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Pornopolis is a DJ duo born from the Metal Dance rave collective in Geneva. Their sets blend Italo disco, disco and new beat influences, reviving the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s with warm synths and driving rhythms. Bowmore (Florence Halazy) is a Geneva-based DJ, curator and radio resident whose performances move between techno and bass, exploring club textures and contemporary sonic trends. The evening highlights underground dance culture and analogue grooves.
Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.
In French.
Aïcha Ladi, founder of Dear Katiopae, guides an intimate beadwork workshop that links West African bead traditions with personal storytelling. Participants learn traditional techniques, material selection and intentional assembly to craft a meaningful piece by hand. Through guided making and reflection, the session explores identity, cultural transmission and the relationship between craft and memory, encouraging thoughtful exchange and creative connection.
In French.
Portuguese artist Luis Marques presents a focused exhibition of visual works accompanied by a presentation dossier and related images. The show foregrounds materiality, composition and the politics of representation, using a restrained visual language that negotiates between documentary impulses and formal inquiry. Subtle juxtapositions of imagery and archival material invite reflection on memory, authorship and the conditions of display. The presentation dossier situates the works within contemporary debates on visual culture.
Opening: Wednesday 2 September, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 13 September, 18:00
FURTHER AFIELD
Paléo Festival is a large summer music festival that brings people together for communal live-music experiences across multiple stages. Designed for music lovers of all ages, it features a diverse lineup — from alternative rock to pop and electronic acts — and encourages shared moments of discovery, conversation and celebration. We gather to enjoy performances, local food offerings and the open festival atmosphere that fosters connection and a sense of belonging within the wider community.
Giorgio Poi’s intimate pop blends Italian dreamscapes and sunlit melancholy. The singer-songwriter and producer frames silky melodies with crystalline guitars and vintage textures, creating luminous, nostalgic songs that feel timeless. On his recent album Schegge he collaborated closely with Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix, refining a sound that pairs elegance with effortless groove. Live, subtle arrangements and warm, detailed production invite the listener into a contemplative, late-summer atmosphere.
Inner Light is a Swiss artistic collective founded by Kim Coussée, Eliott Villars and Gaia Vincensini that works at the intersection of contemporary art, fashion and publishing. Their transdisciplinary practice combines printmaking, textile, sculpture and performance to question the circulation of printed images across unconventional supports. For this project they invited artist Lyna Azwaw to stage an edition inspired by documents and publications found in archives. The presentation includes performances and contributions by Js Donny, Rosalie Dubois and Leandro Russo.
Opening: Thursday 9 July, 20:00 – 22:00
Pornopolis is a DJ duo born from the Metal Dance rave collective in Geneva. Their sets blend Italo disco, disco and new beat influences, reviving the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s with warm synths and driving rhythms. Bowmore (Florence Halazy) is a Geneva-based DJ, curator and radio resident whose performances move between techno and bass, exploring club textures and contemporary sonic trends. The evening highlights underground dance culture and analogue grooves.
Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.
In French.
Aïcha Ladi, founder of Dear Katiopae, guides an intimate beadwork workshop that links West African bead traditions with personal storytelling. Participants learn traditional techniques, material selection and intentional assembly to craft a meaningful piece by hand. Through guided making and reflection, the session explores identity, cultural transmission and the relationship between craft and memory, encouraging thoughtful exchange and creative connection.
In French.
Portuguese artist Luis Marques presents a focused exhibition of visual works accompanied by a presentation dossier and related images. The show foregrounds materiality, composition and the politics of representation, using a restrained visual language that negotiates between documentary impulses and formal inquiry. Subtle juxtapositions of imagery and archival material invite reflection on memory, authorship and the conditions of display. The presentation dossier situates the works within contemporary debates on visual culture.
Opening: Wednesday 2 September, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 13 September, 18:00
FURTHER AFIELD
Paléo Festival is a large summer music festival that brings people together for communal live-music experiences across multiple stages. Designed for music lovers of all ages, it features a diverse lineup — from alternative rock to pop and electronic acts — and encourages shared moments of discovery, conversation and celebration. We gather to enjoy performances, local food offerings and the open festival atmosphere that fosters connection and a sense of belonging within the wider community.
Giorgio Poi’s intimate pop blends Italian dreamscapes and sunlit melancholy. The singer-songwriter and producer frames silky melodies with crystalline guitars and vintage textures, creating luminous, nostalgic songs that feel timeless. On his recent album Schegge he collaborated closely with Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix, refining a sound that pairs elegance with effortless groove. Live, subtle arrangements and warm, detailed production invite the listener into a contemplative, late-summer atmosphere.
Inner Light is a Swiss artistic collective founded by Kim Coussée, Eliott Villars and Gaia Vincensini that works at the intersection of contemporary art, fashion and publishing. Their transdisciplinary practice combines printmaking, textile, sculpture and performance to question the circulation of printed images across unconventional supports. For this project they invited artist Lyna Azwaw to stage an edition inspired by documents and publications found in archives. The presentation includes performances and contributions by Js Donny, Rosalie Dubois and Leandro Russo.
Opening: Thursday 9 July, 20:00 – 22:00
Pornopolis is a DJ duo born from the Metal Dance rave collective in Geneva. Their sets blend Italo disco, disco and new beat influences, reviving the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s with warm synths and driving rhythms. Bowmore (Florence Halazy) is a Geneva-based DJ, curator and radio resident whose performances move between techno and bass, exploring club textures and contemporary sonic trends. The evening highlights underground dance culture and analogue grooves.
Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.
In French.
Aïcha Ladi, founder of Dear Katiopae, guides an intimate beadwork workshop that links West African bead traditions with personal storytelling. Participants learn traditional techniques, material selection and intentional assembly to craft a meaningful piece by hand. Through guided making and reflection, the session explores identity, cultural transmission and the relationship between craft and memory, encouraging thoughtful exchange and creative connection.
In French.
Portuguese artist Luis Marques presents a focused exhibition of visual works accompanied by a presentation dossier and related images. The show foregrounds materiality, composition and the politics of representation, using a restrained visual language that negotiates between documentary impulses and formal inquiry. Subtle juxtapositions of imagery and archival material invite reflection on memory, authorship and the conditions of display. The presentation dossier situates the works within contemporary debates on visual culture.
Opening: Wednesday 2 September, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 13 September, 18:00
FURTHER AFIELD
Paléo Festival is a large summer music festival that brings people together for communal live-music experiences across multiple stages. Designed for music lovers of all ages, it features a diverse lineup — from alternative rock to pop and electronic acts — and encourages shared moments of discovery, conversation and celebration. We gather to enjoy performances, local food offerings and the open festival atmosphere that fosters connection and a sense of belonging within the wider community.
Giorgio Poi’s intimate pop blends Italian dreamscapes and sunlit melancholy. The singer-songwriter and producer frames silky melodies with crystalline guitars and vintage textures, creating luminous, nostalgic songs that feel timeless. On his recent album Schegge he collaborated closely with Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix, refining a sound that pairs elegance with effortless groove. Live, subtle arrangements and warm, detailed production invite the listener into a contemplative, late-summer atmosphere.
Aïcha Ladi, founder of Dear Katiopae, guides an intimate beadwork workshop that links West African bead traditions with personal storytelling. Participants learn traditional techniques, material selection and intentional assembly to craft a meaningful piece by hand. Through guided making and reflection, the session explores identity, cultural transmission and the relationship between craft and memory, encouraging thoughtful exchange and creative connection.
In French.
Dogfight is a musical set in 1960s America on the eve of young Marines’ departure for Vietnam. The plot follows Eddie Birdlace, whose cruel ‘dogfight’ gamble is upended when he meets Rose, an idealistic and sincere young woman. Over a single night, the production confronts themes of masculinity, violence and empathy, blending gritty social realism with moments of tenderness. Sparse staging and intimate musical numbers highlight a painful coming-of-age and the possibility of moral change.
Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.
In French.
Cocanha is a vocal and percussion duo rooted in Occitan traditional music, performed by Lila Fraysse and Caroline Dufau with sound by Sanz Grosclaude. Two voices and stringed tambourines weave hypnotic polyphonies while foot rhythms and struck textures animate archival songs. The performance blurs archive and living tradition: melodies shift, words reappear transformed, and the intimate pulse invites physical response, carrying ancient tunes into contemporary space.
Mehdi Djouad leads a hands-on writing workshop that introduces political astrology through the image of the Wheel. Starting from the zodiacal and social meanings of the wheel, the workshop examines the natal chart as a symbolic map rather than a predictive or simplistic self-help tool. It explores the Sun, the difference between solar sign and solar house, and the tension between destiny and freedom. Sessions alternate transmission, discussion, concrete examples and simplified first readings, suitable for adults and children.
In French.
FURTHER AFIELD
Paléo Festival is a large summer music festival that brings people together for communal live-music experiences across multiple stages. Designed for music lovers of all ages, it features a diverse lineup — from alternative rock to pop and electronic acts — and encourages shared moments of discovery, conversation and celebration. We gather to enjoy performances, local food offerings and the open festival atmosphere that fosters connection and a sense of belonging within the wider community.
Inner Light is a Swiss artistic collective founded by Kim Coussée, Eliott Villars and Gaia Vincensini that works at the intersection of contemporary art, fashion and publishing. Their transdisciplinary practice combines printmaking, textile, sculpture and performance to question the circulation of printed images across unconventional supports. For this project they invited artist Lyna Azwaw to stage an edition inspired by documents and publications found in archives. The presentation includes performances and contributions by Js Donny, Rosalie Dubois and Leandro Russo.
Opening: Thursday 9 July, 20:00 – 22:00
Inner Light is a Swiss artistic collective founded by Kim Coussée, Eliott Villars and Gaia Vincensini that works at the intersection of contemporary art, fashion and publishing. Their transdisciplinary practice combines printmaking, textile, sculpture and performance to question the circulation of printed images across unconventional supports. For this project they invited artist Lyna Azwaw to stage an edition inspired by documents and publications found in archives. The presentation includes performances and contributions by Js Donny, Rosalie Dubois and Leandro Russo.
Opening: Thursday 9 July, 20:00 – 22:00
Pornopolis is a DJ duo born from the Metal Dance rave collective in Geneva. Their sets blend Italo disco, disco and new beat influences, reviving the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s with warm synths and driving rhythms. Bowmore (Florence Halazy) is a Geneva-based DJ, curator and radio resident whose performances move between techno and bass, exploring club textures and contemporary sonic trends. The evening highlights underground dance culture and analogue grooves.
Directed by Valeria Bertolotto, Faire Hamlet! stages a company wrestling with performance and truth as rehearsals of Shakespeare’s prince unravel private tensions. Pierre Banderet, Dylan Poletti and an intergenerational ensemble confront doubt, jealousy and shifting identities while Angèle Colas provides artistic collaboration. Sound by Fred Jarabo, scenography by Fanny Courvoisier, lights by Alessandra Domingues and costumes by Eléonore Cassaigneau shape an intimate, unstable world where fiction bleeds into life.
In French.
Aïcha Ladi, founder of Dear Katiopae, guides an intimate beadwork workshop that links West African bead traditions with personal storytelling. Participants learn traditional techniques, material selection and intentional assembly to craft a meaningful piece by hand. Through guided making and reflection, the session explores identity, cultural transmission and the relationship between craft and memory, encouraging thoughtful exchange and creative connection.
In French.
Portuguese artist Luis Marques presents a focused exhibition of visual works accompanied by a presentation dossier and related images. The show foregrounds materiality, composition and the politics of representation, using a restrained visual language that negotiates between documentary impulses and formal inquiry. Subtle juxtapositions of imagery and archival material invite reflection on memory, authorship and the conditions of display. The presentation dossier situates the works within contemporary debates on visual culture.
Opening: Wednesday 2 September, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 13 September, 18:00
FURTHER AFIELD
Paléo Festival is a large summer music festival that brings people together for communal live-music experiences across multiple stages. Designed for music lovers of all ages, it features a diverse lineup — from alternative rock to pop and electronic acts — and encourages shared moments of discovery, conversation and celebration. We gather to enjoy performances, local food offerings and the open festival atmosphere that fosters connection and a sense of belonging within the wider community.
Giorgio Poi’s intimate pop blends Italian dreamscapes and sunlit melancholy. The singer-songwriter and producer frames silky melodies with crystalline guitars and vintage textures, creating luminous, nostalgic songs that feel timeless. On his recent album Schegge he collaborated closely with Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix, refining a sound that pairs elegance with effortless groove. Live, subtle arrangements and warm, detailed production invite the listener into a contemplative, late-summer atmosphere.
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