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Rituals

Thomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona, from the series Waska Tatay, 2010-2012
Rituals
An exhibition by NEAR at the Ferme-Asile, Sion
November 8, 2014 – February 1, 2015
Curator NEAR: Corinne Currat, assisted by Noémie Richard
Curator Ferme-Asile: Véronique Mauron
NEAR • swiss association for contemporary photography • www.near.li
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Informations
Theme
Sacred and profane rites – ancestral and contemporary – are examined through
staging, documentary approaches, and performance.
Artists
Emmanuelle Antille (1972, CH)
Sophie Brasey (1985, CH) *
David Favrod (1982, CH)
Matthieu Gafsou (1981, CH/FR) *
Anne Golaz (1983, CH) *
Thierry Kupferschmid (1970, CH) *
Christian Lutz (1973, CH) *
Jen Osborne (1984, CA)
Virginie Rebetez (1979, CH) *
Germinal Roaux (1975, CH/FR) *
Thomas Rousset (1984, FR) * and Raphaël Verona (1984, FR)
* Members of NEAR
Curators
NEAR : Corinne Currat, assisted by Noémie Richard
Ferme-Asile : Véronique Mauron
Organisation
A proposition by NEAR realised at the Ferme-Asile
Venue
Ferme-Asile, Centre artistique et culturel, Sion
Dates, opening hours
Opening on Saturday November 8, 2014 at 6pm
Exhibition from November 8, 2014 until February 1, 2015
Opening hours:
We
12pm until 06pm
Tu-Sa
12pm until 20pm
Su
12pm until 03pm
Contacts
Corinne Currat, [email protected]
Véronique Mauron, [email protected]
Institution
Noémie Richard, President of NEAR
[email protected]
NEAR, P.O. box 6989, 1002 Lausanne, www.near.li
Véronique Mauron, historian of art (Ph.D) and curator
[email protected]
Ferme-Asile, Centre artistique et culturel, Promenade des
Pêcheurs 10, (CH) 1950 Sion, www.ferme-asile.ch
Médias
Noémie Richard, [email protected]
Véronique Mauron, [email protected]
Catalogue
A catalogue, edited by NEAR and the Ferme-Asile will be published as the
companion to the exhibition. Texts by Corinne Currat, historian of art and
exhibition manager at the Fondation de l'Hermitage, in Lausanne, Véronique
Mauron, historian of art (Ph. D) and curator at the Ferme-Asile, and the
anthropologist Marco Motta, graduate assistant and lecturer at the University of
Lausanne.
NEAR • association suisse pour la photographie contemporaine • www.near.li • [email protected]
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Anne Golaz, from the series Chasses, 2009-2010
Presentation of the exhibition
Since time immemorial, rites and rituals accompany the lives of human beings in all societies, helping to forge
the identity of communities and groups. Our exhibition project proposes an artistic approach to the question. It
gathers works from photographers and video artists who are members of the association NEAR, along with
guests. Sacred and profane rites – ancestral and contemporary – are examined through staging, documentary
approaches, and performance. If many of the artists deal with the mystery and symbolism peculiar to specific
rites, rituals and ceremonies, even cultivating or enhancing them, some take distance from them with humour
and irony.
Christian religion and its rites are the subject matters of the photographers Matthieu Gafsou and Christian Lutz.
With his series Sacré, Matthieu Gafsou addresses ritual of the Catholic Church in the canton of Fribourg.
From the perspectives of architecture, sacred art and clergymen, he presents a vision of a church in decline. On
the contrary, In Jesus' Name (2012) by Christian Lutz documents the fervour of believers in the International
Christian Fellowship (ICF) near Zürich.
Anne Golaz, Jen Osborne and the duo Thomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona address the issue of profane and
pagan rites in Switzerland, Europe and South America. Since 2009, the hunt is the main subject of Anne
Golaz. For Chasses (2009-2010) and Metsästä (2012), she followed on the tracks of hunters in the areas of
Fribourg, Strasbourg and Finland. The culture and the secular rites of hunters allow her to underline the
relationship between man and nature in a world oscillating between the real and the supernatural.
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David Favrod, from the series Gaijin, 2009 – 2012
Jen Osborne, Canadian photographer based in Berlin since 2010, is fascinated by a phenomenon spread in
Europe, and particularly in the old RDA: the historical restitution of Native American life. During camps lasting
several days, passionate fans of Amerindian culture – Indian Hobbyists – recreate the teepees, the costumes,
the food and the ceremonies of native peoples, leaning on sources from the 19th century, historical records and
popular movies.
Waska Tatay (2010-2011) by Thomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona could also be viewed as the result of a
documentary on a community or an ancestral tribe in South America. In fact, their photographs are entirely
staged, playing with the thin line between reality and fiction.
The construction of identity, the sense of belonging to a community, the rites of passage and of initiation are at
the heart of the works of Germinal Roaux, David Favrod, Virginie Rebetez, Thierry Kupferschmid and
Emmanuelle Antille. With nostalgia, Germinal Roaux scrutinizes teenagers during their spare time. He
captures the codes and behaviours which govern their passage from childhood through adulthood.
Japan, David Favrod’s country of origin, is an endless source of inspiration where traditions and ancestral rites
are omnipresent. His last series takes its name from the popular oral game "Hyakumonogatori Kaidankai" (A
gathering of one hundred weird tales). The players gather at nightfall, light one hundred candles, and narrate
"kaidans" (weird tales). After each story, a candle is extinguished. When the last flame is blown out, the time has
come to invoke a supernatural being. For this ambitious project, Favrod intends to stage 99 stories.
During an artist residency in South Africa last Spring 2013, Virginie Rebetez carried on her research on the
concept of identity, memory and rituals. In Avalon, the big cemetery of Soweto, she was particularly interested in
the period of transition between two funeral rites: the burial and the ceremony of unveiling. She took
photographs of unusual funerary monuments, packed with different materials. The family of the dead
traditionally uncovers these gravestones during the ceremony of unveiling in order to honour the memory of the
deceased and celebrate his life after death. By decontextualizing and sublimating the veiled monuments,
Rebetez produces a portrait of the dead and his family.
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Thierry Kupferschmid, from the series Another type of Ambiguity, 2009
Exploring the relationship between man and nature through performance, Thierry Kupferschmid plunges us
into his strange, poetic, and spectacular artistic world. In the quest of self-transcendence, he stages rituals,
more often related to water and earth, which he documents with photography and video. In the woods and in all
weathers, he confronts his body with the force of natural elements.
The video maker Emmanuelle Antille examines the relationships between the members of small social groups
such as the teenagers and the family. In several videos, she captures the behaviour, the gestures and the rituals
accomplished by the protagonists – usually friends and relatives – to create narratives oscillating between reality
and fiction. Her video Even if We Fall (2007) shows the close relationship between a daughter and her family
(played by the artist and her parents). The artist films a ritual during which the daughter donates her hair to her
mother, addressing the notion of love and sacrifice inside the family.
Finally, with the series Dimanche, Sophie Brasey is interested by the everyday life and the leisure practised on
Sunday. Away from the place of worship, she observes micro-rituals which allow the individual to be included in
the family or friend circles: a walk along the lake, a friend gathering around a car, a family meal. As stated the
English anthropologist Mary Douglas in 1966: "man is a ritual animal. If ritual is suppressed in one form it crops
up in others."
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Germinal Roaux, de la série Never Young Again, 2009 – en cours
Publication
Publication directed by Corinne Currat
600 copies, 16 x 24 cm, 64 pages, 39 photographs, French, CHF 12.Publishers
NEAR, Lausanne, and the Ferme-Asile, Sion
Authors
Corinne Currat, historian of art and exhibition manager at the Fondation de
l'Hermitage, Lausanne
Véronique Mauron, historian of art (Ph. D) and curator at the Ferme-Asile, Sion
Marco Motta, anthropologist and graduate assistant at the University of
Lausanne
Artists
Emmanuelle Antille, Sophie Brasey, David Favrod, Matthieu Gafsou, Anne Golaz,
Thierry Kupferschmid, Christian Lutz, Jen Osborne, Virginie Rebetez, Germinal
Roaux and the duoThomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona
Design
Anne Hogge Duc, Anaho, Lausanne
Photo-offset
Roger Emmenegger, Datatype, Lausanne
Impression
Jean Genoud SA, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Table of contents
Preface and acknowledgement, 2 essays and 11 texts about the artists
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Emmanuelle Antille (1972, CH ; lives and works in Lausanne)
Emmanuelle Antille, from the series Angels Camp, 2002-2003
Emmanuelle Antille, Even if We Fall, video, 2007
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Sophie Brasey (1985, CH ; lives and works in Lausanne)
Sophie Brasey, from the series Dimanche, 2008 – ongoing
Sophie Brasey, from the series Dimanche, 2008 – on going
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David Favrod (1982, CH ; lives and works in Spain and in Switzerland)
David Favrod, from the series Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, ongoing
David Favrod, from the series Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, ongoing
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Matthieu Gafsou (1981, CH/FR ; lives and works in Lausanne)
Matthieu Gafsou, from the series Sacré, 2011-2012, © Matthieu Gafsou / Courtesy Galerie C
Matthieu Gafsou, from the series Sacré, 2011-2012, © Matthieu Gafsou / Courtesy Galerie C
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Anne Golaz (1983, CH ; lives and works in Switzerland and in Finland)
Anne Golaz, from the series Metsästä, From the Woods, 2011-2012
Anne Golaz, from the series Metsästä, From the Woods, 2011-2012
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Thierry Kupferschmid (1970, CH ; lives and works in Lausanne and in New York)
Thierry Kupferschmid, Lines of supply, video, 2007-2008
Thierry Kupferschmid, Another type of Ambiguity, 2011
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Christian Lutz (1973, CH ; lives and works in Switzerland)
Christian Lutz, from the series In Jesus' Name, 2012
Christian Lutz, from the series In Jesus' Name, 2012
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Jen Osborne (1984, CA ; lives and works in Berlin)
Jen Osborne, from the series Indian Me, 2011-2014
Jen Osborne, from the series Indian Me, 2011-2014
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Virginie Rebetez (1979, CH ; lives and works in Lausanne)
Virginie Rebetez, from the series Under Cover, 2013
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Germinal Roaux (1975, FR/CH ; lives and works in Lausanne and Paris)
Germinal Roaux, from the series Never Young Again, 2009 – ongoing
Germinal Roaux, from the series Never Young Again, 2009 – ongoing
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Thomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona (both 1984, FR/CH ;
live and work in Lausanne)
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Curators of the exhibition and authors of the book
Corinne Currat (1976, CH)
Co-curator and author
Corinne Currat, historian of art, is exhibition manager at the Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne. For the
Summer 2014, she coordinates an important exhibition on 19th century American painting. In 2013, she was
responsible for the publication Miro, poésie et lumière and Le goût de Diderot, co-produced with the Musée
Fabre, in Montpellier.
Between 2009 and 2012, she was assistant curator at the Musée de l'Elysée and at the Foundation for the
Exhibition of Photography (FEP) in Lausanne. With William A. Ewing and Nathalie Herschdorfer, she collaborated
on major international exhibitions and their publications such as regeneration: Tomorrow's Photographers
Today, Arnold Newman: Masterclass and Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast.
She also contributed to a new Dictionary of Photography, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, to be published by
Thames & Hudson (2014). Since 2013, she is a member of the NEAR committee.
Véronique Mauron (1963, CH)
Co-curator and author
Veronique Mauron is an Art Historian and holds a PhD in Arts. She leads various projects including art exhibits,
research projects, and courses for various institutions. She has been curator at Ferme-Asile since 2009.
As curator at The Oskar Kokoschka Foundation of Vevey, she has organised national and international art
exhibits of the Austrian artist, exhibits which were accompanied by catalogues.
As an independent curator, she has organised art exhibits in different museums such as the Elysee Museum (Le
corps évanoui, les images subites, 1999), the Verdan Foundation (Vertiges de l’origine, 2008), and the Historical
Museum (Louis Rivier : l’intimité transfigurée (013). All three of these exhibits were held in Lausanne.
As a researcher, she has developed interdisciplinary research projects between arts and medical sciences for
the F.A.B.E.R. Foundation in Lausanne and the Agalma Foundation in Geneva. She has published numerous
scientific articles and books such as Figures de l’idiot (Hazan, 2004), and L’ombre du futur. Clinique de la
procréation et mystère de l’incarnation (PUF, 2007).
As a teacher, she gives doctoral-level courses at the Architectural Institute of the Swiss Institute of Technology,
Lausanne (EPFL) and at the College of the Humanities of EPFL.
As an art consultant, she develops plans for art exhibits for the Bureau of Cultural and Artistic Affairs at
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Noémie Richard (1985, CH)
Assistant curator
Noémie Richard is President of NEAR since 2014. She joined the committee of the association in 2011 and is
the artistic director of the NEAR BY NIGHT events.
Graduated from the University of Lausanne, Noémie Richard is specialized in contemporary photography and
experimental cinema. In 2010-2011, she was an assistant curator at the photography festival Alt. +1000 in
Rossinière. Besides, she collaborated on several exhibition projects with the independent curator Nathalie
Herschdorfer. During four years, she was a member of the Journées photographiques de Bienne committee.
Involved in the organization of the festival, she was also a contributor to its publications.
Marco Motta
(1983, CH/IT)
Author
Marco Motta is an anthropologist, graduate assistant and PhD student at the Laboratory of cultural and social
anthropology (LACS) of the University of Lausanne. His research focuses on rituals mechanisms put in place to
promote the incorporation of spirits in Zanzibar archipelago, where he stayed for several months. The questions
of game and theatricality are at the heart of his experience. He is particularly interested in the rhythmic
dimension of performance as well as the manifestation of voice.
He worked on two short surveys about various theatrical forms on the island of Penang (Malaysia), including the
rituals of possession in Taoist temples. His main research topics are rhythm, meaning and perception, voice,
acting, writing.
Marco Motta created the group Anthropology and Theatre in Lausanne. This think tank allows practical
experiments around issues of game, agreement / disagreement in the community and the politics of
representation. Group meetings have recently given rise to the collective publication Des accords équivoques.
Ce qui se joue dans la représentation published by BSN Press / Publisher Giuseppe Merrone in Lausanne.
Along with his anthropological research, he regularly acts and writes poetry.
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NEAR
NEAR was founded in Lausanne in 2009 and aims to promote contemporary photography.
The association organizes activities around four main goals
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to promote and disseminate the work of Swiss and Switzerland-based photographers for both confirmed
talents and young artists;
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to enable cultural exchanges between regions and among professionals in the field of photography (artists,
historians, critics, curators, journalists and editors);
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to actively contribute to critical thinking on the subject of contemporary photography;
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and finally to help increase exposure of Swiss photography to a wider audience.
NEAR operates among other things a website which offers a multidisciplinary platform and artist portfolios; the
association also organizes exhibitions, screenings, interviews, conferences and gatherings between
professionals. NEAR publishes a monthly newsletter and numerous editorial projects.
Activities since 2009
- six collective expositions: Near Documentary (Visions du Réel, Nyon, 2009) ; Innuendo (Villa Dutoit, Genève,
2010) ; The Breath On Our Back (PhotoforumPasquArt, Bienne, 2012) ; Extravaganza − Le corps mis en scène
(Théâtre du Crochetan, Monthey, 2013-2014) ; A House for E.D. (Le Commun, BAC, Genève, 2014) ; Rituels
(Ferme-Asile, Sion, 2014-2015).
- publishing: Cheese Coma (2012-2013), a publication of 65 images, 44 pages, format 24x33 cm ; exhibition
catalogues Innuendo and The Breath On Our Back ; 5 postcards (2010) ; a poster A3 (2011) ; a card A5
presenting NEAR (2012) ; a series of monographies (2013-2014).
- meeting between professionnals and the public : La photographie documentaire : un siècle de débats,
conference by Olivier Lugon, professor at the UNIL (Nyon, 2009) ; Devenir image. Dissolution du réel dans le
virtuel ? and Under Influence, two round-table meetings (Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, 2010 and 2011) ;
Autour du livre d'artiste, two conferences followed by a round-table (Festival Images, Vevey, 2012) ;
conferences by Stanley Greene and Valérie Belin (CEPV, Vevey, 2012 and 2013) ; conferences by Vincent
Barras and Tilo Steireif (Photoforum-PasquArt, Bienne, 2012) ; portfolio reviews with publishers and curators.
- 10 screenings with members of NEAR and 8 events KINETOPHONE (Bourg, Lausanne, 2011-2013),
collaborations between musicians and visual artists.
Members
131 members of NEAR : 93 artists among them 29 young members ; 9 photography professionals (historians
and critics, curators, publishers) ; 21 honorary members (internationaly renowned artists, museums and
institutions directors, publishers,...) ; 4 collectives members (institutions) et 4 benefectors (figures 6.6.13).
Main partners
Loterie Romande (2009-2013) ; Pro Helvetia (2012-2013) ; Canton de Vaud (2012-2013) ; Ville de Lausanne
(2013) ; Pour-cent culturel Migros (2009-2012) ; Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux (2012) ; Ernst Göhner
Stiftung (2012) ; Festival Images (2012, 2014).
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La Ferme-Asile
Presentation
The Ferme-Asile is a cultural center dedicated to creation, artistic production and transmission. It is an
association chaired by Mr. Pierre Rombaldi. It hires a director Isabelle Pannatier, a curator Véronique Mauron, a
music programmer David Michaud, two assistants, an accountant, a housekeeper. It is supported by: Ville de
Sion, Canton du Valais, Loterie Romande, Bourgeoisie de Sion, Raiffeisen Bank, Pourcent culturel Migros, BEA
Foundation for Young Artists, Provins, Imprimerie Schmid, Contributions of Friends of the Ferme-Asile, rental of
workshops, a restaurant.
For the exhibitions, it is supported by various cultural partners: Sandoz Family Foundation, Foundation Göhner,
Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Pro Helvetia, Fonds municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève
(FMAC), Fonds cantonal d’art du Canton de Genève (FCAC), Label’Art.
Vision
The Ferme-Asile is a center for the promotion of contemporary art. It is supporting creation in Valais. It is the
most important place in Valais, by its infrastructure, project financing, specifically devoted to contemporary art. It
takes place in the network of French-speaking art centers. It aims to promote contemporary creation, to initiate
a debate on contemporary society and to bring art and audience closer together.
Exhibition
Desired and designed primarily by a collective of artists, the Ferme-Asile has always sought to encourage and
promote creation. Also the concept of "creations in situ " and support to the production of works of art are the
pillars of programming. It offers artists a space for experimentation and presentation of large-scale projects. Also
working on new curatorial methods, the Ferme-Asile invites young curators to develop innovative projects.To
extend exhibitions, the Ferme-Asile publishes regularly exhibition catalogues. Since 2010, it has launched a new
collection, the Booklets.
Think tank
By the specificity of its exhibition space, its multidisciplinary programming as well as infrastructure (including
thirteen workshops and international residence), the Ferme-Asile plays the role of a think-tank on artistic creation
and its role in today's society. The artists on site and guest artists feed this reflection and enable critical debate.
Art and creativity are not only mirror of the state of the world, but also vision for the society.
Educational activities
To make accessible contemporary art to audiences (classes, children, teens, amateurs, public) and allow them
to participate actively in the debates raised by the exhibition, the educational activities are fundamental. The
Ferme-Asile has already developed a priority sector. Pioneering and experimental, she was selected by Pro
Helvetia in 2011 to receive one of four national symposia on cultural education.
With a team of professionals in the socio-cultural animation, it organizes:
- Workshops for classes: workshops on techniques, visual arts, writing, tales
- Workshops for children during the holidays
- Courses for adults
- Theme nights, entitled Saveurs savantes
- Conferences and roundtables on issues related to contemporary art
- Guided tours with artists
- Open doors workshops
- The café philo

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