Independent Geneva-based graphic designer Maurane Zaugg delves into printmaking techniques with a creative and collaborative approach, dedicating herself to artistic, cultural, and political projects. This talk highlights the library’s collection and showcases the vibrancy of regional graphic design.
In French.
Lukas Bärfuss, a Bernese playwright, novelist and essayist, is one of the major voices of contemporary German-language literature. He presents his new novel Les Miettes, translated by Camille Lüscher (éditions Zoé). The talk examines Bärfuss’s ongoing exploration of poverty, tracing autobiographical threads from his earlier work Le Carton de mon père and situating the narrative within broader European twentieth-century history. The session offers close readings and discussion of themes, form and memory.
In French.
El Warcha, a multidisciplinary participatory design collective founded by Benjamin Perrot, champions collaborative, street-facing workshops that involve local residents in the creative process. The group produces temporary urban furniture, public installations and events that foreground practical education and civic engagement. For this week of open workshops, textile practice is central: participants will draw, draft patterns and sew together to co-create a large collective textile installation that will transform the space and explore community, materiality and shared craftsmanship.
Photographer, architect and traveller Roland Meige presents a photographic series documenting the culture and vernacular architecture of Yemen before the destructive conflicts of the 2000s.
Through documentary images of urban settlements, towers and domestic structures, the works evoke traditional building techniques, resourceful adaptation to climate and the social fabric of communities. The project records fragile heritage at risk, asking what is lost when violence and internationalized warfare transform landscapes and erase material histories.
Christophe Lyard, producer, publisher, label manager and artist active since 1985, brings decades of experience across underground scenes and the music industry.
He traces founding movements and the evolution of cultural scenes, examining the impact of technology on production and performance. The masterclass explores how electronic music transformed live events, audience experience and artistic creation, revealing connections between DIY origins and contemporary festival culture.
Impact Hub Geneva is hosting an evening to choose projects for its 2026 circular economy incubator. Project leaders will pitch their ideas for inclusion in the upcoming cohort. The event will spotlight innovative initiatives, entrepreneurs, and solutions, all within a supportive and inspiring atmosphere. The event will also feature participation from City Circle Geneva, part of the Circular Economy Switzerland network.
In French.
Michelle Bucher (UNIGE) is affiliated with the University of Geneva and researches mathematical tilings and geometric patterns, linking historical craft practices with contemporary mathematics.
This lecture examines what a tiling is, tracing their journey from Alhambra mosaics to Escher and twentieth-century breakthroughs such as the impossibility of regular pentagon tilings and Penrose’s aperiodic patterns. It explores the interplay of order and disorder and reveals connections between geometry, art and material science.
In French.
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