La Becque is pleased to invite you to a new session of Open Studios on Saturday, July 25, from 12 to 6 pm.

 

Throughout the afternoon, visitors are warmly invited to discover works in progress by our current residents: Alice Bucknell, Clemens Fischer, Drew McDowall, Mahshid Rafiei, Mira M. Yang, Puer Deorum, and Zoé Samudzi.

 

The event will also feature alfatih, Ana María Millán and Andrea Carrillo, participants in the binational fellowship Tender Mesh – An Adaptive Ecosystem of Complicities, a collaborative programme developed by Espacio Odeón, MSD and La Becque, and supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia through its Synergies grant program.

 

PROGRAM
12:00 Doors open
13:15 Tender Mesh – An Adaptive Ecosystem of Complicities (presentation, 25’)
13:45 Mahshid Rafiei (presentation, 15’)
14:30 Mira M. Yang (reading, 25’)
15:20 Zoé Samudzi (lecture, 40′)
16:20 Puer Deorum (presentation, 15’)
16:40 Alice Bucknell (presentation, 15’)
17:00 Clemens Fischer (presentation, 15’)
17:20 Drew McDowall (performance, 40’)
18:00 Doors close

 

ONGOING

Tender Mesh – An Adaptive Ecosystem of Complicities (video installation)
Mira M. Yang (video)
Mahshid Rafiei (installation)
Puer Deorum (film installation)
Alice Bucknell (video games)
Clemens Fischer (installation)

 

Open Studios offer a unique opportunity to delve into the artists’ ongoing research and engage with their practices.

 

Free entry, bar and food on site.

 

La Becque’s public program is supported by the City of La Tour-de-Peilz, Loterie Romande, the Coromandel Foundation, the Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Foundation, and Pensimo Fondsleitung AG.

La Becque, 2026, photo Matthieu Croizier

La Becque invites you to the artists’ residency for an afternoon of discoveries and encounters.

 

Throughout the afternoon, visitors are invited to move freely between studios, installations, presentations, and performances, discovering the wide range of artistic practices currently being developed at La Becque. Conceived as a moment of openness and exchange, the Open Studios offer an opportunity to meet the artists, ask questions, and gain insight into the different stages of their creative processes.

 

A program of presentations and performances will take place throughout the afternoon, alongside installations on view continuously across the residency.

 

Free admission. Bar and food available on site.

 

La Becque’s public program is supported by the City of La Tour-de-Peilz, Loterie Romande, the Coromandel Foundation, the Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Foundation, and Pensimo Fondsleitung AG.

La Becque, 2026, photo Matthieu Croizier