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Mimicry — Empathy
Installation by BLESS
Talks by Marie de Brugerolle (curator, FR), Susanne Bürner (artist, DE), Amirali Ghasemi (curator, IE), Alexandra Leykauf (artiste, DE)
12.03.2022
Giselle’s Books · Marseille
Installation by BLESS (AT, DE)
With talks by : Marie de Brugerolle (curator, FR), Susanne Bürner (artist, DE), Amirali Ghasemi (curator, IR), Alexandra Leykauf (artist, DE)
The publication Mimicry—Empathy A Reader and Exhibition Document launched in January 2022, is one of several forms of this extensive project initiated in 2018 at the Lajevardi Foundation in Tehran, Iran. The book includes texts by: Roy R. Behrens, Professor of Art and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Northern Iowa (USA); Marie de Brugerolle, curator and art critic (FR); Roger Caillois, writer, sociologist and literary critic (FR); Johan Hartle, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts (AT); Gohar Homayounpour, psychoanalyst (IR); as well as conversations with former CIA agent Jonna Mendez (USA), and independent curators Anne-Sophie Dinant (FR) and Amirali Ghasemi (IR). The object is at once autonomous, singular, and part of the understanding of a more complex equation.
This evening, punctuated by interventions from artists and curators, is also an opportunity to discover a selection of publications from the Giselle’s Books collection in partnership with the Library of the Marseille School of Fine Arts, an INSEAMM institution.
As part of the exhibition Mimicry-Empathy
organised by Fræme at la Friche la Belle de Mai
In partnership with : Fraeme, Goethe-Institut Marseille, Monroe Books, Beaux-arts de Marseille-INSEAMM
Installation par BLESS (AT, DE)
Lectures et présentations par : Marie de Brugerolle (commissaire, FR), Susanne Bürner (artiste, DE), Amirali Ghasemi (commissaire, IR), Alexandra Leykauf (artiste, DE)
La publication Mimicry—Empathy (éd. Susanne Bürner / Monroe Books) lancée en janvier 2022, est l’une des différentes formes que prend ce vaste projet initié en 2018 à la Fondation Lajevardi à Téhéran (Iran). Le livre comprend des textes de : Roy R. Behrens, professeur d’art et chercheur émérite à l’Université de Northern Iowa (USA) ; Marie de Brugerolle, commissaire et critique d’art (Lyon, France) ; Roger Caillois, écrivain, sociologue et critique littéraire (France) ; Johan Hartle, directeur de l’académie für Bildende Künste (Vienne, Autriche) ; Gohar Homayounpou, psychanalyste (Téhéran, Iran) ; ainsi que des conversations avec l’ancienne agente de la CIA Jonna Mendez (Washington, DC, USA), et les curateur·rice·s indépendant·e·s Anne-Sophie Dinant (Bordeaux, France) et Amirali Ghasemi (Téhéran, Iran). L’objet est à la fois autonome, singulier, et entre dans la compréhension d’une équation plus complexe.
Cette soirée, ponctuée d’interventions d’artistes et de commissaires, est aussi l’occasion de découvrir une sélection d’ouvrages issus du fond de Giselle’s Books en partenariat avec la Bibliothèque de l’École des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, un établissement INSEAMM.
À l'occasion de l'exposition Mimicry-Empathy
organisé par Fræme at la Friche la Belle de Mai
En partenariat avec : Goethe-Institut Marseille, Monroe Books, Beaux-arts de Marseille-INSEAMM
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