Valentin Carron has been selected to represent Switzerland. Living and working in the vineyard village of Fully in the Rhone valley, Carron is an outstanding figure in the young Swiss arts scene. His show at the Swiss pavilion will be curated by Giovanni Carmine.
Art historian Jörg Scheller is the curator of the «Salon Suisse» 2013, a programme of talks and events supplementing the exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion, which takes place at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi.

Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Campo S. Agnese, Dorsoduro 810
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Valentin Carron has been nominated to exhibit at the Pavilion of Switzerland. The exhibition is curated by Giovanni Carmine.
Organized by Matteo Bertele (Università Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy) and Sandra Frimmel (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
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Re-creativity, Salon Suisse from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
With Dr. Magda Cârneci (National University of the Arts Bucharest, Romania), Dr. Magdalena Moskalewicz (Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA), Dr. Hanno Rauterberg (Die Zeit, Germany) (moderator: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse)
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Roundtable with Daria Ghiu (Swiss Institute for Art Research, SIK-ISEA, Switzerland), Edith Krebs (Swiss Institute for Art Research, SIK-ISEA, Switzerland), Prof. Agnes Kohlmeyer (IUAV University Venice, Italy), Jörg Scheller (curator of the Salon Suisse)
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The «Time Slices» are supported by SIK-ISEA, the Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich
Roundtable with Dr. Annika Hossain, Dr. Franz Müller (Swiss Institute for Art Research, SIK-ISEA, Switzerland), Jörg Scheller (curator of the Salon Suisse), Veronika Wolf (Lobkowicz Collection, Prague, Czech Republic), Prof. Dr. Beat Wyss (Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany)
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The «Time Slices» are supported by SIK-ISEA, the Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich
The Forgotten Radicalism, Panel discussion with Philipp Blom and Jörg Scheller from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Reading and panel discussion with Dr. Philipp Blom and Jörg Scheller (curator of the Salon Suisse)Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
The ongoing Bitrth of the Art System from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Beat Wyss (Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany) and Raphael Chikukwa (National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe) (moderator: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse)
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Time slice 1932 from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Roundtable with Kinga Bódi (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary), Dr. Jan May, Jörg Scheller (curator of the Salon Suisse), Joachim Sieber (Swiss Institute for Art Research, SIK-ISEA, Switzerland)
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The «Time Slices» are supported by SIK-ISEA, the Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich
Panel discussion with Johannes M. Hedinger, Prof. Dr. Kornelia Imesch (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Prof. Dr. Giovanni Schiuma (Università della Basilicata, Italy) (moderator: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse)
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from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Input lectures, panel discussion and film screening (Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space, 1959), with Ken Hollings, Prof. Dr. Joseph Imorde (University of Siegen, Germany), Dr. Jason Pine (Purchase College, State University of New York, USA) (moderator: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse)Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Artistic Research Videofile from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Henk Borgdorff (University of the Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany), Prof. Gertrud Sandqvist (Lund University/Malmö Art Academy, Sweden), Prof. Giaco Schiesser (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) (moderator: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse)Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Sponsor: Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Performance lectures from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
With performance lectures by Prof. em. Dr. h.c. mult. Bazon Brock (University of Wuppertal & Denkerei Berlin, Germany), Dr. Armin Chodzinski, Daniel Ladnar, Falke Pisano (moderators: Jörg Scheller, curator of the Salon Suisse, and Marianne Wagner, University of Bern, Switzerland)VIDEO
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Camp Festival for Visual Music from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
With Fried Dähn, Thomas Maos, Claudia Robles-Angel, Maria Fernandez, Rodolfo LilloPartner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Salon Suisse, Panel with Wolfgang Welsch and Jörg Scheller, 2nd June 2013, Palazzo Trevisan Venice, Pro Helvetia from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AGSalon Suisse, Panel with Monica Juneja and Jörg Scheller, Venice Biennale 2013, 1st June, Palazzo Trevisan Venice, Pro Helvetia from Sandi Paucic on Vimeo.
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Carron, Valentin (1977)
Commissioners
Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director
Paolo Baratta, President
Sandi Paucic, Commissionar Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Marianne Burki, Commissioner Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Rachele Giudici Legittimo, Vice Commissioner Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Giovanni Carmine, Curator Swiss Pavilion
Jörg Scheller, Curator Salon Suisse
Jury members
Philippe Rahm, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Peter Fischli, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Beatrice Galilee, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Katya García-Antón, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Simona Martinoli, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Arthur de Pury, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Peter J. Schneemann, Member of the Biennials Jury of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia