Selection current / past projects
February 2024:
Ernesto Chahoud: The Lebanese Armenian music experiment: Establishment and Influences
Our long-time friend and partner Ernesto Chahoud (Beirut / London: DJ, collector, philosopher) will be visiting Switzerland again after a long absence. This time he will present a specially prepared programme: a sonic lecture on the Lebanese-Armenian music experiment: Establishment and influences. On the 8th of February, he will be a guest at Bongo Joe Records in Geneva and on the 9th of february at Fri-Son in Fribourg. On 10 February there will be a DJ night at Rouine in Basel, together with Konzeptlos!
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Transmitting Stones
August 2023
Transmitting Stones / Artists in Residence / August 2023
Vertical & horizontal exchanges between artists & cultural workers
The aim of the residency was an exchange and encounters outside the usual paths, without pressure for production and final results
It was a dense, intensive programme that required a lot of energy and strength. Here is a selection of initiatives, musicians and institutions with whom we enjoyed exchanging ideas (thank you) in Basel:
Ausstellungsraum Klingental (Alexandra Adler), Kammerorchester Basel, Ganett Basel, Studio Amber Unit (Stevie Fidler), Culturescapes, Marcel Bieri (Say Hi Network), Giovanni Vicari, Giulia Dabalà, Danielle Bürgin (Radio X) and many more. Thanks to the support of Johannes Rühl and Casa di Rosa, "Transmitting Stones" was able to spend a week in wonderful Loco (Ticino) the second part of the residency. The focus was on the production of music and the exchange among the participants. It was a magical week, difficult to put into words.
The project was part of the programme Thoulathy: Cross-Border Collaboration. The programme was launched by L'art Rue and MitOst, with the support of the European Union. The project was also supported by Südkulturfonds.
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Thoulathy:
Cross-Border Collaboration
As part of All-Around Culture1 Thoulathy 2 initiates and supports collaborations of cultural organisations between countries from the North and the South (geographically spoken).
A collaborative project 3 between Moving Stones, Transmitting Voices and Sable et Chaux has been selected for the «Thoulathy: Cross-Border Collaboration» project starting in summer 2022.
Thoulathy aims to:
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Hold a space to create partnerships and exchange knowledge
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Support building needed capacities to enable cultural organisations to collaborate regionally/ internationally using mentorship and peer learning
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Increase competences for knowledge transfer and intercultural dialogue among cultural organisations
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Support the mobility of cultural managers and programmers across the Arab region and internationally
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airtime!
Sounds from all
over the world
The Covid-19 pandemic has made it extremely difficult for musicians from the global South and East to perform and tour in Switzerland. The radio programme called
airtime! 1, starting in February 2022, invites selected musicians from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America to present their work and music on five independent Swiss radio stations (UNIKOM radios). The collaborative project, uniting Radio X, Radio RaBe, Radio 3fach, Radio Gwen and Radio Kanal K, was initiated by
artlink 2 and Südkulturfonds with the much-appreciated support of SRKS (Stiftung Radio und Kultur Schweiz) and Swissperform.