Artist Artist
Project Project
No Center
(30 years of CAN)
Pierre-Olivier Arnaud & Nick Oberthaler, Julien Berberat, Caroline Bourrit & Emilie Guenat, Giulia Essyad, Evasure, General Æsthetics, Lola Gonzàlez, François Jaques, La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades, Noemi Pfister, Mathias C Pfund & Sarah Wéry, Colin Raynal, Matthias Sohr, Stirnimann-Stojanovic
04.10–21.12.25
Opening, Friday 03.10.25, 6pm, performances from 6.30pm
Colin Raynal, Lecture de mon journal des vernissages au CAN
Davide-Christelle Sanvee, Salle noire
Sami Galbi, concert, 21h30
BByoda & Nelly Hello, after party
Guided tour by the curatorial team (FR)
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 2pm
Event, Saturday 01.11.25, 2–6pm
La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades, permanence, 2-6pm
la vie gagnée, Présentation Performée de Publications, 3pm
Junee, concert, pop expérimentale, 4.30pm
Evening, Pupilles roses coeurs, Saturday 01.11.25, 7.30–10pm
Stéphanie Rosianu, Rose épines, lecture
Oscar M. Damianaki, Ur Pupils R Nothing But Ur Pupils, danse
Digital Heartbreak, concert tech-pop
Guided tour by the curatorial team (FR)
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 2pm
Closing, Friday 19.12.25, 6pm
Mathias C Pfund & Sarah Wéry, One More Last Time, performance, 8pm
Strotter Inst. invited by Chri Frautschi, concert, 8.30pm
Evasure, after party, Mouchaille, Bin, ZK (DJ sets), Parasol collective (VJ), 9.30pm
Lunch (open price), every Thursday, 12am
Registration by email: info@can.ch
Throughout the exhibition, visitors are invited to contribute to La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades by donating an object to be recycled and recontextualized in an art collection.
Donations can be dropped off at CAN during opening hours, or preferably during the opening reception on October 3, the event on November 1, or the closing reception on December 19.
During the opening hours of the exhibition “No Center”,
“à portée de main” by Bureaucracy Studies displays
artworks and documents by:
• Florian Bonny, Charlie Froud
• CASE (Nicholas Tammens, Sung Tieu, Studio for Propositional Cinema)
• Kyung Roh Bannwart, Sung Tieu, Ernie Wang
• Musée Ariana Genève, L’Atelier des musées (Ville de Neuchâtel)
As part of CAN’s 30th anniversary program, this exhibition explores the notion of the “center” in the label “art center”. By questioning the legitimacy of this term, the CAN team and artists attempt an institutional self-criticism and invite reflection on the accessibility and professionalization of art, the criteria for selecting artists, and the exhibition as a space for conviviality.
With the support of: Ville de Neuchâtel, République and Canton de Neuchâtel, Loterie Romande, Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz, Fondation Ernst & Olga Gubler-Hablützel, Fondation culturelle de la Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise, Fondation Casino de Neuchâtel, Département de la culture du Canton de Bâle-Ville, Österreichisches Kulturforum Bern and Pro Helvetia, Fondation suisse pour la culture.
CAN team
Martin Jakob, Sylvie Linder, Nicolas Raufaste, Liza Trottet, Sebastian Verdon