To Camp: Performance Hub at CAC Geneva Blends Live Art with Club Culture

The Centre d'Art Contemporain (CAC) in Geneva hosted 'To Camp', a live art event curated by Andrea Bellini and Julian Weber, prioritizing artist fees over accommodation. Seventeen international performers, mostly from Amsterdam and Berlin, transformed museum spaces into a co-working hub offering nail art, tattoo art, cooking, antifascist workshops, bondage, and sound installations. The opening night featured Nils Amadeus Lange, who created an expensive fragrance instead of using his body, leading a secular procession. Greek artist Elissavet Sfyri, in a ceramic dress, smashed plates; Japanese artist Lynn Rin Suemitsu performed electronic music with gestures; and Magdalena Chowaniec presented a gender-referencing live set. The event culminated in a club-like atmosphere reminiscent of Berlin. The article connects the performance's 'Berlin coolness' to broader trends: the 2016 Berlin Biennale curated by DIS magazine and Anne Imhof's Golden Lion-winning German Pavilion, arguing that museums are absorbing Berlin's countercultural aesthetic.