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Quelque chose de plus qu’une succession de notes
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Ends in about 1 month: May 22 → July 20
At the juncture of anthopology, history, art and museology, the exhibition Quelque chose de plus qu’une succession de notes brings together the contributions of researchers, activists and artists whose research and work makes of the limits of transcription a subject for reflection and creation.
Drawing, installation, lithography / engraving...
Bétonsalon
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Fais un effort pour te souvenir. Ou, à défaut, invente
Past: January 23 → April 13
h5. An exhibition curated by Aliocha Imhoff and Kantuta Quiros (le peuple qui manque)
In 1970, in the feminist text anthology Sisterhood is powerful, poet Robin Morgan proposed the neologism herstory to describe a historiographic programme reconstructing -or even literally inventing- a “History of women”. Much more…
Installation, painting, photography...
Bétonsalon
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De Menocchio, nous savons beaucoup de choses.
Past: September 26 → December 22, 2012
The exhibition focuses on the paths of certain individuals, drawing attention to those little considered by traditional historical writing. Gathering works by artists, writers, sociologists and activists from 1960s until the present day the exhibition tries to make visible diverse forms of resistance to the overwhelming forces of a globalised world.
Film, installation, video
Bétonsalon
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La Triennale
Past: April 20 → August 26, 2012
As a large contemporary art event whose goal is to highlight current creation in the visual arts in France, La Triennale has become an incontrovertibly essential gathering, actively contributing to reinforce Paris’ position on the international art stage. In 2012, La Triennale constitutes the first major exhibition of the renovated Palais de Tokyo.
Installation, new media, painting...
Multiple venues
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Otobong Nkanga
Past: Friday, April 20, 2012 at 6 PM
The artist Otobong Nkanga, born in Niger in 1974, realizes a performance during the opening of the exhibition “Tropicomania” at Bétonsalon.
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Innerspace — Jean Comandon / David Douard
Past: February 15 → March 24, 2012
“What interests me in Comandon’s work is the ingenuity of his filming device and of the imaginary within it. His way of dipping into microscopic research like a quest for interiority, is what links my practice to his. With the help of his camera, Comandon perforates the surface and goes beyond it to make visible everything there is to see.” — D. Douard
Drawing, film, installation...
Bétonsalon
Ciné Diderot
Past: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 6 PM
In the first part of the programme, films concerning scientific research, directed by students of the Scientific Journalism Masters at the University Paris Diderot, will be screened and discussed. The sec…
Screening
Concert — The Seawolves
Past: Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7 PM
Experimental music evening, including a screening of original films by Jean Comandon in 16mm.
Event
Ballet botanique. Autour du cinéma de Jean Comandon
Past: Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 2 PM
The French film archives of the CNC, Paris Diderot University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France organise a study day focusing on Jean Comandon, followed by the screening of films restored by the Fr…
Event
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Une légende en cache une autre
Past: November 16, 2011 → January 28, 2012
One caption hides another aims to expand the field countering official history by taking as a departure point a key topic in current museological debates, that of anthropological restitution. This exhibition and series of events propose an exploration into the ethical, scientific, political and legal issues arising from cases of restitution.
Drawing, film, installation...
Bétonsalon
Aide Mémoire — Une conférence performée par Uriel Orlow à la Fondation d’entreprise Ricard
Past: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7 PM → 8 PM
In Aide-Mémoire Orlow presents salvaged visuals of a possible film, reflects on blind-spots of history and explores the territory between travelogue, slideshow and immersive sound-scape.
Performance
Une légende en cache une autre
Past: Saturday, December 10, 2011 5 PM → 7 PM
Agency speculates on the question: “How can objects be included within art practices?”
Event
Une légende en cache une autre
Past: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2 PM → 4:30 PM
“The objects found in ethnographic collections in Europe are key elements in the articulation between colonial past and present memory”. Proposed by the researcher Lotte Arndt.
Event
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Hantologie des colonies
Past: October 8 → November 18, 2011
With a selection of both historically rare films and recent works made by contemporary artists, the series questions the irresolute nature of colonial history. By putting back into circulation long forgotten, lost or forbidden images or choosing to relate certain colonial motifs or events, these works demand an emancipation from and a critique of colonial studies heritage.
Screening
Film, video
Multiple venues
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Jikken kōbō
Past: September 9 → October 28, 2011
On 24th November 1951, the Jikken Kobo presented its first collective work, a ballet entitled “The Joy of Life”, created to mark the first Pablo Picasso retrospective in Tokyo. Sixty years later, Bétonsalon presents research initiated by this transdisciplinary Japanese collective.
Performance, sound - music
Bétonsalon
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Jikken kōbō — Conférence de Reiko Tomii et Joji Yuasa
Past: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7 PM → 9 PM
Betonsalon presents a lecture from Reiko Tomii is an art historian, researcher and curator, whose area of specialisation is the history of post-war Japanese artistic collectives and Joji Yuasa is a composer and member of the Jikken Kobo.
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Jikken kōbō — Concert de Aki Takahashi, avec la participation d’Ei Arakawa et Sergei Tcherepnin
Past: Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8 PM
Aki Takahashi : a pianist celebrated worldwide, especially for her interpretations of Morton Feldman et Iannis Xenakis, she will perform in Paris a recital of compositions by the Jikken Kobo, as well as works by composers close to their research such as Arnold Schönberg and John Cage.
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The Otolith Group — A Lure a Part Allure Apart
Past: June 15 → July 23, 2011
Bétonsalon presents The Otolith Group, the London-based artist collective founded by Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar. Concerned with exploring the legacies and potentialities of the essay film, The Otolith Group has developed a multifaceted practice that integrates video making, exhibition curation, publication and the elaboration of public platforms.
Drawing, film, photography
Bétonsalon
The Otolith Group — Projections
Past: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11 AM → 6 PM
Projections’ schedule:
Otolith I: 11h00, 13h40, 16h20
Otolith II: 11h30, 14h10, 16h50
Otolith III: 12h40, 15h20, 18h00
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Eldoradio
Past: April 6 → May 21, 2011
Dans le cadre du 30e anniversaire de la libération des ondes en France, Bétonsalon propose un parcours dans l’espace radiophonique par le biais des archives Eldoradio. Différents chercheurs intéressés par ces archives radiophoniques ont été invités à les explorer et à présenter le résultat de leurs recherches.
Film, installation, performance...
Bétonsalon
Eldoradio — Colloque : Radios libres, la parole libérée ?
Past: May 20, 2011 9:00 AM → May 21, 2011 1:00 PM
Vendredi 20 mai jusqu’à 18h et samedi 21 mai jusqu’à 13h — Colloque international Radios libres — 30 ans de FM : la parole libérée ? Université Paris Diderot (amphithéâtre Buffon), organisé par le GRER (G…
Lecture
Eldoradio
Past: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 12 PM → 2 PM
Séance de projection organisée par Elise Tomie, étudiante de Frédérique Berthet, dans le cadre du cours « Usages de l’archive » du parcours « Recherche-métiers » de la Licence 3 études cinématographiques,…
Screening
Eldoradio — séance d’écoute de l’Encyclopédie de la parole autour d’extraits sonores choisis dans les archives d’Eldoradio
Past: Friday, April 29, 2011 7 PM → 9 PM
Séance d’écoute de l’Encyclopédie de la parole autour d’extraits sonores choisis dans les archives d’Eldoradio
Lecture
Consultations encyclopédiques
Past: Thursday, April 28, 2011 6 PM → 8:30 PM
Consultations encyclopédiques, organisé dans le cadre des 40 ans de l’Université Paris Diderot. Visite de l’exposition par Joëlle Girard suivi d’une discussion avec Thierry Lefebvre, Joëlle Girard, et l’é…
Lecture
Eldoradio
Past: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2 PM → 5 PM
Visite de l’exposition par Joëlle Girard dans le cadre du cours de Frédérique Berthet « Usages de l’archive » du parcours Recherche-métiers de la Licence 3 études cinématographiques, Université Paris Dide…
Visit
Eldoradio
Past: Saturday, April 9, 2011 4 PM → 7 PM
Écoute publique de « Restauration totale », une pièce sonore de Louise Hervé et Chloé Maillet produite dans le cadre de l’Atelier de création radiophonique (ACR) de France Culture
Event
Eldoradio
Past: Thursday, April 7, 2011 12 PM → 3 PM
« Eldoradio » — D’un pays lointain — une fiction radiophonique », lecture d’une pièce radiophonique écrite et réalisée par les étudiants d’Arnaud Maïsetti, dans le cadre du cours de création littéraire de…
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Frédéric Moser et Philippe Schwinger — Ce dont on sera dans l’avenir capable
Past: February 8 → March 26, 2011
Première exposition du duo d’artistes suisses dans une institution parisienne, « Ce dont on sera dans l’avenir capable » accompagne le développement du projet France, détours initié par Moser et Schwinger en 2009. Les deux artistes « interrogent la France », engageant une réflexion à partir de la question du « vivre ensemble ».
Film, installation, performance...
Bétonsalon
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Solos des danseurs Madeleine Fournier et Joao Fernando Cabral
Past: Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 4 PM
Pour marquer la fin de l’exposition _Ce dont on sera dans l’avenir capable_, par Frédéric Moser et Philippe Schwinger, les performeurs de la formation « Essai » du CNDC d’Angers proposent une dernière interprétation de situations rencontrées lors du tournage de l’épisode 2 de _France, Détours_ à Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.
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Nous ne notons pas les fleurs, dit le géographe
Past: October 9, 2010 → January 15, 2011
A both infinite and self-enclosed territory (double illusion), “the desert” crystallizes a broad network of disciplines and references, from geography to literature, philosophy to biology, cartography to ecology.
Mixed media
Bétonsalon
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La Moitié des Choses
Past: March 2 → June 26, 2010
La Moitié des Choses est un projet regroupant cinq artistes dans trois expositions successives. L’espace de Bétonsalon servira tout à la fois de lieu de production et d’exposition : les invités pourront s’y installer directement pour travailler, rester dans la distance ou se manifester ponctuellement par des performances.
Mixed media
Bétonsalon
13 Bibliothèque
13 Bibliothèque
9, esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Rdc de la Halle aux Farines
75013 Paris
T. 01 45 84 17 56
Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 7 PM
Admission fee
Free entrance