Guided tour: “Borders. The Treaty of Lausanne, 1923 – 2023”

In French with Diana Le Dinh or Laurent Golay, curators of the exhibition
Thursday 8 June, 6 p.m.
Wednesday September 13, 6 p.m.
On registration / CHF 6.–
Duration: 1h30

Also available in French, English or German
Free date on request / CHF 100.–
Duration: 1h30

After World War I and the collapse of four empires, violence and instability plagued Europe. Signed on July 24, 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne is the only one among the agreements made in the aftermath of the conflict to still have its effects. Of considerable importance for the history of Europe and the Near East, it confirms the birth of modern Turkey but ignores the aspirations of minorities.

The exhibition invites visitors to come back to the highlights and locations of this conference, which lasted nearly nine months. Lausanne institutions such as the Beau-Rivage Palace or the current Clinique Cecil are central points of what is happening that year in the Vaudois capital, host to many international delegations. The ambition of the project is to weave links between periods and to give a place to contemporary artistic expression. This is why, at the invitation of the MHL, the visual artist Mîrkan Deniz appropriates the spaces of the exhibition to deploy installations there. Finally, the exhibition reserves a place of choice for questions of memory, which are always