The first edition of UPLOAD – Graphic Design Biennial brings together designers, institutions, and the public to celebrate contemporary graphic design in French-speaking Switzerland. Organized by Plan-les-Ouates with HEAD – Genève, the biennial features an exhibition of around thirty selected projects, alongside a competition, conferences, workshops, and guided tours, offering a vibrant panorama of the field today.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the food bank Partage, the traveling exhibition “Au fil des pommes” unfolds in Geneva. Local illustrators creatively transform apples to symbolize solidarity. At the Bastions Library, explore “Food Party” by Geneva-based illustrator Soreo/Sofia Rodriguez, presenting vibrant and expressive foods in a joyful tribute to nourishment.
The group exhibition DREAM UP, curated by Séverine Redon, features over 40 works by 23 artists. In a world facing crises, it seeks to reimagine our connections with life, matter, and time through the lens of dreaming. The artworks blend dream and wonder, reviving ancient and intuitive knowledge to offer an expanded consciousness. Here, dreaming becomes a gentle yet profound commitment, a gateway to other worlds.
The exhibition invites you on a journey through anatomical models, casts, waxworks, and illustrated antique books. Modern tools like microscopy, medical imaging, and 3D printing uncover the inner workings of organs, currently utilized by medical students at the University of Geneva. This is a collaboration with the University of Geneva. Some images may not be suitable for younger or sensitive audiences.
The Tender Buttons exhibition offers a multidisciplinary exploration centered on buttons, delving into their identity and historical significance. Featuring over three hundred ceramic and glass buttons, the exhibition interacts with the museum’s works to highlight their role in both formal experimentation and socio-cultural narratives. The exhibition’s architecture evokes the commercial arcades of the 19th century, a pivotal era for button industrialization. Curated by Claire FitzGerald, the exhibition is supported by the Swiss Fashion Museum and showcases never-before-seen pieces from several prestigious collections.
Gilles Furtwängler transforms everyday words into visual, musical, and poetic elements that challenge and reinterpret their meanings. The exhibition “Musique douce. Disque rayé. Zut.” delves into the visual and auditory potential of words. Through a variety of installations, wall paintings, canvases, and performative readings, Furtwängler reconfigures and recontextualizes texts, turning them into graphic, musical, and poetic components, cleverly interacting with the surrounding messages.
Before the Ensemble Les Illuminations performs at the Les Inoubliables festival, celebrating women composers, attendees can join a tour of the exhibition “Casanova, A Libertine in Calvin’s City.” Isabelle Burkhalter, a cultural mediator, guides this exploration of the connections between the Venetian figure, the women he admired, and the music associated with his life.
The exhibition unveils the many faces of the legendary Venetian—abbot, violinist, gambler, spy, and man of letters—beyond his notorious reputation as a seducer. Tracing his stays in Geneva, including fiery debates with Voltaire, it offers a journey through the city and Europe of the Enlightenment with rare loans, vivid anecdotes, and excerpts from his memoirs.
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