From September 7 to 29, the Swiss commune of Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva, will host the photography biennial “Images Vevey”. During three weeks of exhibitions, several dozen artists from all over the world will gather around the theme “(dis)connected”.
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How do we assess our relationship with the image? Between analog and digital, are we connected or disconnected? So many questions that visitors ponder as they wander through the exhibition spaces of the “Images Vevey” biennial.
From September 7 to 29, the festival, which takes place on the shores of Lake Geneva, invites spectators to travel through fifty exhibitions on the theme this year of “(dis)connected”, meaning “connected / disconnected”.
A stone’s throw from Lake Geneva, a young Swiss couple displays photos of their first collaboration. Nicolas and Sabine, two photographers, look back on their first year of living together.
Photographer couple Nicolas Polli and Sabine Hess reveal photos from their daily life during their year together.
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© Images Vevey/Nicolas Polli and Sabine Hess
“Seeing through a lens allows us to talk about all the themes that we have difficulty talking about as a couple. It also allows us to choose the moments of our life because we take lots of images and then we choose which moments belong to us the most.“, explains Nicolas Polli, photographer and author of the exhibition “One bed, two blankets, seventy-six rules”.
Photos of feet, blankets, beds and other everyday elements with, under each photo, a rule to follow to live in harmony in your relationship.Make sure your partner gets enough nutrition.“, can be read under a pig rolling in the meadow.
Through this humorous and intimate stroll, Sabine and Nicolas share their thoughts on everyday life. A shared and connected reflection that contrasts with the disconnection proposed by the neighboring exhibition: it is a journey to India to the heart of marginalized communities and their ancestral traditions.
Artist Gauri Gill has chosen to disconnect the visitor from their contemporary world by capturing traditional masks made in a village in India.
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A change of scenery, Aleksandra Mir also offers some in her project. Installed in a neo-baroque room, she unveils a giant plane lighter than air. Inflated with helium, the device continues its world tour in Vevey.
“Every time our visitors enter the room, he expresses another state of mind. He is like a comic strip character who will inflate or deflate, who has landed in many places in the world, starting with the Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides…” says Stefano Stoll, director of the “Images Vevey” biennial.
During her world tour, Aleksandra Mir’s plane landed in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.
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© Images Vevey/Aleksandra Mir
In 20 years, this plane has traveled the world and landed on the tarmac of Zurich airport. Landing phases captured by photographer Aleksandra Mir in a world that connects and disconnects.
