The Baixo Suíça will receive the “Dança em Trânsito” – an international contemporary dance festival, which takes places beyond the theaters and occupies divers and unusual places just like squares, stairs, sidewalks, shopping centers, parks and various other places. It’s an event for everyone, which will present a significant variety of artistic work and interpretations pinched with the longevity of the contemporary dance art and its representatives. 

Time is subject to change. 

August 28th will be dedicated to all the run lovers! There will be an exclusive running session with Marcio Puga. Marcio is a pioneer in the running scene and earned himself the nickname "the legend" with his outstanding accomplishments throughout his career! After receiving advice on how to fall in love with running and improve your performance, we invite you to ”Free to Run”. 

The movie by Pierre Morath is a retrospective about the running sport, its beginning in the 60ies and its roots as a deliberating expression of freedom. With personalities like Steve Prefontaine, Fred Lebow and Kathrine Switzer the sport got popular and coincided with the eras demand for the sensation of personal freedom. 

15h30 –16h15 Registrations under following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-to-run-tickets-27131894226

16h15 – 17h Presentation by Marcio Puga 

17h15 – 18h Running Session

18h15 – 20h Showcase of “FREE TO RUN” 

20h – 20h15 Closing  

What is the real impact of the Olympic Games on the destiny of the host cities? Some of them have succeeded in their appointment with their own history. Some others have failed and still have to pay a high price for it. Just a few days after the end of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games, the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016 opens the discussion on Rio de Janeiro and invites you to participate. What will remain from the Olympic Games? What are the impacts of the Games on the future life of the Cariocas? 

Among the speakers and witnesses, we are proud to count on the participation of the world known Swiss photographer Michael von Graffenried, author of CHANGING RIO, a result of two years of visits to the cidade maravilhosa. He will present his work and tell us about his experience as special observer of a city in mutation. The Swiss journalist and writer Jean-Jacques Fontaine, who’s based in Rio, has just published “RIO – THE REINVENTED CITY” . He will present his work and share his views on the cities shifts with us. 

Stay tuned for the detailed program! 

Time is subject to change. 

The seminary on georeferences of historical fotography will discuss the public image during the antique of the republic based on historical fotographies and the contemporary possibilities given through the digital georeferenced system. 

This seminary presents a longterm collaboration between the Instituto Moreira Salles’ Department of fotography and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Together they have worked on testing the innovative tool of monoplotting, which has been developed by the WSL and is a new approach to study historical urban dynamics. One of the projects aims is to research the possibilities of the incorporation of the generated data by the monoplotting system, into the ImagineRio platform. This platform has been developed by the University of Rice in Houston, Texas and its department of humanities. 

01/09 – 03/09

Exhibition and presentation of monoplotted historical pictures, urban history and planning, as well as research projects within these fields. 

01/09 Opening of the seminary about fotography and urban memory  

18h30 Presentation by Marco Conedera and Claudio Bozzini

02/09 Seminary at the IMS/ Gávea (Rua Marques de São Vicente 476) 

Please note that today’s session will NOT take place at the House of Switzerland! 

10h Registration

10h30 – 11h15 Table 1; Georeferences of the historical fotographies 

The fotographical inventory and its possibilities of information recreation through georeference as well as the use of image vectorization integrated into geographical information systems by Sergio Burgi, IMS. 

11h15 -12h

Image vectorization – the monoplotting tool developed by the WSL Institute, presented by Marco Conedera and Claudio Bozzini from the WSL. 

12h – 12h45

Geographical information systems: the ImagineRio platform by the University of Rice, explained by Farès El-Dahdah from their research center at the humanities department in Houston, Texas. 

12h45 – 13h30 Debate

13h30 – 15h00 Lunch

15h00 – 16h00 Table 2; Social Fotocartography 

Presentation of fotocartography by Ana Luiza Nobre from IMS/PUC-Rio

Aerial cartography, conflicts and resistances: the mapping of the Vila Autódromo

Pablo Soto by Drone Hackademy / UFRJ School of Communication

16h – 16h30 Coffee-break

16h30 – 17h30 Table 3; Geo-information technologies and urban planning 

Luiz Roberto Arueira – Institute Pereira Passos / City of Rio de Janeiro

The city’s representation through historical research: An experience of the laboratory for urban analysis and digital representation by Naylor Vilas Boas (LAURD/FAU-UFRJ)

17h30 – 18h30 Table 4; Digital visualization systems and rendering 3D

By Luiz Velho Mathematical Institute IMPA, representative of Google Earth, Maps and Streetview 

18h30 – 19h15 Debate

19h15 – 19h30 Closing

03/09 Baixo Suíça, Lagoa

Table to Environmental and Urban georeference of landscapes

Marco Conedera from WSL and Sergio Besserman – president at the Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro

We kindly ask you to register by email in order to attend the event until September 2^nd as places are limited. Please get in touch with Rachel Rezende for any further questions under: rachel.rezende@ims.com.br

Time is subject to change. 

Subscribe here for the first of September: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photography-and-urban-history-georeferencing-historical-photographs-tickets-27363336476

Subscribe here for the third of September:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-natural-environment-and-the-city-the-dynamics-of-natural-and-urban-landscapes-and-the-tickets-27363460848

The film "Schellen-Ursli" in English "a bell for Ursli" is the adaptation of the classic swiss children's books. 

Duration: 100 minutes
Film with original language (German) and Portuguese subtitles. 

Time is still to be confirmed.

On September 7^th and 8^th the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016 will receive an exclusive sneak-peek into Cybathlon, an event which will be held on 8 October 2016 organized by the Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Zurich). Individuals with physical disabilities will compete side by side in six demanding disciplines, using the latest assistive technologies.

In the presence of the Brazilian Empowering Mobility & Autonomy team from the Universidade Nacional de Brasília (UNB) this event will not only discuss the social, technological and commercial context of the Cybathlon but will also provide hands-on demonstrations of some of the technologies used in the disciplines.

Moreover, a series of workshops will be held to discuss the importance of technological advances in the context of the Paralympics.

7/9     11:00 - 13:00

8/9     12:00 - 14:00

Time is subject to change. 

At the end of May, the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo hosted a musical project being part of the communication campaign of the Swiss Government in Brazil. Together with the Montreux Jazz Festival, Swissando set up a program called “A Suìça encontra O Brasíl” in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the festival and its strong ties to Brazil. Beside a musical residence with the major rock bands Nação Zumbi and The Young Gods followed by two concerts, a Swissando Jazz Club got launched where Brazilians, Swiss and international musicians encountered celebrating the musical bonds and stimulating the creation of new musical bridges between nations and cultural exchange.

In order to continue the movement, we will proudly present the Swissando Jazz Club to the audience of the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016 during various shows and with different lines up. 

For the special event dedicated to Lausanne the Olympic City and the Canton of Vaud, the Swissando Jazz Club is thrilled to invite three outstanding musicians that have been present in the Brazilian music scene for at least two decades, recording and touring extensively with top artists from Brazil and abroad.

Jazz guitarist Guilherme Monteiro, known for his crossover band Forró in the Dark, made his carreer in New York, contributing to the success of the post Bossa Nova superstar Bebel Gilberto. On the double bass, the omni-present Alberto Continentino recorded with almost every MPB top seller artist since the 90ies, and just released his first solo album. To put everything together in give it a afrojazz twist, the superb drummer and arranger Stephane San Juan, born in France but lived around the world playing with african legends like Amadou & Mariam, before settling in Brazil, where he toured with Vanessa da Mata, Adriana Calcanhotto and many others.

Keeping the jazz spirit of improvisation and mixing music genres, the Trio will have the honor of jamming with the African legend Manu Dibango, raising the expectations of unforgettable joyful musical moments at the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016. 

Stay tuned for more shows to come. Other dates, other lines up but the same spirit: The Swissando Jazz Club is alive and rocks again!

Time:

9/9      12:30 - 14:00    Swissando Jazz Trio

16/9    17:30 - 18:30    Ben Yuval Ben Lior 

17/9     17:30 - 18:30    Thaís Marcelo

Children between 6 and 12 years will learn how to create a music for a short Swiss animation with Thomas Rohrer. The workshop will work with the awareness of the listening and discovery of sounds in common everyday materials. From the sensitive exploration of these objects and improvisation games, the group will develop a dialogue between sound and image.

17/09 - 13h30-15h30 / intermission / 16h-18h 

Time subject to change.

Thank you for your interest at the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016!
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