DATÉ ? —

Swiss army knife of contemporary art, "Daté" is a tool to sharpen the perspective and appetite of cultural hikers in the Franco-Swiss region and elsewhere.

ADDRESS AND AFFINITIES
We believe that art can work with sensitivity and pertinance to address issues beyond the changes and evolutions of general societal concerns. The angles and the practices that are of interest to us are not those of the cultural industry.

PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION
On a collective basis, via multiple formats, we develop personal writings, shaped in the form and tone, to be curious, narrative, and trenchant. We offer a framework and canvas for the production and dissemination of these writings.

AGAINST THE COMPETITION
We reject the values proposed by the commercial networks of art, amplified by most media and institutions. We believe that notions of competition and novelty are counterproductive: they tend to crush the singularities of opinion and to reduce speech to pure promotional solicitation.

AGAINST FORGETTING
We believe it is fundamental to relay information and promote the historical depth of the news, far away from the perpetual tabula rasa of the egocentric figure. This work with cultural memory allows one to better formulate and understand the meaning of current art practices and the issues they raise.

EDITOR : Association Daté, Geneva CONTRIBUTEURS : Dionisio Alfaro-Oliver, Benoît Billotte, Boris Borcic, Julien Bouillon, Séverine Cattin, Bertrand Charles, Léonore Easton, Zeyna Erdemoglu, Estelle Ferreira, Séverine Fromaigeat, Jean-Baptiste Ganne, Greta Gratos, Josiane Guilloud-Cavat, Sandra Irsapoullé, Sophie-Dorothée Kleiner, Laurent Kropf, Cheong Kwon, Rudy Lacroix, Claude Lévêque, Teresa Maranzano, Nicola de Marchi, Julien Maret, Nolwenn Mégard, Tania Messell, Laure Mi Hyun Croset, Collectif Microsillons, Elena Montesinos, Danaé Panchaud, Emilie Pellissier, Barbara Polla, Fabienne Radi, Leticia Ramos, Jean-Marie Reynier, Gilles Rotzetter, July Semoroz, Mauve Serra, Salar Shahna, Tilo Steireif, Claude-Hubert Tatot, TaMo TuMa, Antoinette Vonder Mühll, Petter Viasselfebb, Sandy Vuillaume, Perrine Wettstein, Barbara Yvelin ADMINISTRATOR, CHIEF OF REDACTION : Sophia Bulliard WEB CREATOR : Lauro Foletti WEB MAINTENANCE : Cetusss TRANSLATORS : Yves-Alexandre Jaquier, Gidon Mead FONDERS : Sophia Bulliard et Lauro Foletti