ART
Terre Natale |
Written 30 January |
Tuesday 06 January, 00:00Fondation Cartier, 75014 [map]
"Raymond Depardon and I both came around to this same question: what is left of this world, of our native land, of the history of what so far is the only habitable planet?" (Paul Virilio)
"Native Land, Stop Eject" is a reflection on the notions of being rooted and uprooted, and the effect these states have on a people's identity.
Raymond Depardon aims to give a voice to those who wish to live on their land but are threatened with exile, whilst
Paul Virilio (with the help of artists and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, as well as Mark Hansen, Laura Kurgan, and Ben Rubin) examines and challenges the very idea of sedentariness, remaining still in the face of the unprecedented migrations taking place in the contemporary world.
The exhibition is, therefore, a confrontation. It's at once a contradictory and complementary dialogue between filmmaker and photographer, Depardon, and urbanist and philosopher, Virilio. Depardon's work has often explored native lands, and, particularly, the world of farmers, giving value to oral tradtitions. His capacity to combine both the political and the poetic is clear to anyone familiar with his work. Through his writing, Paul Virilio has spent much of his time working on notions of speed, exodus, the disappearance of geographic space, and the pollution of distances.
| What: | Terre Natale |
| When: | Tuesday 06 January, 00:00 |
| Where: | Fondation Cartier, 261, boulevard Raspail 75014 [map] |
| Transport: | Raspail, Denfert-Rochereau |
| Cost: | 6,50EUR |
| Phone: | 01 42 18 56 50 |
| Web: | fondation.cartier.com |
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