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From March 24, the Centre d鈥橝rt Contemporain Gen猫ve will present Lemaniana. Reflections on other scenes 鈥� a collective exhibition celebrating the diversity of the contemporary artistic production in the L茅man region. Resulting from a call for projects made in autumn 2020, Lemaniana proposes to look at the art produced today in the local area from a new perspective. This project aims to free itself of the artist-invitation protocol, inevitably influenced by codes and value judgements stemming from a single curatorial vision. The call for projects was therefore based on an open conception of the territory, with the aim of bringing together artists of different background who are either temporarily or permanently linked to the cross-border region of the Lake L茅man basin, irrespective of training or education. 

The exhibition will thus allow us to navigate through the universe of numerous artists and multiple practices, bringing to light new connections and opening our gaze to fresh interpretations of the world 鈥� a world deeply shaken by recent events. Current news 鈥� whether we are talking about racism, divergent political powers, gender identity or the pandemic and its confinements 鈥� all infuse the exhibition in different ways and give the project a truly contemporary nature, in which everyone will be reflected. As a whole, what emerges is a new and dynamic art scene, one particularly attuned to the contemporary world. Both intergenerational and international, Lemaniana will be at the intersection of creation and ideas in complete harmony with the most important issues of our time. Works by emerging artists will dialogue with those by their established colleagues, or with the work of unknown individuals who have nevertheless dedicated their lives to their practice. Far from simply reflecting current socio-political and cultural developments, the artists presented here assume and embody change. Their practice, often at the juncture of art and politics, forges the sensibilities of tomorrow. 

Lemaniana is a project ideated by Andrea Bellini, with the collaboration of Mohamed Almusibli, Jill Gasparina and St茅phanie Moisdon. After examining 829 portfolios, they narrowed the field to 58 artist, duos and collectives, aged between 22 and 87 years old, from 20 nations. The exhibition will fill all the spaces in the Centre d鈥橝rt Contemporain Gen猫ve. It will include the projection of audio-visual works in the Cinema Dynamo, and a programme of performances organized in collaboration with the Arsenic and its director Patrick de Rham, with the aim to be presented in Lausanne during the autumn. This ambitious project will be accompanied by a richly illustrated exhibition catalogue that will include essays by each of the members of the curatorial committee, as well as a reflection on independent spaces by Roxane Bovet.