Don’t just like it, live it!
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.
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.
Vladimir Kartashov presents site-specific installations that unfold across historic island spaces, exploring temporal sequences and memory. Through sculptural interventions, architectural adaptations and subtle interventions in sacred interiors, the artist stages a choreography of objects and light that reconfigures perception of place and time. The series juxtaposes material rigor with ephemeral gestures, inviting reflection on duration, ritual and the layered histories embedded in built environments.
Opening: Friday 8 May, 19:30
In the presence of the artist
Musical performance by Manuel d’Amico Principle Double Bass of the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Artist Gautier Hardy presents ‘Kids Garden’, a series of works that inhabit a territory between childhood and the adult world. Through open diary fragments and an instinctive plastic language that draws from art brut, street art and neo‑expressionism, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings and mixed‑media pieces. The works explore memory, play, and the uneasy passage to adulthood, using gestural mark‑making and raw materials to evoke intimacy and emotional intensity.
Summer Vibes gathers six gallery artists whose works celebrate the season’s light, warmth and vitality. Through painting, sculpture, collage and installation, the show explores colour, atmosphere and emotional resonance. Lucia Hierro and Carlo D’Anselmi engage everyday materials and narrative, while Ben Aprea, Anna Fasshauer, Séverin Guelpa and Romane de Watteville investigate form, texture and spatial perception. The exhibition foregrounds colour relationships and materiality, balancing intimate gestures with immersive compositions.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Led by four young players, the Hermione Quartet presents a programme juxtaposing Haydn’s Op.20 No.4 and Mendelssohn’s Op.44 No.3, exploring classical clarity and romantic lyricism. The performers favour sparkling ensemble, precise articulation and buoyant energy, delivering music with youthful vivacity and refined interplay. Subtle shaping and dynamic contrasts reveal emotional depth beneath virtuosic textures. The musicians also offer listening supplements to guide newcomers, creating an intimate and engaging sonic experience.
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
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.
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.
Vladimir Kartashov presents site-specific installations that unfold across historic island spaces, exploring temporal sequences and memory. Through sculptural interventions, architectural adaptations and subtle interventions in sacred interiors, the artist stages a choreography of objects and light that reconfigures perception of place and time. The series juxtaposes material rigor with ephemeral gestures, inviting reflection on duration, ritual and the layered histories embedded in built environments.
Opening: Friday 8 May, 19:30
In the presence of the artist
Musical performance by Manuel d’Amico Principle Double Bass of the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Artist Gautier Hardy presents ‘Kids Garden’, a series of works that inhabit a territory between childhood and the adult world. Through open diary fragments and an instinctive plastic language that draws from art brut, street art and neo‑expressionism, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings and mixed‑media pieces. The works explore memory, play, and the uneasy passage to adulthood, using gestural mark‑making and raw materials to evoke intimacy and emotional intensity.
Summer Vibes gathers six gallery artists whose works celebrate the season’s light, warmth and vitality. Through painting, sculpture, collage and installation, the show explores colour, atmosphere and emotional resonance. Lucia Hierro and Carlo D’Anselmi engage everyday materials and narrative, while Ben Aprea, Anna Fasshauer, Séverin Guelpa and Romane de Watteville investigate form, texture and spatial perception. The exhibition foregrounds colour relationships and materiality, balancing intimate gestures with immersive compositions.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Led by four young players, the Hermione Quartet presents a programme juxtaposing Haydn’s Op.20 No.4 and Mendelssohn’s Op.44 No.3, exploring classical clarity and romantic lyricism. The performers favour sparkling ensemble, precise articulation and buoyant energy, delivering music with youthful vivacity and refined interplay. Subtle shaping and dynamic contrasts reveal emotional depth beneath virtuosic textures. The musicians also offer listening supplements to guide newcomers, creating an intimate and engaging sonic experience.
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
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.
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.
Vladimir Kartashov presents site-specific installations that unfold across historic island spaces, exploring temporal sequences and memory. Through sculptural interventions, architectural adaptations and subtle interventions in sacred interiors, the artist stages a choreography of objects and light that reconfigures perception of place and time. The series juxtaposes material rigor with ephemeral gestures, inviting reflection on duration, ritual and the layered histories embedded in built environments.
Opening: Friday 8 May, 19:30
In the presence of the artist
Musical performance by Manuel d’Amico Principle Double Bass of the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Artist Gautier Hardy presents ‘Kids Garden’, a series of works that inhabit a territory between childhood and the adult world. Through open diary fragments and an instinctive plastic language that draws from art brut, street art and neo‑expressionism, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings and mixed‑media pieces. The works explore memory, play, and the uneasy passage to adulthood, using gestural mark‑making and raw materials to evoke intimacy and emotional intensity.
Summer Vibes gathers six gallery artists whose works celebrate the season’s light, warmth and vitality. Through painting, sculpture, collage and installation, the show explores colour, atmosphere and emotional resonance. Lucia Hierro and Carlo D’Anselmi engage everyday materials and narrative, while Ben Aprea, Anna Fasshauer, Séverin Guelpa and Romane de Watteville investigate form, texture and spatial perception. The exhibition foregrounds colour relationships and materiality, balancing intimate gestures with immersive compositions.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Led by four young players, the Hermione Quartet presents a programme juxtaposing Haydn’s Op.20 No.4 and Mendelssohn’s Op.44 No.3, exploring classical clarity and romantic lyricism. The performers favour sparkling ensemble, precise articulation and buoyant energy, delivering music with youthful vivacity and refined interplay. Subtle shaping and dynamic contrasts reveal emotional depth beneath virtuosic textures. The musicians also offer listening supplements to guide newcomers, creating an intimate and engaging sonic experience.
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
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.
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.
Step into the world of The Cube with storytelling and hands-on making. Listen to playful tales that explore shapes, nature and daily habits, then try simple art activities inspired by sculptures and topiary. Children will fold, decorate and imagine geometric patterns while feeling textures, hearing rhythm and seeing bright forms. The workshop encourages curiosity about art, nature and how small actions change a space, sparking creativity and gentle discovery.
Kids ages 5 and up.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Vladimir Kartashov presents site-specific installations that unfold across historic island spaces, exploring temporal sequences and memory. Through sculptural interventions, architectural adaptations and subtle interventions in sacred interiors, the artist stages a choreography of objects and light that reconfigures perception of place and time. The series juxtaposes material rigor with ephemeral gestures, inviting reflection on duration, ritual and the layered histories embedded in built environments.
Opening: Friday 8 May, 19:30
In the presence of the artist
Musical performance by Manuel d’Amico Principle Double Bass of the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Artist Gautier Hardy presents ‘Kids Garden’, a series of works that inhabit a territory between childhood and the adult world. Through open diary fragments and an instinctive plastic language that draws from art brut, street art and neo‑expressionism, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings and mixed‑media pieces. The works explore memory, play, and the uneasy passage to adulthood, using gestural mark‑making and raw materials to evoke intimacy and emotional intensity.
Summer Vibes gathers six gallery artists whose works celebrate the season’s light, warmth and vitality. Through painting, sculpture, collage and installation, the show explores colour, atmosphere and emotional resonance. Lucia Hierro and Carlo D’Anselmi engage everyday materials and narrative, while Ben Aprea, Anna Fasshauer, Séverin Guelpa and Romane de Watteville investigate form, texture and spatial perception. The exhibition foregrounds colour relationships and materiality, balancing intimate gestures with immersive compositions.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Led by four young players, the Hermione Quartet presents a programme juxtaposing Haydn’s Op.20 No.4 and Mendelssohn’s Op.44 No.3, exploring classical clarity and romantic lyricism. The performers favour sparkling ensemble, precise articulation and buoyant energy, delivering music with youthful vivacity and refined interplay. Subtle shaping and dynamic contrasts reveal emotional depth beneath virtuosic textures. The musicians also offer listening supplements to guide newcomers, creating an intimate and engaging sonic experience.
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