EPIC PICNIC is a project being carried out as part of the European Heritage Days, to be held in Geneva on 7 and 8 September 2024.

Celebrating the city's built heritage, students from the Master's in Interior Architecture (MAIA) are transforming Hentsch Park (the former football ground at Les Charmilles) into a large-scale neighbourhood picnic, surrounded by historic industrial buildings. The project explores the intersections between the city, its history, heritage, architecture and societal evolution.
EPIC PICNIC is inclusive, welcoming a plurality of human and non-human visitors of all ages, origins, genders, abilities and spheres of belonging. It illustrates cases of glocalization and intersections between high and low culture, with inclusivity central to ensuring accessibility and resonance across diverse demographics.EPIC PICNIC combines music, dance, sport, picnics, chess, pétanque, stargazing and film screenings with space, creating a day where past and present converge. Like the tango dance, where dancers navigate the same space while avoiding colliding, the mix of different activities and participants creates both complexity and beauty.

Project leader : Leonid Slonimskiy
Assistant : Paule Perron
MAIA students: Balakrishnan Navya, Bolch Sawako, Canton Emma, Eischen Cloé, Kambolova Kristina, Law Frida, Lee Jaemo, Pettenati Giada, Röder David, Tapia Buchelli Sofia, Tourette Célia, Zepeda Aranda Ana Karina


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PROGRAM

Saturday 7 september

• Opening as of 11:00am

Free access to pétanque all day and evening.
The Coin Coin café-bar joins forces with Malipa to offer drinks and snacks all day and evening.

• 2:00pm –  Compétition de Skateboard
  The Geneva Skateboard Museum is opening a temporary practice area in the park, and organising a competition bringing together the best skateboarders in the region.
   
• 09:30 -11:00pm –  DJ Set Maggy Smiss
  Maggy Smiss is a technical DJ with a cutting-edge selection, but she doesn't shy away from the classics. Her recent signing to the aptly-named Happiness Therapy label and collective is proof of this, following her historic residency at Lyon's Ninkasi Gerland and confirming her status as one of the leading lights on the House and Italo Disco scene.

Dimanche 8 septembre

• 11:00am to 05:00pm
  Picnic, pétanque and free SkatePark