Les Marques du Silence

Les Marques du Silence is an artistic and civic initiative that takes over streets, squares, and public spaces to spark an encounter between art, personal stories, and the general public.

At the heart of the installation, a figure dressed in white symbolizes all those who still bear the invisible scars of violence, abuse, harassment, or silence. Passersby are invited to engage with the artwork by leaving a colored mark, writing a word, message, or emotion, or participating in symbolic installations where threads represent the weight of wounds before being gradually released. Every gesture tells a story. Every act of participation transforms the piece, adding a new dimension to it.

Throughout the day, spontaneous conversations emerge among strangers, victims, loved ones, professionals, and volunteers. Stories are shared, perspectives shift, and the public space becomes a place for listening, raising awareness, and collective healing.

Each intervention is filmed and photographed to extend its impact well beyond the event itself. The resulting content helps raise awareness among a much wider audience through media, social networks, exhibitions, and conferences, giving the project a nationwide reach.

Designed to be rolled out in numerous cities across Switzerland and abroad, "Les Marques du Silence" aims to become a traveling artistic movement. Each new stop enriches the collective artwork, mobilizes new citizens, unites partners and committed businesses, and helps break the silence that still too often surrounds violence.

More than just an artistic performance, "Les Marques du Silence" is an invitation to see differently, listen differently, and act together, because every mark left on the artwork also symbolizes a silence beginning to break.

"Art & Resilience Gatherings" are immersive experiences hosted within companies. Through an artistic showcase followed by a roundtable discussion featuring artists, experts, and individuals sharing their personal stories, we create a space for authentic dialogue around often challenging topics, such as violence, harassment, abuse, mental health, and the journey of rebuilding one's life.

Each gathering raises employee awareness, fosters dialogue, and helps shift perspectives. Art becomes a universal language that evokes emotion, opens up conversations, and strengthens a culture of listening and respect.

By hosting an Art & Resilience Gathering, a company demonstrates a tangible commitment to its people. It joins a movement that extends beyond its own walls, inspires other organizations, and enhances its reputation among employees, partners, and its broader ecosystem.

Where it aligns with the company’s strategy, this experience can be extended through the creation of editorial content, such as interviews, podcasts, or short videos, that highlights the company's commitment and initiatives. This content keeps the conversation alive beyond the event itself, helping to build a genuine brand movement rooted in concrete actions and clearly upheld values.

The company will be featured on the "Committed Companies" page of the website.

"Là où vous êtes" (Right Where You Are) is a traveling "Art & Resilience" program that reaches out to children and young people directly in the places where they live, learn, receive care, or receive support: schools, hospitals, residential homes, and social-educational facilities.

Our ambition is simple: to create—right in the midst of their daily lives—a moment of artistic and human connection capable of sparking an encounter, an emotion, a form of expression, and sometimes a breakthrough.

Art as a meeting point

An artist does not simply come to present their work.
They come with their own world, their personal journey, their vulnerabilities, their experiences, and what the creative process has enabled them to overcome or transform.

Music, photography, writing, imagery, movement, or collaborative creation become ways to connect in a different way.
Children and young people are not merely spectators. They participate, ask questions, create, tell stories, and leave their own mark.

Creating a space for self-expression
Some things are difficult to say directly.

Art can open up a different path.

Through these encounters, we can sensitively address themes such as self-esteem, how others perceive us, difference, bullying, invisible wounds, trust, emotions, or resilience.
It is neither a lecture nor a class.

We create an experience tailored to the participants' age, context, and needs, in collaboration with the educational, social, or medical teams supporting them.

Every encounter leaves a mark
Each session may combine an artistic performance, a meeting with the artist, a time for discussion, and a participatory experience.
A word.
A photograph.
A drawing.
A song.
A text.
A color.
A collaborative creation.

This mark allows the encounter to extend beyond the moment itself and—depending on the project—can become part of a collective work built up over the course of the "Art & Resilience" sessions.
Going where we can be of help

A classroom. A hospital room.
A residential care home.
A support center.

The settings change, but our intention remains the same:
to make art a space for connection, expression, and resilience, wherever children and young people need it.