Cléo Jansen and Tom Tirabosco, author and illustrator of the graphic investigation Collision (Éditions Futuropolis), present a conversation about the proposed Future Circular Collider at CERN. They examine the project’s scientific aims and the social and environmental stakes — from the scale of the construction to biodiversity and climate concerns — and discuss the investigative process behind their reportage in comics form.
In French.
Hyacinthe Ravet, professor of sociomusicology at Sorbonne University’s Faculty of Letters and researcher at the Institut de Recherche en Musicologie, presents “What Is an Orchestra? Sociomusicological Enquiries.” Drawing on thirty years of field research inside orchestras, she examines individual career paths, the processes that produce collective cohesion, and the identity of the ensemble. The lecture offers analytical perspectives on authority, collaboration and musical practice within orchestral life.
In French.
Featuring invited speakers Wajdi Mouawad, Dominique Eddé, Nathalie Piégay and Agnès Giard, the series gathers voices from literature, theory and cultural research to reflect on love’s complexities.
Presentations examine the courage of not loving, love as a life‑force, literary and theoretical discourses, and contemporary forms of attachment including artificial loves in Japan, probing how public dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry sustain critical humanist perspectives.
In French.
David Basler, editor and founder of a Swiss comics publishing house, recounts the origin and impact of his work bringing French-language bande dessinée to German-speaking Switzerland. Marked by a 1978 encounter with Gérald Poussin, Basler published the first title Zig Zag Zoug in 1981 and went on to release over 400 volumes, including works by Jacques Tardi and Marjane Satrapi. This lecture examines editorial strategy, cultural translation, and the challenges of publishing comics in a different linguistic area.
In French.
An invited artist curates a 90-minute listening set drawn from the MEG’s Marco Botta sound collection. Nearly 5,000 LPs—mostly from the 1960s and 1970s—are mined for hidden grooves, rare labels and global sound textures. The performance reanimates archival recordings into a live sonic narrative, folding analog warmth, surprising juxtapositions and tactile vinyl crackle into an intimate, exploratory experience. It foregrounds listening as an active, communal act and offers new perspectives on musical memory.
This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.
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.
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