Poethreesome - Two Swiss poets and a poet translate each other
Ariane von Graffenried, Eva Marzi and Matteo Ferretti perform a cross-reading of poems in the original language and in the languages of translation, in a continuous transition between writing and rewriting in Italian, French and German.
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Storytelling in pictures
Every time you pick up a pencil, a paintbrush, you set in motion a powerful generative process, in which time slows down, almost suspends.
A time when space outside seems almost to be zeroed out and all listening turns to one's inner world, one's vibrations, colors, thoughts, emotions. Art is the tool to bring out this richness, rework it, transform it and leave a trace of oneself.
Speaker:
Federica Dubbini
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Week-long summer intensive creative writing course
Week-long summer intensive course in creative writing: between memory and imagination, with Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner
Finding and rediscovering pleasure in writing, making a connection between memory and imagination through creative writing, finding new ways to release an imaginative flow and turn it into writing, into characters, situations, worlds, stories. Combining exercises and discussions, you will examine the nature of memory and imagination and the creative chemistry of their interaction.
What is required to succeed in writing a story? How can one formulate one's own memoir, what are the laws, pitfalls and tricks in the quest for personal writing? How do you manage to develop a style of your own and how do you let people discover all these worlds unknown to us, before you start tracing the first words on the paper?
You will work in a focused, stimulating and relaxed environment. Starting with hands-on exercises, you will develop texts, stories, characters and plots. Together we will analyze both the stories created during the course and important texts from world literature.
Various types of writing will be stimulated and addressed while remaining in the literary sphere, monologues, fictional stories, dialogues, reflections on disparate topics. The work will be approached by individual participants as well as the group, creating synergies that will help create a stimulating and enriching environment to overcome difficulties and dare. Participants will be given a smattering on how to approach reading drafted texts, working individually, in twos or multiples. This course is suitable for anyone who wants to approach writing by putting themselves out there, experimenting, those who have already started on a path as well as those who have never started and want to stimulate their skills, those who are looking for motivation to help them refine and motivate their practice.
The course is taught by Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner, award-winning writers and theater directors worldwide.
Patrizia Barbuiani has written and edited countless plays and short stories and has published three novels, "La stiratrice" (Manni publishers) and "Il canto degli antenati" (Olive Editions), "La Clownesse dell'Anno del Cane" (Petruska Editions).
Markus Zohner, apart from his writing of texts for the theater, has published travel stories in newspapers and magazines such as Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Azione, Giornale del Popolo, Transhelvetica. His book "Rediscovering the Ancient Amber Road" has been published in German and Italian.
Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner recently curated the project Totentanz - the quarantine, an improvised writing project for six artists.
The course is taught in Italian and consists of 25 hours.
From 22.07 to 26.07, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Registration deadline: 20.07.2024 at ticket office.ch
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SOLEVA is an association whose goal is to devise the most sustainable travel vehicle. To achieve this goal, they electrified an old van and equipped it with a deployable solar installation on the roof so that the vehicle could be powered by 100 percent solar energy. The interior design was made entirely of natural materials.
They have been on a media tour of Switzerland since June 15 to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy in concrete applications and raise awareness of sustainability. Above all, they want to share their passion for adventure, nature and travel, and inspire people to develop their own dreams and projects.
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15.07, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
16.07, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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What does it mean to meditate? Meditating is a simple concept: it means paying gentle attention, with intention, without judgment, taking in what the here and now presents to us, in the place where we are, moment by moment. A constant awakening to ourselves and our senses.
Speaker:
Federica Dubbini
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