PLAYGROUND was bringing together, in two interconnected rooms covering 250 m2, a contemporary collection of freely accessible artists’ games and an education space dedicated to outreach activities. All year long, an activity program led by experienced facilitators, free and accessible to all, offered playful encounters with art.

A collection of games created by artists and designed to be played by all ages formed the core of this space. This initiative aimed to offer an artistic experience through sensory exploration. The first instalment, which ran for a year, proposed seven artists’ games by Rasheed Araeen, Vidya Gastaldon, Stéphanie Probst, Neide Sá, Denis Savary, Alexia Turlin, and Galaxia Wang. The second added projects by Olivia Hernaïz, Marion Pinaffo & Raphaël Pluvinage, Computed.by, Marion Bataille, and Fanny Millard.

PLAYGROUND acted as a bridge between the exhibitions and the audiences of the MAMCO, the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, and the Centre de la photographie Genève. It also served as a space for their respective education programs, designed in parallel with the exhibitions: from weaving to ready-made, and from film and photography to sound work, a broad range of techniques and mediums will be explored in workshops led by guest artists and facilitators. 

PLAYGROUND was part of a series of projects designed to prefigure how the BAC will function after its renovation. It was a joint project of the MAMCO, the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, and the Centre de la photographie Genève.

• Open the Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 11am–6pm
• The PLAYGROUND project was developed thanks to the support of the Fondation Leenaards and received the generous help of the Loterie Romande and the Jan Michalski Foundation