{"id":331,"date":"2025-12-17T20:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonemfestival.ch\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:15:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phonemfestival.ch\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"331\" class=\"elementor elementor-331\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fae49f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fae49f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff9253 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ff9253\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d124519 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d124519\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a179a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a179a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Phonem Festival<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2399f9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2399f9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-2399f9b{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351ecee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351ecee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PHONEM (formerly Zwei Tage Zeit) is Zurich\u2019s international festival for improvised and cross-disciplinary music. It brings together artists from diverse regions and scenes, both within Switzerland and beyond, and explores improvisation across a wide range of contexts: from music and dance to film, spatial installations and other forms of contemporary practices. PHONEM approaches improvisation as an open field and celebrates its richness, its methods and its aesthetic possibilities.<\/p><p>With a new curatorial team and a renewed artistic direction, the 11th edition marks an important new chapter. Nineteen artists push the boundaries of improvisational practices, connecting sound with sculpture, light, and language. Alongside concerts and performances, the festival offers lectures, workshops and reflective formats that open new perspectives and invite a broad, diverse audience to experience improvised music from multiple angles.<\/p><p>&#8230; and reflective formats designed to deepen the understanding of improvised music practices and to engage with new and diverse audiences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f571e6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f571e6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b23ed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b23ed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Association Zwei Tage Zeit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c8939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71c8939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-71c8939{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40080bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40080bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The PHONEM Festival is organized by the non-profit association Zwei Tage Zeit. The association promotes improvised, experimental and interdisciplinary musical practices across a variety of formats and contexts. It actively engages new audiences, works with contemporary technologies and contributes to making this artistic practice accessible to a broad public.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b74c5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b74c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-6b74c5c{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5693d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b5693d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board of the association Zwei Tage Zeit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c35d43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c35d43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-c35d43c{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74dad11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74dad11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>President: Christian Wolfarth<br \/>Treasurer: Sandra Weiss<br \/>Artistic direction: Frantz Loriot &amp; Marina Tantanozi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bdb150 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8bdb150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/sustainability\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M4.16699 9.99996H15.8337M15.8337 9.99996L10.0003 4.16663M15.8337 9.99996L10.0003 15.8333\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-width=\"1.66667\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sustainability<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/phonemfestival.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Verein.2TZ_Statuten_2025.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M4.16699 9.99996H15.8337M15.8337 9.99996L10.0003 4.16663M15.8337 9.99996L10.0003 15.8333\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-width=\"1.66667\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Statutes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phonem Festival PHONEM (ehemals Zwei Tage Zeit) ist Z\u00fcrichs internationales Festival f\u00fcr improvisierte und sparten\u00fcbergreifende Musik. 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