Upcoming Events
Longshot Magazine Issue One Unboxing
08 Sep 2010
Longshot Magazine, created from start to finish in just 48hrs, shows us an exciting new era in modern journalism. Join us for the unboxing of Issue One.
Milieux Sonores: Exhibition Preview Discussion
09 Sep 2010
Curator Marcus Maeder and participating artists discuss "Milieux Sonores" on view at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts starting Sept. 11, 2010.
Swiss trio MKM tours California, headlines SFEMF
10 Sep 2010
swissnex San Francisco, in collaboration with the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, presents one of Switzerland’s premier avant-garde musical acts, Müller, Kahn, and Möslang, also known as MKM. Catch the group in Southern California too.
Milieux Sonores: Sound and Imaginary Spaces
11 Sep 2010 - 19 Nov 2010
swissnex San Francisco and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts present “Milieux Sonores,” a groundbreaking media art exhibition from ICST Zurich in which imaginary spaces are defined by sound. Opens September 11, 2010.
The Psychology of Energy Conservation: Are You Smarter Than A Refrigerator?
15 Sep 2010
Smart grid, smart car, smart home energy management. The energy dialogue revolves around “smart” buzzwords. But can technology really lure us into reducing our energy consumption? And what’s the science behind the newer, smarter gadgets and systems leading us toward a greener future?
ZERO1: The 2010 01SJ Biennial
16 Sep 2010 - 19 Sep 2010
San Jose digital art festival showcases “Build Your Own World” projects including a magic book, an Internet light source for space colonies, and the sounds of ripening tomatoes.
Previous Events
New Worlds of the Cosmos
28 Feb 2010
Planet-hunter Stephane Udry could be on his way to finding life elsewhere in the universe.
Echoes of the 2010 Davos World Economic Forum
26 Feb 2010
Jill Tarter, Alison Gopnik, Loic Le Meur, and Paul Saffo share thoughts and impressions from WEF on how to rethink, redesign, and rebuild.
Geography of Trans-Territories Exhibition Opening
24 Feb 2010
The San Francisco Art Institute’s spring exhibition “Geography of Trans-Territories” features the work of Swiss multimedia artist Ursula Biemann.
Geobodies: With Video Artist Ursula Biemann
23 Feb 2010
As a prelude to the San Francisco Art Institute’s spring exhibition “Geography of Trans-Territories,” Swiss multimedia artist Ursula Biemann and SFAI curator Hou Hanru preview Biemann's work.
Light Beyond Vision
16 Feb 2010
Day and Night in Building Science and Chronobiology: How the buildings we inhabit could take advantage of daylight—both to keep human occupants comfortable and healthy, and also to optimize energy efficiency. The third event in our series on light.
Reinterpreting Science Centers
12 Feb 2010
The Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Technorama in Winterthur, Switzerland, are challenging the notion of the traditional science museum.
Sudden Infant and Special Guests at The Lab
31 Jan 2010
23five, Inc. and swissnex San Francisco present a night of experimental music performances by Swiss industrial music pioneer Sudden Infant, with special guests Horaflora, Tralphaz, and R. Jencks.
Ursula Scherrer and Flo Kaufmann: Amidst
21 Jan 2010 - 30 Jan 2010
Swiss artists Ursula Scherrer and Flo Kaufmann present a video and sound installation with live performances at The Lab.
Conversations with Devices
19 Jan 2010
It may seem like science fiction, but the technology to allow for natural conversations with the devices in our pockets is just around the corner.
The CCA Leading By Design Fellows Program
15 Jan 2010
Further probing the intersections of design, business, and innovation, swissnex San Francisco hosts a presentation on the new executive curriculum from the California College of the Arts (CCA), the Leading By Design Fellows Program.
