18.04 - 15.05.2020 at Grand Palais

I wait. you wait. she waits. he waits. it waits. we wait. you wait. they wait.

Géraldine Honauer





Link to the Exhibition


18.04 - 15.05.2020
FRI 5-9 pm | SAT 1-4 pm (a member of staff is present)
17.04.2020 7 pm Opening (CET)


The question of presence and absence is a constant in Géraldine Honauer's artistic work. In the exhibition I wait. you wait. she waits. he waits. it waits. we wait. you wait. they wait, physical access to the exhibition space is prohibited due to the current situation (Federal Council order to contain the corona pandemic). The Grand Palais will remain closed until further notice, the visitors on site are absent. Nevertheless, the show will take place. For the framing conditions of an art exhibition remain present. They refer to each other and function like hinges between the closed exhibition space and virtual space. The exhibition can be visited during the usual opening hours via link. The virtual space is used by random visitors, who might encounter each other, perhaps stay for a conversation. Thereby, the audience observes its own absence in the closed exhibition space. A kind of “mise en abyme” is created – an open-ended loop that revolves between the space behind closed doors and our own four walls.

(Curator: Laura Bohnenblust)