Inhabited by spectral, fragile and troubling presences, the Villa Bernasconi hosts the exhibition Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories by the Collectif Détente. The exhibition explores here the spectral potential of fabrics and is a continuation of the Stitches curatorial project begun in 2020.
The invisible is given form through clothing, the fabric becomes a messenger between worlds telling interrupted stories and reviving forgotten events.
On the borders of the perceptible, the exhibition explores what the ghostly figure and its habitat reveal of contemporary art practice. The works are witnesses to hidden inheritance, collective fears and intimate memories giving form to what should not or cannot be exposed. With tenderness, malice and fear the works uncover the obsessions which nest in domestic objects, living spaces and social structures.
Ryan Gander / Vidya Gastaldon, Jean-Michel Wicker & Serge Comte / Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė / Gotscho / Gregory Tara Hari / Sonia Kacem / Léa Katharina Meier / Meret Oppenheim / Benoît Piéron / Nina Rieben / Li Tavor / Sandar Tun Tun / Claire van Lubeek / Latefa Wiersch et un film avec Heidi Bucher

Opening: Tuesday 20 January, 6pm to 9pm