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Open Studios Spring 2024

21.03.2024 – Project presentations

6-10 pm

Join us on Thursday, March 21, 2024, for the spring session of the traditional Open Studios. During this evening, the residents will exceptionally open the doors of their studios and […]

Join us on Thursday, March 21, 2024, for the spring session of the traditional Open Studios. During this evening, the residents will exceptionally open the doors of their studios and apartments for presentations of their current projects.

 

Come and discover the work of Saliou Diop, Quinn Latimer, Charlie Malgat, Philippe Malouin, Elvia Wilk and Tiran Willemse, and enjoy installations and performances created especially for this event.

 

A unique opportunity to meet these artists and share a moment around a drink and some food

 

The event is free and open to all. No parking on site, please use public transport or the Parking des Remparts in La Tour-de-Peilz.

La Becque, photo Matthieu Croizier for Art Basel

La Becque turns 5

25.05.2024 – Project presentations

14:00-00:00

The team at La Becque is delighted to invite you to join us on Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the shores of Lake Geneva in La Tour-de-Peilz, to celebrate the […]

The team at La Becque is delighted to invite you to join us on Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the shores of Lake Geneva in La Tour-de-Peilz, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of our artists’ residency.

 

On this free day open to all, the public will have the opportunity to discover, for the first time in Switzerland, a sound performance by the Basel ensemble of ten Alponom musicians, who will interpret a piece for alphorn by American artist Stephen O’Malley, resident at La Becque in 2021.

 

Also in the line-up: a performance by French sculptor Cécile Bouffard and Anglo-American dancer Ruth Childs (2021 residents), a performance by Kosovar artist Astrit Ismaili (2024 resident), a sound performance by Chilean artist Nicole L’Huillier (2023 La Becque resident) and Swiss-Martinican artist Nathalie Rebholz, a live concert by Korean cellist, composer and improviser Okkyung Lee (2023 resident) and a DJset by Time is Away, made up of British artist Jack Rollo and Irish historian Elaine Tierney, also 2024 residents.

La Becque, photo Matthieu Croizier for Art Basel