Au Revoir
February 22–October 31, 2020
Carré d’Art–Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes
Les Ateliers Blancarde, 1 Place de la Gare de la Blancarde, 13004 Marseille, France
Au Revoir, the project by the artist Ettore Favini, arrives in France, where it will be presented during two meetings of the artist and the curators with the public.
The first event is scheduled on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at the Carrè d’Art - Musée d’art contemporain in Nîmes where the Au Revoir exhibition dedicated to the project is hosted until October 31.
The second will take place in Marseille at Les Ateliers Blancarde, on Saturday, October 3, during Manifesta 2020
Au Revoir, curated by Connecting Cultures and winner of the 2019 Italian Council grant, is a participatory art project created by the artist in collaboration with textile artisans migrated from the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. A choral reflection on the complex identity of the Mediterranean today, the peoples who share its coasts, the exchanges of past and present history, and the contemporary issues, through one of its most ancient craft traditions: the weaving of a heavy cotton fabric used for transporting goods across the Mediterranean, called “jeans” from Genes, the city of Genoa. The project involves Genoa, Cairo, Chieri and Nimes, four cities united by the common thread of that blue cotton fabric and whose origins have been known the world over for several centuries: “jeans,” “jeane,” “denim.”
The project ends with a book edited and published by Connecting Cultures that through the contribution of scholars, curators, geographers, botanists, human rights specialists aims to give a different image for Mediterranean, a place of life, relationships, fauna, flora and culture in common.
The evolution of the project, in all its phases of realization set in the various creative workshops and the actions of its protagonists, is also shown in a video, curated by Roberto Paolini, which will be presented during the two events in France.
Au Revoir is supported by the Italian Council (6th Edition, 2019) program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world under the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
Events
Thursday, October 1
6pm, Carré d’Art–Musée d’art contemporain in Nimes
Presentation of the project and a guided tour of the exhibition with the artist and curator. At the meeting with the public, will be present:
Jean-Marc Prevost, Director of the Carré d’Art-Musée d’Art Contemporain in Nîmes
Ettore Favini, Artist
Roberta Garieri, Curator of the Au Revoir exhibition at the Carré d’Art-Musée d’Art Contemporain in Nîmes
Anna Detheridge, President of Connecting Cultures
Chiara Lattuada, Project Manager of Connecting Cultures.
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain
Place de la Maison Carrée - 30000 Nîmes
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm
T04 66 76 35 70
Fax: 04 66 76 35 85
Email: info [at] carreartmusee.com
Website: www.carreartmusee.com
Saturday, October 3
6pm, Les Ateliers Blancarde
Event organized by Dos Mares, cultural partner of Au Revoir.
Presentation of the project and focus on its contents in an open dialogue with the public.
After the presentation will be launch Top 100 Vol. 8 the project of Davide Bertocchi
Speakers:
Ettore Favini, Artist
Roberta Garieri, Curator of the Au Revoir exhibition at the Carré d’Art-Musée d’Art Contemporain in Nîmes
Anna Detheridge, president of Connecting Cultures
Chiara Lattuada, Project Manager of Connecting Cultures.
Les Ateliers Blancarde
1 Place de la Gare de la Blancarde, 13004 Marseille
Open Monday to Saturday
from 9am to 1pm and from 2 to 6pm
T 04 91 67 78 68
Website: www.lesateliersblancarde.com
Limited seats. RSVP info [at] lesateliersblancarde.com
