L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey
About
L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey is the permanent showcase for Images Vevey’s activities. L’Appartement is located in the main hall of the Vevey train station, on the 2nd floor. This atypical and ideally located historical venue was formerly used to house railway workers families: today it is transformed into an art space hosting around fifteen artist projects and exhibitions per year, free of charge. It functions as a link between two editions of the Biennale Images Vevey and helps to keep the “Vevey ville d’images” urban marketing label alive throughout the year.
PLAN DES ESPACES
1. LES CHAMBRES
a monographic exhibition
2. LE COULOIR
an exhibition tailored for children
3. LE SALON
an artist’s book
4. LE CINEMA
an artist video
5. LA CUISINE
welcome desk, bookshop and boutique
6. LA TERRASSE
panoramic relaxation
7. LE BALCON
opening event
L’APPARTEMENT – Espace Images Vevey
Lieu d’inspiration situé sur la Riviera vaudoise
A place of inspiration located on the Vaud Riviera
Covering an area of 220 square metres, L’Appartement features an entrance hall, a lift (with access for people with reduced mobility), three rooms (for solo exhibitions), a bathroom, a corridor (dedicated to exhibitions for children), a home cinema (screening room), a lounge (for the presentation of an artist’s book), a balcony (used for opening events), and a large, sunny terrace. Ideally located, it enjoys a privileged setting just steps away from Vevey train station.
BOOKSHOP
Images Vevey’s editorial strategy is built around collaborations with publishing houses specialising in photography, as well as directly with artists. Since 2015, Images Vevey has positioned itself as a supporter of innovative publishing projects, notably through the Images Vevey Book Award.
BOUTIQUE
In addition to a wide selection of art books, Images Vevey offers an exclusive line of bags and accessories made from the tarpaulins of the Biennale Images Vevey. Previously displayed on the façades of the city, these artworks have been transformed into wallets, tote bags, backpacks or beach bags. Each piece is unique and 100% Swiss made!
Days and opening hours
L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey est is open from Wednesday to Sunday, 2pm to 6pm.
Main hall of Vevey SBB station, 2nd floor
Place de la Gare, 1800 Vevey
Free admission
On the right as you enter Vevey station, take the stairs or elevator to the 2nd floor exhibition area.
Phone : +41 76 815 76 15
Currently
For its 11th series of exhibitions, L’Appartement brings together James Barnor and Nico Krijno: two artists from the African continent with complementary approaches. Two countries, two generations, two ways of approaching reality through images. On one side, James Barnor (born 1929 in Ghana) presents a series of photographs documenting the socio-cultural transformations of Ghana and the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the present day. On the other, Nico Krijno (born 1981 in South Africa) deconstructs the codes of traditional photography through an experimental approach combining digital collages, abstract compositions and vibrant colours. Between memory and reinvention, this exhibition contrasts Barnor’s historical and documentary narrative with Krijno’s experimental approach. It sheds light on how these two artists, each in their own way, are helping to redefine the image of the continent.
Free guided tours on 15 May and 19 June 2025 at 18:00
Registration required espace@images.ch
LES CHAMBRES
James Barnor
EVER YOUNG
James Barnor takes over Les Chambres with a selection of 80 photographs tracing his career between Ghana and the United Kingdom. Each of the three rooms reveals a different facet of his work. The first focuses on his early years in Accra, where he captured the social and political fervour that led to Ghana’s independence in 1957. The second presents his studio portraits taken in his Ever Young studio in Jamestown, then in London, and finally in his second studio X23, on his return to Accra. The third room explores his years in London, where he documented Swinging London for Drum magazine. Celebrating a positive and dynamic vision of West Africa in a context of emancipation, Barnor was one of the first photographers to use colour photography and introduce it in Africa. His work forms a precious visual archive of diasporic identities in the 20th century.
In collaboration with Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière (Paris)
EVER YOUNG
1947–1980
Ghana (1929)
LE COULOIR
Nico Krijno
IN THE CAVE OF THE LOTUS EATER
In the Cave of the Lotus Eater is a video that captures a moment of transition: when the photographer leaves the place he once called home. Shot and edited in 24 hours, this short film evokes the way each frame preserves a precious memory before it fades away. At once an ode to endeavour, an intimate self-portrait and a reflection on memory, the work shows how the landscapes we pass through continue to exist within us, even after we have left them. Around the video, Krijno presents an interactive installation created specifically for L’Appartement: superimposed photographic prints for the public to lift and reveal. This gesture suggests that images are never static, but always in a state of transformation—shaped both by the person who creates them and the one who views them.
IN THE CAVE OF THE LOTUS EATER
2023
South Africa (1981)
Film: 2 min 47 s
LE SALON
Nico Krijno
COLLAGES 2020-22
The publication entitled Collages 2020–22 explores Nico Krijno’s work in photography, collage and painting. His approach combines abstract compositions, vibrant colours, and digital and analogue techniques, creating images in constant motion. With its mirrored cover, this book offers a unique visual experience. Each page reveals a new combination of forms and textures, offering a non-linear reading experience in which nothing remains fixed. Blending playful spontaneity and obsessive research, his creative process resembles an endless game, echoing the experiments of the Surrealist and Dada avant-gardes. Collages 2020–22 offers a glimpse into Krijno’s powerful and intriguing visual universe.
In collaboration with ThirdSpace (Zurich)
COLLAGES 2020-22
2020–2022
South Africa (1981)
LE CINÉMA
Nico Krijno
THE MOUTH OF TIME
The Mouth of Time is an immersive short film created specifically for Images Vevey. The film plunges the viewer into a space between two worlds, where reality teeters on the edge of illusion through a play of mise en abyme. Krijno uses mirrors to challenge perception and blur the boundary between the image and its interpretation. The sequences collide, intertwine and dissolve, creating an intense visual experience in which each image seems to conceal another. What is our relationship to the world and to community in an age of uncertainty? The Mouth of Time is a meditation on the nature of change, an invitation to explore the unknown not as a loss, but as a space for revelation and inspiration.
THE MOUTH OF TIME
2025
South Africa (1981)
Film: 15 min 24 s