Foto © ecoArtes adèle weers
A Japanese teachers' group on a school visit in Zurich ignited Adèle Weers' passion for the world's shortest poetry form. Her work has been published in dedicated anthologies in the USA. In Sweden, her Renshi project was selected for the Scientific Conference (T)ERROR on Tour hosted by the Institute for Urban Research, Malmö, in the summer 2021. This state of the art multimedia performance has been included in the global Renshi database establ. by Prof. Eduard Klopfenstein. Julia Schiwowa created a jazz composition for one of Adèle's haiku poems. Recently, her essay for the BÜNDNER Jahrbuch 2025 was published. German Haiku by Flandrina von Salis, illustrated with a woodblock print by Conrad Meii, are juxtaposed with contemporary Haiku by Benedetto Vigne in Rumantsch Grischun.
She holds a diploma in MultiMedia Art & Society by InArtes Switzerland, a Business diploma by KV Zurich and a Certificate for the Human Rights Training with UNITAR. Previously, she worked as manager in public school offices in Switzerland. Adèle won her first prize for a literary contribution at the age of 17 in a writing contest by the Swiss Readio station.
Adèle Weers lives in a housing community in Zurich close by a modern city park, a restored stream and a 10 minutes walk from the forest.
Filmographie
2023 - Short contribution of Found Footage as part of a crowdsourcing call for «While the Green Grass Grows» Feature Film, World Premiere at Vision du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland (Grand Prix)
2023 - Informal contribution for the Set Design «RÖBI GEHT» Feature Film, Switzerland
2021 - Creative idea and Curator for the Trailer «May the Ripples Multiply» Urban Research Institute, Sweden
2011 - Protagonist and Photography for «Die Kunst der Pause» Short Film für jakobsweg.ch, Switzerland
2010 - 3rd prize foto competition Silberweide, Greifensee, Switzerland
Literature
2024/25 - Essay im Bündner Jahrbuch Kunst und Kultur, Tardis Verlag Chur: ISBN 978-3-9525049-8-7
2023/24 - Global New Year Renga with Bob Whelan, USA
since 2020 - Haiku/Senryu/Renshi in dedicated magazines/anthologies, USA: ISBN 978-1-930172-22-7 //
ISBN 978-1-930172-25-8
2020 - Haiku for a music composition for Julia Schiwowa and Einsingen um 9, Switzerland > on YouTube September 29th 2020
(Scientific) Conferences
2024 - Common Principles for Peace@COP29-2024 Baku, Azerbaijan with ECCP/Environmental Peacebuilding Association
2023 - Peace Policy for COP 28 Dubai, UAE with Global Community of Practice, ECCP
2021 - Creative Idea, Video Contribution and Curator for a presentation at the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) Malmö, Sweden (Trailer)
2012 - Photography for a presentation at the Int. Conference on Landscape and Health, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
1988 - Text for exhibition on rainforest deforestation as Humanitarian Crisis for The Yanomami, Brazilia and the world with Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker
Long Journeys to India, Philippines, Pakistan, China, the USA and other countries
Memberships
Swiss Human Rights Institution
ECCP - Ecosystem of Peace
American Haiku Society, HSA
Comünaunza Pro Lej da Segl
SWAN Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network