Villa Bernasconi: Stitches – A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories

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Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories – Villa Bernasconi

Artists: 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

Venue: Villa Bernasconi Route du Grand-Lancy 8 1212 Lancy Switzerland

Dates: 21 January – 22 March 2026

Curators: Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan, Camille Regli (Collectif Détente)

Installation views: Stitches – A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy. Photography: Nicolas Delaroche Studio

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Curatorial Statement: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories - Villa Bernasconi

** The project reveals the spectral potentialities of fabric: veiling, transparency, imprinting. By unveiling what cannot, or should not, be seen, textiles reveal invisible and intangible forms.**

The material becomes a surface for projection, a tactile medium im- bued with memory. The exhibition focuses on what is transmitted beneath the surface: family and cultural legacies, repressed and collective fears, fragmentary, intimate memories. It questions how domestic spaces, ordinary gestures, social structures, and forgotten stories can become sites of haunting traces of memory that elude rational understanding.

In dialogue with the architecture of Villa Bernasconi, the house—in- habited by artworks - becomes a subject in itself. Throughout the rooms, visitors are invited to navigate among voices, absences, ap-paritions, and suspended narratives. Textile and sculptural installa- tions, videos, performances, and sound pieces together create a sensory experience that oscillates between popular and historical references, critical perspectives, and raw emotions.

Exterior view, Villa Bernasconi , Lancy (Geneva). Exhibition: Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories , 21 January – 22 March 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.Gregory Tara Hari , House of Endless Corridors, 2025, mixed fabrics, dye, leather, smartphone. Costume: Lena Schmid. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi , Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche StudioSandar Tun Tun , Light.wav, 2026, audiovisual installation, 18’ (loop), 4.1 multichannel sound, projection, plastic, scent. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernascon i, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio

Here, the ghost is seen as a messenger between worlds, a bearer of hidden stories, and a guardian of memory in the face of oblivion. A magical, spiritual, and fictional figure, it occupies an ambivalent place in everyday life, intimacy, and the world of entertainment. With tenderness, mischief, or fear, the works in the exhibition summon the presence of these spectral, imaginary, and familiar beings: these “others” with whom we coexist, who follow and accompany us.

Why this exhibition matters

At Villa Bernasconi, fabric becomes more than material. It operates as a carrier of memory, absence, and inherited stories. For Catapult – Munchies Art Club , the exhibition matters because it shows how everyday materials can hold complex emotional and cultural residues that resist simple explanation.

Notable Works and Exhibition Views:

Gregory Tara Hari , Thai House , 2025, paint, acrylic varnish, wood, sound (sound: Thom Driver) and The Victorian House , 2026, paint, acrylic varnish, wood, sound (sound: Thom Driver). Installation view, “Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories” , Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.Ryan Gander , I is… (i). , 2012, glass fiber, marble powder, Collection Lionel Aeschlimann. Li Tavor, Bright Curtains I, II, III , 2025, pigmented latex curtains, aluminum, carabiners. Installation view, “Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories” , Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.

(left)Ryan Gander , I is… (i)., 2012, glass fiber, marble powder. Collection Lionel Aeschlimann. (right)Li Tavor , Dark Curtains I, II, III, 2025, pigmented latex curtains, aluminum, carabiners. - Installation view, “Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories”, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.

Sonia Kacem , Ensemble of Three (Familiar Strangeness) , 2023, textile, wood, metal. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich/Milan. Installation view, “Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories” , Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.

(left) - Benoît Piéron , Lucie II (lampadaire) , 2024, IV pole, adhesive pads, rotating beacon, silk scarf (by Sarah Schrader). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Sultana (right) Gotscho , Wedding 1 , 1992, acetate, wool, nylon (Tati dress, agnès b. costume). Collection MAMCO, “Autour de Gilles Dusein”. Installation view, “Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories” , Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.

Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė, Enclosure (Haunting Seasons) I, III, II, 2023, aluminum, wood, digital printing on rag, 3 panels. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.Léa Katharina Meier, Jardin secret des ordures des sentiments, 2023, textile, linocut, cushions. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio.Nina Rieben , Selective news, 2026, pigment prints on Hahnemühle paper, 2 pieces. Nina Rieben, Dreamadministration (Dauerentwurf), 2026, textile, handwriting on paper, to-do lists, threads, pins, chair frame. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio

Heidi Bucher : Bellevue – Kreuzlingen, 1990, directed by Michael Koechlin, digitized 16 mm film, 9 min., color, sound, Courtesy of The Estate of Heidi Bucher, Indigo Bucher & Mayo Bucher. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio (middle) Benoît Piéron , Cairn, 2024, discarded hospital sheets, porcelain, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Sultana. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio****(right) Claire van Lubeek,**** Cradled – Twins, 2026, cardboard, cotton, lace, forged nail, 2 pieces. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio

Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė, Ectoplasm (1827), 2025, mixed technique on linen. Exhibition view, Stitches: A Haunted House and Other Ghost Stories, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, 2026. Photo: Nicolas Delaroche Studio

More Artists to Watch:

Michele Gabriele . Installation view from I see you repeating this, I warn you in the sweetest way , solo exhibition curated by Carles Àngel Saurí at EACC, Castellón de la Plana, Spain, featuring acrylic on canvas and painted wooden structure, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist, Ashes/Ashes, New York, and EACC. Artist in Focus: Sándor Körei : Artist in Focus Daily, by Catapult, Munchies Art Club. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo by András Kurucz

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