Create playful poems with movable type and bright letter shapes. Use wooden letters and colorful prints to build poem-images. Cut and arrange words, stamp letters, and press patterns that pop with ink. Hear the rhythm of words, see shapes form, and feel the paper as lines take shape. Work alongside the editor and illustrator to explore how text and image meet. This hands-on workshop invites curiosity and lets language become lively pictures.
In French.
Adrien Mangili, author of Natural Magic and Free Thought, presents his research on the paradoxical influence of natural magic during the Renaissance and the seventeenth century.
He discusses how natural magic, as an explanatory rival to religion, enabled early free thinkers to reframe miracles as secret forces of nature, thereby challenging theological authority and contributing to the emergence of critical, scientific inquiry.
In French.
Graffiti artist Amikal presents an in-depth exploration of Geneva’s street art scene through murals, tags and public interventions. The narrative situates tagging and graffiti within contemporary urban culture, unpacking origins, symbolism, authorship and networks among practitioners. Works range from large-scale painted murals to intimate tags and site-specific interventions, while discussions address techniques, materials and the codes that shape this subversive visual language. The project reveals how street practices negotiate public space and cultural visibility.
In French.
Speakers Delphine Bongard, Nicole Staremberg and actress Nathalie Boulin present historical texts spanning the 15th to 20th centuries, offering readings and commentary on literary portrayals of supernatural female figures.
The session examines motifs such as Mélusine and other heroines, alternating document presentations with contemporary readings to investigate shifting depictions of power, gender and the supernatural in European literature. It reveals how narratives alternately valorize or demonize women and considers historical printing contexts that shaped reception and cultural memory.
In French.
This interactive memory challenge invites participants to test their memory while exploring practical ways to preserve biodiversity based on Geneva’s municipal strategy. Players match “before-and-after” images that illustrate individual and institutional actions, and each correct pair reveals concise information explaining the measure. The activity examines themes such as habitat restoration, species-friendly practices, urban greening and policy responses, helping participants understand the impact and rationale behind everyday and organisational conservation choices.
Yvon, a pre-cinema artist, leads this workshop introducing participants to 19th-century projection techniques and magic-lantern performance, with practical demonstrations and hands-on guidance.
Participants will design and create a short phantasmagoric show using fantascopes and hand-crafted imagery, exploring composition, timing and projection methods and presentation. The session examines narrative staging and visual effects that produce eerie and humorous atmospheres while connecting to 19th-century spectacle.
In French.
Anaïs Wion, historian and research director at the CNRS, studies Ethiopian Christian spiritual medicine, manuscript traditions, and their social role.
This lecture examines Ethiopian magical-religious scrolls—parchment talismans made by dabtara—combining prayers, spells and images to protect and heal. Wion examines their production, iconography and historical role in spiritual medicine, revealing how textual and visual practices mediate healing and belief in Christian Ethiopian communities.
In French.
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