Special opening weekend tours

Visits in the temporary exhibition. Saturday 4 May from 11 am and Sunday 5 May at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. In English and French.

During the opening weekend, tours are led by the guest curators who participated in the co-creation of the Capsules, independent and immersive spaces in the temporary exhibition!
Conceived as a dialogue between the heirs to the collections, the public and MEG, the Capsules each present a story of objects from the past, present and future of MEG's collections.
During the various visits, each guest will share with you the thoughts and actions they are taking with and about this heritage. It's an opportunity to grasp the processes and issues at stake in their involvement in this exhibition.

Opening weekend visits

Saturday 4th May

2pm SE-YA-MA, Samson Ogiamien, artist and Floriane Morin, curator and head of the Africa collections at MEG. Visit in English.

3pm NHEMAMUSASA with Madeleine Leclair, curator and head of the ethnomusicology collections at MEG. Visite in French.

4 pm SGA:T DEWĘʼNYAWʼE: OHĘ:DǪ: with Heather Georges, historian, artist and Sara Petrella, art historian. Visit in English

Speakers
Samson Ogiamien, was born in 1970 in Benin City, Nigeria, into the noble Ogiamien family. He has been working as a freelance artist in Graz, Austria, for several years. Of royal descent on his father's side and born into the caste of founders on his mother's, his art is essentially concerned with the structures of memory.
Heather Georges is a mother, gardener, pearl artist and curator. Heather's father is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Akwesasne and her mother is Euro-Canadian. In March 2023, she was hired as Executive Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre at Six Nations of the Grand River. She is also working on a doctorate at the University of Waterloo on the history of Hodinohsho:ni museum practices.

Sunday 5 May

2 pm SM'OOGYIT NIISHLUUT with Myranell Bergtold, matriarch of the Guthrie family, Dr. Mique'l Dangeli, art historian, Clifton Guthrie, artist and Lucie Monot, conservator at MEG. Visit in English.
3 pm DEMEMBERED- REMEMBERED with Bansoa Sigam, researcher and curator specialising in the arts of Central and West Africa. Visit in French.
4 pm The Collection with Fabio Rossinelli, historian and scientific expert for this exhibition, and Floriane Morin, exhibition curator and head of the Africa collections at MEG. This tour presents the first part of the exhibition, dedicated to the colonial history of the collections.Visite in French.
Speakers
Bansoa Sigam is a Swiss curator and researcher of Cameroonian origin who specialises in the arts and heritages of Africa. In her curatorial practice, she explores the historical and contemporary imprint of African women and highlights the contributions of artists from the continent and the diaspora.
Clifton Guthrie, whose Ts'msyen name is "Holtka Xsoo" meaning "Full Canoe", is a Ts'msyen sculptor from the Laxskiik clan (Eagle clan), originally from Metlakatla, Alaska. He and his family strive to instil traditional values and lifestyles into their daily lives, passing them on to future generations.
Fabio Rossinelli, historian, completed his doctoral thesis in 2020 at the University of Lausanne, where he works as a researcher and teacher of Swiss colonial history. He contributed to the preparation of the exhibition "Memories. Genève dans le monde colonial" exhibition at the MEG.
All visits are free of charge.
Admission to the temporary exhibition is free in 2024.