Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories
ArtistSonia Kacem
LocationVilla Bernasconi. Centre d'art, Ville de Lancy
DateJanuary 21-March 22, 2026
Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories
Opening Tuesday 20 January, 6–9 PM
Serge Comte, Vidya Gastaldon, Christophe Terpent & Jean-Michel Wicker / Ryan Gander / Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė / Gotscho / Gregory Tara Hari / Sonia Kacem / Léa Katharina Meier / Meret Oppenheim / Benoît Piéron / Nina Rieben / Li Tavor / Sandar Tun Tun / Claire van Lubeek / Latefa Wiersch et un film avec Heidi Bucher
Populated by intangible, fragile and unsettling presences, the Villa Bernasconi hosts the exhibition « Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories » curated by Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan and Camille Regli (Collectif Détente). In continuation of the curatorial project « Stitches », initiated in 2020 around contemporary textile practices, the exhibition explores the spectral potential of textiles and haunting.
By veiling the invisible and giving it a shape, fabric builds a bridge between worlds, reviving hidden stories and forgotten memories. At the threshold of perception, the exhibition investigates what the figure of the ghost—and the spaces it inhabits—reveals within contemporary artistic practices. Bearing witness to obscured legacies, collective fears, and intimate recollections, the artworks form what cannot, or should not, be seen. With tenderness, mischief, and a sense of dread, they expose the hauntings embedded in domestic objects, living spaces, ordinary gestures and social structures.
In dialogue with the architecture of the Villa Bernasconi, the house itself becomes a haunted subject, allowing voices and absent figures to surface—these “others” with whom we coexist, who follow and accompany us.
Curators:
Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan, Camille Regli (Collectif Détente)
Opening Tuesday 20 January, 6–9 PM
Serge Comte, Vidya Gastaldon, Christophe Terpent & Jean-Michel Wicker / Ryan Gander / Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė / Gotscho / Gregory Tara Hari / Sonia Kacem / Léa Katharina Meier / Meret Oppenheim / Benoît Piéron / Nina Rieben / Li Tavor / Sandar Tun Tun / Claire van Lubeek / Latefa Wiersch et un film avec Heidi Bucher
Populated by intangible, fragile and unsettling presences, the Villa Bernasconi hosts the exhibition « Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories » curated by Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan and Camille Regli (Collectif Détente). In continuation of the curatorial project « Stitches », initiated in 2020 around contemporary textile practices, the exhibition explores the spectral potential of textiles and haunting.
By veiling the invisible and giving it a shape, fabric builds a bridge between worlds, reviving hidden stories and forgotten memories. At the threshold of perception, the exhibition investigates what the figure of the ghost—and the spaces it inhabits—reveals within contemporary artistic practices. Bearing witness to obscured legacies, collective fears, and intimate recollections, the artworks form what cannot, or should not, be seen. With tenderness, mischief, and a sense of dread, they expose the hauntings embedded in domestic objects, living spaces, ordinary gestures and social structures.
In dialogue with the architecture of the Villa Bernasconi, the house itself becomes a haunted subject, allowing voices and absent figures to surface—these “others” with whom we coexist, who follow and accompany us.
Curators:
Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan, Camille Regli (Collectif Détente)
