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On May 26 at 6:00 PM at L’ESPACE (Geneva), least will take part in an evening of discussion and reflection on the role of culture in major social and ecological transformations. This event is part of the discussion series “Is Geneva’s cultural scene contributing to the ecological and social transition?”, organized by Après-GE and the TIGRE association.

On May 27 at 6:30 PM at the Pavillon Sicli (Geneva), botanist Véronique Mure and artist Thierry Boutonnier will explore the synergies between art, science, and ecology during the conference Creating Together With and For the Living. On this occasion, the CROSS FRUIT project—led for the past two years in Onex by least and Thierry Boutonnier—will be presented as an example of a collective and poetic experience of reclaiming the living in urban spaces.

Join us on May 31, 2025, as part of the Randonnées du Parc in Ernen: the second gathering of the project d’un champ à l’autre / von Feld zu Feld that invites residents and curious visitors to rediscover the natural and cultural history of the Binn and Entremont valleys. A three-step journey where everyone can take part in selecting and showcasing objects from the Regional Museum of the Binn Valley. To kick off this collective reflection, we also invite you to participate in our interactive survey! Simply choose an object featured on a postcard and write a few words about it. Your perspective and stories are valuable and will help shape the museum’s future exhibition.

least is an association that supports transdisciplinary, co-creative, and ecological artistic initiatives. Convinced that collective approaches help foster the emergence of particularly fruitful and societally useful visions, least provides a time and space that is conducive to experimentation and synergies with other realities, peoples, and know-hows in order to open up a new world of possibilities.

Alongside this, least sets up research and education projects aimed at artists and cultural players, with a view to transforming professions. The type of ecology we promote does not just focus on the environment, but also on alternative ways of living and working. This approach encourages us to look for new ways of collaborating, sharing, and supporting each other, challenging conventional patterns of competition and consumption.

Based in Switzerland, but mindful of our environmental interdependence with southern Europe, least works in partnership to create residencies and projects that are deeply rooted in the areas where they take place.

Are you interested in co-creative artistic practices? Or do you have a project idea to share? Contact us at contact@least.eco

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transdisciplinarity

least brings together scientists, artists, thinkers, and civil society to share their knowledge and know-how. least pools ideas, knowledge, skills and tools to anchor new positive strategies in the long term.

long-term projects

least disseminates an ecology of production that redefines the artist’s research- and territory-based profession in order to foster participation, assimilation and identification with the projects: a process that requires time and fluidity, different from usual production models.

co-creation

least encourages a form of art without an audience, preferring the notion of a “participating community.” Grassroots organisations, young people, local actors and citizens take part in creative processes that focus on environmental and social issues.

learning

least enables the creation of a common and circular model of knowledge, stimulating peer-to-peer exchanges and transgenerational artistic mentoring through practice by offering residency grants to young local artists.

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