The notion of ‘ecosystem’ finds a strong echo in contemporary artistic practices. Influenced by the neo-materialist approach, which challenges the primacy of the subject and considers matter to be endowed with vitality,…
In addition to being one of the world’s most polluting industries, fashion subjects its workers to some of the most degrading working conditions. In the face of these abuses, consumer mobilisation remains…
In recent years, historians have taken an avid interest in the radical withdrawal from the art world and/or political activism of certain figures, with diverse motivations and backgrounds, such as Carla Lonzi,…
In 1981, Ian Burn posited that conceptual art was responsible for a loss of manual skills among artists. By putting the emphasis on conception, artists have deprived themselves of the specific knowledge…
How can art and design practice be combined with ecological issues? Does production necessarily imply a form of destruction? What forms might a turn towards deproduction take? This feature considers these issues…
In this video portrait dedicated to them, the delegate of Diversity & Inclusion at HEAD – Genève, Nayansaku Mufwankolo, highlights the different stages that have allowed them to develop their practice. From…
A CCC alumna, artist and activist, Marisa Cornejo made a film on the events that took place on Santiago’s Plaza Italia, which became the Plaza de la Dignidad on the 18th of…
This article pays tribute to the artist, exhibition organiser and researcher Marion von Osten, who passed away in November 2020. A pioneer both in the field of research-based practice and in her…
In recent years, the Photography Pool of HEAD – Genève has organised two transversal workshops in collaboration with CERN, the EPFL’s Biophore and the Geneva Astronomical Observatory. In 2017-2018, the “Figures” workshop…
The two-day symposium ‘Art and humanity: what is possible?’ held in April 2021 by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, the HEAD – Genève and the International Committee of the…