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Genevan artist Gamo (born 1974) draws from the 1980s graffiti and hip‑hop scene to transform abandoned objects and recovered cardboard into vibrant mixed‑media works. Executed on repurposed cartons, his pictorial surfaces combine acrylic, brush, airbrush and spray to conjure a fantastical urban imaginary.
The exhibition explores recycling, material transformation and memory, questioning consumption while evoking street culture’s visual language and the poetics of found matter.
Opening: Thursday 18 June, 18:00 – 21:00
This opening ceremony gathers leaders, practitioners and institutional figures to reflect on the state of democracy and to outline pathways for its renewal. The program introduces thematic tracks: hope, healing and human security, while presenting academic perspectives and concise interventions that examine democratic resilience, civic engagement and transnational cooperation. Attendees will be oriented to the forum’s dialogue formats and collaborative goals, setting a tone for in-depth discussions and practical approaches to democratic revitalization.
In French.
Senegalese artist Adji Diouf presents a solo exhibition of paintings that move between figuration and abstraction. Colour structures the compositions, with warm, luminous palettes where the gaze becomes an anchor in abstract fields. Recurrent cultural motifs emerge across canvases, informing a poetic and visual vocabulary. The show highlights the artist’s sustained practice and pictorial exploration of memory, identity and transmission through layered surfaces and rhythmic forms.
This exhibition brings together archival photographs, historical medical objects and contemporary works to examine how illness is represented and embodied. Through photography, installation and mixed-media pieces, artists probe how bodily experience resists language and is translated into image, narrative and presence. The presentation includes a new work by Sabrina Röthlisberger Belkacem and is curated by Sara Petrucci with scenography by OnLab, creating a dialogue between archives and recent artistic responses.
Measures of Infinity brings together works by Susanna Bauer, Frankie Gao and Carol Prusa in a contemplative exhibition of drawings, installations and meticulously crafted objects. Bauer transforms fragile leaves into intricate, almost meditative compositions; Gao offers pared-back drawings and open installations that evoke cosmic structures; Prusa constructs pieces informed by scientific models and unseen phenomena. Across scale and material, the show explores perception, precision and the tension between the intimate and the vast, inviting close looking and slow attention.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s herbarium, compiled in the 1770s for the printer-bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, is presented through preserved pressed specimens, its original catalogue and related botanical publications. The historical collection combines scientific observation and aesthetic arrangement, revealing Enlightenment approaches to collecting, classification and the popularisation of plant study. Detailed notes and annotations illuminate Rousseau’s techniques and the materiality of specimens, inviting reflection on how personal curiosity and scholarly networks shaped early modern natural history.
Join neighbours, associations and public services for a ten-day community festival celebrating the park’s renewed spaces. Throughout the program there will be animations, meetings, exhibitions and activities designed for all ages, including children, families and professionals. The festival highlights collaborative projects developed since 2014 and offers opportunities to meet participants, share stories and discover local initiatives. Activities are free and held outdoors, with some sessions specifically for children or requiring prior registration.
Genevan artist Gamo (born 1974) draws from the 1980s graffiti and hip‑hop scene to transform abandoned objects and recovered cardboard into vibrant mixed‑media works. Executed on repurposed cartons, his pictorial surfaces combine acrylic, brush, airbrush and spray to conjure a fantastical urban imaginary.
The exhibition explores recycling, material transformation and memory, questioning consumption while evoking street culture’s visual language and the poetics of found matter.
Opening: Thursday 18 June, 18:00 – 21:00
This opening ceremony gathers leaders, practitioners and institutional figures to reflect on the state of democracy and to outline pathways for its renewal. The program introduces thematic tracks: hope, healing and human security, while presenting academic perspectives and concise interventions that examine democratic resilience, civic engagement and transnational cooperation. Attendees will be oriented to the forum’s dialogue formats and collaborative goals, setting a tone for in-depth discussions and practical approaches to democratic revitalization.
In French.
Senegalese artist Adji Diouf presents a solo exhibition of paintings that move between figuration and abstraction. Colour structures the compositions, with warm, luminous palettes where the gaze becomes an anchor in abstract fields. Recurrent cultural motifs emerge across canvases, informing a poetic and visual vocabulary. The show highlights the artist’s sustained practice and pictorial exploration of memory, identity and transmission through layered surfaces and rhythmic forms.
This exhibition brings together archival photographs, historical medical objects and contemporary works to examine how illness is represented and embodied. Through photography, installation and mixed-media pieces, artists probe how bodily experience resists language and is translated into image, narrative and presence. The presentation includes a new work by Sabrina Röthlisberger Belkacem and is curated by Sara Petrucci with scenography by OnLab, creating a dialogue between archives and recent artistic responses.
Measures of Infinity brings together works by Susanna Bauer, Frankie Gao and Carol Prusa in a contemplative exhibition of drawings, installations and meticulously crafted objects. Bauer transforms fragile leaves into intricate, almost meditative compositions; Gao offers pared-back drawings and open installations that evoke cosmic structures; Prusa constructs pieces informed by scientific models and unseen phenomena. Across scale and material, the show explores perception, precision and the tension between the intimate and the vast, inviting close looking and slow attention.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s herbarium, compiled in the 1770s for the printer-bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, is presented through preserved pressed specimens, its original catalogue and related botanical publications. The historical collection combines scientific observation and aesthetic arrangement, revealing Enlightenment approaches to collecting, classification and the popularisation of plant study. Detailed notes and annotations illuminate Rousseau’s techniques and the materiality of specimens, inviting reflection on how personal curiosity and scholarly networks shaped early modern natural history.
Join neighbours, associations and public services for a ten-day community festival celebrating the park’s renewed spaces. Throughout the program there will be animations, meetings, exhibitions and activities designed for all ages, including children, families and professionals. The festival highlights collaborative projects developed since 2014 and offers opportunities to meet participants, share stories and discover local initiatives. Activities are free and held outdoors, with some sessions specifically for children or requiring prior registration.
Genevan artist Gamo (born 1974) draws from the 1980s graffiti and hip‑hop scene to transform abandoned objects and recovered cardboard into vibrant mixed‑media works. Executed on repurposed cartons, his pictorial surfaces combine acrylic, brush, airbrush and spray to conjure a fantastical urban imaginary.
The exhibition explores recycling, material transformation and memory, questioning consumption while evoking street culture’s visual language and the poetics of found matter.
Opening: Thursday 18 June, 18:00 – 21:00
This opening ceremony gathers leaders, practitioners and institutional figures to reflect on the state of democracy and to outline pathways for its renewal. The program introduces thematic tracks: hope, healing and human security, while presenting academic perspectives and concise interventions that examine democratic resilience, civic engagement and transnational cooperation. Attendees will be oriented to the forum’s dialogue formats and collaborative goals, setting a tone for in-depth discussions and practical approaches to democratic revitalization.
In French.
Senegalese artist Adji Diouf presents a solo exhibition of paintings that move between figuration and abstraction. Colour structures the compositions, with warm, luminous palettes where the gaze becomes an anchor in abstract fields. Recurrent cultural motifs emerge across canvases, informing a poetic and visual vocabulary. The show highlights the artist’s sustained practice and pictorial exploration of memory, identity and transmission through layered surfaces and rhythmic forms.
This exhibition brings together archival photographs, historical medical objects and contemporary works to examine how illness is represented and embodied. Through photography, installation and mixed-media pieces, artists probe how bodily experience resists language and is translated into image, narrative and presence. The presentation includes a new work by Sabrina Röthlisberger Belkacem and is curated by Sara Petrucci with scenography by OnLab, creating a dialogue between archives and recent artistic responses.
Measures of Infinity brings together works by Susanna Bauer, Frankie Gao and Carol Prusa in a contemplative exhibition of drawings, installations and meticulously crafted objects. Bauer transforms fragile leaves into intricate, almost meditative compositions; Gao offers pared-back drawings and open installations that evoke cosmic structures; Prusa constructs pieces informed by scientific models and unseen phenomena. Across scale and material, the show explores perception, precision and the tension between the intimate and the vast, inviting close looking and slow attention.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s herbarium, compiled in the 1770s for the printer-bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, is presented through preserved pressed specimens, its original catalogue and related botanical publications. The historical collection combines scientific observation and aesthetic arrangement, revealing Enlightenment approaches to collecting, classification and the popularisation of plant study. Detailed notes and annotations illuminate Rousseau’s techniques and the materiality of specimens, inviting reflection on how personal curiosity and scholarly networks shaped early modern natural history.
Tania Perez, artist, author and illustrator, works from photographic archives to explore projection, absence and the meaning of home. Her practice blends image-making, text and archival research.
The workshop guides participants through composing a short zine around the phrase ‘With you I feel House’, using typewriter, drawing tools and photographic materials. Perez examines themes of belonging and absence while participants practice layout, collage and photocopy-based reproduction, and discover strategies for narrative and visual experimentation.
Two retired clowns revisit moments from their lives with mischievous tenderness and a sharp, critical eye. The piece unfolds as a series of rapid transformations—each reinvention arriving every three minutes—blending physical comedy, memory and gentle satire. The performers invite laughter through self-mockery and shared recognition, balancing fragility and spirited resilience. Staging privileges rhythm and gesture, creating a warm, bittersweet atmosphere that observes the world through playful yet clear‑eyed humour.
In French.
Spirale Workshops 1 and 2 showcase a thirty-year practice of transmission, research and intergenerational exchange. Under the direction of Michele Millner (Atelier 1) and Cathy Sarr with Patrick Mohr (Atelier 2), the project blends devised creation and collective laboratories. Atelier 1 develops a decolonial, antipatriarchal and radical laboratory that dialogues with figures such as Lady Macbeth and Nina. Participants include Marie Bondolfi, Yves Cerf, Mael Godinat and Jeanne Pasquier.
In French.
Build a famous museum work together, brick by brick. With a grown-up by your side, you’ll re-create a colourful artwork using LEGO pieces, fitting blocks and adjusting tiny details. Hear the satisfying clicks as colours stack, feel the textures, and watch shapes emerge. Kids explore observation, teamwork and simple problem-solving while practising fine motor skills and creativity. At the end, take home your own model and share the story you built.
Dates :
Saturday 27 June, 14:00, 15:30
Saturday 15 August, 14:00, 15:30
In French. Kids ages 6 and up.
Mélanie Plouviez, philosopher and professor at Université Côte d’Azur, coordinates the PHILHERIT project and is author of L’injustice en héritage (2025). Gabrielle Radica, professor at Université de Lille, specializes in Rousseau.
This lecture examines Rousseau’s account of the family as both source and amplifier of social inequalities and of patrimony as a mechanism that reproduces disadvantage. The speakers explore whether family structures and inheritance can also serve as levers for reducing inequality, mobilizing classical and contemporary texts to illuminate the debate.
In English.
An international professional beach volleyball tournament bringing top men’s and women’s teams together for high-level competition and lively spectator energy. Over multiple days, pro pairs face fast, athletic rallies on outdoor sand courts, combining technical skill, endurance and tactical play. The atmosphere blends sporting intensity with a festival-like social vibe, offering accessible viewing for all levels of fans and a showcase of elite beach volleyball performance.
Celebrate a five-year anniversary of a local community music project at this three-day summer festival by the water. Live concerts, DJ sets, performances and collaborative projects create a vibrant, eclectic programme, with sounds ranging from rap and jazz to cumbia and synth-punk. Food stalls offer varied cuisine to share. Designed for neighbours, families and music lovers of all backgrounds, the event invites everyone to come together, connect and enjoy communal moments of music and conviviality.
Join neighbours, associations and public services for a ten-day community festival celebrating the park’s renewed spaces. Throughout the program there will be animations, meetings, exhibitions and activities designed for all ages, including children, families and professionals. The festival highlights collaborative projects developed since 2014 and offers opportunities to meet participants, share stories and discover local initiatives. Activities are free and held outdoors, with some sessions specifically for children or requiring prior registration.
Genevan artist Gamo (born 1974) draws from the 1980s graffiti and hip‑hop scene to transform abandoned objects and recovered cardboard into vibrant mixed‑media works. Executed on repurposed cartons, his pictorial surfaces combine acrylic, brush, airbrush and spray to conjure a fantastical urban imaginary.
The exhibition explores recycling, material transformation and memory, questioning consumption while evoking street culture’s visual language and the poetics of found matter.
Opening: Thursday 18 June, 18:00 – 21:00
This opening ceremony gathers leaders, practitioners and institutional figures to reflect on the state of democracy and to outline pathways for its renewal. The program introduces thematic tracks: hope, healing and human security, while presenting academic perspectives and concise interventions that examine democratic resilience, civic engagement and transnational cooperation. Attendees will be oriented to the forum’s dialogue formats and collaborative goals, setting a tone for in-depth discussions and practical approaches to democratic revitalization.
In French.
Senegalese artist Adji Diouf presents a solo exhibition of paintings that move between figuration and abstraction. Colour structures the compositions, with warm, luminous palettes where the gaze becomes an anchor in abstract fields. Recurrent cultural motifs emerge across canvases, informing a poetic and visual vocabulary. The show highlights the artist’s sustained practice and pictorial exploration of memory, identity and transmission through layered surfaces and rhythmic forms.
This exhibition brings together archival photographs, historical medical objects and contemporary works to examine how illness is represented and embodied. Through photography, installation and mixed-media pieces, artists probe how bodily experience resists language and is translated into image, narrative and presence. The presentation includes a new work by Sabrina Röthlisberger Belkacem and is curated by Sara Petrucci with scenography by OnLab, creating a dialogue between archives and recent artistic responses.
Measures of Infinity brings together works by Susanna Bauer, Frankie Gao and Carol Prusa in a contemplative exhibition of drawings, installations and meticulously crafted objects. Bauer transforms fragile leaves into intricate, almost meditative compositions; Gao offers pared-back drawings and open installations that evoke cosmic structures; Prusa constructs pieces informed by scientific models and unseen phenomena. Across scale and material, the show explores perception, precision and the tension between the intimate and the vast, inviting close looking and slow attention.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s herbarium, compiled in the 1770s for the printer-bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, is presented through preserved pressed specimens, its original catalogue and related botanical publications. The historical collection combines scientific observation and aesthetic arrangement, revealing Enlightenment approaches to collecting, classification and the popularisation of plant study. Detailed notes and annotations illuminate Rousseau’s techniques and the materiality of specimens, inviting reflection on how personal curiosity and scholarly networks shaped early modern natural history.
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