Mémoires Voyageuses brings together artists exploring the shifting, fragile nature of memory and identity, as well as the ways histories are transmitted, altered, and reimagined through oral tradition, migration, and fragmented archives. Curated by Ines Goldbach, the exhibition reflects on memory not as a fixed truth but as a fluid process shaped by personal and collective experience, opening space for dialogue, storytelling, and alternative ways of understanding the world. Poetic and critically engaged practices run throughout the exhibition, with landscape and nature appearing as recurring threads that invite reflection on connection, care, and the shared construction of meaning across time and place.
Among the participating artists is Raphaël Barontini, whose monumental textile collages draw on fragmented Caribbean and African histories to reinterpret overlooked figures and narratives. Working through what he calls “critical fabulation,” he blends archival research with fiction and mythology to construct layered visual worlds that challenge dominant historical accounts while foregrounding diasporic memory, resistance, and cultural exchange. His practice aligns with the exhibition’s broader inquiry into how stories are preserved and transformed, using textiles as a space where history, imagination, and collective identity continuously intersect.
