THE BIG APPLE IN GENEVA /// For the fourth year running, The Geneva International Book and Press Fair invited us to design a creative zone in which everyone can express themselves - and this time it had a distinctly American theme! The entrance to the New York Pavilion was through a bridge, offering a superb view of the Empire State Building and Manhattan's skyline. A typical Greenwich Village street was recreated using scenery worthy of American studios: facades of old houses, a gas pump, barber shop, food market... The New [...]

TURNING THE TABLES /// The current paradigm is that education should be transmitted from adults to children - a one-way transfer of knowledge. What if we turned the tables and gave children the chance to trade places with teachers? Little Teachers sets up a line of desks and has children sit at them - in the teacher’s spot. Adults are invited to come and sit on the pupil’s bench and learn something new: a few words in a foreign language, [...]

AUSTRALIA HOSTS THE NORTHERN LIGHTS /// A big success for Dan Acher's installation BOREALIS at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2018 with over 500 000 visitors. “In the best possible way, there was a lot of the f-word going around the South Australian Museum Adelaide as the installation first came to life. People were in awe and there was this common emotion, like: What IS this?? I was so happy to experience this with the crowd, seeing the wonder, the emotion that was triggered”, says [...]

FREE OPEN-AIR SCREENINGS /// The 10th edition of CinéTransat took place July 12 to August 19 in Geneva's Perle du Lac Park. We kicked off this anniversary season with a re-run of our first ever screening - Little Miss Sunshine. Ah, the memories... With CinéTransat you go from an individual classic cinema situation - where you'll be told to be quiet at your first crunch of popcorn - to a collective experience where the crowd applauds the good guys, boos the [...]

MUSICAL SITUATION /// Touring internationally since 2008, Play Me, I’m Yours is an artwork by British artist Luke Jerram. More than 1800 pianos have now been installed in over 60 cities across the globe, from London to Lima, bearing the simple invitation Play Me, I’m Yours. The project has already reached more than ten million people worldwide. From Thursday 14 to Wednesday 27 June 2018 34 street pianos will fill the streets music in 17 seven communes of Geneva. Situated [...]

PARTICIPATIVE EXPLORATION /// What is the most important image on your smartphone? Nowadays, we all can shoot, work on and share our photos instantly. Over 95 millions photos and videos are posted daily on Instagram et over 2263 on Facebook every second. Our installation #ceciestimportant (#thisisimportant) proposes to think about the ephemeral life span of photos on social media and to put forth this new usage in a museum setting. Post the image on your phone that is the most [...]

THE ART OF SAVING LIVES /// It's not easy to talk about suicide. For Children Action in the week leading to World Suicide Prevention Day we created an art installation comprising of 7 phone booths. Decorated by local and international artists, one could step in and pick up the receiver to hear testimonials from patients, doctors and parents. One could also leave a voice message and learn about common misconceptions regarding teenage suicide. It was a great success with both passers-by and visitors genuinely engaging with the installation. It also [...]

FREE OPEN-AIR CINEMA /// The 9th edition of CinéTransat took place from July 13 to August 20 2017 in the Perle du Lac Park in Geneva. With CinéTransat you go from an individual classic cinema situation - where you'll be told to be quiet at your first crunch of popcorn - to a collective experience where the crowd applauds the good guys, boos the baddies, shares picnics, sings and dances, together ! The film serves as a pretext to bring people together and create [...]

MUSICAL SITUATION /// From Wednesday 14 to Tuesday 27 June 2017, 53 freely accessible pianos have been installed in the streets of 17 communes in Geneva canton + Nyon district. We place pianos in public spaces and make them freely available to passers-by. In streets, on squares, at bus stops and even in parks, the pianos invite people to take possession of these collective spaces through music, generating new perspectives of the city. On top of these 53 fixed pianos, an itinerant [...]

LITERARY CREATION /// For the third year running, The Geneva International Book and Press Fair invited Happy City Lab to design a 100% interactive and participative space. The Factory is a creative zone in which you're no longer just a visitor - here, everyone is invited to express themselves. This year The Factory came in the form of a surprising chic mansion, home of a mysterious baroness: 6 wholly interactive and participative rooms, each suggesting an exercise to prompt literary creation. The mansion's [...]