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Maulwerker performs Textures spatiales The Berlin-based ensemble Maulwerker specialises in vocal experiments and the performativity of music. Its expanded vision of music integrates elements of performance, intermedia and conceptual art as well as contemporary dance theatre. The Textures spatiales project combines transdisciplinary approaches between contemporary music, sound art and performance art. The programme includes multi-layered compositions based on German and French texts or alternating between the two languages, as well as a specific work with space. The compositions were developed especially for the five voices of the ensemble. Maulwerker: Ariane Jessulat, Christian Kesten, Henrik Kairies, Steffi Weismann, Katarina Rasinski. Programme: Annette Schmucki: blättern (world premiere) for five speakers; Abril Padilla: Points de gravité (world premiere) for feet, lips and hands; Steffi Weismann: Chiffre (world premiere) for five voices, object microphones and video projection; Jonas Kocher: Pairing (world premiere) for five performers; Alessandro Bosetti: Trinitaire (2015) for three voices Info: https://bruit-asso.org/maulwerker/

The video artist, sculptor and scenographer Denis Savary (*1981) has been developing a simultaneously challenging and playful oeuvre full of references of all kinds over the last twenty years. Each of his exhibitions spins its own story, in which the most banal everyday life and the most insignificant detail meet fantastic narratives and grandiose images. The large Salle Poma offers space and opportunity to present existing and newly created sculptures, as well as a new film in a own scenographic arrangement.

Art at noon – At the table with the Kunsthaus team (de+fr): Short guided tour through the exhibition Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium followed by a lunch snack from Batavia, CHF 15.- (regular admission without snack), registration until the day before: info@kbcb.ch

Photoforum is delighted to once again host the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in our spaces at Pasquart. The festival’s 28th edition, Horizons, explores how landscapes are perceived, used, and represented. Whether urban, forested, or industrial, landscapes are not just physical spaces but cultural and emotional constructs. They are described, mapped, photographed, and interpreted. This year’s edition of the festival presents new perspectives on landscapes and their depiction. As part of the festival, Photoforum presents the work of Naara Bahler. Her poetic approach to landscape combines analog photography with experimental techniques, questioning how we experience and document our surroundings.

The Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Grant (AC Grant) is a prestigious private grant for visual artists in the Canton of Berne. It has been awarded annually to emerging artists of the younger generation since 1942. A total prize money of CHF 50,000 is available for the grant and main scholarships, which is awarded by a jury in a two-stage application process. This year, 23 artists have been selected from the 91 submissions in the first round to show their works in the exhibition at the KBCB.

The KBCB has received a major donation of almost 500 books for its library. They belonged to Stefan Banz (1961-2021) and are devoted exclusively to the artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). For several years, Banz and his partner Caroline Bachmann devoted themselves to an impressive project based on Duchamp's last work, Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage... (1946-1968). It all started with a discovery: the waterfall reproduced in miniature in Duchamp's work was modelled on the Forestay waterfall in the Lavaux region, just a few kilometres from Cully, where the couple lived. This discovery led the couple to carry out unprecedented research into the work. In 2010, this led to the organisation of an international symposium in Cully, which will be followed by a major publication. This work on the Forestay waterfall prompted Banz to take an interest in another aspect of Duchamp's work. Étant donnés is in fact a kind of diorama to which we have access only through two small holes drilled in an old wooden door. Banz has meticulously studied what this mise en scène owes to the New York painter Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864-1941), for whom Duchamp had great admiration.

The Photoforum Pasquart is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Naara Bahler as part of Biel/Bienne Photography Festival 2025. This year’s edition of the festival is dedicated to the theme "Horizons", exploring how landscapes are perceived, used, and represented. Through a poetic and experimental approach, Naara Bahler examines the relationship between humans and nature. Her work resonates with the festival theme by offering a personal and sensory exploration of landscapes and their depiction.

Throughout the year 2025, the artist from Biel, Jeanne Jacob, takes over the Studiolo and presents FOR SALE, a multi-chapter work reflecting on the connections between economic systems, success, and artists’ labor. In the room, a reading corner and events curated in collaboration with Gabrielle d'Alessandro will punctuate the year.