The exhibition “What Time is It?”, previewed at Watches and Wonders Geneva from March 27 to April 2, 2023, tells the story of Swiss photographer Karine Bauzin's quest for time. Through a selection of approximately 80 images taken during her travels around the world, she reveals a universal, yet unique gesture that transcends cultural, economic or religious differences: that of telling the time.
OPENING HOURS AND DAYS
The exhibition is open from June 2 to September 10, 2023
Monday, Tuesday: closed
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 12h-18h
Thursday: 17h-21h
LOCALISATION
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As part of our What Time is it? by Karine Bauzin exhibition, we are pleased to offer you an original program of activities including guided tours by Karine Bauzin herself, 4 lectures on watchmaking themes, 3 philosophical workshops on the theme of time in collaboration with the proPhilo association, and an interview of Karine Bauzin by Swiss journalist Julie Vasa.
Please register for the various activities via the links below:
GUIDED TOURS by Karine Bauzin (in French)
Thu. 15 June: Guided tour and opportunity to assist to the artist's interview by Elle Suisse journalist Julie Vasa onsite REGISTRATION
Thu. 22, 29 June and 6 July: REGISTRATION
CONFERENCES
Fri. 23 June: 'Watchmaking, Switzerland and Geneva' (in French) by Lorenzo Maillard REGISTRATION
Fri. 30 June: Vintage Watches (in French) by Lorenzo Maillard REGISTRATION
Wed. 19 July: The History of Time Measurement (in English) by Pascal Ravessoud REGISTRATION
Wed. 26 July: The History of Time Measurement (in French) by Pascal Ravessoud REGISTRATION
PHILOSOPHICAL WORKSHOPS ON THE SUBJECT OF TIME by proPhilo (in French)
Wed. 28 June, 5 and 12 July: REGISTRATION
After a brief evocation of pocket watches, this immersive exhibition trained the spotlight on the wristwatch and its multiple stylistic iterations, from form watches to tool watches and contemporary executions. Presented in showcases, imagined by students at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, some one hundred objects illustrated the inventiveness and diversity of watch design.
Watches and Culture, the cultural division of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and curator of the exhibition, has crafted seven inspirational worlds to illustrate the fabulous creativity of “time design”.
— The beauty of early watches
— The many faces of the wristwatch
— Imaginative adverts for creative watches
— Gérald Genta (1931-2011), a designer for the modern age
— Contemporary watchmaking, a laboratory for new ideas
— The future of time?
— Augmented reality: from symbol to watch