Villa Bernasconi is a contemporary art center located in Grand-Lancy, within a park along the Aire river. Housed in a 19th-century mansion, it offers a dynamic program including exhibitions, performances, readings, and workshops. Dedicated to contemporary practices, it presents several shows per year ranging from visual arts to comics and illustration. Both accessible and rooted in its local context, it bridges architectural heritage and contemporary creation on the outskirts of Geneva.
An ephemeral collective of illustrators and invited guests presents new work developed during a residency. Artists include Melchior Best, Hannah de Carpentier, Coline Davaud, Fred Fivaz, Juliette Mancini, Romain Pereira, Audrey Ramos, Fanny Rose, Tommy Smits, Marie-Yaé Suematsu, Cassandre Tornay and Fabio Zimbres. The exhibition gathers original illustrations and collaborative projects that highlight a plurality of graphic approaches. It examines modes of exchange between individual practice and group dynamics, revealing how drawing-based practices adapt to collaborative and spatial contexts.
Opening: 14 October, 18:00
A descriptive and sensory visit to the exhibition “Fuite au Marché Machin” with Benoît Billotte opens the experience to blind and visually impaired visitors as well as the wider public. The format invites participants to encounter the work through voice, touch and attentive listening, shifting emphasis from sight to embodied perception. Framed by an ephemeral collective of illustrators and invited artists, the exhibition extends across the villa’s salons and upper floors, revealing how illustration can be reimagined through accessibility, collaboration and shared sensory exploration.
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