Thursday 2 April, 18:00

Les sources de l’imaginaire finissent toujours par former un lac

A multidisciplinary research collective led by the International Institute for Research on Radio and Magic brings together artists and scientists to investigate Lake Geneva’s narratives and legends. The project combines sound and performance, drawing, photogravure and installation to probe the interface between technology and magical imaginaries.

Contributors include sound artists Paul Courlet, Maryne Lanaro, Diederik Peeters and Eva Zornio, and visual artists Henry Delétra Hanna, Stéphanie Pfister and Mathilde Tinturier. The publication documents collaborative fieldwork that reconfigures our relationship to the lake, evoking folklore, memory and alternative ecologies of meaning.

In French.

Place de l'Ile 1,
1204 Genève
Photo Credit: © Mathilde Tinturier
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Photo Credit: © Mathilde Tinturier

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