To inaugurate its new spaces, cneai = is organizing ‘The City under the Sky,’ an exhibition of manifestos inspired by the concept of aid for discernment envisioned by Bruno Latour in his article ‘Imagining the barrier-gestures against the return to pre-crisis production’ (AOC, March 2020). The setup unfolds along a path of 356 trees within the Cité Universitaire park, showcasing proposals from residents and invited artists.
This exhibition materializes the desires, visions, and achievable utopias for the worlds of tomorrow: drawings, texts, scientific formulas, scores, or images projected onto the societies that shape us and that we shape. The displays in the trees evolve alongside the creation of the artworks, culminating in an inauguration on Wednesday, June 16, for an evening of performances under the stars, featuring artwork displays, readings, sacred rituals, and divinatory practices.
Les propositions sont multiformes, tracts, aquarelles, typographies, photographies, découpages, archives, textes, dessins,
livrets, panneau électronique.
Featuring works by Bignon Adoun, Nicolas Aiello, Adriano Aguzzi, Louise Aleksiejew & Antoine Medes, Fernando Arrabal, Théodora Barat, Olivier Bardin, Ismaël Bazri, Léa Bismuth, David Boeno, Marie José Burki, André Cadere, Jan Carlotti, Dominique Castro, Philippe Cazal, Jean-Philippe Cazier, Claude Closky, Jean-Baptiste Couronne, Frédéric Danos, Harmen de Hoop, David de Tscharner, Denicolai & Provoost, Marie Denis, Martin Desinde, Garance Dor, Peter Downsbrough, Antoine Dufeu, Documentation Céline Duval, Lydia Eccless, Serge Elleinstein, Camila Oliveira Fairclough, Christophe Fiat, Laurent Fiévet, Daniel Foucard, Anne Frémy, Yona Friedman, Antonio Gallego, Anne-Valérie Gasc, Agnès Geoffray, Kenneth Goldsmith, Raphaël Guillet, Léa Habourdin, Gabrielle Hennessy, David Horvitz, Marin Kasimir, Ben Kinmont, Daniel C. Kiper, Adrien Lafille, Yannick Langlois, Matthieu Laurette, Daniel Levin Becker, Thomas Maestro, Roberto Martinez, Nelly Maurel, Myriam Mechita, Mountaincutters, Muntadas, Venkatesh N. Murthy, Frédéric Nauczyciel, Simon Nicaise, Sophie Nys, Aurélie Pagès, Ana Pato, Sixtine Philippe, Patrik Pion, Antoine Poncet, Charles Robinson, Matthieu Saladin, Agathe Schneider, Scomparo, Katerina Šedá, Esther Shalev-Gerz, Leah Singer, Marie Sochor, Stéphanie Solinas, Jonas Staal, Herman Steins, Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber, Fanny Taillandier, Taroop & Glabel, Yoann Thommerel, Yan Tomaszewski, Endre Tót, Valentina Traïanova, Nicholas Vargelis, Bernar Venet, Lois Weinberger, Elsa Werth, Virginie Yassef
Curatorial team: Sylvie Boulanger, Raphaël Guillet, Nathalie Lacroix, Thomas Maestro, Léa Warrin
{Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
17 boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
June 2021