Gallery the nature –An artistic vestige in the heart of Vevey
In Vevey, the Bolliet tower now houses a bookstore and an exhibition space open to the public. An initiative by Romain Miceli, his new goalkeeper.
Noémie Desarzens,
Laurent de SenarclensPosted today at 11:01 am
The Montreusien Romain Miceli opened an art gallery in the foundations of a 15th century tower.
© Laurent de Senarclens
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- The Tower of Bolliet, medieval vestige of Vevey, welcomes a new art gallery.
- Romain Miceli transformed this XV towere century in hybrid cultural space.
- A collection of 5000 ancient pounds rubs shoulders with contemporary works of art.
- The Raffraîchi space opens its doors to the public after twenty years of forgetting.
In the city center of Vevey, a stone’s throw from the shopping center located in rue du Simplon, there are the remains of the Bolliet tower dating from 1448. Invisible to the inattentive eye and above all unknown to the general public, the foundations are emerging near an underground car park. As soon as the Pas-de-Porte crossed, a spiral staircase takes us into the bowels of this historic monument.
With more than 5000 pounds on the shelves, there is something for everyone. A collection of prayers from 1790 or a second -hand pocket novelEmile Teachingthe literary palette is up to the love that Romain Miceli has for books. Collector in the soul, he skims flea markets in search of nuggets. Like this original edition of 1967 of volume I of“Asterix the Gauls”with its leather cover.
Failed in beauty and history, love at first sight between this economist trained in cultural management and this historic monument was instantaneous. “It was raw from Brut, with the added bonus of infiltrated water and central and colds, but this place has great potential!” New tenant since last year, the Montreusian first worked to refresh everything and redeveloped everything, while sparing the malicious Farfadet living between these walls.
A case at a crossroads
He is of these inhabited places. With its old stones and its vaults, the atmosphere of the Bolliet tower is marked by a very special serenity. Sheltered from the outside world, the XV tuf foundationse century have stored years of stories. The smell of paper, emanating from works sometimes dating from several centuries, promotes this timeless atmosphere.
Combining architectural heritage and contemporary art, this historical framework makes works of art and ancient books dialogue. Just hung on the walls, the multicolored portraits ofAdrien Sabbah Create a silent narration with the thousands of ancient and second -hand books that face them.
-An art gallery and ancient books
This former publisher and founder of Romann editions To a particular appetite for the book, from crafts to its French -speaking feathers, including French literature. “The tower of Bolliet brings together these three desires: the beauty of a work of craftsman, the taste for letters and the highlighting of Swiss authors.”
Not just devoted to the book, the «Galibrairie» wants to be at the crossroads of a gallery and a bookstore, without forgetting the desire to host cultural events of all kinds. A hybrid place therefore, which reveals the will of this cultural manager graduated to vibrate these old stones.
“The artistic works exhibited must not exceed 3000 francs,” says the guardian of the tower. I hope everyone can find their way around. ” All while remaining accessible to as many people as possible, getting rid of a certain elitist vein. A small bet, “but Paris was not done in a day”.
With more than 5000 pounds on the shelves, there is something for everyone. Like this collection of prayers from 1790.
© Laurent de Senarclens
Opening of the exhibition “The colorful universe of Adrien Sabbah” on May 17 at 6:30 p.m. (rue du Musée 4B). galibrairie.com/
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