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Jared Bloch
Film Festival and international Forum on Human Rights Venue
Geneva, Switzerland - This past weekend marked the opening of the eighth edition of the Film Festival and International Forum for Human Rights in Geneva which serves as a platform between human-rights activists and filmmakers. One of the first documentaries screened was Roshane Saidnattar’s “L’important c’est de rester vivant,” or “The Important Part is to Stay Alive,” a haunting personal account of life under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Jared Bloch
Bike visit
Geneva, Switzerland – As a sometime bike mechanic and general fan of two-wheeled vehicles, I was thrilled to walk into Planet Charmilles last week to find an exhibition on the history of bicycles. The exhibit titled Le Velo, Deux Siecles d’Histoire, or The Bicycle, Two Centuries of History, showcased 30 bicycles dating from 1817 to the present.
In 1817, the German Baron and inventor, Karl Drais von Sauerbronn forever changed the geography of footpaths and horse tracks when he invented the Laufsmachine or Running Machine in English. It was so called because it resembled the side view of a horse cart which the rider straddled while propelling himself by his legs; the notion of gears and pedaling was yet to be incorporated.
Jared Bloch
The Asteroïds Galaxy Tour, energizing crowds at Montreux' Jazz Cafe-Photo, Jared Bloch
Montreux, Switzerland - In the afterglow of the musical smorgasbord that is July in Switzerland, I am left wondering, what’s next? Of all the shows I had the pleasure of seeing last month, one of the highlights was the Scandinavian Night at the Montreux Jazz Festival hosted by Spot on Denmark.
Jared Bloch
On display at SIG Gallery, Pont de la Machine, through June 30 and outdoors at Quai Wilson from August 31 – September 20.
"Our World - at War" Exhibition
The ”Our World – At War,” exhibit on display at the SIG Gallery, commemorates 150 years of documenting humanitarian disasters and providing assistance, beginning with Henri Dunant’s vivid description of the Battle of Solferino.
It was this battle that prompted Dunant to write “A Memory of Solferino,” and which subsequently spawned creation of the original Geneva Convention, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. 2009 also marks the 60th anniversary since ratification of the subsequent Geneva Conventions for the protection of non-combatants; together, these have effectively become univeral law protecting civilians worldwide.
Jared Bloch
Geneva is a paradox to me in the summer when literally hundreds of
happenings spill forth onto the weekend pages of the newspaper and on
the GenevaLunch Events page.
This weekend I was nearly paralyzed by indecision as I pondered which bands I was missing at the Fete de la Musique, or the similarly free movies in the festival I would not see, or the knuckle biting penalty goals I was missing in the Euro Cup…
