The Witness — Partners

SUPPORT & PARTNERS

The Witness is a collaborative practice and a co-creative assemblage that steers clear of cultural consumption, the art market and the entertainment industry. At The Witness we support Indigenous-led storytelling, cultural practices, and creative sovereignty. Communities must remain the rightful stewards of their cultural expressions.

THE WITNESS SUPPORTERS

FHNW / Music and Scene in Transformation (MuST), Basel (Edition 2023)
ZHdK-Department MA Transdisciplinary Studies, Zurich (Edition 2023)
Burgergemeinde Bern (Editions 2023)
Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia (Editions 2021, 2022, 2023)
Stadt Zürich Kultur (Editions 2020, 2021, 2022)
Fachstelle Kultur, Kanton Zürich (Editions 2020, 2021, 2022)

OPENLABS AND EVENTS' CO-PRODUCERS AND PARTNERS

2024 - Harkat Studios, Mumbai (IN)
2023 - Museum Tinguely & Basel Academy of Music FHNW - Music and Scene in Transformation, Basel (CH)
2023 - Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Department MA Transdisciplinary Studies, Zurich (CH)
2023 - Carnegie Hall, New York (USA)
2022 - Museum Rietberg, Zurich (CH)
2022 - India Music Experience, Bangalore (IN)
2022 - Centre Culturel Les Changeurs, Agbodrafo (TO)
2022 - Canda region and the Cities of Inhambane and Xai Xai (MOZ)
2021 - Gessnerallee & Sonic Matter Festival, Zurich (CH)
2021 - Llanchama Cocha Soundscape Collection, Llanchama Cocha (ECU)
2020 - THEATRUM: Re-Formation, Moscow (RU)
2019 - Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology & National School of Drama, Bangalore (IN)
2018 - Arthaus.Berlin International Training and Research Center, Berlin (DE)

COMMUNITY-BASED FIELD RESEARCH PARTNERS AND CATALYSTS

A large number of cultural centers, foundations, embassies and non-governmental organizations directly support the projects and teams which contribute to The Witness. Click on the title of each project to access the list of local partners:

Investigating the impact of mining in Bolivia, Bolivia
Amplifying female voices for environmental consciousness in Kinshasa, DR Congo
Building a community of witnesses, East Coast USA
Exploring a disappearing Swiss language, Eastern Switzerland
Listening to the Ecuador's rainforest, Ecuador
Understanding the impact of displacement on South Sudanese refugees, Kenya
Singing the dreams, fears, and voices of the Bornean forest, Malaysia
Honoring traditional Polynesian knowledge, experience and spirit, Marquesas Islands
Witnessing climate stories of girls from the Sahara’s north gate, Morocco
Documenting the Chopi people's connection to nature, Mozambique
Weaving together the voices of Brazil's forest, North Brazil
Spotlighting folk dancing in Rajasthan, North India
Empowering peripheral Brazilian Afro-Indigenous communities, Northeast Brazil
Documenting the folk wisdom of Manipur, Northeast India
Worlding through socially engaged art practice in Basel, Northern Switzerland
Excavating the historic sounds of Johannesburg, South Africa
Identifying the effect of the modern world on traditional Miao batik techniques, South China
Moving more lightly on Bangalore's land, South India
Embracing ancestral wisdom by connecting past roots to our present in Val d’Anniviers, Southern Switzerland
Understanding the traditional songs of China’s Lisu people, Southwest China
Encouraging dialogue between generations and continents, Togo
Protecting the endangered music of Uganda’s Batwa tribe, Uganda

SPECIAL THANKS