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8–11 October — @swabartfair

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JULI SANDO
@sando.juli_
Juli Sando (*1993, JP/CH) is a filmmaker and artist. They are as much active in performance, installation, sound experimentation as in filmmaking between documentary and fiction. Their work blends poetry and politics, questioning language, identity and society. Their practice is characterised by an attention to overlooked moments and phenomena of disappearance, and seeks to outline possibilities for resistance within the diversity of identities. Their latest film, Fuku Nashi, which has won four awards, takes an intimate look at the issue of racial mixing, the weight of origins in relation to family and one’s own identity. In their installations, they work with the material of video and sound, sometimes in an immersive way, often alongside sculptures in wax or thermal paper, ranging from small to large format. Taking into account the environment in which they create and exhibit is also an important element of their work.
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Juli Sando (*1993, JP/CH) est cinéaste et artiste. Iel est autant actif·ve dans la réalisation de films que dans la performance, l’installation multimédia, le texte et l’expérimentation sonore. Son travail mêle poésie et politique, questionne langage, identité et société. Sa démarche se caractérise par une attention à des instants invisibilisés et aux phénomènes de disparition, et cherche à dessiner des possibilités de résistance dans la diversité des identités. Son dernier film, Fuku Nashi, distingué de quatre prix, porte notamment sur la question de mixité raciale, le poids des origines en relation avec la famille et avec sa propre identité à travers une approche intime. Dans ses installations, iel travaille la matière de la vidéo et du son parfois de manière immersive, souvent aux côtés de sculptures de cire, de métal ou de papier thermique, allant du petit au grand format. Prendre en compte l’environnement dans lequel iel crée et expose est aussi un élément important de son travail.

divergenx.fun/juli-sando by @divergenx.fun

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24 days ago

BURN DOWN THE HOUSE
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DivergenX takes part in Swab.
Swab Barcelona is an independent art fair and a space of encounter for emerging artists and galleries with an experimental and public vocation. Since its inception in 2006, it has evolved into a platform for dialogue, discovery, and exchange, bringing new artistic proposals from around the world to Barcelona.
With an alternative program and a focus on cultural sustainability, Swab amplifies emerging voices and redefines the dynamics of the art ecosystem, establishing itself as a key reference in both the local and international contemporary art scenes.
w. @anja.rip & @jeannetara
Palau Victoria Eugenia, Pl. de Carles Buïgas 7, Sants-Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, ES
@swabartfair
08–11.10.26
Opening, Thursday, 8.10 (17:00–21:00)
Friday, 9.10 (16:00–21:00)
Saturday, 10.10 (12:00–21:00)
Closing, Sunday, 11.10 (12:00–20:00)
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DM or email for tickets.
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BURN DOWN THE HOUSE
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DivergenX participe à Swab.
Swab Barcelona est une foire d’art indépendante et un espace de rencontre pour les artistes et galeries émergent·es, avec une vocation expérimentale et publique. Depuis sa création en 2006, elle est devenue une plateforme de dialogue, de découverte et d’échange, présentant à Barcelone de nouvelles propositions artistiques venues du monde entier. Avec une programmation alternative et une attention portée à la durabilité culturelle, Swab donne davantage de visibilité aux voix émergentes et redéfinit les dynamiques de l’écosystème artistique, s’affirmant comme une référence majeure sur les scènes de l’art contemporain locale et internationale.
Avec Anja Ripoll & Jeanne Tara
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MP ou email pour tickets. taken in Swab Barcelona Art Fair by @divergenx.fun

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a month ago

YVAN ALVAREZ
@yvanalvarez
In his work, Yvan Alvarez (*1990, ES/CH) gives form, through photography, sculpture, and installation, to phenomena observed in everyday life. His practice focuses on the ways we interact with the physical and material spaces that surround us, and on the symbolic potential that can emerge from ordinary situations. Gestures, actions, and situations at a human scale often form the starting point of his projects. He later replays or reconstructs them within the exhibition space, introducing small shifts that reveal their underlying structures. Developed through a deliberate economy of means and an approach rooted in DIY culture, his work pays particular attention to fragile, temporary, and improvised forms. Through the traces left by these gestures, he explores how seemingly insignificant situations from everyday life can reveal something about the ways we attempt to inhabit and negotiate the world.
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Dans son travail, Yvan Alvarez (*1990, ES/CH) donne forme à des phénomènes observés dans la vie quotidienne à travers la photographie, la sculpture et l’installation. Sa pratique s’intéresse aux manières dont nous interagissons avec les espaces physiques et matériels qui nous entourent, ainsi qu’au potentiel symbolique qui peut émerger de situations ordinaires. Les gestes, les actions et les situations à échelle humaine constituent souvent le point de départ de ses projets. Il les rejoue ou les reconstitue ensuite dans l’espace d’exposition, en introduisant de légers décalages qui en révèlent les structures sous-jacentes. Développé avec une économie de moyens assumée et une approche proche de la culture DIY, son travail porte une attention particulière aux formes fragiles, temporaires et improvisées. À travers les traces laissées par ces gestes, il explore comment des situations apparemment insignifiantes du quotidien peuvent révéler quelque chose des manières dont nous tentons d’habiter et de composer avec le monde. by @divergenx.fun

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2 months ago

“until the title becomes clear
until the next reason to be until the message is sent
until the store is closed
until the next event
until the bus arrives
until time goes by
until the rent is paid
until we wake
until progress
until the break
until the end
until the start
until things make sense
until the tasks are done
until the next question
until we belong
until”
@ninuccia, 100×135×4cm, Pencil on cotton, wood, metal, 2026
“FestaRita 2026”, Group show, @rita_residenza, Turbigo, IT, 2026, ©Nina Rieben/Rita
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For “FestaRita 2026”, several spaces were invited to propose artists working with textiles. DivergenX proposed Nina Rieben’s work, with the piece “until the title becomes clear”, created for the occasion. The piece, a kind of delicate, handmade blind hung indoors between two windows, protects neither from the rain nor from the sun. Its title is conceived as a poem. A reflection on the temporality of certain tasks or goals, until their completion—or not.
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Pour “FestaRita 2026”, plusieurs espaces ont été invités à proposer des artistes travaillant avec du textile. DivergenX a proposé le travail de Nina Rieben, avec l’œuvre “until the title becomes clear”, créée pour l’occasion. La pièce, une sorte de store délicat, fait main et accroché en intérieur entre deux fenêtres, ne protège ni de la pluie, ni du soleil. Son titre est conçu comme un poème. Une réflexion sur la temporalité de certaines tâches ou objectifs, jusqu’à leur achèvement, ou non. taken in Turbigo by @divergenx.fun

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2 months ago

JEANNE TARA
@jeannetara
Jeanne Tara (*1994, FR/CH) is a multidisciplinary artist using sculpture, painting, video, and installation. Through these different media combined, they lead a sensitive reflection nourished by notions of gesture and transmission. Taking as a starting point their subjective experience of the urban environment, they explore architectural manifestations as symbols of power and authority scattered throughout public space, and examine how the network of signs they constitute conditions our experiences and realities, becoming a possible source of division. They probe how hegemonic culture acts, not only through language, but also through forms and aesthetics. In their work, they oppose dominant discourses and subversive narratives, in order to question our cultural and social commonalities.
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Jeanne Tara (*1994, FR/CH) est unx artiste pluridisciplinaire faisant usage de la sculpture, de la peinture, de la vidéo et de l’installation. Par le biais de ces différents médiums combinés, iel mène une réflexion sensible nourrie par les notions de gestes et de transmission. Prenant comme point de départ son expérience subjective de l’urbain, iel propose une lecture des manifestations architecturales comme clés de pouvoir et d’autorité disséminées dans l’espace public, et explore comment le réseau de signes qu’elles forment conditionne nos vécus et réalités sociétales, devenant vecteur potentiel de clivages. Iel sonde comment la culture hégémonique agit, au travers non seulement du langage, mais aussi des formes et de l’esthétique. Dans son travail, iel oppose discours dominants et récits subversifs, afin d’interroger nos communs culturels et sociaux. by @divergenx.fun

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3 months ago

DIVERGENX
w. @yvanalvarez, @ninuccia, @anja.rip, @sando.juli_, @jeannetara
At BH9, @ressources_urbaines, Geneva, CH
June 2026
Photos: Danny Leal taken in Geneva, Switzerland by @divergenx.fun

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4 months ago

NINA RIEBEN
@ninuccia
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“A thought on a paper
rolled to a cigarette
an incoming call
on a smartphone in flight mode
a lovesong shazamed
in the supermarket
a question, a doubt
written with my finger on a wrist“
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Nina Rieben (*1992, CH) lives and works in Basel and Bern. Fragments of emotions and stories form the artistic starting points of her practice. Her works unfold as anecdotal narratives of states of being, revolving around everyday, interpersonal, melancholic and searching sensibilities within the context of Western modes of thinking and capitalist realities.
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Nina Rieben (*1992, CH) vit et travaille à Bâle et à Berne. Des fragments d’émotions et d’histoires constituent le point de départ artistique de sa pratique. Ses œuvres se déploient comme des récits anecdotiques d’états d’être, gravitant autour de sensibilités quotidiennes, relationnelles, mélancoliques et exploratoires, dans le contexte des modes de pensée occidentaux et des réalités capitalistes. by @divergenx.fun

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4 months ago

DOES IT RING A BELL?
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The installation brings six artists together. Its title, “Does It Ring a Bell?“, refers to an English idiom used to describe the moment when a statement evokes a familiar memory. A manifesto is written to introduce and advocate for the project. It is structured into three distinct sections, which are also the key terms at the core of the research: Norm, Space, Care. Ultimately, the project seeks to (partially) address the research question—utopian perhaps, yet essential: is a space where care is the only norm possible?
w. @yvanalvarez, @reema_nubani, @ninuccia, @anja.rip, @sando.juli_, @jeannetara
At @rca_masterofresearch, @royalcollegeofart, London, UK
May 2026
Photos: @macarena_gross
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DOES IT RING A BELL?
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L’exposition collective réunit six artistes. Son titre, « Does It Ring A Bell?, » fait référence à un idiome utilisé en anglais pour évoquer le fait qu’une affirmation vient éveiller un souvenir familier. Un manifeste est écrit pour introduire le projet. Il est structuré en trois sections distinctes : Norme, Espace, Soin. Enfin, le projet tente de répondre à la question de recherche, certes utopiste, mais essentielle : est-ce qu’un espace où la seule norme est le soin est possible ?
Avec: Yvan Alvarez, Reema Nubani, Nina Rieben, Anja Ripoll, Juli Sando, Jeanne Tara.
À: RCA MRes, Royal College of Art, Londres, GB
Mai 2026
Photos: ©Macarena Gross
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Captions/Légendes → last slide taken in Royal College of Art by @divergenx.fun

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4 months ago

DIVERGENX
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DivergenX présente 5 œuvres de 5 artistes pour les 10 ans de la coopérative Ressources Urbaines.
avec @yvanalvarez, @ninuccia, @anja.rip, @sando.juli_, @jeannetara
BH9, Boulevard Helvétique 9, 1205 Genève, CH
Curation: @ressources_urbaines
05–06.06.26
05.06 (18:00–00:00)
06.06 (16:00–22:00)
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DivergenX presents five works by five artists to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ressources Urbaines cooperative.
w. Yvan Alvarez, Nina Rieben, Anja Ripoll, Juli Sando, Jeanne Tara
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Captions/Légendes + © → last slide taken in Geneva, Switzerland by @divergenx.fun

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5 months ago

DOES IT RING A BELL?
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The DivergenX project is launched with a capsule installation named “Does It Ring a Bell?“ Its title refers to an English idiom used to describe the moment when a statement evokes a familiar memory. The aim is to show works that evoke a clear or suggestive rupture between the artists and a capitalist, patriarchal, ableist, and destructive system. The project addresses norms, labour, neurodivergence, memory, and money, but also care.
w. @yvanalvarez, @reema_nubani, @ninuccia, @anja.rip, @sando.juli_, @jeannetara
Hangar Space, Studio Building, Royal College of Art, Howie Street, SW11 4AY London, UK
@royalcollegeofart @rca_masterofresearch
Curated by: @gemmablackshaw & @estherteichmann
26–28.05.26 (10:00–17:00)
Finissage 28.05.26 (17:00–20:00)
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DOES IT RING A BELL?
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Le projet DivergenX est lancé avec une installation capsule appelée «Does It Ring A Bell?» Son titre fait référence à un idiome parfois utilisé en anglais pour évoquer le fait qu’une affirmation vient éveiller un souvenir familier dans la mémoire de quelqu’un·x·e. Le but est de montrer des pièces évoquant une rupture évidente ou suggestive entre les artistes et un système capitaliste, patriarcal, validiste et destructeur. Le projet parle de normes, de travail, de neuroatypie, de mémoire et d’argent, mais aussi de soin.
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Captions/Légendes + © → last slide taken in Royal College of Art by @divergenx.fun

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5 months ago

ANJA RIPOLL
@anja.rip
Anja Ripoll (*1995, CH/ES/IT) is a Geneva based artist. Through her sculptural practice, the medium of ceramics is explored to its very limits. In rejecting normative systems, the artist brings forth phantasmagorical worlds, playing with fundamental contrasts. These contrasts question the margins within dominant realities: rebirth before death, the fall preceding ascent, order within chaos—or its inverse. On the smoldering ruins of global phallocratic capitalism, a few resilient insects still roam. Rising among them stand her works—solid, sharp, and burning.
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Anja Ripoll (*1995, CH/ES/IT) est une artiste basée à Genève. À travers sa pratique de la sculpture, le médium de la céramique est exploré jusque dans ses limites. Dans le refus d’un système normatif, l’artiste fait émerger des mondes fantasmagoriques, jouant avec des contrastes fondamentaux. Ceux-ci questionnent les marges au sein des réalités dominantes, la renaissance avant la mort, la chute précédant l’ascension, l’ordre dans le chaos, ou l’inverse. Sur les ruines fumantes du capitalisme phallocratique mondial se baladent encore quelques insectes résistants. Se dressent enfin les œuvres d’Anja, solides, piquantes et brûlantes. by @divergenx.fun

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5 months ago

CHARTER FOR DIVERGENX
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Nothing is too much.
Everything is enough.
Nothing is ever normal.
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CHARTE POUR DIVERGENX
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Rien n‘est trop.
Tout est assez.
Rien n‘est jamais normal. by @divergenx.fun

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