ACT / HEAD Project ‘Torture Must End Now’

ACT / HEAD Project ‘Torture Must End Now’

Artistes Contre la Torture (act) and HEAD-Genève are pleased to present the exhibition Torture Must End Now 4 June—3 July | QUAI WILSON ACT has invited 11 young artists from HEAD-Genève to create artwork in response to the issue of torture.
Agathe Heilmann

Agathe Heilmann

Agathe Heilmann What connection is there between a place and what we do there? When it comes to torture and ill-treatment, none. Any space, whether an old school, a hospital or a prison, can be hijacked to become the scene of violence. For the Artists Against Torture...
Elisa Pournin

Elisa Pournin

Elisa Pournin HEAD Artists 2024 Agathe Heilmann HEAD Artists 2024 Elisa Pournin HEAD Artists 2024 Mel Wieland “Shut up or I'll leave you on the side of the road (and the wolves will come and eat you)” Mel Wieland, born in 1996 in Geneva, is a trans scenographer,...
Mel Wieland

Mel Wieland

Mel Wieland “Shut up or I’ll leave you on the side of the road (and the wolves will come and eat you)” Mel Wieland, born in 1996 in Geneva, is a trans scenographer, painter and microtechnician of Swiss-Peruvian origin. In his pictorial works, Mel addresses the...
Loane Colatruglio

Loane Colatruglio

Loane Colatruglio A world without cages is a work that approaches the notion of torture in an open manner with different perspectives, inviting the viewer to reflect on this powerful subject. By connecting the series of numbered points, a meaningful sentence emerges....