Festival Antigel transforms Geneva into an experimental cultural playground each winter, a three-week laboratory of innovation. Programming mixes renowned and emerging artists across music, performance and visual projects, revealing unexpected sites and blending disciplines. The festival foregrounds diversity and social engagement, bringing together varied audiences through bold curations. Lighting, sound and staging often shape intimate, cinematic atmospheres, while collaborative projects emphasize discovery, collective energy and the thrill of shared, ephemeral encounters.
Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.
Catherine Gaillard offers “unexpected journeys” that spark our imagination and challenge our assumptions. By weaving together stories, times, and places, she honors an art form that unites us. Her tales delve into both the profane and the sacred, childhood innocence, and mythical creatures, all while examining the diverse facets of human nature. With palpable passion, Gaillard invites us on introspective and enlightening journeys where everyone can discover a piece of their own story.
In French.
Durand Jones & The Indications deliver a revival of soul and rhythm & blues, blending vintage warmth with modern clarity. Fronted by Durand Jones, the band balances rich, horn-tinged arrangements and taut grooves with velvety vocals and precise musicianship. Their sound honours classic American soul while reframing it for contemporary ears, creating moments of quiet intimacy and ecstatic release. On stage the group builds layered textures and dynamic shifts, transporting listeners through nostalgia and renewed emotional immediacy.
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.
Edmond Dounias, ethnobiologist at the French National Research Institute (IRD), co‑founder of HG‑EDU and member of the FAO global indigenous food systems platform, joins film director Claude Barras for a public conversation.
They examine human-nature relationships in Borneo, discussing rainforest preservation, indigenous lifeways, and cultural knowledge relevant to conservation. The conversation explores anthropological insights and cinematic perspectives, and considers implications for environmental stewardship, biodiversity and food sovereignty.
In French.
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