Opening party: (re)connecting.earth (03)

Children's imaginations and co-creation

Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 6 – 10 PM, Salle communale du Faubourg Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 8, 1201 Genève

Come celebrate the opening of 10 days of shared creations at the Salle du Faubourg: children's artwork, artist videos, and initiatives to imagine the world of tomorrow and the third Biennale.

Lecture: Prof. Tobias Brosch

Emotions. Art as a catalyst for engagement?

Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 7 – 8:30 PM, Haute École de Musique de Genève Haute école de Musique, Rue du Général-Dufour 2, 1204 Genève

How do emotions influence our decisions and commitments? This lecture explores how art can awaken emotions that can transform our relationship with the world and encourage sustainable behaviour.

A stroll with Soya the Cow

Try Walking in my Hooves

Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 2 – 4:30 PM, Salle communale du Faubourg Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 8, 1201 Genève

Animal rights, climate activism, music and queer feminism, all spiced up with a healthy dose of drag: that's Soya the Cow. The alter ego of performer, musician and activist Daniel Hellmann, this singing cow blurs the boundaries between masculine and feminine, human and animal.

Roundtable

Animals as a resource? Perspectives from farmers and artists

Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 5 – 6:30 PM, Villa du Parc Parc Montessuit, 12 Rue de Genève, 74100 Annemasse, France

A discussion at Villa du Parc (Annemasse) between artist Virginia Markus and Soizic Vauclin and Stéphane Baud, two farmers undergoing retraining. Moderated by Bernard Vienat and Soya the Cow, combining agricultural stories and artistic perspectives.

Workshop

The Table of Possibilities

Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 2 – 6 PM, Salle communale du Faubourg Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 8, 1201 Genève

A collective workshop-game where each participant imagines a character inspired by their life in order to rethink, together and in a playful way, the distribution of resources and our economic systems.

Workshop for kids

Imagine the resources that get you to school

Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 2 – 4 PM, Salle communale du Faubourg Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 8, 1201 Genève

Where do your pencil leads come from? What natural resources lie behind your school?

Through a treasure hunt and a participatory exhibition bringing together more than 500 pupils from the district, children aged 6 to 12 explore the origins of the materials that surround them and imagine new ways of inhabiting the world.

Workshop

Echoes of Extraction

Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 4 – 5 PM , Salle communale du Faubourg Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 8, 1201 Genève

A simple gesture: sorting screws. In the context of a participatory workshop, this mundane action becomes a collective experience that prompts reflection on the value of resources, attention and care.