MATTERS | Theatre Research Residency
The French performer and artistic director Duncan Evennou and the researcher Clémence Hallé will present the rst step of the trilogy Matters and their new research axes.
Architecture | Final Workshop Presentation by BAST – Bureau Architectures Sans Titre
This event showcases the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awardis granted every two years to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe.
Film Screening | “Henri Dauman: Looking Up”, a documentary
Henri Dauman’s photography documents some of the most important events and personalities of the 20th century, from the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, to Buddhist priests in Vietnam and the Castro revolution. His images capture the American experience during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This Holocaust survivor and self-taught photographer produced iconic images for the covers of TIME magazine, LIFE magazine, and various other publications.
Film Screenings | Night Replay & Reconstitution of a Hunting Scene
The films, Night Replay, produced in 2012 by the French author and filmmaker Eléonore Weber, and Reconstitution of a Hunting Scene, produced in 2019 by the French artist and author Patricia Allio, are two documentaries at the intersection between fiction and reality that reconstruct a role-play. These films, which have been presented at various festivals in France and abroad (Belfort Film Festival, Hors Pistes – Centre Pompidou in Paris, CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, and IMDb in Montreal), have never before been presented in the United States.
Music & Technology | Loïc Guénin
Hovering between experimental rock noise with contemporary aesthetics and an electro-acoustic sound, Loïc Guénin’s music refuses to adhere to a speci c category. His approach to sound and listening places him at the border between music and contemporary art.
Photography Exhibition | The iconic images of Henri Dauman
Henri Dauman’s photography documents some of the most important events and personalities of the 20th century, from the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, to Buddhist priests in Vietnam and the Castro revolution. His images capture the American experience during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This Holocaust survivor and self-taught photographer produced iconic images for the covers of TIME magazine, LIFE magazine, and various other publications.
Welcome to Erewhon: Film series
Pierre Cassou-Noguès and Gwenola Wagon will introduce the project Welcome to Erewhon, a loose adaptation of a philosophical fable published in 1872 by the British writer Samuel Butler.
Africa & New Technologies | Oulimata Gueye – Interactive workshop
This interactive workshop led in French by Oulimata Gueye’will focus on the issues of gender, race and social justice in Afrofuturism and Afrocyberfeminism. Participants will take part in discussions and hands-on activities to expand their knowledge and global awareness of diversity and social justice issues in pop culture and digital culture.
Africa & New Technologies | Oulimata Gueye – Digital Imaginaries in Africa
At Duke University, Oulimata Gueye will present Digital Imaginaries, a joint project of the media art center Kër Thiossane (Senegal), the Wits Art Museum & Fak’ugesi Festival (South Africa), and the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Kalsruhe (Germany) which links digital technologies and Africa with a view towards reevaluating the dominant imaginaries that shape contemporary digital practices.
Africa & New Technologies | Oulimata Gueye – Round table discussion
This roundtable at Georgia Tech will focus on Oulimata Gueye’s project Non-Aligned Utopias with scholars working on Afrofuturism and African history, media and expression.
Girls, Women, Sisters | Guy Gabon – Artist Workshop
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (CAUAM) artist-in-residence Guy Gabon will present a series of events that provide insight into her artistic production and conceptual practice. Gabon will host a workshop at CAUAM on work-in-progress projects drawing links to Clark Atlanta University’s historic collection of African-American fine art, the city of Atlanta, and women in the American and global South.
Street Art in ATL: Mural installation by CEET
France-Atlanta will host world-renowned French street artist CEET for a mural installation in the city’s Cascade neighborhood, carried out in conjunction with ELEVATE, Atlanta’s public art festival. CEET, whose bold graphic work features colorful chickens with big eyes, has presented … Read More