by Benoît Lamy de la Chapelle The ideal of an artists’ community revives some old fantasies: autonomy and independence in the face of social rules or professional norms and a desire to do things differently and in different places. Very [...]
by Mathieu Loctin Escena Politica is an anonymous collective comprising Argentinian artists working in the fields of contemporary dance and theatre who aim to reveal the profound malfunctions of the Argentine state and particularly the city of Buenos Aires in [...]
by Matha Rosler Original version published in english by e-flux. [...]
by Benoît Lamy de la Chapelle La Pommerie is an art research venue located on the Plateau de Millevaches and has a special role as an outlet of contemporary culture in a very remote social and geographic context. Very different [...]
by Sophie Lapalu Organising a paranoid chaos: this could be the leitmotiv of Liv Schulman’s works. Through the repetition of disparate elements, the establishment of a subdued strangeness, and through the power of humour with an occasional hint of sarcasm, [...]
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine is a video, first and foremost. A video-document that captures a performance by Öyvind Fahlström, produced during the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering of 1966 and that was to serve as an anchorage point for this [...]
It seems hard to feel as though we’re in an exhibition when we enter Jacynthe’s This Space Between You And Me, not because of the purely immersive nature of the installation, but above all because it is, quite frankly, a [...]
by Laetitia Paviani ON THE CAUSE OF SILENCE, EACH ONE OF US DRAWS HER OWN FEAR – FEAR OF CONTEMPT, OF CENSURE, OR SOME JUDGEMENT, OR RECOGNITION, OF CHALLENGE, OF ANNIHILATION.1 No false modesty, let’s talk about it (…) Ilse d’Hollander, [...]
by Aurélie Barnier I dreamed the taste of pulverised bricks invites visitors on a total sensorial experience: oneiric and gustative, but also audible and tactile. Because while brick, made of dried or cooked clay, is a manufactured, imperfect form, it takes [...]
The Ghost Builder. Let’s just say that it’s a kind of enclosed open-air space. The body stretches out on a lawn. Here and there, each of our protagonists holds long metal instruments in their hands. Some make incisions in their [...]
by Benoît Lamy de la Chapelle In the field of contemporary art, open to the world and concerned with the future of people, living creatures, and the environment, initiatives and projects pertaining to politics, social welfare, economics, or ecology are [...]
First and foremost, the title. “Non-figurative: a revival of interest?” is the name of the exhibition that was held at the CAC Meymac from last 10 July to 16 October. As its name indicates, it was a collective exhibition presenting [...]
