, 2023Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking event, "Transcending Waves: Sound, Technology, and Creativity," where we bring together three exceptional speakers who are pushing the boundaries of art and science in the realm of sound, technology, and creative expression.
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Art x Science Dialogues / LASER Talks: Flora Insights – Intelligence, Artistry, and Evolutionary Marvels
June 20, 2023Join us for an inspiring Art x Science Dialogue at Being Art Museum in Shanghai on the evening of 20 June! Immerse yourself in the captivating world of flora as we present "Flora Insights: Intelligence, Artistry, and Evolutionary Marvels."
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Art x Science Dialogues: Art-Science, Quo Vadis?
August 19, 2021Join us in this edition of Art x Science Dialogues, on the topic of Art-Science collaborations and challenges.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Bridging the Future – New Interdisciplinary Initiatives
August 11, 2020We have invited Prof. Sarah Kenderdine from EPFL, Ms. Maximiliane Okonnek from ETH Zurich, and Prof. Zhijie Qiu from CAFA in China for a collaborative discussion on the topic.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Curation In The Context of Artificial Intelligence
September 6, 2022Join the upcoming Art x Science Dialogue, exploring the topic of curation and artificial intelligence with Mr. Patrick Keller, Architect and Co-founder of fabric | ch and Ms. Xi Li, Curator and Director of Aiiiii Art Center.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Design And Innovation In The Digital Age
August 18, 2022Join us in the upcoming Art x Science Dialogue with HEAD – Genève and China Academy of Art to explore design and innovation and learn how they implement new technological tools into the teaching curriculums and their works.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Design x Materials Science
May 12, 2020Art x Science Dialogues will take place once a month from May to August via Zoom, covering topics of Design x Materials Science, Sonic art x Neuroscience and more. To kick off, we have invited Gabriele Dobenecker and Lyla Wu for a collaborative discussion.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Photography x Environmental Ecology
July 2, 2020We have invited creative studio Compáz from Switzerland and Yining He, writer and curator from China for a dialogue on Photography x Environmental Ecology.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Polar Science and Art
December 7, 2021Join us in this edition of Art x Science Dialogue and hear about the artist-scientist collaborations happening at PolARTS.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Shaping the Art-Science Collaborations
November 1, 2022Join the upcoming Art x Science Dialogue to explore how can artists and scientists come together in collaborations that will benefit all players.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Sonic Arts x Neuroscience
June 2, 2020We have invited Luca Forcucci, a distinguished independent composer, artist and scholar and Jo Wei, curator, researcher and founder of Pan Bio-art Studio, for a collaborative discussion on Sonic Arts x Neuroscience.
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Art x Science Dialogues: Ultimate Dream of VR
May 24, 2021Join us in this special VR edition of Art x Science Dialogues, to immerse yourself in this engaging new world.
Exhibitions
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Birdly @ Shanghai Biennale
May 18, 2021 — June 1, 2021Live the remarkable underwater experience with “Paradise Lost” of Birdly at the 13th Shanghai Biennale in the Power Station of Art (PSA). A VR Special Edition of Art x Science Dialogues will also be featured.
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Design Shanghai 2020
November 26, 2020Swiss designer Fabio Hendry was announced as the winner of the Design and Application Award at the New Materials Design and Application Awards organized by Design Shanghai and Neuni Group.
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Swiss Pavilion at YRDICIE
November 19, 2020 — November 22, 2020Join us and meet the spotlight startups from Swiss Creative Industry
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Between Mountains, Hills and Lakes
November 14, 2020 — January 9, 2021Between Mountains, Hills and Lakes starts from the curator’s own travel experience and research in Switzerland in the past two years and goes on to examine artworks in photography and related media that explore the society and culture of the country from geographic, mythical, technological, and everyday perspectives.
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Photography: The Chameleon Medium Shaped by Technologies
October 23, 2020Science, Photography and Future Image, Artistic Talk Series I
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Photo-Synthesis Exhibition @ TASIES 2019
November 2, 2019 — November 28, 2019Photosynthesis is a solar panel artwork presented by Compaz. The installations will be exhibited simultaneously at TASIES 2019 at the National Museum of China in Beijing and at the Art Factory Café in 798 Art Zone.
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The Kind Stranger
August 22, 2019 — October 20, 2019Wax Drawing Machine, from Rena Giesecke (young researcher from ETH Zurich) will be presented at the exhibition – “The Kind Stranger” at UNArt Center, a new art space renovated from the first cinema in Pudong District – Dongchang Cinema. Supported by Swissnex in China.
Interdisciplinary Projects
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VR_I: A Contemporary Dance Piece in Immersive Virtual Reality
May 8, 2019 — May 18, 2019For the first time ever, a choreographer combines dance with immersive virtual reality in a work that provides viewers with a unique sensory experience.
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swissnex Dome at Swiss Innovation Week
July 3, 2018 — July 5, 2018The Swissnex Dome at Swiss Innovation Week is a full-dome structure that allows a 360° spatialization of images and sounds, taking the audience on a fully immersive and unique experience.
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Embark On An Innovation Journey At Lift:Lab
November 19, 2016This year, Lift was more grander than ever and renewed its format to a prototyping lab with keynote speeches in every morning.
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Lift China 2015
June 16, 2015Lift China is a key event about innovation and digital technologies. It features a special blend of inspiring speeches by world-renowned speakers, truly interactive workshops, exhibitions of interactive media projects and prototypes to play with. Join, learn and connect with innovators worldwide!
Testimonials
“For our first presentation in China we did receive an extraordinary interest form audience and professionals and we foresee very interesting developments for VR_I in China but also other projects. swissnex did an amazing job! It is a very dynamic organization, we worked with them before in other countries, they are great in representing the swiss “creative industry!”
Gilles Jobin Director & Chereographer of VR_IPlease contact:
Head of Art-Science
To explore our Art-Science events, please contact our Head of Art-Science projects, Ms. Cissy Sun.