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This event explores how coordinated action across governments, businesses and civil society can reduce food waste and its contribution to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. It examines global trends, from municipal waste volumes to emissions from food loss, and highlights policy frameworks, supply-chain strategies and community initiatives that drive prevention, redistribution and circular solutions. Speakers will outline practical steps and collaborative models for advancing a zero‑waste food system and reducing greenhouse gas impacts.
In English.
Panelists: Yves Daccord, president of La Tour en communs (ex-Tour RTS); Antonio Hodgers, former Geneva State Councillor; Gilles Marchand, director, Initiative Media and Philanthropy (Unige) and ex-SSR/RTS director; Riccardo Ramacci, head of media programme, Mercator Foundation.
They examine the surge of philanthropic funding in Swiss journalism, examining governance, independence, ethics and long-term sustainability. The discussion investigates whether foundations rescue a failing business model or entrench powerful private influence, and considers implications for editorial autonomy and the future of public-interest reporting.
In French.
Pour un temps sois peu is a powerful solo piece by Laurène Marx in which she recounts the life of a trans woman through razor-sharp, intimate detail. Text and performance by Laurène Marx, directed by Laurène Marx and Fanny Sintès, with lighting by Solange Dinand. The show blends anger, wit and tenderness to confront medical procedures, violences, social erasure and heteronormative pressures, shaping a raw, urgent language that reclaims lived experience.
In French.
Portrait is a creation by Alexandre Simon and Cosima Weiter that delves into the city through the lens of its diverse inhabitants. Combining text, acting, film sequences, and music, “Portrait” unveils a multicultural and unique Geneva. Pierre Maillet brings to life the testimonies collected by Cosima Weiter, supported by a trio of musicians under the direction of Vincent Bertholet. Filmed sequences by Alexandre Simon add depth to the staging, providing an artistic and anthropological view of the city.
In French.
Through intimate, sea-borne portraits, this documentary traces a Swiss Arctic expedition led by the Pacifique Foundation (2020–2024) in partnership with the University of Geneva. Aboard the sailing vessels Mauritius and Que Sera, crews gathered extensive scientific data while the voyage doubled as a space for personal transformation—hosting young people in reintegration programs and artists in residence. The film balances measured observational frames with lyrical passages, revealing the Arctic’s fragile beauty and the geopolitical and climatic tensions pressing upon it.
Documentary followed by a roundtable discussion on the interactions between environmental research and contemporary challenges in the Arctic.
In French.
This educational escape game explores botanical knowledge and historical research as players investigate a family’s old study to identify a plant described in a 1715 letter used to treat malaria. Participants examine clues, classify specimens, and apply basic pharmacological reasoning and observational skills to reconstruct how the plant’s compounds could combat disease. The session emphasizes taxonomy, analytical thinking, teamwork and the role of traditional botanical knowledge in medical discovery.
In French.
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Pleasing the Spirits invites you on a journey through the Barbier-Mueller Collection, showcasing artworks from around the globe. Curated by Séverine Fromaigeat and Paul Maheke, the exhibition offers an open-ended exploration of diverse objects, awakening spirits and uncovering territories to discover.
MAMCO presents Dial‑A‑Poem Switzerland, a telephone-based poetic broadcasting project inspired by John Giorno. The installation transforms a decommissioned phone booth into a listening station, gathering recorded voices from across Switzerland’s linguistic regions. The programme features contributions by poets and artists exploring language, public space and oral transmission, alternating recorded and live readings. Conceived with Giorno Poetry Systems, the project foregrounds voice as material and communal listening as a poetic practice.
This reading group will explore, in eight sessions, a selection of literary works that have “transcended the time and place of their origin,” in the spirit of Martin Bodmer’s definition of Weltliteratur — or world literature — as dear to Goethe. A literary journey across time and continents, guided by the shared affinities of the participants.
Historian of art, Hélène Leibkutsch moves between languages and cultures, driven by her passion for art, literature, and music. She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Geneva, where she studied art history, general linguistics, and English, as well as a CAS in Cultural Institution Promotion from the University of Neuchâtel. With international experience in art history and the art market, she has maintained a deep interest in literature throughout her career. She served on the board of the Société de Lecture, acting as vice-president for two terms (2008–2010; 2012–2019), and chaired the Reading Commission (2010–2021), where she remains an active member.
In French.
Geneva-based artist Christian Robert-Tissot transforms everyday words, slogans and street expressions into bold visual artworks. By shifting these familiar phrases out of their usual context, he reveals their rhythms, ambiguities and hidden meanings, turning ordinary language into playful reflections on daily life.
Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.
The exhibition invites you on a journey through anatomical models, casts, waxworks, and illustrated antique books. Modern tools like microscopy, medical imaging, and 3D printing uncover the inner workings of organs, currently utilized by medical students at the University of Geneva. This is a collaboration with the University of Geneva. Some images may not be suitable for younger or sensitive audiences.
An exhibition presents around sixty works from the Plan-les-Ouates Art Fund, featuring paintings, sculptures, works on paper and installations. Artists such as Ruth Baettig, Carine Bovey, Sarah Carp, Georges Dessouslavy and Maya Rochat explore repetition, materiality and form through varied techniques: collage, printmaking, ceramics, video and mixed media. The selection stages dialogues between generational perspectives and examines how multiples, process and everyday objects shape contemporary artistic practice.
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