25 March – 5 April

VideoDatabase – 3rd Carte blanche: Christophe Piette

Christophe Piette offers a carte blanche curated from the VideoDatabase, assembling archival moving-image works and screenings. The presentation foregrounds video and film, including found footage and experimental pieces, to examine preservation, access and the material–human relations within collections. It traces Belgian presences in the archive and embraces a poetic register — humour, folly and audacity — while interrogating how institutional contexts and site-specific research shape selection, display and reception.

Chemin du 23-Août 5,
1205 Genève
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Photo Credit: DR

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