Historical website
of the Centre
pour l'Image
Contemporaine

The activities of the Centre pour l'image contemporaine now form part of the Batiment d'Art Contemporain. This web site presents the former's programme up until 2008.

The 6th of December 2008, the Municipal Council of the city of Geneva voted for the transfer of the funding of the Centre pour l'image contemporaine (CIC) to the Batiment d'Art Contemporain (BAC).
In February 2009 this transfer was blocked by a referendum initiative. The referendum vote took place the 27th September 2009.
The referendum initiative was refused. As a result, the transfer of the Cic's flagship activities became effective along the following terms:

The Centre d’art contemporain Genève has taken on therefore a new mission, alongside its habitual programme, to develop a strong platform for the moving image and digital arts. As from 2010, this will be pursued through the organisation of a major annual exhibition which will serve as a platform to develop the Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement (BIM) and Version (flagship activities of the Cic). In 2009, as a prelude to this new mission, the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, in collaboration with the Fonds d'art contemporain of the city of Geneva and the Fondation de Saint-Gervais, organised an exhibition, curated by Simon Lamunière, based on works from the Fonds André Iten.
The exhibition « Pourquoi attendre ! » took place in the ground floor and 1st floor of the BAC, between the 11th of December 2009 and the 7th of February 2010.
The collection of videos (constituted in past years by the Cic), known as « Fonds André Iten », is now hosted by the Fonds d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (Fmac). The latter is currently in the process of creating an inventory, which will enable the Fonds André Iten's public use within the walls of the Fmac's Mediathèque, which opened on the 10th of December 2010.

L’ensemble des titres vidéos (constitué par le CIC), appelé «Fonds André Iten», est désormais repris par le Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (Fmac). Celui-ci procède actuellement à son identification dans la perspective d’en faire l’inventaire scientifique et de le rendre accessible au public dans la nouvelle Médiathèque du Fmac, qui a ouvert ses portes le 10 décembre 2009.

Historical website
of the Centre
pour l'Image
Contemporaine