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Sunday 7 June

De-domestication is a ritual multimedia performance by Daniel Hellmann (Soya the Cow) and Rafa Bqueer (Uhura Bqueer) that stages two queer creatures — an Alpine cow and an Amazonian panther — confronting the global violences of monoculture, intensive farming and colonialism. With costumes by Andy Lopes, lighting and scenography by Theres Indermaur, video by Aron Smith and music by Eduardo Duarte and Coco Schwarz, the work blends poetry and provocation to explore rewilding, transformation and queer imaginaries.

In Portuguese and French.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

3 – 14 June

Ana Carolina Sargenti presents drawings, paintings and sculptural elements that examine the processes used to identify people who disappeared during Argentina’s last dictatorship.

Using charcoal portraiture, engraved layers of earth, watercolour impressions and plaster forms, her practice navigates appearance and erasure. Works range from material excavations to subtle removals of surface—charcoal portraits created by subtracting from black reserves, and landscapes shaped from layered earth—probing memory, territory, disappearance and the reconstruction of collective traces.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

Saturday 6 June, 23:00

Unity Sound and Humanity Sound System join forces for an energetic reggae and dancehall evening. These Geneva crews deliver deep bass, tight selections and the immersive unity vibes of sound-system culture. Roots, dub and contemporary dancehall rhythms are driven by analogue warmth and heavy low end. The evening highlights crate-selected classics and fresh edits, creating a communal atmosphere where sound, rhythm and bass interact to move the crowd and celebrate Jamaican music traditions.

31 May and 7 June

Nur Dasoki is a Lebanese–Palestinian multidisciplinary artist who holds degrees in visual arts and in socially engaged artistic practices from EDHEA Sierre and HEAD Genève, awarded for her project Hikayat Nur. She teaches Palestinian embroidery in Switzerland.

This workshop examines tatreez as a form of memory and resistance, inviting participants to attend to the void and to recreate lost or imagined fragments of diaspora through cross-stitch on a traditional mahrama. Participants will compose two-color images and inscribe one or two words; final pieces are conceived as a collective series exploring remembrance and presence.

In French.

Sunday 7 June

De-domestication is a ritual multimedia performance by Daniel Hellmann (Soya the Cow) and Rafa Bqueer (Uhura Bqueer) that stages two queer creatures — an Alpine cow and an Amazonian panther — confronting the global violences of monoculture, intensive farming and colonialism. With costumes by Andy Lopes, lighting and scenography by Theres Indermaur, video by Aron Smith and music by Eduardo Duarte and Coco Schwarz, the work blends poetry and provocation to explore rewilding, transformation and queer imaginaries.

In Portuguese and French.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

3 – 14 June

Ana Carolina Sargenti presents drawings, paintings and sculptural elements that examine the processes used to identify people who disappeared during Argentina’s last dictatorship.

Using charcoal portraiture, engraved layers of earth, watercolour impressions and plaster forms, her practice navigates appearance and erasure. Works range from material excavations to subtle removals of surface—charcoal portraits created by subtracting from black reserves, and landscapes shaped from layered earth—probing memory, territory, disappearance and the reconstruction of collective traces.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

Saturday 6 June, 23:00

Unity Sound and Humanity Sound System join forces for an energetic reggae and dancehall evening. These Geneva crews deliver deep bass, tight selections and the immersive unity vibes of sound-system culture. Roots, dub and contemporary dancehall rhythms are driven by analogue warmth and heavy low end. The evening highlights crate-selected classics and fresh edits, creating a communal atmosphere where sound, rhythm and bass interact to move the crowd and celebrate Jamaican music traditions.

31 May and 7 June

Nur Dasoki is a Lebanese–Palestinian multidisciplinary artist who holds degrees in visual arts and in socially engaged artistic practices from EDHEA Sierre and HEAD Genève, awarded for her project Hikayat Nur. She teaches Palestinian embroidery in Switzerland.

This workshop examines tatreez as a form of memory and resistance, inviting participants to attend to the void and to recreate lost or imagined fragments of diaspora through cross-stitch on a traditional mahrama. Participants will compose two-color images and inscribe one or two words; final pieces are conceived as a collective series exploring remembrance and presence.

In French.

Sunday 7 June

De-domestication is a ritual multimedia performance by Daniel Hellmann (Soya the Cow) and Rafa Bqueer (Uhura Bqueer) that stages two queer creatures — an Alpine cow and an Amazonian panther — confronting the global violences of monoculture, intensive farming and colonialism. With costumes by Andy Lopes, lighting and scenography by Theres Indermaur, video by Aron Smith and music by Eduardo Duarte and Coco Schwarz, the work blends poetry and provocation to explore rewilding, transformation and queer imaginaries.

In Portuguese and French.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

3 – 14 June

Ana Carolina Sargenti presents drawings, paintings and sculptural elements that examine the processes used to identify people who disappeared during Argentina’s last dictatorship.

Using charcoal portraiture, engraved layers of earth, watercolour impressions and plaster forms, her practice navigates appearance and erasure. Works range from material excavations to subtle removals of surface—charcoal portraits created by subtracting from black reserves, and landscapes shaped from layered earth—probing memory, territory, disappearance and the reconstruction of collective traces.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

Saturday 6 June, 23:00

Unity Sound and Humanity Sound System join forces for an energetic reggae and dancehall evening. These Geneva crews deliver deep bass, tight selections and the immersive unity vibes of sound-system culture. Roots, dub and contemporary dancehall rhythms are driven by analogue warmth and heavy low end. The evening highlights crate-selected classics and fresh edits, creating a communal atmosphere where sound, rhythm and bass interact to move the crowd and celebrate Jamaican music traditions.

31 May and 7 June

Nur Dasoki is a Lebanese–Palestinian multidisciplinary artist who holds degrees in visual arts and in socially engaged artistic practices from EDHEA Sierre and HEAD Genève, awarded for her project Hikayat Nur. She teaches Palestinian embroidery in Switzerland.

This workshop examines tatreez as a form of memory and resistance, inviting participants to attend to the void and to recreate lost or imagined fragments of diaspora through cross-stitch on a traditional mahrama. Participants will compose two-color images and inscribe one or two words; final pieces are conceived as a collective series exploring remembrance and presence.

In French.

Sunday 7 June

De-domestication is a ritual multimedia performance by Daniel Hellmann (Soya the Cow) and Rafa Bqueer (Uhura Bqueer) that stages two queer creatures — an Alpine cow and an Amazonian panther — confronting the global violences of monoculture, intensive farming and colonialism. With costumes by Andy Lopes, lighting and scenography by Theres Indermaur, video by Aron Smith and music by Eduardo Duarte and Coco Schwarz, the work blends poetry and provocation to explore rewilding, transformation and queer imaginaries.

In Portuguese and French.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

3 – 14 June

Ana Carolina Sargenti presents drawings, paintings and sculptural elements that examine the processes used to identify people who disappeared during Argentina’s last dictatorship.

Using charcoal portraiture, engraved layers of earth, watercolour impressions and plaster forms, her practice navigates appearance and erasure. Works range from material excavations to subtle removals of surface—charcoal portraits created by subtracting from black reserves, and landscapes shaped from layered earth—probing memory, territory, disappearance and the reconstruction of collective traces.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

Saturday 6 June, 23:00

Unity Sound and Humanity Sound System join forces for an energetic reggae and dancehall evening. These Geneva crews deliver deep bass, tight selections and the immersive unity vibes of sound-system culture. Roots, dub and contemporary dancehall rhythms are driven by analogue warmth and heavy low end. The evening highlights crate-selected classics and fresh edits, creating a communal atmosphere where sound, rhythm and bass interact to move the crowd and celebrate Jamaican music traditions.

31 May and 7 June

Nur Dasoki is a Lebanese–Palestinian multidisciplinary artist who holds degrees in visual arts and in socially engaged artistic practices from EDHEA Sierre and HEAD Genève, awarded for her project Hikayat Nur. She teaches Palestinian embroidery in Switzerland.

This workshop examines tatreez as a form of memory and resistance, inviting participants to attend to the void and to recreate lost or imagined fragments of diaspora through cross-stitch on a traditional mahrama. Participants will compose two-color images and inscribe one or two words; final pieces are conceived as a collective series exploring remembrance and presence.

In French.

Sunday 7 June

De-domestication is a ritual multimedia performance by Daniel Hellmann (Soya the Cow) and Rafa Bqueer (Uhura Bqueer) that stages two queer creatures — an Alpine cow and an Amazonian panther — confronting the global violences of monoculture, intensive farming and colonialism. With costumes by Andy Lopes, lighting and scenography by Theres Indermaur, video by Aron Smith and music by Eduardo Duarte and Coco Schwarz, the work blends poetry and provocation to explore rewilding, transformation and queer imaginaries.

In Portuguese and French.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

3 – 14 June

Ana Carolina Sargenti presents drawings, paintings and sculptural elements that examine the processes used to identify people who disappeared during Argentina’s last dictatorship.

Using charcoal portraiture, engraved layers of earth, watercolour impressions and plaster forms, her practice navigates appearance and erasure. Works range from material excavations to subtle removals of surface—charcoal portraits created by subtracting from black reserves, and landscapes shaped from layered earth—probing memory, territory, disappearance and the reconstruction of collective traces.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

Saturday 6 June, 23:00

Unity Sound and Humanity Sound System join forces for an energetic reggae and dancehall evening. These Geneva crews deliver deep bass, tight selections and the immersive unity vibes of sound-system culture. Roots, dub and contemporary dancehall rhythms are driven by analogue warmth and heavy low end. The evening highlights crate-selected classics and fresh edits, creating a communal atmosphere where sound, rhythm and bass interact to move the crowd and celebrate Jamaican music traditions.

31 May and 7 June

Nur Dasoki is a Lebanese–Palestinian multidisciplinary artist who holds degrees in visual arts and in socially engaged artistic practices from EDHEA Sierre and HEAD Genève, awarded for her project Hikayat Nur. She teaches Palestinian embroidery in Switzerland.

This workshop examines tatreez as a form of memory and resistance, inviting participants to attend to the void and to recreate lost or imagined fragments of diaspora through cross-stitch on a traditional mahrama. Participants will compose two-color images and inscribe one or two words; final pieces are conceived as a collective series exploring remembrance and presence.

In French.

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The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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