19 – Sabine Hess & Nicolas Polli

One Bed, Two Blankets, Seventy-Six Rules is the first collaboration between Sabine Hess and Nicolas Polli. After meeting in Ticino and continuing a long-distance relationship, the couple decided to move in together in 2023 and began a project about their life together. During an artistic residency in Val Verzasca, Hess & Polli built an imaginary house. Alternating between symbolic representations and dramatizations of their shared life, the project plays with the standards and ideas of a relationship, establishing rules for living harmoniously. For the Biennale Images Vevey, the couple are taking stock of their first year by continuing their work at La Becque | Artist Residency. A new chapter in this personal manifesto of living together, this installation offers universal advice on the evolution of a loving relationship.

Exhibition layout and design by Images Vevey and the artists
In collaboration with La Becque | Artist Residency and Verzasca Foto Festival
Sabine Hess and Nicolas Polli’s residency at La Becque was supported by Nestlé