Located on the edge of the Old Town, just above Parc des Bastions, the Palais de l’Athénée is a historic 19th-century building that houses the Société des Arts. This institution serves as a hub for knowledge and culture offering a diverse annual program. The e Palais de l’Athénée’s Salle Crosnier regularly features inaugural solo exhibitions by young local artists, showcasing the work of four to five artists per year. The Salle Saint-Ours is dedicated to experimental curatorship, providing a platform for emerging curators to develop and present their projects. Additionally, the Palais de l’Athénée occasionally hosts concerts as well as conferences covering a diverse range of subjects.
Clara Roumégoux examines production relations and the pressure to be productive through a concise series of works. Addressing food, design and sleep, she subverts everyday objects so they become signifiers of our era. Through moving image, print, installation and playful references to painting, her practice blurs domesticity and industry, care and efficiency. The exhibition questions habitual assumptions and evokes the subtle social forces that shape everyday routines and bodily rhythms.
Directed by Alain Wirth, this documentary follows Pierre-Gilles and Antoine as they cultivate the Praz Bonjour plot above Vevey, tending vegetables through entirely natural methods. Over a year marked by climate pressures, pests and financial strain, the film observes how roadworks and neighbourly cohabitation complicate daily labour. It traces a quiet struggle for resilient, local agriculture, privileging textured, intimate images and a patient rhythm that foregrounds endurance, community and the material realities of sustaining land.
In presence of the director, Alain Wirth.
In French.
Sarah Singla, an agronomist engineer and farmer practising conservation agriculture since 1980, brings decades of hands-on experience and insights from international farm visits and scientific studies. She is joined by Pascal Boivin, Professor at HEPIA.
The lecture examines how agronomy and soil fertility underpin sustainable agricultural solutions, exploring conservation practices, soil restoration techniques and evidence-based approaches to enhance productivity and resilience. It addresses global challenges by revealing practical strategies to rebuild soil health and secure long-term food systems.
In French.
Tanguy Coustaline, beekeeper and president of APIDAE, combines practical apiculture experience with civic leadership; a former international buyer, he joined as a volunteer and became director in 2023.
This session examines the rapid decline of pollinators in the Grand Genève, exploring causes, conservation strategies and habitat restoration projects like Today We Sow. It addresses the wider implications for local biodiversity and food security and outlines APIDAE’s practical actions including corporate hive installations and educational programmes.
In French.
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