The Pavillon Bosio welcomed a thoughtful new edition of the Garden Club exhibition series this weekend, inviting visitors to reflect on memory; and its erasure…
Now in its fifth year, the event titled Réveiller les Esprits (“Awaken the Spirits”) brought together nine artists exploring how personal and collective memories are preserved, distorted, or lost over time.
As is tradition, two students from the École Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques curated both the selection of works and the scenography. The result was a diverse yet coherent journey through photography, painting, installation and live performance.
The exhibition space was divided into two symbolic chapters. The first focused on intimate remembrances, family histories, inherited narratives and fading traces of loved ones. The second turned toward shared rituals and cultural identity, examining how traditions act as vessels for memory across generations.
Among the standout contributors was Donia Wassit, a former student of the Pavillon Bosio, who presented an installation-performance inspired by Moroccan bathing rituals and her life in France. Through gestures and objects linked to the hammam, she explored the duality of belonging; between origins and adopted home, body and spirit, past and present.
More than an art showcase, Réveiller les Esprits invited audiences to question what we choose to remember… and what time quietly allows to disappear!
