In “Yuku & Sakura,” Ladina Gaudenz celebrates nature and renewal with delicate, luminous cherry blossoms. Her pieces blend the ephemeral beauty with a sense of contemplation, revealing enchanting cherry trees on raw linen canvas.
Opening during the Art en Vieille-Ville collective vernissage on Thursday, November 6, from 16:00 to 21:00.
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.
KorSonoR is a festival-exhibition that explores the intersection of sound and visual arts, curated by Olivier Kaeser. Focusing on the bodily, social, technological, architectural, and natural dimensions of sound, it features performances, installations, videos, films, and discussions. This edition showcases 11 projects with over 50 participants and nearly 50 events hosted in various partner venues.
Highlights at Le Commun include works by Dimitri de Perrot, Gabriela Löffel, Marie Losier, and Marina Rosenfeld. The festival provides a shared, immersive listening experience, emphasizing the power of sound in conveying emotions and memories.
Videos by Óscar Muñoz (Colombia) and Vindhya Buthpitiya (Sri Lanka)
The Alexei Jaccard Mural serves as a space for remembrance and contemplation on human rights and enforced disappearances. The inaugural exhibition, “Residual Images of Forced Disappearance,” delves into this theme with photographic works that highlight the fragility of memory while exposing absence and emptiness. These paradoxical and poetic images transform into areas of resistance against violence.
The exhibition “Sauvages” at the Cité Library invites visitors to delve into the behind-the-scenes of Claude Barras’s film. It is divided into three sections that cover the ecological and cultural aspects of Borneo, reveal the creative and production processes of the film, and immerse the audience in the filming atmosphere through never-before-seen photos and testimonials. Original documents, drawings, travel journals, sets, and figurines enhance this immersive experience.
The exhibition Choses que l’on garde (“Things we keep”) showcases works from the City of Lancy’s art collection in conversation with elements from Jérémie Gindre’s work, forming fresh ideas and connections. The pieces, which include paintings, drawings, photographs, objects, and sculptures, are organized into themed sections within Villa Bernasconi. In conjunction, Anaïs Wenger offers walking tours that juxtapose Lancy landscape paintings with their contemporary surroundings.
Swiss graphic designer Léo Stefanelli, an alumnus of Geneva’s School of Applied Arts, presents his work at the Kugler space. His exploration of graphic design and human-centered photography deconstructs traditional structures through spontaneous typography and collages. Drawing inspiration from the 1950s Swiss style, he incorporates organic and expressive visual elements. His photography captures a humanistic approach, revealing the unseen pain of individuals with chronic illnesses. There will also be workshops for children from age five, where they will create collective posters to be displayed in an exhibition.
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