POW[D]ER
Pavel Aguilar, Nicolas Christol, Lucia Moure
BÄCHLIHOF / L’ÉCURIE, GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND
22.02.2026
Pow[d]er is a pop-up exhibition and performance event unfolding in a traditional Swiss cheese-production chalet in Gstaad. Through works by Pavel Aguilar, Nicolas Christol, and Lucia Moure, it examines how sweetness and violence, seduction and control, have been historically intertwined within colonial systems of extraction and force — from cacao to gunpowder and cocaine.
Curators | Kuratorinnen: Giulia Busetti & Valentina Locatelli
Pow[d]er ist ein Pop-up-Ausstellungs- und Performanceprojekt, das in einem traditionellen Schweizer Käserei-Chalet in Gstaad stattfindet. In Arbeiten von Pavel Aguilar, Nicolas Christol und Lucia Moure untersucht das Projekt, wie Süsse und Gewalt, Verführung und Kontrolle historisch innerhalb kolonialer Systeme von Extraktion und Gewalt miteinander verflochten sind — von Kakao über Schiesspulver bis hin zu Kokain.
Pavel Aguilar, Ocean Echoes II (2022). Photo credits: Anja Borer
PROGRAM | PROGRAMM
11:00 Welcome & introduction | Begrüssung & Einführung
11:15–13:00 Exhibition of Artworks, Art Jewellery, and Performance |
Ausstellung von Kunstwerken, Kunstschmuck und Performance
Pavel Aguilar – Sweet Colonialism
Nicolas Christol – Colonial Powder of ‘Transmutation’
Lucia Moure – ‘Altar de Coca’
With | Mit: Chocolate tasting by Casa Nobile
The exhibition is open until 17:00 | Die Ausstellung ist bis 17:00 Uhr geöffnet
RSVP | Anmeldung: info@artchateau.org / +41 (0)76 496 53 38
ARTISTS | KÜNSTLER
Pavel Aguilar (b. 1989, Tegucigalpa, Honduras) is a transdisciplinary artist living and working between Zurich and Basel. Trained as a classical violinist at the National School of Music in Honduras, BA in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana and an MFA from the Institut Kunst Gender Natur in Switzerland.
His work explores the intersection of music and visual arts, focusing on sound, nature, and cultural memory. Shaped by his experiences across Honduras, Mexico, and Colombia, his practice foregrounds the sensory and affective dimensions of colonial histories. As a classical musician and visual anthropologist, he examines ancestral traditions and their relationship with contemporary artistic practices, merging natural and technological elements to create immersive sonic experiences. For Aguilar, sound is both material and narrative—a bridge between histories, times, and geographies—where the organic and the digital converge into new forms of expression.
His work is part of public collections such as Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Kunst(Zeug)Haus in Switzerland, the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM), MAMBO in Bogotá, and MADC in Costa Rica. He received the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt werkbeiträge (2020), was a finalist for the Swiss Performance Art Award (2021) and Contemporary Talents at the François Schneider Foundation (2022), and was nominated for the Swiss Art Award in 2023.
Trained in photography, Nicolas Christol (b. in 1982 in Morges, Switzerland, lives and works in Vevey) has developed since the early 2000s an expanded practice that includes installation and performance. His early works explore mechanisms of overconsumption, logics of war, and state violence through immersive environments and a documentary approach.
Since 2017, he has pursued these same themes through contemporary jewellery, using it as a portable medium and a vehicle for images. Influenced in particular by Peter Skubic and Otto Künzli, he creates wearable pieces that intertwine technofascism, state violence, and a critique of consumer society.
In 2006, he co-founded the collective Einzweidrei, within which he co-curated and coordinated around twenty international exhibitions, notably in transitional or temporary venues, as well as for five years in the self-managed space Emergency. In 2021, he co-founded the space Borax, dedicated mainly to contemporary jewellery and ceramics, where he organises around five exhibitions per year bringing together local and international artists.
LUCIA MOURE
Lucía Moure is an artist living and working between Geneva and Bogotá. She studied industrial design at HEAD – Haute École d’Art et de Design, Geneva, and later completed the REAL postgraduate programme at HEAD, specialising in ceramics and polymer-based materials. This period marked a decisive shift in her practice toward sculpture and installation.
Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions at major art institutions in French-speaking Switzerland, including the Centre d’Art Contemporain de Genève, Villa Bernasconi, Fonderie Kugler, the Cabanon at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Maison Visinand in Montreux, and most recently at Le Commun, Geneva. She was also part of the founding team of Fonderie Kugler, contributing to its development as a key artist-run space in Geneva.
Moure has participated in several international residencies, including Sanskriti Kendra Foundation in New Delhi (2012) and Escuela Flora in Bogotá (2017). Her practice engages with material processes, ritual, and cultural knowledge, notably through projects exploring the ceremonial and symbolic dimensions of the coca leaf. In 2023, she took part in the Swiss–Colombian project La casa del Primer Canto, supported by Pro Helvetia and the Colombian Ministry of Culture.
VISIT | BESUCH
Sunday | Sonntag 22.02.2026: 11:00 – 17:00
Entrance fee | Eintrittspreis
The visit to the exhibition is free. However, donations to art+château are warmly welcomed and are used towards the production of future art exhibitions.
Der Besuch der Ausstellung ist frei. Spenden an art+château sind jedoch herzlich willkommen und werden für die Produktion zukünftiger Kunstausstellungen verwendet.
SUPPORTERS
We would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for all of the support and dedication provided by the Members of art+château. We also thank Casa Nobile for their in-kind support as sponsor of the chocolate tasting for this event.
Der Mitglieder von art+château sprechen wir unseren aufrichtigen Dank und unsere Anerkennung für die grosszügige Unterstützung und das Engagement aus. Ebenso danken wir Casa Nobile als In-Kind-Sponsor der Schokoladenverkostung.
BÄCHLIHOF | L’ÉCURIE
HOW TO GET THERE | ANFAHRT
The address is Brüggmatteweg 15, 3780 Gstaad, Switzerland.
Please note: Google Maps may automatically display the location as Saanen, but the destination is correct.
From Gstaad, follow Gstaadstrasse towards Saanen. Turn right onto Grubenstrasse, then take the next right onto Brüggmatteweg. Continue along Brüggmatteweg until you reach number 15.
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Die Adresse lautet Brüggmatteweg 15, 3780 Gstaad, Schweiz.
Bitte beachten Sie: Google Maps ordnet die Adresse teilweise Saanen zu, der Standort ist jedoch korrekt.
Von Gstaad kommend folgen Sie der Gstaadstrasse in Richtung Saanen. Biegen Sie rechts in die Grubenstrasse ab und anschliessend erneut rechts in den Brüggmatteweg. Folgen Sie dem Brüggmatteweg bis zur Hausnummer 15.