Alice Botelho, Associate Artist from 2025 to 2026 at L'Abri, and Léa Eigenmann, Associate Artist from 2023 to 2024, encounter through a selection of their own texts.

These two young authors, who come from different backgrounds but are linked by L'Abri's Artist-in-Residence program, invite to an evening of readings where their worlds and voices will blend together to bring their texts to life. These texts have been chosen for their resonance, conveying reflections and emotions.

If you appreciate emerging but assertive, daring, and committed talent, and if you want to discover new, powerful, and poetic writing, then this is an opportunity not to be missed in order to experience the power of vibrant and sincere words.

The reading will be followed by a convivial aperitif and informal discussions with the authors and the team of L’Abri.

This event is part of a series.

Léa Eigenmann :

Born in Geneva in the summer of 95, Léa Eigenmann holds a Master’s degree in Humanities from the University of Lausanne. Her interdisciplinary thesis combines her two fields of activity: theater and cinema. As an author, she has published a text for Format Papier in 2022 and has undertaken several research projects, notably as an Associate Artist at L'Abri Genève during the 2023-2024 season. Her practice is interested in oral tradition and the stage, and she has collaborated on various theater productions in French-speaking Switzerland. Since 2019, she has been working at the Tourne-Film Festival Lausanne (TFFL), which she will co-direct in 2025. She is also a member of the selection teams for the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) and the Vevey International Funny Film Festival (VIFFF).

Alice Botelho :
A graduate of the Institute of Literary Writing in Biel, her first novel will be published in August 2025 by Mercure de France Editions. She explores the connections between writing and feminist issues, working the body as a political, intimate, and relational space. Her new novel is set in a psychiatric hospital, revolving around female characters and intergenerational friendships. It questions madness, memory, and the diffuse violence embedded in language. She is interested in dramaturgy, both in writing and staging, which she is interested in exploring further. Her research focuses on language as a tool of domination and on dissident narratives as forms of resistance.