Accrochage [Vaud 2007] &
David Hominal, Prix du Jury 2006

As its rooms in the Palais de Rumine were occupied by the exhibition Visions du Déluge, the museum took over the Espace Arlaud for this presentation of recent works by artists from different generations, selected on an open-call basis by a jury of professionals.

The first four editions of this event, launched in 2003, highlighted its significance for both the regional and national art scenes. Its success—reflected in the high number of participants, the quality of the selected works, and the loyalty of visitors—demonstrates the relevance of such an initiative, whose founding goal is to showcase the Vaud art scene.

This year’s jury, composed of Judith Albert, artist (Zurich), Daniel Baumann, independent curator (Basel), Catherine Bolle, artist (VISARTE.Vaud), Olivier Kaeser, co-director of attitudes (Geneva), and Rachel Mader, art historian (Bern), selected forty works by twenty-five artists for this edition.

The jury awarded the 2007 Jury Prize to Anne-Julie Raccoursier (*1974) for her video Noodling (2006), in which the artist skillfully and humorously explores the aspirations and frustrations sparked by the desire to identify with the star system and its consequences in terms of identity. Masterfully constructed, this work is part of Raccoursier’s extensive video practice, which has already been recognized with the Swiss Art Award and the Mobilière Young Art Prize in 2005.