The program Better than Gold, un condensé d’art contemporain, offers a free immersion in contemporary art for children, teenagers and the general public, in a unique setting outside the walls of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève and in collaboration with the Fondation Convergences. This innovative program, housed at the Maison de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence (MEA) of HUG, combines creativity and transmission.

An inaugural weekend of the program will take place on March 14 and 15, 2025 at the Maison de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence (MEA). The event will feature a series of meetings, screenings and artistic workshops, including a crochet workshop entitled “Bodies that Count”, led by artist Diana Anselmo . This workshop is aimed at teenagers and adults.

The “Bodies that Count” workshop aims to deconstruct the myth of the able-bodied, with all due care and attention. This begins with a theoretical exploration of the issues surrounding stigma and the impact of the presence of something perceived as devaluing on social interactions, before moving on to the concrete experience of the body in the urban context, as a symbol of non-conformity, subversion of social norms, revolt and reappropriation.

Diana Anselmo (1997, Palermo) is a deaf visual and performance artist, activist and improvised human being. Bilingual LIS and Italianx, iel debuted with her first performance “Autoritratto in 3 atti” (2021), still presented in various Italian and foreign festivals. Abroad, he made his Berlin debut with Xavier Le Roy’s “Le Sacre du Printemps (2022)”. In the visual arts, he exhibited “Je Vous Aime” for the first time at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Diana is one of the founders of Al.Di.Qua. Artists, the first professional association of disabled artists in Europe.

The workshop will take place in spoken English.
From age 15, registration required.

Image: Courtesy of the artist. Photo : Marija Erdeljii