Coller l’oreille aux colimaçons

With works by young artists from the Beaux-Arts de Paris: Jade Boudet, Sıla Candansayar, Josefa Caruz Clement, Anna Giner, Hélène Janicot, Nicole, Liselor Perez, Apolline Regent and Maya de Vulpillières.
& the works of artists and studio heads Dove Allouche, Isabelle Cornaro and Mimosa Echard.

The result of a collaborative process, Coller l'oreille aux colimaçons is a multi-temporal exhibition. The different perspectives of eleven curators on works from the Frac Île-de-France collection and on those of artists who have just graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris and Arts Décoratifs schools are informed by the philosophical concept of ‘whirlwind origin ’*, which sees time not as linear but as in perpetual motion. Contrary to the idea of a single, fixed point of departure, the origin here is understood as a tumultuous flow, enabling a new conception of history in which the past, present and future are intertwined.

The works presented in the exhibition come from different creative contexts and respond to each other by proposing common themes or forms.

By comparing works from the Réserves of the Frac Île-de-France collection with those by young graduate artists, we can sometimes observe a convergence in the subjects addressed, despite the generational differences. Inspired by the sprawling images conjured up by the notion of ‘whirlwind origins’, the exhibition's scenography is intended to be swirling. The works become fragments of a whole in motion, and Glue Your Ear to the Spiral offers an immersion in a space where time deconstructs and reconstructs itself, inviting us to re-examine our complex relationship with history, memory and future experiences.

* concept developed by the philosopher and art historian Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)

The phèmes collective, founded in September 2023 by eleven student curators, is dedicated to promoting young artistic creation through exhibitions, events, publications and cultural manifestations. The name adopted for the collective, phèmes (from the Greek ϕάναι meaning ‘to speak’, ‘to report’), refers to the Greek and Roman divinity of the public voice. The goddess Pheme allows different voices to be heard through a circulation of speech and word of mouth. This is the approach that the collective wants to take with its first exhibition, Coller l'oreille aux colimaçons: to transmit the voices of everyone and bring the artists' practices to the attention of a wide audience. Collective phèmes: Louise Adoue, Esin Ayber, Joana Badia, Loriane Bonnet, Rebecca Colardelle, Kate Gérard, Asta Keiller, Ilona Person, Julia Petit, Juliette Philippe and Zoé Touzanne.

This exhibition is part of a partnership project between the Frac Île-de-France, Sorbonne Université, the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

A project carried out with the support of the Crous (Contribution Vie Étudiante et de Campus), the Commission CVEC ‘initiatives étudiantes’ of Sorbonne University and the City of Paris - Maison des initiatives étudiante.

Curator: collective phèmes
Master 2 professionnel ‘L'art contemporain et son exposition’, Sorbonne University, Paris

Practical info

06.09 - 03.11.24
les Réserves - Romainville
Free admission
Opening: Friday 06.09.24, 4pm - 10pm

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