PROGRAM 2025 ︎︎︎

EXHIBITIONS

Sat 14 / Sun 15 June from 11am to 6pm
Opening on Friday 13 June from 6pm
Free entry

Through his project Shipwreck of Dreams, artist Emilio Nasser takes us on a poignant journey blending myth and reality, migration and solidarity. Inspired by a forgotten legend of a wish-granting boat on Lake Geneva, the project weaves this fable with the real-life story of the Autonome Schule in Zurich, a self-managed school founded in 2008 through collaboration between migrants and activists. Through collaborative portraits, photographs, drawings, narratives, archives, and videos, Nasser explores the search for a place to belong, while denouncing European migration policies. The exhibition thus becomes a poetic and political manifesto, revealing a powerful counter-narrative built on resistance, memory, and hope.

Project presented in collaboration with the Photoforum Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, and the Artphilein Foundation, Lugano.

In parallel, the Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award & Photozine Award exhibition highlights the richness of the photobook as an autonomous artistic form. This award, a true springboard for emerging artists, showcases 15 finalist dummies and the three winners, selected from 127 submissions from over 30 countries by an international jury. The exhibition offers an immersive experience into these unique works, where each photobook presents a singular journey.

Project presented in collaboration with Hildy Law, director of the Hong Kong Photobook Festival.

FAIR

Sat 14 / Sun 15 June from 11am to 6pm
Free entry

With : Centre de la photographie Genève, ch / Tipi bookshop, BE / Artphilein Editions, CH / BLOW UP PRESS, PL / Here Press, UK / This Book Is True, ES/ Michael Teixeira, CH / Editions du Caïd, BE / La Maison de Z, FR / Macula, FR / The Light Observer, FR / pool collective, CH / Meteoro Editions, NL / ESSARTER Editions, FR / Mosoma Books + MSBWB, CH / Ediciones Posibles, ES / CIAO Press, CH / 89Books, IT/ Bureau d’Etudes Japonaises, FR / FOCALE Galerie-Librairie, CH / Miami books, CH / Lotta Books, IT / HAUS AM GERN, CH / the Photographers’ table AVEC Gabriel Flückiger, VINCENT JENDLY, Julian Stettler, 6mangoes, Josefin Borgenfalk, Divergence images, Claire Galloni d’Istria & Malu Valerio...

WORKSHOP

Fri, June 13, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Visual Archives & Vernacular Photography: Beyond the Family Album – in English with Pablo Lerma.

This workshop explores the work around visual archives and vernacular photography beyond the family album. Through the lens of gender, identity, race, and social background, the goal is to explore how contemporary archival practices in image-making relate to socially engaged topics in photography, especially around themes like family, community, and counternarratives.

The workshop includes an in-class exercise, supported by discussion and visual references, encouraging critical reflection on the role of personal and found images in constructing visual narratives.

Every participant is asked to bring 5 printed vernacular photographs (not digital), connected to them via their family albums or found images (flea markets).

Language : english
Max 8-10 participants
Date : Friday 13 June, 13h30-17h30
Price : CHF 40 / CHF 30 for members CPG, near, Visarte / CHF 20 students
︎︎︎ Registrations : here

ARTIST TALK

Sat, June 14, 10:00 AM
Coffee & croissants with artist Emilio Nasser, in conversation around his exhibition and publication, joined by Giorgia Vanzolini, editor at Artphilein and Amelie Schüle, director of Photoforum Pasquart, Bienne.

WORKSHOP

Bookbinding and Stamp Workshop
Sat, June 14, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Join Romane Serez's bookbinding workshop and discover simple, fun and accessible techniques that you can easily reproduce at home: Japanese binding, quilted notebook, rubber band, staple, leporello, cordel...
You'll also have the chance to make your own personalized stamps, and leave with a notebook, a sketchbook, or even a small zine illustrated with stamps and collage.
No experience necessary, just the desire to create with your hands!

Language: French
Date: Saturday June 14, 2 - 4.30pm
Price: CHF 15 / free for under 18s
Max: 10 people
Public: all ages, from 10 upwards
︎︎︎ Registration : here

ATELIER RELIURE ET TAMPONS

Rejoignez l’atelier de reliure animé par Romane Serez et découvrez des techniques simples, ludiques et accessibles que vous pourrez facilement reproduire chez vous : reliure japonaise, cahier piqué, à l’élastique, à l’agrafe, leporello, cordel…

Vous aurez aussi l’occasion de fabriquer vos propres tampons personnalisés, et de repartir avec un carnet de notes, un carnet de dessin, ou même un petit zine illustré à l’aide de tampons et de collages.

Aucune expérience requise, juste l’envie de créer avec vos mains !

Langue : français
Date : samedi 14 juin, de 14h à 16h30
Prix : CHF 15 / gratuit pour les - de 18 ans
Max : 10 personnes
Public : tout public, dès 10 ans
︎︎︎ Inscriptions : ici

ROUND TABLE

Sun, June 15, 10:00 AM
A discussion bringing together librarians, collectors, and photography book enthusiasts to explore the photobook in its many forms, its place in institutions, and its growing role as an object of art, memory, and transmission.

DUMMY CLINIC

Sun, June 15, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
The Dummy Clinic is a space for artists to exchange and discuss their book dummies with experts in the publishing field.

︎︎︎ Meet our reviewers and register here