“Image, sound and meaning played musical chairs”

As an extension of the exhibition Pierre Alferi - Dessins, 2006-2021 currently on view at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, this evening is devoted to Pierre Alferi and his accomplices, through a number of creative experiences arising from these friendships. It will be an opportunity to see and hear several facets of his work, presented or replayed by Rodolphe Burger, Fanny de Chaillé and Grégoire Monsaingeon, Suzanne Doppelt and Paul Sztulman, Jacques Julien and Anne Portugal. 

Excerpts from shows, readings, artists' films and ciné-poèmes are all part of this event initiated by exhibition curators Paul Sztulman and Kathy Alliou, with Audrey Illouz, head of cultural programming.

The evening will be preceded at 6:30pm by a tour of the exhibition at the Cabinet des Dessins et Estampes Jean Bonna by the co-curators.

Founder of the group Kat Onoma, guitarist and singer, Rodolphe Burger is also the founder and artistic director of the “C'est dans la Vallée” festival in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (68), where his Klein Leberau rehearsal and recording studio is located.

Playwright and director Fanny de Chaillé is director of the Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine and its school, and associate artist at Théâtre Public de Montreuil, Chaillot, Théâtre national de la danse and Théâtre de Nîmes.

Grégoire Monsaingeon is a theater and film actor and director, and works regularly for France Culture's fiction program. 

Suzanne Doppelt, author and photographer, is a member of the editorial board of Vacarme magazine and, with Pierre Alferi, founded Détail magazine and published Kub Or (P.O.L, 1994).

Paul Sztulman teaches art history and theory at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He regularly publishes essays on various aspects of modern and contemporary art, exploring both their theorization and their different modes of representation.

Artist represented by Galerie Paris-B, Jacques Julien is a lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette and former resident at the Villa Médicis, Académie de France in Rome (2020/2021).

Anne Portugal is a poet and translator. She is interested in syntax, seeking to produce effects of unbinding, leaps, acceleration and deceleration - what Alferi called “fantaxe”.

Photo credit: © Pierre Alferi