PARIS INTERNATIONALE 2016
A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS AT PARIS INTERNATIONALE
On the occasion of this new edition of the fair, Paris Internationale and the Fondation d’entreprise Ricard are happy to present an ambitious series of conversations examining a few contemporary issues of the art practices. Thoses encounters will be every day during the fair at 6pm.
Thursday, October 20th, 6 pm
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE?
Kenneth Goldsmith, Chus Martínez
Alberto Giacometti once said that in the event of a fire, between a Rembrandt and a cat, he would save the cat. Often the value we attribute to things is revealed by how easily we can part with them should the need arise. However, with the ever expanding capacities of storage, this necessity doesn’t occur for digital files anymore.
Millions of pictures are taken everyday. They will not be looked at twice nor be deleted. The slogan of the most popular mailbox is « Don’t throw away anything ». Websites functioning like diaries allow users to aggregate series of images, piling them up like geological strata. Second Life was immensely popular in the early Aughts, today some of the universes created have been abandoned by their residents and the constructions left vacant. Digital ruins immune to the passage of time.
Everything remains documented, archived, and seems to contribute to an archeology of the present. Our guests will discuss how this permanence hierarchize information and the influence it might have on the creative process.
Friday, October 21th, 6 pm
ONE HAND CANNOT CLAP
Kate Cooper, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Justin Meekel
Themed exhibitions are considered an invention of the late 20th century. Before, museography allowed visitors an individual experience with the artwork. This experience progressively changed with the multiplication of themed exhibitions, the visitor being more liable to the curator’s vision.
In an intellectual context where we are conceptualizing post-capitalism and the reorientation of a market economy which placed individuals at its center toward common necessities, our guests will discuss how to think of art as a collective experience.
Saturday, October 22th, 6pm
UNREST ON ONE’S LAURELS
Flora Katz, Alexandra Pirici, Georgia Sagri
Overwhelmed by the symbolic power of abstract art, Dominique de Menil famously claimed in 1971 that in a world cluttered with images only abstraction could “bring us to the treshold of the divine ».
It is commonly heard today that art is complacent, that it only serves a cathartic purpose and that its impact is more emotional than social. However, forms of militantism in art are continuously active through accelerationism, queer theories, feminisms or gender studies, only to name a few.
Our guests will discuss if art can still be expected to be an emancipatory force and a vector of social change.
Sunday, October 23th, 4pm
BUILDING THE TOOLBOX
François Aubart, Mélanie Bouteloup
Although School was always considered a way to elevate oneself, academism does not prepare for everything. Which are the tools which schools don’t provide. How transmission of knowledge, identification of talent and its promotion are articulated? A few art schools seem to prepare young artists for the reality of the market and operate as draft camps.
Our guests will discuss their current experiences of such institutions and their situation in France.