Chorégraphie du vivre ensemble

By classes ACC/1, 10VG/4, 10VP/2, 11VP/3
With Mbaye Diop and his colleagues
A project by far° Nyon and Nyon-Marens Secondary School

A collective creation
Over the course of a month, four classes from Nyon-Marens Secondary School unleashed their creativity alongside artist Mbaye Diop, their art teacher François Chessex and their colleagues. Their collaboration resulted in a colourful short film: an animated film that is by turns mischievous, striking and joyful.

Working in small groups, the students first choreographed a movement, chose a location and framing for the shoot, then performed in front of the camera. Photographs were taken from these filmed sequences. These were then used as a basis for the students’ drawings, with the students free to choose their own techniques (colours, contrasts, etc.). Their images were finally digitised and edited by Mbaye Diop to create an original animated film, reflecting life in the communal spaces of Nyon-Marens. A vibrant pulse in constant motion.

Take a look at Stéphanie Pfister’s fanzine, which illustrates this workshop!

Choreography and drawing by students from classes ACC/1, 10VG/4, 10VP/2 and 11VP/3
With Charles Antonietti, Noa Atzitz, Louis Badel, Lora Bahtijari, Lea Bajrami, Jasmin Begela, Maria Begela, Jonathan Ben Shaul, Hugo Bertoux, Faramola Olumayokun Bolajoko, Eliott Bonte, Diogo Branquinho Monteiro, Deni Brezhynskii, Florian Wolfgang Brito, Joey Brocard, Ntanou Bron, Lucas Buckle, Zhiqi Chen, Eva Cornaton, David da Costa Braga, Lucas Denizot Flament, Abrielle Dupré, Khyara E Silva Costa, Océane Fuso Duarte, Stanislas Garbo, Alejandro Garret-Flaudy, Elly Gelin, Kymani Gendronneau, Massimiliano Gervasio, Andrej Gjoreski, Sacha Gobet, Molly Grezelak, Adela Hasani, Thomas Henderson, Mina Jeanneret-Grosjean, Axel Jobin, Esma Kabashi, Leo Alexander Knudsen, Mara Koçi, Samuel Kubias, Valentine Lear, Kendra Linder, József Mészáros Rebolledo, Athéna Meystre, Daniel Morales Iriarte, Brenda Muniz Wasilewski, Erblin Murati, Gustav Nilsson, Emmanuel Ojumu, Hanaë Parianen, Rodrigo Passão Galeano, Bleon Peja, Loïc Gabriel Pelle, Flavio Pellegrino, Emilia Petcov, Lorian Rama, Diego Rao, Léa Rey, Toni Salemi, Shadya Savoca, Adam Scanio, Tristan Seniguer, Tilda Shulte, Emilie Tranchant, Alice Varanda Lopes, Inès von Roten et Elisa Lua Zagrecki.

About
As part of a workshop designed and led by Mbaye Diop, with the support of François Chessex, Nathalie Garbely, Doris Naclerio and Barbara Christen
Documentation: Stéphanie Pfister
Acknowledgements: Gérard Produit, Director of Nyon-Marens, and Michaël Ferrari, Dean of Nyon-Marens
Spring 2026

The artist
Mbaye Diop, a prolific multidisciplinary artist and regular at the far°, is a graduate of the National School of Arts in Dakar and the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD); he is Senegalese and based in Nyon. His visual art is regularly featured in group and solo exhibitions (Selebe Yoon Gallery in Dakar, Skopia Gallery in Geneva, Château de Nyon, etc.). Several of his works have been acquired by major collections in Europe, Africa and the United States, including the CAAC – Jean Pigozzi Collection (Switzerland) and the JOM Collection (Senegal). He has presented performances in Switzerland, France, Belgium and Senegal. In 2022, he received the UEMOA Prize at the Dakar Biennale and the URTI/UNESCO Prize in 2023 for his radio project Maam Kumba Bang. He was also nominated for the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize in Cape Town (South Africa).

In August 2025, the far° festival des arts vivants hosted Mbaye Diop’s Tu ne reposeras jamais en paix. This show, dedicated to Léopold Sédar Senghor, a major figure in contemporary Senegal, combined dance and poetry.

Mbaye Diop