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Stefano Stoll, director of Images Vevey: 'We tailor extravagance to fit'

From Le Temps · () French

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  • Images Vevey opens its 10th edition this weekend, bringing nearly 50 exhibitions to public spaces across the Swiss city.
  • Founder and director Stefano Stoll calls it a festival rather than a biennial because the word conveys celebration.
  • He says the free event aims to make visual art accessible without compromising artistic standards.

Images Vevey returns this weekend for its 10th edition, transforming the Swiss city with nearly 50 exhibitions spread across public spaces. Since 2008, the event has brought a different approach to presenting photography to the region's cultural life.

Stefano Stoll, the festival's founder and director, prefers to call Images Vevey a festival rather than a biennial. His reason is simple: “In festival, there is the word celebration.” The choice reflects the event's effort to make visual art feel open, lively and connected to the city.

Because in festival, there is the word celebration.

· Stefano StollHe explains why he prefers to describe Images Vevey as a festival rather than a biennial.

Museums can seem intimidating, Stoll says, which is why he defends a free event open to everyone. Accessibility, however, does not mean lowering artistic ambition. Images Vevey wants to welcome a broad public while maintaining demanding standards.

“The idea of accessibility is essential, because it contributes to our desire to help teach the grammar and vocabulary of images,” says Stoll, a native of Vaud. For him, the festival's public setting is part of an educational mission, giving visitors a way to learn how to read and understand images outside traditional museum spaces.

The idea of accessibility is essential, because it contributes to our desire to help teach the grammar and vocabulary of images.

· Stefano StollHe describes the cultural and educational purpose of keeping the event accessible.
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