The clash of messages in this collection of political posters held by the municipal library sheds light on the relationships between Swiss citizens and guest workers as well as foreign workers generally. They concentrate the dynamics and key issues in the country’s past, present and future. With Charles Magnin, Historian An initiative of the Bibliothèque de Genève in collaboration with the…

Conseiller d’Etat chargé du département de la cohésion sociale.

La vidéo a toujours été l’un des médiums d’expression privilégiés de Thomas Hirschhorn. Ses premières expérimentations menées dans les années 1990 utilisent la caméra pour enregistrer des actions évoquant l’activisme de rue. En distribuant ses dessins comme des tracts à l’entrée d’une bouche de métro de Paris, il se place dans la posture difficile de confronter la croyance qu’il…

Né en Suisse en 1983, il vit et travaille à Vevey. Diplômé en 2008 de l’ECAL et de la HEAD-Genève où il participe à des workshops avec, entre autres, Valentin Carron, Alexandre Bianchini et Sylvie Fleury. Son travail a été exposé en Suisse, en Europe et aux États-Unis, entre autres, au Festival images’06 où il gagne le 3e prix Nestlé de la jeune création, à Standard Deluxe, Lausanne, Forde,…

From the book as an exhibition space to the form that escapes from books and takes over the space. The publisher Théophile’s Papers brings together at Rosa Brux the work of four artists published under the venue name for this show, which resonates like an unknown transcription on paper. Taking as their starting point the very core of their publications, Christian Aschman, Baptiste Caccia,…

Guided tours and exchanges with migrant workers of the past and present, in various languages and simplified language, partly in simultaneous translation. NMB, Faubourg du Lac 52, 2501 Bienne.

Domitila is an indigenous Peruvian woman who has been an undocumented domestic worker in Geneva for 20 years. When her daughter died a few years ago, she faced an unprecedented situation for her, i.e., economic hardship and extreme isolation because she spoke only Quechua and Spanish. Having reached the age of retirement but without any possibility of receiving a pension, she turned to a legal…

Bringing together activist archives and artistic practices, the exhibition Essayer encore, rater encore, rater mieux interrogates the shared sensibilities and conceptual links between art and political activism. It encourages visitors to think about the current relevance of past struggles. Faced with the inertia and conformism of institutions with which various independent movements feel no…

Bringing together activist archives and artistic practices, the exhibition Essayer encore, rater encore, rater mieux (Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better) interrogates the shared sensibilities and conceptual links between art and political activism. It encourages visitors to think about the current relevance of past struggles. Faced with the inertia and conformism of institutions with which…

(Genève, *1967 — 1971) En Suisse romande, l’histoire des Tréteaux Libres débute avec celle du théâtre indépendant. Quelques jeunes parmi lesquels Bernard Heymann, Sylviane Fioramonti et Jean-Marc Bassoli décident, à la suite d’une représentation donnée par le Living Theatre en 1967 à Genève, de monter spontanément un spectacle critique sur la société. À partir de 1971, la troupe…

L’approche critique de Valentin Defaux se propose de mettre en perspective le système complexe de modélisation qui a permis les conclusions du rapport Meadows, sous la forme d’un jeu de plateau. Dans le sillage de Guy Debord qui en 1977 conçoit sa version du jeu Kriegsspiel en reproduisant l’ensemble des rapports stratégiques et tactiques de la guerre selon le traité du général Clausewitz. Le…

Les Bouffeurs de fer Shaheen Dill-Riaz (2007, 85’) Les inondations consécutives à la saison des pluies contraignent les paysans du nord du Bangladesh à chercher un emploi saisonnier dans le sud pour échapper à la famine. Embauchés sur les chantiers de démolition de navires à Chittagong, dans le golfe du Bengale, ils travaillent dans des conditions qui relèvent de l’esclavage. Cinéma CDD, Sentiers…

Vi Indigaïa est conteuse d’histoires traditionnelles, de création ou de récits de vie, elle allie cet art à celui de la danse car le corps a sa propre parole. Le chant et une prosodie rythmée font partie intégrante de son expression scénique. Elle porte une parole poétique, fantastique et politique, comme elle porte ses identités multiples de femme, noire et queer.

(Genève, *1981) Vit et travaille à Genève Compositeur et iconographe, il dresse au travers de sa pratique un parcours critique de l’imagerie politique radicale du XXe siècle: de ses origines mythologiques révolutionnaires jusqu’à ses plus fâcheuses récupérations contemporaines. A l’occasion de l’exposition, il présente une recherche iconographique à partir du fonds d’archive du journal Le…

V.N.I (or U.I.V., unidentified voices) aims to join two women’s lives and voices, those of Bernadette Soubirous and a Belgian housewife, both witnesses who are heard, not seen. 3-8 invites you to listen to the underground rumors and oral accounts of meetings with extraterrestrials. Initially, you are invited to a screening of Lucile Desamory’s film Dark Matter, which takes us to 1989 and Belgium,…

Marie-Hélène Grinevald, an activist working for the right to housing, lived in a number of squats, i.e., Les Grottes and at 10 Avenue du Mail and 18 Rue du Conseil Général. She would like to revive the memory of Geneva the Undefeated with a walking tour of her former squats. Départ Le Commun , Rue des bains 28, 1205 Genève.

Back after a series of exhibitions and events around Switzerland, the books that were awarded the Fernand Baudin Prize (prize for the most beautiful books in Brussels and French-speaking Belgium) will be on display at Rosa Brux in a retrospective show featuring all of the prize-winners, from 2008 right up to the present day. Along with these prize-winning books, the gallery will also be showing…

“Who built Thebes of the seven gates? In books you will find the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?” In the poem “Questions from a Worker Who Reads,” Bertolt Brecht laments the erasure of key actors in historical accounts. Isn’t the part played by the men and women who come to Switzerland from abroad to work also hidden away? In Biel and elsewhere, tens of thousands of guest…

“Who built Thebes of the seven gates? In books you will find the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?” In the poem “Questions from a Worker Who Reads,” Bertolt Brecht laments the erasure of key actors in historical accounts. When it comes to the boom in Geneva and Switzerland during the second half of the twentieth century, the role played by immigrant workers has been…

To confront the segregations imposed by the American cultural authorities during the 1980s, Group Material decided to temporarily convert the exhibition format into another cognitive mode. Their exhibitions, simultaneously complex and inclusive, mixed a variety of styles, ethnic groups, genders and sexual orientations in an attempt to abolish hierarchization in the art world and the domination…

To confront the segregations imposed by the American cultural authorities during the 1980s, Group Material decided to temporarily convert the exhibition format into another cognitive mode. Their exhibitions, simultaneously complex and inclusive, mixed a variety of styles, ethnic groups, genders and sexual orientations in an attempt to abolish hierarchization in the art world and the domination…

Working conditions and compensation in the visual arts 2nd meeting: compensation models Two years after our first meeting about artists’ working conditions, you are invited to a round table with: • Thierry Apothéloz, State Councilor in charge of the Department of Social Cohesion • Sami Kanaan, Administrative Councilor in charge of the Department of Culture and Digital Transition • Eelco van der…

A roundup of the current situation hosted by Rosa Brux and Hélène Mariéthoz focusing on the various Swiss initiatives and demands aimed at concretely improving artists’ working conditions. To draft a collective agreement for use by artists and institutions. Guest speakers: Hélène Mariéthoz Freelance curator Yaniv Benhamou Attorney for Lab-of-arts, an association that works to promote artmaking by…

Too intelligent, too beautiful, too strong, too much of a commie? Chantal Montellier has often been viewed a mix of fear and fascination – a fact that has caused her art to be relegated to second place in the history of her critical reception, when it should have garnered full attention. This exhibition aims at focusing on a highly prolific period in Montellier’s career, to firmly inscribe it…

“Who built Thebes of the seven gates?” Bertolt Brecht asks in his poem Questions from a Worker Who Reads, conjuring up the absence of certain key players in the historical narrative. From constructing suburbs and major infrastructure projects, to raising the imposing edifices of the international organizations in the city, guest workers, along with their colleagues facing less economic…

Enter the private world of XX, let your eyes feast all evening long on girls who can dish it out. Take the plunge into punk demands of the 1980s with Camille Lan’s video playlist Girls on Tape: Video Gems from the 80s, a video mix of clips, concerts, and talks that will send you right into the heart of female demands. And starting at 9 pm, the curtain rises on the documentary Sorcières, mes sœurs…

A meeting and discussion about the consequences for working conditions in Switzerland that might follow from the framework-agreement with the EU concerning this subject. With Marianne Halle, in charge of communications and external relations at the Centre de contact Suisses-Immigrés; Pierre-Yves Maillard, chairman of the Union syndicale suisse; Jacques Robert, construction trades unionist and…

If 1968 is frequently associated with the rise of the protest movements of May, the year also marked the founding of a think tank that made a serious and sustained effort to define, from different, critical angle, the imbalances wrought by Consumer Society. Thus began the Club of Rome. While today it is almost banal to observe that the economic prosperity of societies based on growth is no longer…

Yann Chateigné Tytelman is a curator and author. His work focuses on the study of minor histories and countercultures, interior explorations and the politics of darkness. He is currently working to understand how an exhibition can take the form of a novel, while also researching the disappearance of the Night. Often working collaboratively, his projects intersect curating, publishing, performance…

Yoan Mudry est un artiste pluridisciplinaire, né en 1990 à Lausanne. Il recompose et superpose ainsi les symboles visuels glanés dans les champs de la culture populaire ou de l’histoire de l’art. Par le biais de grandes toiles hyperréalistes, il réinterprète des citations cinématographiques et des slogans politiques ou publicitaires. Parallèlement à sa pratique artistique, il est également…