Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine

The Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine or CIC was a contemporary art exhibition centre in Geneva, Switzerland. . CIC was established in 1985 to organize events and exhibitions of images using new technologies such as video, multimedia, and the Internet, as well as more traditional photography and film.It was also named Saint-Gervais Genève (or SGG) between 1985 and 2008 when including several departments : Electronic media, Exhibitions, Theatre. Its existence goes from 1985 to 2008.

The CIC was established in 1985 to organize events in the field of electronic media. Director Andre Iten immediately included video, film, tv programms and created the festival "The International video week" the same year which was renamed "Biennial of Moving Images" in 1997. The Biennial gained international attention with major film and video retrospectives of Vito Acconci, Michel Auder, Harun Farocki, Robert Filliou, Jochen Gerz, Jean-Luc Godard, Gary Hill, Thomas Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, Nam June Paik, Jean Painlevé, Artavazd Pelechian, Carole Roussopoulos, Roman Signer, Pierrick Sorin, Steina et Woody Vasulka, Bill Viola, William Wegman, Anna Winteler, Chris Marker, Guy Debord, Joan Jonas, Stan Brackage, Ravier Ruiz, Philippe Garrel, Chantal Akerman, Anna Sanders Films, Rebecca Horn.

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