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FIAC TIPS | Intérieurs 2020: Laëtitia Badaut Haussmann, “And It Was Not a Party Anymore”
Laëtitia Badaut HaussmannAnd It Was Not a Party Anymore, 2020Video, colours, sound03mn 27sec "And It Was Not a Party Anymore" is a film set on the site of the former Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air, located on the Square Tino Rossi on the Quai Saint-Bernard in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. The film follows a group of teenage girls walking...

A DAY WITH ULLA VON BRANDENGURG
We invite you to spend a day with Ulla von Brandenburg. Visit the artist's studio in Paris and learn more about her studies, the evolution of her work from theatre set designs to art and the importance of films, texts and history in her artistic practice. She chose to...

FIAC TIPS: Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Painter”, David Zwirner Books
Never before translated into English, Rainer Maria Rilke’s fascinating Letters to a Young Painter, written toward the end of his life between 1920 and 1926, is a surprising companion to his infamous Letters to a Young Poet, featuring earlier correspondence from 1902 to 1908. While the latter has become a global phenomenon, with millions of copies sold in many different languages, the present volume has been largely overlooked. In these eight intimate letters written to a teenage Balthus—who...

Claude Closky, “The Confinement”, episode 9
Claude Closky has been broadcasting his daily web series “The Confinement” since the beginning of April. It lies at the crossroads of a television sitcom and a short film. The series focuses on the exchanges between the occupants of a same apartment, confined together for what seems like an eternity. Each episode takes place in a different dwelling. The viewer follows the litanies of characters who rehash their anxieties and somber mind-sets, but also their love for each other. Off screen the...

General Idea
AA Bronson, one of the three artists of General Idea, speaks about "Great AIDS Series" presented by Mai 36 Galerie as part of FIAC Projects 2019

FIAC TIPS : “MARCEL DZAMA: CROSSING THE LINE”, DAVID ZWIRNER BOOKS
MARCEL DZAMA IN CONVERSATION WITH LAILA PEDRO Marcel Dzama I have always enjoyed trickster characters throughout history and mythology, as a way to escape the hold of the logical. I do from time to time candy-coat what I’m projecting in my work. Like my anger and anxieties around our times. In some of the work, I try to explain it, but in other works I pass over it in silence. I like the viewer to decide what’s happening. I enjoy interpretations—especially misinterpretations....

CLAUDE CLOSKY, “THE CONFINEMENT”, ÉPISODE 3
Claude Closky has been broadcasting his daily web series “The Confinement” since the beginning of April. It lies at the crossroads of a television sitcom and a short film. The series focuses on the exchanges between the occupants of a same apartment, confined together for what seems like an eternity. Each episode takes place in a different dwelling. The viewer follows the litanies of characters who rehash their anxieties and somber mind-sets, but also their love for each other. Off screen the...

A DAY WITH BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO
We've spend an entire day with Barthélémy Toguo, artist and founder of Bandjoun Station, who welcomed us at his Paris studio to discuss his background, sources of inspiration and different media he works with. We also joint the artist at the Château Rouge underground station and Sèvres-Manufacture et Musée nationaux to talk about "Célébrations", a fresco commissioned by Paris underground. A DAY WITH is a series of interviews with artists based in Paris that offer to discover their artistic...

FIAC TIPS : SPECIAL EDITION YAYOI KUSAMA
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FIAC TIPS : COLOR ME
color me by Semiose Editions is a unique colouring books collection created by contemporary artists renowned for their funny, witty and engaged drawings. Each album was created specifically for this book and tells a story with humour, inviting to explore one's creativity and imagination. The books showcase a great variety of styles: from simple lines to complex patterns but also abstraction. Drawings are inspired by pop culture, medieval engravings, comic books and many more. Download and...

MATT COPSON
