The Tram contemporary art network, an association of art spaces across the Ile-de-France region, has begun the countdown to the start of Hospitalités, a unique three-month long programme of exhibitions, performances, debates and talks that will be held from 24 September 2011 to 10 December 2011.
Hospitalités, organized by 31 art spaces, will comprise 12 journeys in Paris and the wider Ile-de-France region. Each Saturday, two to three of the art spaces will come together to propose a shared artistic programme. The journeys, punctuated with artistic happenings, performances and curatorial talks and debates, are a key part of the cultural programme.
Hospitalités will highlight issues related to cultural diversity. The programme will focus on questions related to the French overseas collectivities, international migration, travel, architecture and structural design in the suburbs.
24 September: Circulation explores questions of identity and displacement. Jan Kopp (German), Agnès Caffier (French), Sadek Rahim (Algerian), are exhibited at Abbaye de Maubuisson, and Andrée Philippot-Mathieu (French), is presented at Galerie Municipale Jean-Collet.
1 October: Panoramiques presents Philippe Daney and Michel Verjux, (Genevilliers) and Guillaume Robert (Chelles). The artistic duo Nathalie Brevet_Hughes Rochette create a happening during the journey from Genevilliers to Chelles.
8 October: Hospitalité des paysages questions issues of identity and territory and presents Frédéric Teschner (Maison D’Art Bernard Anthonioz-Jardin Tropical), Laura Henno and Sarah Ritter (Centre Photographique d’Île de France), and Thierry Fontaine and Francis Morandini (Micro Onde).
15 October: Be a speaker. So be it … involves an exhibition of the Jikken Kōbō collective at Bétonsalon and a presentation of new works by Ei Arakawa (Japanese), Gela Patashuri (Georgian) and Sergei Tcherepnin (US) at CAC Brétigny. Maison du Japon presents recent Japanese experimental films and videos.
22 October: Mises en scène et décalages – After visiting John Armleder, who has carte blanche at Palais de Tokyo, specially conceived videos will be projected on the journey to Maison Populaire. Here, the Plutôt que tout exhibition reflects on the idea of individual responsibility. Marion Laval-Jeantet and Benoît Mangin stage a TV performance.
29 October: On Translation involves a lecture/performance by Jérôme Game, an exhibition of Pedro Reyes‘ works at Mac/Val and a conference on “translation” in art and the transformation into book format of the exhibition Double bind, arrêtez d’essayer de me comprendre.
5 November: Une pièce, deux pièces, trois pièces … at Beaux Arts de Paris, L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure, La Galerie, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, and Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, presents 30 artists, showing how their works evolve at different stages.
12 November: Hospitalité pour les fantômes explores the idea of stereotypes with João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva, (Le Plateau), Vincent Meessen, (Espace Khiasma), Para Doxa, (Galerie Villa des Tourelles), and Natacha Nisic, (Maison des Arts de Malakoff).
19 November: Cartes Blanches – Eric Suchère is invited to conceive an exhibition for Immanence in Paris, for Domaine Départemental de Chamarande and for Ecole and Espace d’Art Camille Lambert at Juvisy-sur-Orge. He invites François Schmitt who, in turn, invites Gabriele Chiari, Silvia Hestnes and Olivier Soulerin.
26 November: Pages d’accueil (Home Page) explores the question of interactivity and infiltration in the context of a digital and trans-disciplinary world. Espace Synesthésie presents Veit Stratmann. Jeu de Paume hosts Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Didier Courbot, Dora Garcia, Charlie Jeffery, Jimpunk, Natasha Rosling and Carlo Steiner. Espace culturel Louis Vuitton exhibits Thierry Mouillé, Laurent Saksik, Anri Sala, Su-Mei Tse and Stéphane Vigny.
3 December: Tangente Sud – At Crédac, Mircea Cantor reflects on our era, on our aspirations and our disappointments, presenting her exhibition More Cheeks Than Slaps. At La Maréchalerie, Lucy and Jorge Orta contemplate on environmental issues.
10 December: Not for Private Use Only investigates the notion of collecting, archiving and ownership. La maison rouge exhibits the collection of Thomas Olbricht. Centre d’art contemporain de la Ferme de Buisson presents Mathieu Abonnenc while La Vitrine hosts Jeff Perkins.
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