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This event explores how coordinated action across governments, businesses and civil society can reduce food waste and its contribution to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. It examines global trends, from municipal waste volumes to emissions from food loss, and highlights policy frameworks, supply-chain strategies and community initiatives that drive prevention, redistribution and circular solutions. Speakers will outline practical steps and collaborative models for advancing a zero‑waste food system and reducing greenhouse gas impacts.
In English.
This educational escape game explores botanical knowledge and historical research as players investigate a family’s old study to identify a plant described in a 1715 letter used to treat malaria. Participants examine clues, classify specimens, and apply basic pharmacological reasoning and observational skills to reconstruct how the plant’s compounds could combat disease. The session emphasizes taxonomy, analytical thinking, teamwork and the role of traditional botanical knowledge in medical discovery.
In French.
Eliott Henchoz, MA student in General History at the University of Geneva, specializes in early modern Alpine history and Reformed humanist texts. His research includes sixteenth-century representations of the Western Alps.
This lecture examines the sixteenth-century shift from demonic to revelatory perceptions of Alpine space, exploring how believers materialized God’s presence in mountains. It investigates contrasts between Catholic and Reformed expressions, analysing textual and cultural practices that revealed different theological strategies for asserting divine presence in alpine landscapes.
In French.
Through intimate, sea-borne portraits, this documentary traces a Swiss Arctic expedition led by the Pacifique Foundation (2020–2024) in partnership with the University of Geneva. Aboard the sailing vessels Mauritius and Que Sera, crews gathered extensive scientific data while the voyage doubled as a space for personal transformation—hosting young people in reintegration programs and artists in residence. The film balances measured observational frames with lyrical passages, revealing the Arctic’s fragile beauty and the geopolitical and climatic tensions pressing upon it.
Documentary followed by a roundtable discussion on the interactions between environmental research and contemporary challenges in the Arctic.
In French.
Brigitte Rosset, Geneva-born actress, comédienne and columnist, has performed across the francophone world for more than thirty years. A mother of three, she moves between solo shows, ensembles and dramatic repertoire, and has received major Swiss honours including the Prix SSA de l’humour (2025) and the Prix suisse de la scène (2015). In conversation with Céline Argento, Rosset discusses her career, creative process and her new book Merci, examining memory, family relationships and the healing — or not — power of humour.
In French.
Barrie Kosky’s staging of Wagner’s Siegfried follows the mythic hero’s journey with ruthless clarity. Set to Wagner’s towering score and conducted by Antonio Pappano, the production balances blistering orchestral power with lingering moments of lyric intimacy. Andreas Schager inhabits the title role with fearless strain, joined by Christopher Maltman, Peter Hoare and Elisabet Strid in vividly drawn portraits. The drama moves through shattered steel, dragon-scorched confrontation and the hushed reverie of a sleeping Valkyrie, evoking both wonder and brooding mysticism.
Sung in German with French subtitles
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May 1972 is an exhibition dedicated to Salvatore Emblema (Naples, 1929–2006), bringing together works produced between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. Across paintings, sculptures and installations, Emblema refines a conceptual language that interrogates materiality, form and temporality. The presentation highlights his experimental use of found materials, assemblage and reductive gestures, situating these works within postwar Italian avant‑garde practices and the artist’s evolving exploration of spatial and epistemic limits.
Discover a lively community market offering stalls of wine, cheese, bread, craft beer, honey, fine groceries, fresh vegetables, seasonal fruit and pastries. Local producers share their specialties in a friendly setting that encourages conversation and connection. Families, neighbours and visitors are invited to explore produce, chat with makers and enjoy weekly animations suited to all ages. The market celebrates local food traditions and fosters a welcoming space where everyone can meet, taste and support the community.
The exhibition delves into the realism, drama, and emotional intensity of 17th-century Dutch artists influenced by Caravaggio. The works of Gerrit van Honthorst and Judith Leyster exemplify the bold use of light and shadow to capture everyday life with theatrical intensity. Their contributions left a significant impact on the art of the era, paving the way for new expressions of the human condition.
Opening during the Art en Vieille-Ville collective vernissage on Thursday, November 6, from 16:00 to 21:00.
An exhibition presents around sixty works from the Plan-les-Ouates Art Fund, featuring paintings, sculptures, works on paper and installations. Artists such as Ruth Baettig, Carine Bovey, Sarah Carp, Georges Dessouslavy and Maya Rochat explore repetition, materiality and form through varied techniques: collage, printmaking, ceramics, video and mixed media. The selection stages dialogues between generational perspectives and examines how multiples, process and everyday objects shape contemporary artistic practice.
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.
MAMCO presents Dial‑A‑Poem Switzerland, a telephone-based poetic broadcasting project inspired by John Giorno. The installation transforms a decommissioned phone booth into a listening station, gathering recorded voices from across Switzerland’s linguistic regions. The programme features contributions by poets and artists exploring language, public space and oral transmission, alternating recorded and live readings. Conceived with Giorno Poetry Systems, the project foregrounds voice as material and communal listening as a poetic practice.
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