Sunday 8 February, 14:30

Guided Tour: Pleasing the Spirits

Pleasing the Spirits gathers ritual objects, installations, photography and archival materials that trace sacred practices and cosmologies from several regions.
Multiple artists and cultural communities contribute works that celebrate ancient rites, ancestral presences and worldviews that challenge secular narratives.
Through sculptural forms, ceremonial artifacts, sound and photographic study, the exhibition evokes the persistence of spirit practices and questions how museums mediate belief, memory and cultural continuity.

In French.

Rue Jean-Calvin 10,
1204 Geneva
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Photo Credit: Kim Chanel, Musée Barbier-Mueller

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