Fabrice Hyber. L’Artiste Agriculteur
Fabrice Hyber (b. 1961) is one of France’s most internationally acclaimed artists. Born into a family of sheep farmers, he purchased 100 hectares of land in the Vendée region in the 1990s, where he has since cultivated his forest, “La Vallée”. In his works, the trees bear blue circles instead of green leaves, symbolising the oxygen they produce. Hyber’s creations represent stages in an ongoing artistic process; thinking is envisioned as a rootstock with its twisted and tangled branches. In Thun, he will explore agriculture through drawings, paintings and objects he refers to as “POF” (Prototypes d’Objets en Fonctionnement). For the first time in Switzerland, the two art museums of Thun and Thurgau present his extensive oeuvre in a two-part collaborative exhibition.
Throughout the exhibition, a small community garden in the museum’s outdoor area invites visitors to get involved. The raised beds are provided by the Oekonomische Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft Bern (OGG) and planted with seasonal vegetables and herbs. They are intended as an extension and additional learning space for Fabrice Hyber’s exhibition – as an opportunity to better understand nature and appreciate natural products, share knowledge and develop new perspectives. The garden beds are part of a community urban gardening project that brings together visitors, residents and families from the surrounding area.
Mar
7 p.m. Welcome by Helen Hirsch (Director), Chiara Ottavi (Co-Curator), Fabrice Hyber and Andrea Marioni from Lumpen Station
Followed by drinks and music by Buvette (electronic synth-pop)
Creative tour of the exhibition opening with Yvonne Nydegger (art educator)
For children aged 5 and above, unaccompanied
Free of charge
Guided tour in French with Helen Hirsch (Director), Pascal Rousseau (Professor of Art History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Fabrice Hyber
Admission includes tour
The artist Andrea Marioni interviews Fabrice Hyber for his radio project Lumpen Station. The interview will be broadcast live on www.lumpenstation.art and can be listened to free of charge afterwards.
Introduction to the exhibition and offers for schools. With Yvonne Nydegger (art educator) and Marianne Widmer (OGG Bern)
Registration requested: kunstmuseum@thun.ch
Creative workshop for children aged 5 and above (no adult accompaniment required)
Led by the art education department
Cost: CHF 5 + admission. Advance tickets
available from the online ticket shop
Explore the exhibition through drawing
For anyone aged 10 and above who enjoys sketching
Workshop with Julia Rosenberg and Urban Sketchers Thun
Free admission for artists.
Apr
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Exhibition visit and creative workshop led by the art education department
For everyone aged 15 and over
Cost: CHF 10 + admission (Kulturlegi / IV card: CHF 5)
Registration via online ticket shop
Special programme for families on the topic of sowing and growing. Members of the Youth Council provide support with artistic design and research
Cost: CHF 5 + admission
Special programme for families on the topic of sowing and growing. Members of the Youth Council provide support with artistic design and research
Cost: CHF 5 + admission
Are you interested in local flora and biodiversity, or do you enjoy walking and mapping? Kaspar Ammann from Floreinventar Region Thun and Chiara Podany from Switzerland Researches – based at Science et Cité – use a concrete example to show how laypeople can get involved in various ways in so-called citizen science projects. After an introduction, we head outside: with curious eyes, we will focus our attention on walls and joints, roadsides and embankments, and practise mapping the plants we find. On this discovery tour, we will learn about native and exotic plants and find out more about the benefits and process of such projects.
Interactive walk-in event for everyone aged 5 and above (no registration required)
Cost: admission
Creative workshop for children aged 5 and above (no adult accompaniment required)
Led by the art education department
Cost: CHF 5 + admission. Advance tickets
available from the online ticket shop
As part of the Thun Reading Festival Thun liest ein Buch texts from Verena Kessler’s
‘Gym’ will be read aloud, inviting a creative, artistic approach
In collaboration with Thun City Library
Free admission
May
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Guided tour of the exhibition with Miriam Margani (Communications) and Julia Nydegger (Permaculture Practitioner)
Admission includes tour
Special programme for families at IDEENWALD – The Green Interactive Laboratory
The volunteer team provides assistance with designing and using the ‘hiking map’
Free admission
Helen Hirsch (Director) in an online conversation with Stefanie Hoch (Director and Curator Kunstmuseum
Thurgau) and Fabrice Hyber about his work.
Language: French
The link to participate will be posted here before the event.
Free admission
Jun
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Creative workshop for children aged 5 and above (no adult accompaniment required)
Led by the art education department
Cost: CHF 5 + admission. Advance tickets
available from the online ticket shop
Exhibition visit and creative workshop led by the art education department
For everyone aged 15 and over
Cost: CHF 10 + admission (Kulturlegi / IV card: CHF 5)
Registration via online ticket shop
An artificial forest emerges and disappears in the museum space. Ralf Assmann (artist) creates abstract stage and body elements from recycled paper – the audience watches or participates.
Interactive walk-in event (no registration required)
Cost: Admission
Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps was composed in 1940/41 in the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag VIII-A near Görlitz. Messiaen wrote the work for three professional musicians imprisoned with him – clarinettist Henri Akoka, violinist Jean Le Boulaire and cellist Étienne Pasquier – as well as for himself on the piano. The premiere took place on 15 January 1941 in the camp, in front of fellow prisoners and guards.
Sabina Matthus-Bébié (clarinet)
Theodore Flindell (violin)
Matthias Schranz (violoncello)
Yuki Inagawa (piano)
5 p.m.: Tour of the exhibitions with Gabriele Moshammer (art educator)
Tickets at www.schlosskonzerte-thun.ch
Drawing and performance-based approach to Fabrice Hyber’s POF (Prototypes d’Objets en Fonctionnement).
With Ralf Assmann (artist)
For ages 15 and up. Cost: CHF 10 + admission (Kulturlegi / IV card: CHF 5)
Registration via online ticket shop
Tour of the exhibition with Helen Hirsch (Director) and Stefanie Hoch (Deputy Director and Curator, Kunstmuseum Thurgau)
Admission includes tour
Jul
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Sep
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Oct
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour
Nov
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments in Café Thunerhof.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: Admission incl. tour