Giselle's Books

One Night Stand with Aurelia Guo, Salomé Burstein & Dépense Défensive – from 6:30PM 13.04.2025 – Giselle’s Books · Marseille

One Night Stand

with Aurelia Guo, Salomé Burstein & Dépense Défensive

& selected authors Night Caps

13.04.2025 – from 6:30pm

On the occasion of the release of New York Temps, Aurelia Guo, 2025, published by Dépense Défensive.

« Composed of personal narratives, quotes, and collages, partly from The New York Times, New York Temps suggests a discontinuity of inner states, accentuated by the multiplicity of speakers: the voices follow one another, becoming at each moment what they were not in the previous one, learning and listening to everything that is not themselves. Through questions of intertextuality and sampling in poetry, the text bears an immanent violence—made more interior, made its own—a discomfort not only felt, but also imposed, like a protest. »

Original title : NYT. First published by Gauss PDF in 2018. Translated in French by Salomé Burstein.

Aurelia Guo is a writer and researcher based in London. She is a visiting fellow at London South Bank University. She is the author of World of Interiors (Divided, 2022).

« Composé à la fois de récits personnels, de citations et de collages provenant notamment du New York Times, New York Temps suggère une discontinuité des états intérieurs, accentuée par la multiplicité des orateur.ices : les voix se succèdent à elles-mêmes, sont à chaque moment ce qu’elles n’étaient pas celui d’avant, apprenantes et à l’écoute de tout ce qui n’est pas elles. À travers des questions d’intertextualité et de sampling en poésie, le texte porte en lui une violence immanente – rendue plus intérieure, faite sienne –, une gêne, non seulement ressentie, mais aussi imposée, comme une protestation. »

Titre original : NYT. Publié pour la première fois chez Gauss PDF en 2018. Traduit de l’anglais par Salomé Burstein.

Aurelia Guo est écrivaine et chercheuse à Londres. Elle est également l’autrice de World of Interiors (Divided, 2022).

Reading of New York Temps, 2025, by Aurelia Guo with Salomé Burstein and Dépense Défensive at Giselle's Books, Marseille, 13.04.2025.

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(PUBLICATION) We Don’t Live Here Anymore – Tarren Johnson

We Don't Live Here Anymore, by Tarren Johnson, published by Giselle's Books, 2025

We Don’t Live Here Anymore

Tarren Johnson

A fragmented reflection on movement, absence, and the unraveling of identity within the shifting landscapes of departure and return. Tarren Johnson explores the tension between private longing and public expression, where moments of love and vulnerability emerge in transient encounters.

Tarren Johnson grew up in North County San Diego, where she began dancing and writing as a child. She continued her studies at CalArts in Los Angeles before moving to Europe, where she built a decade-long career in the performing arts. Her debut book of poetry, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, also serves as the foundation for the stage work of the same title.

Publisher:  GISELLE’S BOOKS
Release date: 20TH MARCH 2025

1ST EDITION OF 500
Format: 12 x 17 cm

ISBN : 9782959831201

design & artwork by Joel cocks

PRICE : 16 €

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We Don’t Live Here Anymore by Tarren Johnson – Publication Release – 20.03.2025 – New Theater Hollywood · Los Angeles

We Don't Live Here Anymore, Tarren Johnson & Joel Cocks at New Theater Hollywood

We Don’t Live Here Anymore

by Tarren Johnson

Afterparty & Publication Release

20.03.2025 – from 9:30pm

On the occasion of We Don’t Live Here Anymore by Tarren Johnson & Joel Cocks at New Theater Hollywood, Los Angeles

 

We Don’t Live Here Anymore

Tarren Johnson 

A fragmented reflection on movement, absence, and the unraveling of identity within the shifting landscapes of departure and return. Tarren Johnson explores the tension between private longing and public expression, where moments of love and vulnerability emerge in transient encounters.

Tarren Johnson grew up in North County San Diego, where she began dancing and writings a child. She continued her studies at CalArts in Los Angeles before moving to Europe, where she built a decade-long career in the performing arts. Her debut book of poetry, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, also serves as the foundation for the stage work of the same title.

 

Text by Tarren Johnson

Design & artwork by Joel Cocks

Published by Giselle’s Books,  2025

 

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We Don’t Live Here Anymore

Tarren Johnson 

Une réflexion fragmentée sur le mouvement, l’absence, et l’effilochage d’identité dans les paysages changeants des départs et des retours. Tarren Johnson explore la tension entre le désir privé et l’expression publique, où moments d’amour et de vulnérabilité émergent lors de rencontres transitoires.

Tarren Johnson a grandi dans le comté nord de San Diego, où elle a commencé à danser et à écrire lorsqu’elle était enfant. Elle a poursuivi ses études à CalArts, à Los Angeles, avant de s’installer en Europe, où elle a mené une carrière dans les arts du spectacle. Son premier recueil de poèmes, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, sert également de base à l’œuvre théâtrale du même titre.

 

Texte par Tarren Johnson

Design & illustrations par Joel Cocks

Publié par Giselle’s Books,  2025

 

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We Don't Live Here Anymore, Tarren Johnson & Joel Cocks at New Theater Hollywood

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One Night Stand with Mégane Brauer, cry mimi cry & Air de Paris – 5:30PM 02.03.2025 – Giselle’s Books · Marseille

Lucas Jacques-Witz & Ryder Morey-Weale TALKS WITH Alice Dusapin ABOUT Giselle’s

One Night Stand

with Mégane Brauer, cry mimi cry, Air de Paris

& selected authors Night Caps

02.03.2025 – from 5:30pm

On the occasion of the release of Les Rois du Monde, Mégane Brauer, 2025, published by cry mimi cry.

“On the occasion of Mégane Brauer’s first solo institutional exhibition at MAC Marseille, Air de Paris and cry mimi cry publish Les Rois du Monde, an artist’s book based around the text “cry me a river”; an auto-fiction exploring social violence visible from the street against a backdrop of shattered capitalism. This text is accompanied by documents, drawings and photos in preparation for the exhibition, as well as an unpublished critical text by Élisabeth Lebovici.”

Published by cry mimi cry, a non-profit publishing house founded in 2022 by Traduttore, traditore.

The work of Mégane Brauer, a graduate of the Institut des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, transforms the situations of the working classes, giving them the place they don’t have. Her works move back and forth between memories, poetic writing and plastic reality.

« À l’occasion de la première exposition personnelle institutionnelle de Mégane Brauer au MAC Marseille, Air de Paris et cry mimi cry publient Les Rois du Monde, livre d’artiste articulé autour du texte « cry me a river »; auto-fiction explorant les violences sociales visibles depuis la rue sur fond de capitalisme éclaté. Ce texte s’accompagne de documents, dessins et photos préparatoires à l’exposition ainsi qu’un texte critique inédit d’Élisabeth Lebovici. »

Publié par cry mimi cry, une maison d’édition associative à but non lucratif fondée en 2022 par Traduttore, traditore.

Le travail de Mégane Brauer, diplômée de l’Institut des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, fait de textes et d’installations transforme les situations des classes populaires, leur donnant la place dont elles ne disposent pas. Ses œuvres sont des allers-retours entre souvenirs, écriture poétique et mise en réalité plastique.

Reading of Les Rois du Monde, 2025, by Mégane Brauer at Giselle's Books, Marseille, 02.03.2025.

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Misc(2) – Giselle’s Books, 24-28 February 2025 – ESADTPM · Toulon

Misc(2), Giselle's Books, 2025 edited by Anna Bellini, Luna Cetelet, Lubin Coutable, Kolette Ferrari, Basile Ghosn, Elsa Kovalenko, Chiara Lucisano, Lucie Poles, Margot Roy-Syllebranque, Pierre-Antoine Vesperini

Misc(2)

Giselle’s Books

24 – 28 Feburary 2025

After its first edition focusing on the editorial archive of the Magasin CNAC in Grenoble, this second issue is the result a week-long collaboration with students of the Toulon School of Arts — ESADTPM. Drawing from a discarded collection of publications stored in the institution’s basement, the reader is invited to confront with around eighty excerpted fragments reclaiming these excluded and forgotten ensemble.

Miscs is a fictional structure which reactivates the editorial format of miscellanies— composite collections combining a variety of excerpts ranging from popular literature or historical anecdotes to cooking recipes and juridical documents.

Contributions by

Anna Bellini, Luna Cetelet, Lubin Coutable, Kolette Ferrari, Basile Ghosn, Elsa Kovalenko, Chiara Lucisano, Lucie Poles, Margot Roy-Syllebranque, Pierre-Antoine Vesperini

Released at Laverie Peiresc, Toulon.
Heartfelt thanks to Basile Ghosn and ESADTPM for their invitation.

Après une première édition centrée sur les archives éditoriales du Magasin CNAC de Grenoble, ce deuxième numéro est le fruit d’une semaine de collaboration avec les étudiants de l’Ecole Supérieure d’Arts de Toulon – ESADTPM. À partir d’une collection de publications abandonnées dans les sous-sols de l’institution, le lecteur est invité à se confronter à environ quatre-vingts fragments extraits qui se réapproprient cet ensemble exclu, oublié.

Miscs est une structure fictive qui réactive le format éditorial des miscellanées – des collections composites combinant une variété d’extraits allant de la littérature populaire ou des anecdotes historiques aux recettes de cuisine et aux documents juridiques.

Contributions de

Anna Bellini, Luna Cetelet, Lubin Coutable, Kolette Ferrari, Basile Ghosn, Elsa Kovalenko, Chiara Lucisano, Lucie Poles, Margot Roy-Syllebranque, Pierre-Antoine Vesperini

Lancement à la Laverie Peiresc, Toulon, le 28 Février 2025.
Merci à Basile Ghosn et à l’ESADTPM pour leur invitation.

Booklaunch of Misc(2) at Laverie Peiresc, Toulon, 28 February 2025.

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Lucas Jacques-Witz & Ryder Morey-Weale TALKS WITH Alice Dusapin ABOUT Giselle’s – 20.10.2024, organized by Fondation Pernod Ricard – Paris Internationale · Paris

Lucas Jacques-Witz & Ryder Morey-Weale TALKS WITH Alice Dusapin ABOUT Giselle’s

Lucas Jacques-Witz & Ryder Morey-Weale TALKS WITH Alice Dusapin ABOUT Giselle’s

20.10.2024 – 3pm

Organized by Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris Internationale · Paris

Artistic practice, publishing and curating in “non-institutional” environments and spaces – curated by Alice Dusapin

Cycle of talks organised by Fondation Pernod Ricard at Paris Internationale
from the  16th to the  20th of october 2024

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« Lucas Jacques-Witz (1993-) is an archivist and art director, and Ryder Morey-Weale (1994-) is an artist. Together in 2020 working out of Marseille, they launched Giselle’s, a research project dedicated to publishing editorial formats and that extends into public programs, exhibitions, residencies, an archive, and a book acquisition fund. Giselle’s is also a shared initiative of SYSTEMA, which every year promotes artist- and curator-run spaces and organizations, as well as not-for-profit collaborative projects at the Palais Carli in Marseille at the end of the summer. This conversation will provide an opportunity to revisit the activities of Giselle’s and their working methodology, which constantly redistributes the energy it generates, deploying a singularly autonomous identity. »

Alice Dusapin is an editor, independent researcher and curator. She lives and works in Lisbon.

Co-founder and co-director of the magazine octopus notes and the publishing house Daisy, she also co-runs the project space Ampersand in Lisbon. She is the author of the first monograph on the video and performance artist Wolfgang Stoerchle (1944-1976). She is currently writing the first monograph on the American physicist, publisher and poet Bern Porter (1911-2004) and a book on the history of the Andy & Karen Stillpass collection in Cincinnati.

www.parisinternationale.com

www.fondation-pernod-ricard.com

 

Artistic practice, publishing and curating in “non-institutional” environments and spaces – curaté par Alice Dusapin

Cycle de talks organisé par la Fondation Pernod Ricard à Paris Internationale
du 16 au 20 octobre 2024

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« Lucas Jacques-Witz (1993-) est archiviste et directeur artistique, Ryder Morey-Weale (1994-) est artiste. Ensemble, ils initient à Marseille en 2020, Giselle’s, un projet de recherche dédié aux formats éditoriaux qui s’étend à travers des programmes publics, des expositions, des résidences, une archive et un fonds d’acquisition de livres. Giselle’s est également à l’initiative partagée de SYSTEMA qui tous les ans promeut les espaces et organisations gérés par des artistes ou des commissaires, ainsi que les projets de collaboration à but non lucratif au sein du Palais Carli à Marseille à la fin de l’été. Cette conversation permettra de revenir sur les activités de Giselle’s et sur leur méthodologie de travail qui redistribue sans cesse l’énergie qu’elle génère, déployant ainsi une identité singulièrement autonome. »

 

Alice Dusapin est éditrice, chercheuse indépendante et commissaire d’exposition. Elle vite et travaille à Lisbonne.

Co-fondatrice et co-directrice de la revue octopus notes et de la maison d’éditions Daisy, elle co-dirige également le project space Ampersand à Lisbonne. Elle est l’autrice de la première monographie sur le vidéaste et performeur Wolfgang Stoerchle (1944-1976) et prépare actuellement la première monographie sur le physicien, éditeur et poète américain Bern Porter (1911-2004) et un ouvrage sur l’histoire de la collection Andy & Karen Stillpass à Cincinnati.

www.parisinternationale.com

www.fondation-pernod-ricard.com

 

Lucas Jacques-Witz & Ryder Morey-Weale TALKS WITH Alice Dusapin ABOUT Giselle’s

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SWARM – Inventory – 19.10.2024, The Salon by NADA & The Community · Paris

Giselle's Books - The Salon by Nada and The Community - Swarm, Inventory

SWARM

Inventory

19.10.2024
The Salon by NADA & The Community  ·  Paris

Giselle’s Books presents a reactivation of a historical work by the British collective Inventory. Swarm was first introduced as an installation in 1999 during CRASH! Corporatism & Complicity, a group exhibition at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art. It consists of a body of fifty adhesive prints of propaganda, rants and calls to protest, which are expected to be gradually removed from the exhibition space and scattered in the streets. 

Swarm is particularly representative of Inventory’s practice, which is concerned with discursive art forms, usually deployed through texts and essays, as in their eponymous journal published between 1995 and 2005.

www.thesalon.paris

Giselle’s Books présente une réactivation d’une œuvre historique du collectif britannique Inventory. Swarm a été présentée pour la première fois sous forme d’installation en 1999 lors de CRASH ! Corporatism & Complicity, une exposition collective à l’Institute of Contemporary Art de Londres. Il s’agit d’un ensemble de cinquante impressions adhésives contenant de la propagande, des râles et des appels à la protestation, qui progressivement retirées de l’espace d’exposition et dispersées dans les rues.

Swarm est particulièrement représentatif de la pratique d’Inventory, qui s’intéresse aux formes d’art discursif, généralement déployées par le biais de textes et d’essais, comme dans leur journal éponyme publié entre 1995 et 2005.

www.thesalon.paris

Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm (detail), 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.

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Misc(1) – Giselle’s Books – 06.03–26.05.2024 – Le Magasin CNAC · Grenoble

Misc (1), Giselle's Books - Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble

Misc(1)

Giselle’s Books

06.03 – 26.05.2024
Le Magasin CNAC · Grenoble

Miscs is a fictional structure, its launching issue activates the experimental gallery at Le Magasin (Grenoble) and dives into its publishing history. Since the art center’s creation in 1986, their activities brought together an eclectic panorama of books and other printed materials. Rather than taking the approach of an anthology, Misc(1) proposes a selection of 73 excerpts bootlegged and available to take away. 

After a residency in Grenoble, we became interested in the singular history of piracy in the region’s printing industry. The 19th century saw the development of miscellanies, composite collections combining a variety of excerpts from popular literature, historical anecdotes and cooking recipes. As forerunners to magazines, these artefacts bear witness to a locality and alternative editorial productions. 

Misc(1) reactivates this forgotten publication format in an installation that stretches across the gallery, giving a central place to reading and editing. In this gallery turned printing annex, pages can be manipulated in a way that renews the experience of these books and reactivates their circulation. 

Miscs est une structure fictive, son numéro de lancement active la galerie expérimentale du Magasin (Grenoble) et plonge dans son histoire éditoriale. Depuis la création du centre d’art en 1986, ses activités rassemblent un panorama éclectique de livres et autres imprimés. Plutôt que d’adopter une démarche anthologique, Misc(1) propose une sélection de 73 extraits facsimilés à sélectionner et à emporter.

Après une résidence à Grenoble, nous nous sommes intéressés à l’histoire singulière de la piraterie dans l’imprimerie de la région. Le XIXe siècle voit se développer les miscellanées, recueils composites réunissant divers extraits de la littérature populaire, des anecdotes historiques et des recettes de cuisine. Précurseurs des magazines, ces objets témoignent d’une localité et de productions éditoriales alternatives.

Misc(1) réactive ce format de publication oublié dans une installation qui s’étend sur toute la galerie, donnant une place centrale à la lecture et à l’édition. Dans cette galerie transformée en annexe d’impression, les pages peuvent être manipulées de manière à renouveler l’expérience de ces livres et à réactiver leur circulation.

Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette
Giselle’s Books, Misc(1), exhibition view at Magasin CNAC, Grenoble; 6 March–26 May 2024 © Magasin CNAC; Courtesy of Giselle’s Books Documentation: Pascale Cholette

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Bookmark #2 – Sophie T. Lvoff

Bookmark #2 by Sophie T. Lvoff, published by Giselle's Books

Bookmark #2

Sophie Never Calls Frogs

Sophie T. Lvoff

Second bookmark of an ongoing series published by Giselle’s Books.

Bookmark #2, Sophie Never Calls Frogs, 2023, is part of an ongoing series of artists bookmarks commissioned by Giselle’s Books. It uses stolen materials from Salon Grand Voyageur at Saint Charles Station and comes in a limited edition of 50. 

Sophie T. Lvoff, born in 1986 in New York and currently based in Marseille, is a Franco-American artist with degrees from New York University (BFA 2008) and Tulane University (MFA 2013). She is the photography and editions professor at the School of Fine Arts in Nîmes, France.

Her practice is centered around photography and writing, where images and texts are often produced in parallel.

She writes for herself and other artists, contributing to the feminist collective How To Become and various art publications. She recently published The Prime Times Volume I & II edited by crymimicry.

One bookmark per order. Each bookmark is unique!

Publisher: GISELLE’S BOOKS
Release date: 2023

1ST EDITION OF 50
Handmade in Marseille thanks to the salon stand voyageur Le Club’s support. Wrapped with vichy ribbon, painted yellow for your smile, signed STL.

Format: 21 x 2,3 cm

PRICE : 6 €

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Reading: Rediscovering traditional values beaches leisure time arelaxed attitude by Shanzhai Lyric, 03.09.2023, SYSTEMA · Marseille

Rediscovering traditional values beaches leisure time a relaxed attitude

Shanzhai Lyric

03.09.2023
SYSTEMA, Palais Carli · Marseille


Reflecting on Marseille as a port-city, trade hub, and space of leisure fantasy, Shanzhai Lyric read a poem composed for the occasion from fragments of “Incomplete Poem,” a shifting archive of poetry-garments which they consider to form one long text moving across bodies and landscapes.

“Incomplete Poem (laundry line)” is on view in a purpose-built reading apparatus at Giselle’s through November, incorporating new poetry-garment acquisitions culled from the informal market places of Marseille.

Established in 2015, Shanzhai Lyric investigates global trade networks, informal economies, and the poetics of counterfeit goods. 山寨, or “shanzhai,” translates to “mountain hamlet,” but also means “counterfeit” in contemporary Chinese usage. The group takes inspiration from shanzhai t-shirts produced in China that circulate globally, often emblazoned with non-standard English phrases expressing a radical disregard for the norms of branding. Recent presentations include MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MoMA PS1, Henry Moore Institue, SculptureCenter, Amant, Canal Projects, Abrons Arts Center, Women’s Art Library, and Artists Space.


Se penchant sur Marseille en tant que ville portuaire, plaque tournante du commerce et espace de fantasmes et de loisirs, Shanzhai Lyric lira un poème composé pour l’occasion à partir de fragments de « Incomplete Poem », une archive mouvante de vêtements-poèmes considérés comme un long texte se déplaçant entre et à travers les corps et les paysages.

« Incomplete Poem (laundry line) » est exposé avec un appareil de lecture spécialement conçu à cet effet chez Giselle’s jusqu’en novembre, incorporant de nouvelles acquisitions de vêtements-poèmes provenant des marchés informels de Marseille.

Créé en 2015, Shanzhai Lyric étudie les réseaux commerciaux mondiaux, les économies informelles et la poétique des produits contrefaits. 山寨, ou « shanzhai », se traduit par « hameau de montagne », mais signifie également « contrefaçon » dans l’usage chinois contemporain. Le groupe s’inspire des t-shirts shanzhai produits en Chine qui circulent dans le monde entier, souvent ornés de phrases en anglais non-standard, exprimant un mépris radical pour les normes de l’image de marque. Shanzhai Lyric ont présenter leur travail à MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MoMA PS1, Henry Moore Institue, SculptureCenter, Amant, Canal Projects, Abrons Arts Center, Women’s Art Library, and Artists Space.

Rediscovering traditional values beaches leisure time a relaxed attitude​ Shanzhai Lyric performing at Palais Carli, Marseille during SYSTEMA 2023.
Rediscovering traditional values beaches leisure time a relaxed attitude​ Shanzhai Lyric performing at Palais Carli, Marseille during SYSTEMA 2023.

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