Artists are under-informed about their rights. This lack of information is detrimental to their interests, particularly in their relations with other cultural actors. The legal permanence aims to advise artists of all disciplines. The consultations are offered by the association Lab-of-Arts (Legal…

This lack of information is harmful for their interests, especially in terms of their interactions with other actors in the cultural ecosystem. The goal of this legal clinic is to provide advice and consultation for artists working in all media, by lawyers specializing in legal issues involving…

Last guided tour of the exhibition followed by a drink. Tour in French at 15:00. Tour in German at 16:00.

Former guest workers talk about their experiences in historic places in the city.

Guided tours and exchanges with migrant workers of the past and present, in various languages and simplified language, partly in simultaneous translation.

Reading in French and German with Francesca Petrarca, Francesco Micieli and Philippe Rebetez. The exhibition remains open until 20:00.

Presentation of the radio play Welcher Art die Wärme ist about the guest worker status. With the witnesses and authors: Carmine Andreotti, Paola De Martin and Melinda Nadj Abonji (text), Erik Altorfer (direction), Martin Schütz (music) and Florian Eteil (moderation). The exhibition remains open…

Meeting (FR/EN/DE) With Lucie Kolb (artist and author), Rosa Brux (curatorial group), Tiphanie Blanc (art critic) – Wages For Wages Against

Vi Indigaïa is a storyteller who transmits traditional narratives, creation myths and lived experiences. She combines this art with the art of dance, because the body has its own language. Her performence also includes singing and rhythmic chanting. Her poetic fantasies are political and her…

The lesbian archives teach us a history we learned little or nothing about in school. Did you take part in these struggles, gatherings and the celebrations that came with them? We invite you to tell your story using an item from your desk drawers or storage closet (photos, leaflets, poems, letters,…

At a time when the extent of sexual violence is finally coming to light, when the victims, often vulnerable and in pain, still struggle for their voices to be heard – amid a climate of loneliness, doubts, lack of self-esteem, shame and fear of speaking out – how should we respond? Just grin and…

The STRAT association invites you to take part in a feminist self-defense workshop for women (self-identified) and trans,* intersex and non-binary people. In this introduction to physical self-defense we learn to recognize our boundaries and make people respect them, recognize the legitimacy of…

Vi Indigaïa is a storyteller who transmits traditional narratives, creation myths and lived experiences. She combines this art with the art of dance, because the body has its own language. Her performence also includes singing and rhythmic chanting. Her poetic fantasies are political and her…

Exhibition opening with members of the Espaces femme International in attendance.

Artists are under-informed about their rights. This lack of information is detrimental to their interests, particularly in their relations with other cultural actors. The legal permanence aims to advise artists of all disciplines. The consultations are offered by the association Lab-of-Arts (Legal…

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,…

Artists are under-informed about their rights. This lack of information is detrimental to their interests, particularly in their relations with other cultural actors. The legal permanence aims to advise artists of all disciplines. The consultations are offered by the association Lab-of-Arts (Legal…

Ironeaters Shaheen Dill-Riaz (2007, 85’) Floods following the rainy season and the threat of famine force peasants in northern Bangladesh to seek seasonal employment in the south. Hired by boat breakers in Chittagong, in the Bay of Bengal, they find themselves trapped in conditions of near slavery.

The “cantastorie” (story-singers) tradition has existed in Sicily since the 17th century. These particular sung narratives are about Sicilians who emigrated to Switzerland and throughout the world. With Mauro Geraci, professor at the University of Messina and a “cantastorie” himself, and Federica…

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…

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…

Today, like yesterday, migrant workers face issues and situations that profoundly affect their lives. The exhibition will include two moments for exchanges about lived experiences. In partnership with the Centre de contact Suisses-Immigrés.

Today, like yesterday, migrant workers face issues and situations that profoundly affect their lives. The exhibition will include two moments for exchanges about lived experiences. In partnership with the Université populaire albanaise

These feature and documentary movies address various aspects of the history of seasonal workers in Switzerland in light of similar cases in Spain, Italy and the former Yugoslavia. The example of Bangladesh offers a counterpoint underlining the issues of labor migration in other contexts. Each of…

Launching of the exhibition in the presence of the Protestant Archives, the College of Work, Rosa Brux and participants including Katharine Dominicé, Pablo Briones. For the buffet of the opening Kunst Cantine plunged into the traditional Portuguese, Spanish, Albanian, Italian and Yugoslavian…

This lack of information is harmful for their interests, especially in terms of their interactions with other actors in the cultural ecosystem. The goal of this legal clinic is to provide advice and consultation for artists working in all media, by lawyers specializing in legal issues involving…

For Videobox, Rosa Brux chose to invite the artist Laurent Güdel to present his film Action directe, discours indirect, first screened in 2019 at the LUFF (Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival). This movie, where we hear people talking but never see them, is based on recorded interviews…

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. Guest speakers: Hélène Mariéthoz Freelance curator Yaniv Benhamou Attorney for Lab-of-arts, an association…

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.

As a complement to this show, Rosa Brux partnered with Cinéma Spoutnik to screen a series of documents relating to the so-called May ’68 years in Geneva. Bringing together feature films, documentaries, forbidden flix and art movies, this anthology seeks to capture the deepest concerns of our era…

Opening of the show at Le Commun.

A graduate of the Geneva Haute Ecole de Santé, Aroud and Donnez are independent midwives in Geneva. They wrote a master’s thesis on the experiences of women who practice long-term breastfeeding. They have also written an article on the subject for the magazine sage-femme.ch

A naturopath who specializes in women’s health, Karen Morand has been a therapist and teacher of gynecological naturopathy for more than ten years. Her practice is about helping women from their pre-teen years through menopause, using companion plants for women, natural remedies and energetic…

A lawyer by training, since 2013 Lahaye has been posting the blog “Marie accouche là,” a feminist and political exploration of childbirth. Her book Accouchement : les femmes méritent mieux was published by Editions Michalon.

A naturopath who has been living in Lausanne for 15 years, Mireille Currat has become a specialist in women’s health, initially under the supervision of Rina Nissim and then through the course of daily experiences and exchanges with the women who come to her for treatment. She also draws on…

A naturopath who has been living in Lausanne for 15 years, Mireille Currat has become a specialist in women’s health, initially under the supervision of Rina Nissim and then through the course of daily experiences and exchanges with the women who come to her for treatment. She also draws on…

As part of Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better mounted by Rosa Brux with the help of Les Archives contestaires, a round-table discussion titled Droits des artistes (Artists Rights) will be hosted by: Tiphanie Blanc, exhibition curator and member of Wages For Wages Against (CH) Marc Rossier,…

Guided tour with Stefania Giancane, Charles Magnin, and Rosa Brux

Artists are underinformed about their rights. This lack of information is harmful for their interests, especially in terms of their interactions with other actors in the cultural ecosystem. The goal of this legal clinic is to provide advice and consultation for artists working in all media, by…

Starting in the 1960s, a decade when the politicalization of a part of the art world went up against the institutional art authorities, many demands were put forward regarding the status and working conditions of artists. From the first contract including a clause protecting artists’ resale rights…

Starting in the 1960s, a decade when the politicalization of a part of the art world went up against the institutional art authorities, many demands were put forward regarding the status and working conditions of artists. From the first contract including a clause protecting artists’ resale rights…

Using a 1932 photomontage by John Heartfield, Vincent de Roguin offers us a critical and personal review of radical political imagery from the 20th century, from its mythological or revolutionary roots to its most regrettable contemporary reappropriations. Communist agitprop, Swiss fascism, German…