Our fourth season titled This is 4u opens with the wide-ranging group exhibition Rumour Has It, weaving together works from different disciplines into a shared narrative. The exhibition focuses on the question of how rumours, mysteries, and behind-the-scenes knowledge shape the way we experience art and storytelling. On display will be newly produced and historical works, some created for an intimate setting, whilst others ponder the effects of circulation and the distortions that come with it. By drawing attention to the stories surrounding artworks and artist personas, marytwo invites visitors to consider how secrecy, speculation, and the romanticisation of artistic processes influence our perception of art.
With works by:
Collectif Je t’aime
Aileen Lambert and Michael Fortune
Joanie 4 Jackie (Mary Billyou, Tammy Rae Carland, Miranda July, Hellin Kay, Ryder Cooley and Rachel Mayeri)
Laura Paloma
Joana-Maria Peralta-Ferrer
Fanny Vaucher
Exhibition text, floor plan (EN)
Aileen Lambert and Michael Fortune
The Banshee Lives in the Handball Alley, 2005/2025
4:3 (colour, sound), 50:20’
Fanny Vaucher
Dessins originaux n° 1 à 13 de la bande dessinée retraçant l’histoire des chambres tapissées de papier peint de La Bise noire, 2021
Watercolour on paper
42 × 29.6cm
Courtesy of Fanny Vaucher and the Swiss National Museum
Fanny Vaucher
Dessins originaux n° 1 à 13 de la bande dessinée retraçant l’histoire des chambres tapissées de papier peint de La Bise noire (detail), 2021
Watercolour on paper
42 × 29.6cm
Courtesy of Fanny Vaucher and the Swiss National Museum
Collectif Je t’aime
If the collective was a tattoo, how many laser sessions would it take to erase it?, 2025
Turned wood, faux leather, and 2-channel video
82 × 160 × 200 cm, 15:31’, 09:15’
Video credits: Lester Kielstein
The collective would like to thank Romain Deriaz and the Workshop Studio in Lausanne for the help.
Collectif Je t’aime
If the collective was a tattoo, how many laser sessions would it take to erase it? (detail), 2025
Turned wood, faux leather, and 2-channel video
82 × 160 × 200 cm, 15:31’, 09:15’
Joana-Maria Peralta-Ferrer
Lecture on Raphael Alcampo by Sylvia P. Greenwood, 2025
Performance, slideshow, chairs, plynth
20:00’, dimensions variable
Joana-Maria Peralta-Ferrer
Lecture on Raphael Alcampo by Sylvia P. Greenwood, 2025
Performance, slideshow, chairs, plynth
20:00’, dimensions variable
Photo by marytwo [22 August 2025 07:31pm]
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Joana-Maria Peralta-Ferrer
Lecture on Raphael Alcampo by Sylvia P. Greenwood (detail), 2025
Performance, slideshow, chairs, plynth
20:00’, dimensions variable
Laura Paloma
🌹invest🌹and🌹thank🌹me🌹later🌹the🌹blockchain🌹says🌹it’s🌹mine, 2023/2025
Vinyl print
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeMoKKlwpKcitf5hj3OgoHIrUHPH-r4yuvMZWi6F4m4/edit?tab=t.0
10 × 310 cm
Laura Paloma
🌹invest🌹and🌹thank🌹me🌹later🌹the🌹blockchain🌹says🌹it’s🌹mine (detail), 2023/2025
Vinyl print
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeMoKKlwpKcitf5hj3OgoHIrUHPH-r4yuvMZWi6F4m4/edit?tab=t.0
10 × 310 cm
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
All 4:3 (black and white and/or colour, sound)
Courtesy of ©Miranda July, Tammy Rae Carland, Mary Billyou, Ryder
Cooley and Rachel Mayeri, Hellin Kay and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
Intro by Miranda July from The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
4:3 (colour, sound), 00:13’
Courtesy of ©Miranda July and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
Jug Town Road by Tammy Rae Carland from The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
4:3 (black and white, sound), 02:58’
Courtesy of Tammy Rae Carland and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
Women’s Punk Art Making Party by Mary Billyou from The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
4:3 (colour, sound), 06:49’
Courtesy of Mary Billyou and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
Bird Cage Wedding Cake by Ryder Cooley and Rachel Mayeri from The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
4:3 (colour, sound), 14:50’
Courtesy of Ryder Cooley and Rachel Mayeri and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter tapes
EVERY WOMAN… was once a little girl with… DREAMS by Hellin Kay from The Velvet Chainletter, 1995
4:3 (colour, sound), 22:18’
Courtesy of Hellin Kay and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
