In our event calendar you will find current cultural events related to Chinese culture in Switzerland. We are thankful for your tips regarding interesting events.
Please send your information to info@sinokultur.ch.
Cultural Events ⟩ Agenda
In our event calendar you will find current cultural events related to Chinese culture in Switzerland. We are thankful for your tips regarding interesting events.
Please send your information to info@sinokultur.ch.
sinokultur would like to invite you to our first Salon this year with writer, filmmaker and translator Jialu Zhu on Saturday, May 16th from 6 to 9 pm. The title of her presentation is Between Home and the World: A Personal Journey Reflected in Academic Research.
For Jialu, her academic journey corresponds to her personal journey. Having grown up in a small town in north China, she moved to south China to pursue her BA studies and then traveled further to Switzerland for her MA and PhD. Every departure from the place she was familiar with distanced her from her past and opened up new possibilities for exploration. And interestingly, the further she expands her horizon, the closer she feels to home because of all the comparisons made possible by her changes of geographical location.
This habit and experience of cultural comparison then played a seminal role in her PhD research, which accentuates the depiction of home in films from different cultures.
In Jialu’s project, the case studies include American Westerns, Hong Kong gangster films, and Chinese melodramas. Why can cowboys never go home? Why do gang members turn away from home? Why will common residents have no families to belong? What are the connections between these characters’ sense of belonging? What are the social-cultural reasons that don’t allow them to enjoy happiness at home?
Date: Saturday, May 16th from 6-9pm
Location: sinokultur, Klosbachstrasse 109, 8032 Zurich
Galerie Urs Meile Zurich Beijing is pleased to present 'Color to Quiet', a group exhibition that brings together a selection of works on paper by eight artists from the gallery’s program. Presented across two floors, the exhibition unfolds as a sequence of shifting tones and textures - from luminous color to quiet monochrome.
Groupshow with works on paper by Mirko Baselgia, Klodin Erb, Urs Lüthi, Qiu Shihua, Shao Fan, Rebekka Steiger, Julia Steiner and Mai Ta.
Qiu Shihua’s (1940-2025) monochrome watercolors Untitled (2000) radiate light from what at first glance appears to be a completely white canvas; the viewer’s gaze gradually unravels their hidden dimensions - a quiet invitation to contemplation. Throughout his work, Qiu Shihua sought to dissolve the boundary between object and space, creating meditative landscapes where subtle shifts of tone evoke a sense of infinite depth.
Shao Fan’s (1964, Beijing, China) Black Hare, Landscape Hare and Snow Rabbit (2011) takes center stage. The hare seems to move from shadow toward light, embodying the dialogue between darkness and illumination. In Shao Fan’s vision, rooted in Chinese aesthetics, beauty does not emanate from the object itself but resides in the patterns of shadow - a serene counterpoint to Western notions of clarity and brightness.
Mai Ta, temple, 2026, gouache on watercolor paper in artist's frame, ca. 12.2 x 15.5 cm (gouache), 37 x 40 cm (framed)
Dates: April 1st to May 23rd
Location: Galerie Urs Meile, Rämistrasse 33, 8001 Zürich
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