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eden levi am is an artist, photographer and queer activist based in Geneva. For several years, they have been developing a documentary approach with a focus on activism and intimacy. Using primarily film photography and video, and more recently performance, their artistic practice expresses a personal and affective view of the world, which ties with current social and political issues. From an intersectional feminist perspective, their work addresses issues relating to the body, gender, identities and their representations. They graduated from the Vevey School of Photography (CEPV) in 2018. Their work has been exhibited and published in Switzerland and abroad since 2017. It was recently featured at Swiss and international venues and festivals such as Fesse-tival (Geneva, 2023), Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival (London, 2023), Musée d’art de Pully (Switzerland, 2017 & 2023), Urgent Paradise (Lausanne, 2022), Forde (Geneva, 2022), BØWIE Gallery (Geneva, 2022), Romantso Gallery Space (Athens, 2020), Space Grotesk (Basel, 2019), Centre de la photographie Genève (Geneva, 2019), and La Nef (Noirmont, Switzerland, 2019). Publications include Libération (2021) and Journal des Bains (2016–2022) as well as several exhibition catalogues. Most recently, they have been awarded the 2021 documentary photography grant of the City of Geneva. The resulting project, "Rivers", was published in 2023 as a monograph by Miami Books and presented as a solo show at Halle Nord in Geneva, accompanied by two performances in the context of the Fesse-tival (a festival fostering positive and inclusive visions of bodies, identities and sexualities). ‍‍

Mathilda Olmi is a photographer based in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she develops personal projects and is active as a portrait photographer for the media and cultural institutions. Her work as an artist is articulated around issues relating to ecology, agriculture and feminism. It often deals with the position of women in Western society and the representation of femininity, intimacy, home and maternity. She harnesses lyricism and poetry to portray political issues and positions, and to counter the violence of the world with a sense of wonder.‍ She graduated from the Vevey School of Photography (CEPV) in 2015. Her work has been exhibited regularly, primarily in Switzerland, since 2014. It has been part of group shows at Musée d’art de Pully (Switzerland, 2023), Festival Images (Vevey, 2014 & 2020), Photo Elysée (Lausanne, 2022), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, 2023), Ferme-Asile (Sion, Switzerland, 2021), Photoforum Pasquart (Biel, Switzerland, 2015), Verzasca Foto Festival (Switzerland, 2021) and Festival international de mode, de photographie et d’accessoires (Hyères, France, 2022), among others. She has had three solo shows in Lausanne, in a gallery and two independent art spaces, between 2015 and 2022. Her work is part of the collection of Photo Elysée (Lausanne). She has published two monographs with the French publishing house FP&CF: "A bird in the hand" in 2017 and most recently "Rosa Canina" in 2022. She was selected for the Enquête photographique valaisanne [photography survey of the Canton Valais] in 2021 and was awarded a grant for emerging artists by Pro Helvetia in 2020.