Chambres à air

Frédéric Maillard presented chambres à air, the first-ever exhibition in Geneva of works by Heidi Bucher and Marie Hazard. This presentation brings these two artists into dialogue, exploring themes of materiality, memory, and the frontier between private and public spaces.

Marie Hazard introduces new hand-woven works that incorporate unconventional materials such as copper wires and inner tubes, expanding her practice into a new territory. A highlight of the exhibition is veredis quo, the artist’s first immersive installation, which marks a significant evolution in her artistic approach.

From Heidi Bucher, the show features key pieces from the artist’s iconic “skinning practice”, including a drawer from her Borg studio, personal clothing items, and a monumental floor from her celebrated Obermühle-Ahnenhaus series. These works reveal the traces of human presence and lived experience, offering poetic reflections on memory and space.

Together, chambres à air explores the interplay between presence and absence, fragility and resilience, the artist and their body, and the ways materials can preserve traces of time.

This exhibition has been organised in collaboration with Marie Hazard and the Estate of Heidi Bucher.