Mohamed Amer Meziane The desert and the underground, The environmental history of Orientalism

In many ways, the critique of Orientalism is the founding act of postcolonial studies. Criticised as a colonial system of representation, the question of the contribution of this discourse to the current climate crisis has been less frequently raised. This is what philosopher Mohamed Amer Meziane proposes in this lecture by analysing two non-human figures: the desert and the underground.

Artist Vincent Barré talks to his guests - François Barré, Gabrielle Conilh de Beyssac, Sylvain Dubuisson, Gérard Dupaty, Cyril Neyrat and Mathieu Pilaud - about the notebooks he donated to the Beaux-Arts collection in Paris in 2023. 

As part of the exhibition L'amitié : ce tremble (Friendship: this trembles), taking place at the CRAC Alsace in Altkirch until 12 May, and at the Crédac in Ivry from 28 April to 13 July 2024.

Norwegian artist Marthe Ramm Fortun (born 1978 in Oslo) creates empathetic and meaningful links with her audience through a series of distinct performances and specific sculptural environments.

The Beaux-Arts de Paris are organising an afternoon of study on the subject of walking and the representation of the territory by artists and researchers.

Cercle Chromatique has invited the French Association of Exhibition Curators (CEA) to present "POOL#1 Curatorial practices and eco-design", a day of conferences and discussions on ecological curatorial practices.

Speakers: Isabelle Conte, independent researcher, Séverine Sofio from CNRS, and Claire Dupin de Beyssat from Université Paris 1

To mark the publication of her latest book, La vraie histoire de l'impressionnisme. Manet, Morisot et les autres (Vrin, 2024), philosopher Fabienne Brugère and artist Agnès Thurnauer discuss the feminist legacies of the Impressionists and the erased modernities.

As part of the "Troubles, alliances and aesthetics" chair, coordinated by Fabrice Bourlez and Madeleine Planeix-Crocker.

Speakers: Laure Chabanne (Musée d'Orsay), Maxime Paz (independent researcher)