Cyclical Tales, Increasing the Leak

As part of “PAV Living Room”, we ask ourselves together with the students of the EPFL if there can be an alternative future for the Drize, one in which the leaking river creates new ecosystems, infiltrates our domestic space, or becomes a new source of energy. What if we start looking at what we have and try to grasp the multi-layered past of this site, its complex ecology, and build on it instead of erasing it? 

Tracing the riverbeds of the past, the current tunnels, the various uncertain futures and potential floods of the Drize, the PAV turns into its new delta, where a car wash, a pumping station or a bathroom shop become clues for a new storyline. One where the river pours out of its tunnels, draws itself on and through the existing architecture, following its own logic. Like cyclical tales, the existing buildings will take on the role of alchemists. They will cultivate a new understanding of the fragility of water. We no longer resist the leaks but aim to develop an architecture that has the capacity to evolve and intrinsically absorb change. Water no longer just flows from taps and sprinklers but begins to flow from the walls surrounding it. 

To bring this fiction to life and change the perception of the PAV, the students will perform a series of performances that remind us of the forgotten river. A first act for a different future where time becomes material. 

SOUS VIDE
Would you eat food cooked in the water of the river Drize?
By Laia Arumí Casals, Lucía Collado Pérez, Martina Farinati, Maria Pretato

28.10.23, 13:00
Embassy of Foreign Artists
Rue Subilia 45, 1227 Geneva
To participate please RSVP: [email protected]

THE RUPTURING DRIZE
What if the Drize would ruptura out of its underground gallery?
By Marcel Da Costa Oliveira Siqueira,  Mélinda Pereira, Gabija Samusyte, Kevin Yao

28.10.23, 15h00
Sidewalk in front of the driving school
Rte des Jeunes 7, 1227 Genève 

TIME(CO)LAPSE
During a walk along the Drize, a video montage will bring together the past, present and future of the Drize river.
By Gareth Mark Bracewell, Elias El Kima , Léa Guillotin, Hanna Lindenberg
           
28.10.23, 16:30
at driftwood rake
Rte de St Julien 25, 1227 Geneva

INCREASING THE LEAK APERO
Let’s celebrate the Drize!!!
By the Atelier for Continuous Research

28.10.23, 18:00
Embassy of Foreign Artists
Rue Subilia 45, 1227 Geneva 

An event for PAV Living Room, in the framework of the studio “Increasing the Leak” of the Atelier for Continuous Research at EPFL-ENAC-SAR
With the support of EPFL-ENAC-SAR