Dragons beneath the earth.
Art, the invisible and philosophy today 

This conference explores the relationship between art and philosophy at a time of environmental change in the humanities. Philosopher Mohamed Amer Meziane will draw on his two books Au bord des mondes and Des empires sous la terre. He will highlight some of their resonances with the current practices of several artists and curators in contemporary art worlds, between Europe and America, Africa and Asia.

Mohamed Amer Meziane is a philosopher, performer and historian of ideas. After teaching at Columbia University, he joined Brown University as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Francophone Literature, affiliated with the Watson Institute's Center for Middle East Studies. His first book, The States of the Earth won the Prix Albertine for non-fiction in 2023. His second book, Au bord des mondes. Vers une anthropologie métaphysique was published in French in 2023. Mohamed Amer Meziane regularly lectures at Harvard University, Collège de France and MoMa PS1, and his work has been reviewed and interviewed in media such as Le Monde, Arte and The Los Angeles Review of Books. He is also the winner of the Salomon Prize and the author of several texts for contemporary artists.

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