Events
Opening of the exhibitions
28th edition of the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography
Speeches
Speakers:
Sarah Girard, director, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography
Amelie Schüle, director, Photoforum Pasquart
Glenda Gonzalez Bassi, mayor of the city of Biel/Bienne and Anna Tanner, city councillor and head of the Direction de la formation, de la culture et du sport/Direktion Bildung, Kultur und Sport
Sibylle Birrer, head of the Office de la culture/Amt für Kultur
Philippe Bischof, director, Pro Helvetia
Guided tour with the photographers
Tour of the exhibitions with the photographers of the 28th edition and Sarah Girard, Director. Departure from the Photoforum Pasquart.
Artist Talk: Julius Schien
Talk about the issues raised by the work Rechtes Land in the presence of the artist at the heart of his exhibition. Moderation: Sarah Girard.
Talk + Screening: L’image mise en lumière
19.00–20.00 Talk
The photographer Guillaume Perret will talk about his manner of playing with reality as a means to narrate it. He will present his research work around his project LUX and its publication. He will then discuss with Andreas Struck, co-director of Filmpodium Biel/ Bienne, on the question of reality and its representation, between real-life and fiction. Moderation: Sarah Girard. Followed by an apéro and the signing of the LUX photography book by Guillaume Perret.
20.00 Projection Blow-Up, GB, IT 1966, 112‘ (E/f)
In the 1960s, a London photographer believes to have accidentally photographed the evidence of a murder, but it mysteriously disappears. Blow-Up is an elegant study of paranoid intrigue and disorientation. The movie questions the image’s capability of capturing reality.
Paid entry for the discussion and the projection.
Discount (CHF 5.-) by presenting the festival ticket.
Vernissage: Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel
Opening of the exhibition of the works by the 2nd year graphic design class and by students from the 2nd and 3rd years CPMD at the Residenz au Lac.
Commented tour
Exclusive guided tour for the friends of Photo Elysée and the friends of the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography. With Antonia Brancher, cultural mediator, and Sarah Girard. Departure from the Photoforum Pasquart.
96 Hours Biel-Bienne by Phil Penman: Leica Anniversary event
The Leica was the first mass-produced, small-format Leica camera and it revolutioned photography in 1925. In this anniversary year, we are celebrating the icon that witnessed a century and the story of all who contributed to write it. We invite you to toast to this anniversary with other Leica fans and enthusiasts at Phil Penman’s exhibition.
Price CHF 60.-
See the program and sign up here: https://www.leica-summit.ch/fr/100-jahre-leica/
Fête de la Danse/Tanzfest: “QUASI”
A new show by Cie ChamploO (Branca Schneidegger, Giulia Esposito, Patrick Frei) at the crossroads of the arts with an original musical composition.
More informations: www.fetedeladanse.ch
Award ceremony for the 2025 SNSF Scientific Image Competition
Award ceremony for the 2025 SNSF Scientific Image Competition in the presence of a member of the jury. Followed by an apéro.
Performance littéraire
Students of the Institut littéraire (HKB) will be reading texts they have written, inspired by the images of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition exhibition. A collaborative event with Michel Layaz, teacher at the HKB.
Fête de la Danse/Tanzfest: Shows & Workshops
Several shows, classes, a flashmob, a battle and a Jam Session. With dance schools and artists coming from near and far.
More informations: www.fetedeladanse.ch
Contemplative frequencies
Join Naara Bahler and the sound artist Eric Rüeger for a meditative event exploring Bahler’s reflection on the question “Have we forgotten how to contemplate Mother-Earth?”. Thanks to a live soundtrack and an immersive atmosphere in the exhibition space, this unique collaboration invites the visitors to stop, to think and to engage in the dialogue between visual arts and sound. With a live broadcast from Lumpen Station.
Guided tour of the CAP Prize
Guided tour of the exhibitions of the CAP Prize 2024 with Benjamin Füglister, its Director. Departure from NMB, Neuhaus.
Guided tour with near.
Guided tour of the exhibitions with three near. artists: Aline d’Auria, Léonie Rose Marion and Marco Frauchiger. Departure from Gewölbe Galerie.
In collaboration with near.
Performance: Plier les horizons
A closing performance by the artist Virginie Otth on her art installation Plier les horizons, which was made for the festival. She uses the horizon line of a selection of photographs that she has taken, which are then printed on cardboard, as a means to challenge our usual spatial and artistic points of reference. A visual experience that, between mental and physical images, sets us in motion.
Presentation by Phil Penman
New Yorker Phil Penman speaks about his photography and the pictures he took in the city of Biel/Bienne for 96 hours. Always carrying three cameras, he documented special moments, iconic scenes and people from Biel/Bienne selected for their creativity. The result is a fascinating and captivating view of the city in black and white.
After this presentation, you are cordially invited to the afterparty taking place in the Ancienne Poste/Alte Neumarkt Post, where Phil Penman’s pictures are exhibited.
Tickets and informations: www.leica-summit.ch/fr/100-jahre-leica/event-kino-rex/
