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THE FUNDING AND NETWORK PROJECT OF THE MIGROS CULTURE PERCENTAGE FOR FAIR PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES IN CULTURAL WORK
Do you care about structural change in the cultural landscape? Migros Culture Percentage m2act connects you with like-minded people and promotes your project for change in the culture scenes. Together with you, we endeavour to adopt fair practices and sustainable structures and foster open knowledge transfer with a view to creating future-oriented living and working realities in cultural work.
Funded projects
m2act supports co-creative projects that promote fairer and more sustainable practices in the fields of performing arts, film, games, music, visual/fine arts, literature, comics, and digital culture – ranging from tools and processes to activist initiatives.
Ideas and projects currently being funded:
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2026 Coucou Culture Magazine: Special issue «Working in the field of culture»
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2026 ROXY Birsfelden: Team awareness training, developing, disseminating and implementing an awareness concept and learning communication strategies
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2026 Unofficial Hiking Society: Fair Pay – Fair Play: Implementing Fair Structures in the Visual Arts
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2026 compagnie O.: MULTIVERSE | neurodiversity in the arts
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2026 Red Brick Records and Forcefield Records: Making the music industry more sustainable – how and what indie labels can learn from one another
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2026 Encirqué Project(s) and plusQ’île festival: Equipping the artistic sector
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2026 Wages For Wages Against: TOKEN & WASHING
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2026 The Collective & homegirl productions: Workshop programme on sustainable structural and artistic practice
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2026 Institute New Switzerland – INES: Co-creative Thesis and Question Laboratory for Participatory Survey Support
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2026 Flinn Works & Feminist Leadership in the Arts: Workshops on Feminist Leadership in the Cultural Sector
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2025-2028 FIT Festival Internazionale del Teatro e della scena contemporanea – Lugano: FIT for the Future
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2025-2027 EWA: EWA_Empowering Women in the Arts
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2021-2027 FAIRSPEC: Development of the Code & Review as part of the Faircheck event series
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2025-2026 auawirleben: Individual, team, organisation, environment – a compass for resilience in the performing arts
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2025-2026 Les Créatives: Residency Le Carnet Rose
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2021-2027 Vert le Futur – Alliance for Sustainable Culture: Tatenbank, Sustainable Culture Ecosystem Map and Alliance Building
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2021-2026 art+care: Networking & knowledge transfer
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2025-2026 ZÜRICH TANZT: Team Wiki – sustainable knowledge management as the basis for flexibility & resilience in festival work.
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2025-2026 Belluard Bollwerk: Intersectional guidelines for and voluntary commitment to cooperation based on a critical examination of power structures
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2025-2026 The Collective: An infrastructure project for greater visibility, access and change
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2025-2026 TOBS! theatre: Creating a Culture of Feedback
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2025-2026 Costumières & Cie: From thread to needle – building sustainable governance
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2025-2026 Arts_Sainement: For a healthy climate in the performing arts
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2024-2025 Fair Practice Coordination Office
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2024-2025 Zirkusquartier Zurich: Circ-Exchange
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2024-2026 TU – Théâtre de l’Usine: Implementation of an in-house whisper translation
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2024-2025 Heitere Fahne: Practical Training for Culture Makers
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2024-2025 Theater Chur: Making Peace – Domestic Peace and the Path to Democratic Participation at Theater Chur
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2024-2025 Experi_Betriebsbüro (E_BB): Reflections
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2023-2025 Dampfzentrale Bern: A salary scheme for Swiss cultural institutions
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2023-2024 Kleintheater Luzern: Inclusive cultural sector – more inclusion on, behind and in front of the stage
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2023-2025 Swiss Theatre Meeting: Supporting Programs
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2022 – 2023 Das Theaterkolleg: Towards an ‘Economy for the Common Good’ in the independent performing arts
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2021-2025 reflector: Green Guide & Consultation
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2023-2024 Tasty Future: For an eating culture looking forward to the future
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2022-2024 StuFF in Cycles: New material cycles for theatre
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2022-2024 Biografie.art: Biography & Stage. Questions about the ethical handling of personal stories
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2023 A:Practice: An ecological organizational development tool for cultural institutions
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2023 FemaleAct: Care costs Calculator
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2023 Group50:50: Residence for new forms of transcontinental collaboration
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2023-2024 Festival de la Cité Foundation: Team training for sustainability
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2023-2024 produktionsDOCK: Production guide
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2022-2025 far° fabrique et festival des arts vivants Nyon: PERMA-CULTURE
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2022-2023 Bühnen Bern: x-change
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2021-2023 t. Theaterschaffen Schweiz: Revision of «Indicative fees/wages for professions in the independent theatre scene»
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2021-2023 FemaleAct Checkliste – für Gleichstellung und Diversität in Schweizer Kulturbetrieben
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2022 KlimaKontor Schweiz
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2022 movo: Tanzworkshop.Kreation – Tanzvermittlung.KörperBildSinnSprache
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2020 – 2023 Blackbox
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2020 – 2022 KlimaKontor Basel
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2021 Disrupting Harm in Dance: How to Feel Safe, Connected, Empowered
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2021 MESHRUM
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2021 Schauspielhaus Zürich: Praxis der Fürsorge
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2021 Criptonite: ACCESS
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2020 Théâtre de l’Usine: Décentrer les pratiques et les postures: une recherche sur la blanchité à l’œuvre dans la création culturelle romande
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2020 PARASITE
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2020 Pintozor Productions: Kit de Survie en territoire masculiniste
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2020 home made climate conference
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2020 #BigDreams
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2020 Parlament der Dinge, Tiere, Pflanzen und Algorithmen
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2020 Schwar zenbach Kompl ex – eine andere Zukunft erinnern
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2020 This is not theatre, this is a f*** protest!
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2021 Swampy Rituals
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2021 Ticino is Burning: TIB meets FIT
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2020 WALLMAPU EX SITU
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Network
m2act network events bring together cultural professionals and experts from various disciplines and sectors of society. The events focus on facilitating knowledge exchange and the joint development and testing of new ideas in order to promote a fairer and more sustainable future of the Swiss cultural sector.
CURRENT EVENTS BY M2ACT AND PARTNER-EVENTS
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February – August 2026
Various regionsm2act x regional Migros cooperatives
Toolbox
The m2act toolbox offers practical tips and solutions developed through co-creative projects, which can be used to meet current challenges across all disciplines. We expand the toolbox continually with findings and insights from the networking events and projects that have received funding. The tools are available to everyone for unrestricted use and further development.
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Newsletter Friendly Reminder – Mail out with important deadlines and to-do lists for artists and cultural practitioners by Sparx
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action platform Diversity Finder – The Platform for Lived Diversity
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Peer-to-peer exchange Open art+care Zooms: Online format for discussion and thematic input (DE/EN/FR)
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Annex to contract Working conditions for the costume industry
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Video From thread to needle – building sustainable governance
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Solidarity game Kleintheater Luzern: «All Inclusive» – A Box for More
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guideline More Impact with Culture
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Documentary Documentary film on the transcontinental collaboration of GROUP50:50
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Action Matrix A:Practice
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Newsletter art+care Newsletter – Visibility of current topics and activities of the community
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Guide produktionsDOCK: Guide – Producing in the Swiss independent performing art scene
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concept SPARK THE FLAME! – art+care Meet-up format to adopt
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Online course Disrupting Harm in Dance
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Guide Artists Take Action
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Documentary Perma-curatorial seeds: A series of workshops by the far° festival and factory of living arts
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Calculator FemaleAct Calculator
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guideline Migros Pioneer Fund: From 0 to 100
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Salary model Dampfzentrale Bern: Salary scheme for fair wages at cultural institutions in Switzerland
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Guide Green Rider
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glossary Talking Diversity
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Annual Report FIT FOR THE FUTURE: 2025 Annual Report
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Calculator t. Standard wages and fees
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action platform Tatenbank
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Calculator Sustainable Impact Tool
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Material catalogue StuFF
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Guide Green Guide for cultural organisations
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guideline Biography.art: Questions About the Ethical Handling of Personal Stories
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publication PERMA-CULTURE, for more sustainable performing arts
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Solidarity game Values of Solidarity
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guideline Impact Guide
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Position paper m2act × Burning Issues: towards a just, diverse & inclusive culture – Position paper
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Documentary «Alle inklusive – ein Kleintheater will mehr»
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Codex FAIRSPEC Codex
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publication Supporting Relevance
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self-assessment Les bonnes pratiques
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guideline g3 method
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glossary Cooperation in the performing arts sector
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Dialogues
We regularly engage in dialogues regarding co-creative processes, fair practices and sustainable structures with experts from the arts, culture, and other areas.
- Article AOI: m2act x Helvetiarockt 2025: A networking event against silence
- Listen to the Radio X broadcast: m2act x Helvetiarockt 2025: keynote by Agota Lavoyer and panel dialogues featuring, among others, Naomi Chinasa Bögli (Federal Office of Culture), Noemi Grütter, Mattia Iacobelli, Agota Lavoyer, Agathe Raboud, Themis (Trust Center against Sexual Harassment and Violence), and Andrea Zimmermann.
- Article Ensemble Magazin 2025: biografie.art: Auch heikle Situationen in Rollenspielen
- Article Ensemble Magazine 2025: produktionsDOCK: Endlich ein Profi-Leitfaden für Bühnenprojekte!
- Input#1: Rohit Jain, m2act x forum dance 2024: Allianz, Kollaboration, Teilhabe? Praktische und theoretische Denkanstösse für eine Kunst der Solidarität
- Interview, November 2023: Conversation with Lucrezia Perrig and Noemi Grütter about Das Rosa Heft.
- Listen to the Radio RaBe broadcast: m2act x burning issues 2023: the reporters Soya the Cow and Maja Brönnimann reported in a live broadcast on Radio RaBe.
- Listen to the Radio RaBe: m2act x burning issues 2023: Burning topics in the performing arts
- Interview, 2022: In conversation: The magazine Theater heute with Matthias Baumgartner.
- Dialogue #02, 2021: Discussion with Björn Müller about transformation processes.
- Dialogue #01, 2021: Exchange with Moritz von Rappard about co-creation.
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Wissen teilen, Wirkung vervielfachen: Die neue Ausschreibung von Migros-Kulturprozent Double und m2act bringt erprobte Ideen für faire Arbeitsweisen und Nachhaltigkeit in den Kulturbereich. Bewerbt euch jetzt mit spartenverbindenden Projekten. Mehr Infos via Link in der Bio.
Partager les connaissances, multiplier l’impact: le nouvel appel à candidatures du Pour-cent culturel Migros Double et m2act apporte des approches éprouvées en matière d’équité et de durabilité dans le domaine culturel. Déposez dès maintenant votre candidature avec des projets interdisciplinaires. Plus d’informations via le lien dans la bio.
Condividere conoscenze, moltiplicare l’impatto: il nuovo bando Percento culturale Migros Double e m2act porta nel settore culturale idee per pratiche di lavoro eque e sostenibili. Candidatevi ora con progetti interdisciplinari. Maggiori informazioni tramite il link nella bio.
Share knowledge, multiply impact: the new open call by Migros Culture Percentage Double and m2act brings proven approaches to fair practices and sustainability into the cultural field. Apply now with your interdisciplinary project. More information via the link in our bio.
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Foto Heitere Fahne: Rafael Egloff
Foto Barbara Ellenberger: Veronique Hoegger
Foto Lisa Stepf und Olivier Keller: Lisa Stepf und Olivier Keller
Fotos arts_sainement: Nidea Henriquez
Ist das Verhältnis zwischen Mensch und Tier ein Spiegel unserer Gesellschaft?
Solche Fragen stehen im Zentrum des Stücks von Danae Dario «La chair des poules». Das Stück verhandelt Themen wie Konsum, Patriarchat und Ökofeminismus. Es entsteht ein vielschichtiges Nachdenken über Körper, Macht und Verantwortung.
Im Rahmen des Mentorats von Migros-Kulturprozent Double konnte Danae Dario ihr Stück entwickeln.
Le rapport entre l’humain et l’animal est-il le reflet de notre société ?
De telles questions sont au cœur de la pièce de Danae Dario, « La chair des poules ». La pièce aborde des thèmes tels que la consommation, le patriarcat et l’écoféminisme. Elle ouvre ainsi une réflexion complexe sur le corps, le pouvoir et la responsabilité.
Dans le cadre du mentorat du Pour-cent culturel Migros Double, Danae Dario a développé sa pièce.
Il rapporto tra umano e animale è uno specchio della nostra società?
Domande di questo tipo sono al centro dell’opera di Danae Dario «La chair des poules». Lo spettacolo affronta temi come il consumo, il patriarcato e l’ecofemminismo, dando vita a una riflessione complessa su corpo, potere e responsabilità.
Nell’ambito del mentorship del Percento culturale Migros Double, Danae Dario ha sviluppato il suo lavoro.
Is the relationship between humans and animals a reflection of our society?
Such questions are at the heart of Danae Dario’s piece «La chair des poules». The work addresses themes such as consumption, patriarchy, and ecofeminism, opening up a layered reflection on body, power, and responsibility.
As part of the Migros Culture Percentage Double mentorship, Danae Dario developed her piece.
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Credits Video: Margot Sparkes
Credits Footage: Alexandre Frager
Thanks to @farnyon for the location
Welcome Nadine Wietlisbach!
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Wir freuen uns, Nadine Wietlisbach als neue Leiterin Förderung Kultur im Team von Thomas Pittino willkommen zu heissen.
Kulturförderung kennt und denkt sie aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und ist überzeugt: «Förderung ist dann erfolgreich, wenn sie gemeinsam und vernetzt entsteht.»
Herzlich Willkommen beim Migros-Kulturprozent liebe Nadine!
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Nous avons le plaisir d’accueillir Nadine Wietlisbach en tant que nouvelle responsable de la promotion culturelle au sein de l’équipe de Thomas Pittino.
Elle connaît et conçoit la promotion de la culture sous différentes perspectives, et elle est convaincue que: «La promotion est réussie lorsqu’elle se construit collectivement et en réseau.»
Bienvenue au Pour-cent culturel Migros, chère Nadine!
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Siamo lieti di dare il benvenuto a Nadine Wietlisbach come nuova responsabile della promozione culturale nel team di Thomas Pittino.
Conosce e interpreta la promozione culturale da diverse prospettive ed è convinta che: «La promozione ha successo quando si costruisce in modo collettivo e in rete.»
Benvenuta al Percento culturale Migros, cara Nadine!
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We are pleased to welcome Nadine Wietlisbach as the new Head of Cultural Promotion in Thomas Pittino’s team.
She understands cultural promotion from different perspectives and is convinced that: «Promotion is successful when it is built collaboratively and through networks.»
Welcome to the Migros Culture Percentage, dear Nadine!
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Foto: Jasmin Frei
Möchtest du dein musikalisches Schaffen weiterentwickeln oder dich neu ausrichten? 🎶
Bewirb dich jetzt bei Migros-Kulturprozent DoubleKlassik für ein einjähriges Coaching mit Katharina Rosenberger, Xavier Dayer oder Leslie Leon.
Mehr Infos via Link in Bio.
🎶 Tu souhaites développer ta pratique musicale ou te réorienter?
Postule dès maintenant à Pour-cent culturel Migros DoubleMusique classique pour un coaching d’un an avec Katharina Rosenberger, Xavier Dayer ou Leslie Leon.
Plus d’infos via le lien en bio.
🎶 Vuoi sviluppare la tua pratica musicale o riorientarti?
Candidati ora a Percento culturale Migros DoubleMusica classica per un coaching di un anno con Katharina Rosenberger, Xavier Dayer o Leslie Leon.
Maggiori informazioni tramite il link in bio.
🎶 Do you want to develop your musical practice or reorient yourself?
Apply now to Migros Culture Percentage DoubleClassical music for a one-year coaching with Katharina Rosenberger, Xavier Dayer or Leslie Leon.
More info via the link in bio.
#migrosculturepercentage#culturefunding#culture
Foto Katharina Rosenberger: Hans Gut
Foto Xavier Dayer: Alain Kilar
Foto Leslie Leon: Leslie Leon
Ist eine Schwangerschaft wie eine Reise durch den Ozean? Solche Fragen stehen hinter dem Buch von Iris Keller «Walwerdung». Das Buch dreht sich um Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Wochenbett. Es ist 2025 im Zürcher Geparden Verlag erschienen. Während der Entwicklung wurde Iris Keller von Migros-Kulturprozent Double unterstützt. Iris Keller hat das Buch zudem auch als Performance realisiert.
Être enceinte est comme un voyage à travers l’océan?
De telles questions sont au cœur du livre «Walwerdung» d’Iris Keller. L’ouvrage aborde la grossesse, l’accouchement et le post-partum. Il est paru en 2025 aux éditions Geparden, à Zurich. Durant son développement, Iris Keller a été soutenue par Pour-cent culturel Migros Double. Elle a également adapté ce livre sous forme de performance.
La gravidanza è come un viaggio attraverso l’oceano?
Domande come questa sono al centro del libro «Walwerdung» di Iris Keller. Il libro tratta della gravidanza, del parto e del periodo post-partum. È stato pubblicato nel 2025 dalla casa editrice Geparden di Zurigo. Durante lo sviluppo, Iris Keller è stata sostenuta dal Percento culturale Migros Double. Inoltre, ha realizzato il libro anche come performance.
Is pregnancy like a journey through the ocean?
Questions like these lie at the heart of Iris Keller’s book «Walwerdung». The book explores pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. It was published in 2025 by Geparden Verlag in Zurich. During its development, Iris Keller was supported by the Migros Culture Percentage Double. She has also adapted the book into a performance.
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✨Having a mentor or a coach can change everything in an artist’s life!✨
Als Double Coach begleitet die international gefeierte Mezzosopranistin Marina Viotti ein Voice-Piano-Duo aus Lausanne und bietet genau das, was sie sich früher selbst gewünscht hat: eine externe Perspektive, ehrliches Feedback und Struktur in der künstlerischen Arbeit. Das Migros-Kulturprozent hat Marina seit ihren Anfängen unterstützt, jetzt gibt sie diese Unterstützung als Coach weiter und zeigt, wie wichtig Austausch und Begleitung für Kunst- und Kulturschaffende sind.
En tant que Double Coach, la mezzo-soprano de renommée internationale Marina Viotti accompagne un duo piano-voix de Lausanne et offre exactement ce qu’elle aurait souhaité avoir plus tôt: un regard extérieur, des retours sincères et de la structure dans le travail artistique. Le Pour-cent culturel Migros soutient Marina depuis ses débuts: aujourd’hui, elle transmet à son tour ce soutien en tant que coach et montre à quel point les échanges et l’accompagnement sont essentiels pour les artistes et les acteur·rice·s culturel·le·s .
Come Double Coach, il mezzosoprano di fama internazionale Marina Viotti accompagna un duo piano-voce di Losanna e offre proprio ciò che avrebbe voluto avere in passato: uno sguardo esterno, un feedback sincero e struttura nel lavoro artistico. Il Percento culturale Migros sostiene Marina fin dagli inizi; oggi lei restituisce questo sostegno nel ruolo di coach e dimostra quanto siano importanti lo scambio e l’accompagnamento per le e gli artiste/i e operatrici/ori culturali.
As a Double coach, internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti supports a piano-voice duo from Lausanne and offers exactly what she once wished she had herself: an external perspective, honest feedback, and structure in their artistic work. Migros Culture Percentage has supported Marina since the very beginning; now she passes this support on as a coach and shows how important exchange and mentoring are for arts and culture professionals.
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Video: Linus Küng
Jetzt bewerben für unsere Ausschreibung «disability & leadership». disframe fördert Projekte aus allen Sparten. Brauchst du Unterstützung bei der Gesuchseingabe? Wir bieten finanzielle Unterstützung für persönliche oder technische Assistenz. Die Ausschreibung läuft noch bis zum 4.Mai. Mehr Infos dazu via Link in Bio
Pose ta candidature dès maintenant pour notre appel à projets «disability & leadership». disframe soutient des projets dans tous les disciplines d’arts. As-tu besoin de soutien pour formuler ta demande? Nous offrons un soutien financier pour une assistance personnelle ou technique. L’appel à projets est ouvert jusqu’au 4 mai. Plus d’infos via le lien dans la bio.
Candidati ora al nostro bando «disability & leadership». disframe sostiene progetti in tutti gli discipline artistiche. Hai bisogno di supporto per l’inoltro della domanda? Offriamo un sostegno finanziario per assistenza personale o tecnica. Il bando è aperto fino al 4 maggio. Maggiori informazioni tramite il link in bio.
Apply now for our call for projects «disability & leadership». disframe supports projects from all artistic disciplines. Do you need support with your application? We offer financial support for personal or technical assistance. The call for applications is open until 4 May. More information via the link in bio.
#migrosculturepercentage#culturefunding#disframe
Video: Linus Küng