Infos / presse
A PROPOS
Deux ateliers sont attenants à la galerie, l’atelier de Mélane Zumbrunnen et Nicolas Christol et celui de Nora Delanoë.
PRESSE
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HORAIRES
Samedi et dimanche de 13H00 à 18H00, uniquement durant les expositions.
Rendez-vous à l’atelier de Mélane Zumbrunnen et Nicolas Christol, sur demande.
ACCÈS ET PARKING
Ancienne prison de Vevey, Rue du Panorama 4, à quelques pas de l’hôtel-de-ville.
En train: 5 minutes à pieds depuis la gare de Vevey.
En voiture: parking du Panorama à 100 mètres.
Accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite (ascenseur).
Contact: https://www.espaceborax.ch/espace-borax/
ABOUT
In 2006, the Veveysan Einzweidrei collective organized its first contemporary art exhibition in the former prison of Vevey, which was no longer functional but preserved in its original state. The objective was simple: to occupy transitional spaces and blend local and international artists. The collective then moved into the former Mouettes café and, in 2012, the old Béard silverware factory for a major group exhibition featuring Ai Weiwei, Erwin Wurm, Shilpa Gupta, Jonathan Monk, Hans Op de Beeck, Minerva Cuevas, and others. In 2016, due to a lack of available vacant spaces, the collective opened the Emergency space in a former automotive garage.
After more than twenty exhibitions and the COVID-19 pandemic, the space closed, and the collective transformed. Mélane Zumbrunnen and Nicolas Christol decided to continue the adventure, but this time through contemporary jewelry, a shared passion they had been cultivating autodidactically for several years. They thus founded a tiny exhibition space within the former Vevey prison, where the collective has had its premises since 2007. The former guards’ dormitory was renamed Borax (a product essential for soldering and melting metal) and became one of the few spaces dedicated to contemporary jewelry in French-speaking Switzerland, bridging the gap between ornamentation and contemporary art.
The space offers four exhibitions per year, featuring Swiss and international artists who have recently graduated or are already present in major museums. The program includes three solo exhibitions, one of which focuses on ceramics, and one thematic group exhibition at the end of the year.
VISITING HOURS AND ACCESS
Saturday and Sunday from 13H00 to 18H00 during the exhibitions.
Appointment at the workshop of Mélane Zumbrunnen and Nicolas Christol on request.
Former prison of Vevey city, Rue du Panorama 4, a few steps from the municipal hall.
By train: 5 minutes walk from Vevey train statio.
By car: Panorama parking at 100 meters. Accessible to people with reduced mobility (elevator).

