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Archipel festival - Music and sound art

From April 17 to 26, 2026 Switzerland’s leading festival for experimental and contemporary music and sound art, takes place at the Maison communale de Plainpalais.

Ato No Mae

12h30 - Listening Lounge / Listening Session
Mazen Kerbaj
Every day at half past noon, a festival artist shares the music that has shaped their life, through encounters and discoveries.
Free entry
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18h30 – Chambre des lattes / performance
· Bacterial Transmission ·
Infected
Over three days, Adomas Palekas presents an open laboratory dedicated to exploring micro-organisms in the context of sound and electronics.
5.- / 10.- / 20.- / Pay what you choose
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20h - Le carré et plusieurs espaces / performance
· We are the champignons ·
Worlding Mycelium, Venir Compost
Worlding Mycelium explores compost and the living organisms within it, translating the energy produced by microorganisms — worms, microbes, bacteria, protozoa, fungi — into musical processes.
5.- / 10.- / 20.- / Pay what you choose
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21h – Foyer du 1er / performance
· A Trace in the Universe ·
Ato no Mae, Before a Trace
Playing with boundaries, the performances of Takako Minekawa and Takahiro Kawaguchi incorporate found objects, handmade instruments, keyboards and voices. What they create goes beyond music itself, leaving behind an atmosphere, a presence, and traces in space.
5.- / 10.- / 20.- / Pay what you choose

Dates and times

Monday 20 April 2026

Event location

Location name
Salle communale de Plainpalais
Address
Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Genève - 1205 Genève

Prices and conditions

Price

5.- / 10.- / 20.- / Pay what you choose

Age
From 12 to 99 years
Format
Online

Organiser

Proposed by
Festival Archipel
Ato No Mae