Expos / Exhibitions

• « Raccommoder le tissu du monde », Rencontres Bandits-Mages, Bourges, 15 novembre – 2 décembre 2018

commissariat Annick Bureaud

Plus de photos ici – Texte d’introduction en français ici – Introductory text in english here

 

 

• Neotenous Dark Dwellers, Lygophilia, Robertina Sebjanic, Osmo/za, Ljubljana, 31 août – 2 septembre 2018

curated by Annick Bureaud

Lygophilia weaves together mythologies and sciences, history and future, fears and desires, continents, cultures, humans and non-humans. Lygophilia folds and unfolds the stories carried by those fascinating creatures that are the Mexican Axolotl and the Slovene Proteus.

From immortality to regenerative medicine — both animals are, as adults, in a state of “eternal youth” (neoteny) showing extraordinary longevity and regenerative abilities that put them at the centre of ancient myths as well as current cutting-edge scientific researches.

Ironically, Axolotls and Proteus are endangered species in their natural environment. Both have found habitats in very specific and located places, in the swamps of the lakes around the City of Mexico for one and in Europe in Dinaric karst caves for the other, showing an example of parallel evolution, endemicm and adaptation to narrow and extreme niches.

Hiding from the sun and daylight both are in love with darkness, lygophilia (from the Greek lúgē and philéō).

With cabinets that evoke the old natural history museums displays as well as the scientific labs glove boxes or the maternity incubators, through objects, texts, videos and paraphernalia, playing with a crossed mirrored approach where each element, each story, each animal is echoing, reflecting but also diffracting and counteracting the other, Šebjanič invites us to a journey into our cultural gaze and its evolution. Lygophilia offers the visitors to gain a more profound view of interspecies cohabitation in the contemporary world for a common future.

Panel discussion on 31st of August

Speakers: Carlos Pascual (writer), Gregor Aljančič and Magdalena Năpăruș-Aljančič (Tular Cave Laboratory – Jamski laboratorij Tular), Robertina Šebjanič (artist), Annick Bureaud (curator and art critic, director Leonardo/Olats).The panel discussion and exhibition is part of the Mladi levi festival.

 

* Lygophilia is a series of research-based artworks initiated in 2017 by Robertina Šebjanič in Mexico and pursued in Slovenia to explore the love (Gr.: philéō) of darkness (Gr.: lúgē) and the unknown dwellers in places inhospitable for humans.

Production: Projekt Atol (Uroš Veber), Slovenia, 2018 & Arte+Ciencia (UNAM), Mexico 2017; Sektor Institute, Slovenia 2017 / 2018 – http://www.projekt-atol.si/project/neotenous-dark-dwellers-lygophilia/

Production support: Ministry of Culture of Slovenia and the Municipality of Ljubljana

Special thanks to: Aisen Caro Chacin, Miha Godec, Roman B., Peter Kolobarić, Rampa Lab, Osmo/za Consortium, Bunker team, Tular Cave Laboratory

 

• Salon de l’Astronautique de Plaisance, Halles de Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, 19-21 juin 2015

Participation à la programmation en collaboration avec le collectif Nunc.

Artistes : Lawrence Malstaf, Antal Lakner, Kitsou Dubois, Ayako Ono et Agnes Meyer-Brandis.

• Meet To Delete!, The Weight of Information, Julian Priest

Evénement-performance organisé à la Galerie Up à Bruxelles, le 26 avril 2014 en collaboration avec Clarisse Bardiot dans le cadre du projet The Weight of Information de Julian Priest.

• Tales of a Sea Cow, Etienne de France

Commissariat de l’exposition au Parco Arte Vivente, Turin, Italie, 29 mars-24 juin 2012

Essai « Tales of a Sea Cow, un conte de science fabulatoire », texte en français

Essai « Tales of a Sea Cow, A Fabulatory Science Story »,text in English

Plus de photos / More pictures here

•  (In)Habitable ? L’art des environnements extrêmes – (Un)Inhabitable? Art of Extreme Environments

 

Festival @rt Outsiders, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 9 septembre -11 octobre 2009, Co-commissariats / Co-curators :  Annick Bureaud & Jean-Luc Soret

Artistes : Howard Boland & Laura Cinti – Anne Brodie – Peter Cusack – Stephen Eastaugh – Shiro Matsui – Connie Mendoza – Forrest Myers, John Chamberlain, David Novros, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol – Hu Jie Ming – Lucy + Jorge Orta – Bradley Pitts – Andrea Polli – Catherine Rannou – Ana Rewakowicz – Yang Yi

Catalogue Festival @rt Outsiders 2009, Introduction : Louis Bec

• Drancyberculture

Drancy, 6 – 25 novembre 1996, Co-commissariat / Co-curator : Joël Boutteville

6 CD-ROM d’artistes : Michaël Gaumnitz & Bertrand Merino Peris, Troy Innocent, Mariane Petit, François Coulon, George Legrady, Derek Richards.

• Espaces Interactifs – Europe

Pavillon de Bercy, Paris, 7 mai – 9 juin 1996, Co-commissariats / Co-curators : Annick Bureaud & Joël Boutteville

Œuvres de 9 artistes ou groupes d’artistes européens sur CD-ROM, Internet et disquette. Première exposition en France de créations artistiques sur CD-ROM. Catalogue, introduction : Roger Malina

Nine european artists or group of artists with artworks on CD-ROM and Internet. First exhibition in France of artworks on cd-roms. Catalogue, introduction: Roger Malina

– KP Ludwig John, Stephan Eichhorn, Michael Touma, Tjark Ihmels (Allemagne/Germany), Die Veteranen, cd-rom

– Richard Kriesche (Autriche/Austria), Sphären der Kunst, cd-rom & Internet

– John Vink (Belgique/Belgium), Camps de réfugiés, cd-rom

– Muntadas (Espagne/Spain), The File Room, installation & Internet

– Philippe Bootz (France), Passage (Poème à lecture unique), poésie numérique/Digital poetry

– Dutey J. (France), Les mots et les images, poésie numérique/ Digital poetry

– Nil Yalter, David Apikian, Nicole Croiset (France), Pixelismus, cd-rom

– Harwood (Royaume-Uni/UK), Rehearsal of Memory, cd-rom

– Piero Gilardi (Italie/Italy), Rochers interactifs, installation sonore interactive/Interactive sound installation

• ICONO – La Cité des Images

 

Grand-Hornu, Belgique, 6 – 16 octobre 1994, Co-commissariats / Co-curators : Annick Bureaud & Joël Boutteville

Incluant 3 installations de Miguel Chevalier, Joseph Nechvatal et Jill Scott ainsi qu’un programme de bandes vidéo de onze artistes internationaux.

Included 3 installations by Miguel Chevalier, Joseph Nechvatal and Jill Scott and a video screening pogramme by 11 international artists.

• Inherent Rights, Vision Rights, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

Services Culturels de l’Ambassade du Canada, Paris, 25 mai – 19 juin 1993, Co-commissariats / Co-curators :  Annick Bureaud & Joël Boutteville

Incluant l’œuvre de réalité virtuelle donnant son titre à l’exposition et des peintures. Première exposition en France d’une œuvre artistique en réalité virtuelle. Catalogue, préface : Erkki Huhtamo

Included the Virtual Reality artwork that gave the show its title together with drawings and paintings. First exhibition in France of a VR artwork. Catalogue, foreword : Erkki Huhta

• Digital Photography

Palais de Tokyo, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, 22 octobre 1992 –  4 janvier 1993, Co-commissariats / Co-curators : Annick Bureaud & Joël Boutteville

Première exposition en France de photographies numériques incluant des oeuvres des artistes Paul Berger, Carol Flax, Manual (Suzanne Bloom et Ed Hill) et Esther Parada. Catalogue, préface : Roy Ascott

Exposition reprise au Musée Granet et au Pavillon Vendôme dans le cadre de la manifestation « L’image réinventée » organisée en 1994 par l’Ecole d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence.

First exhibition in France of digital photographies, included works from Paul Berger, Carol Flax, Manual (Suzanne Bloom et Ed Hill) and Esther Parada. Catalogue, foreword: Roy Ascott

Exhibition travelled to Aix-en-Provence (Musée Granet and Pavillion Vendôme) in 1994, in the framework of the event « The Reinvented Image », organised by the Aix-en-Provence Art School.