Group exhibition Censure (Censorship) as part of the Festival Visions d'exil organised by l'atelier des artistes en exil. From 18 October to 16 November 2024.
The omnipresence of war and the rise of authoritarian regimes lead to human rights violations. Attacks on freedom of expression, creation and artistic dissemination affect the whole world, depriving it of its pluralism and undermining the well-being of individuals and societies. The number of artists threatened and persecuted in their own countries, and forced into exile, continues to grow. Self-publishing, creating coded languages and means of expression to circumvent the forbidden or the unspeakable: artists testify to their experiences of censorship. Banned or intimidated from expressing themselves, censored without their knowledge or for reasons of integration into their host country, artists are exposed to censorship throughout their careers.
What censorship mechanisms are at work today and what will artists face tomorrow? These and other questions will be the starting point for discussions in the exhibition space about the forms of censorship and the possibilities for resistance.
With Cheref Abderrahmane (Algeria), Agency of Singular Investigations (Anna Titova & Stanislav Shuripa - Russia), Maryam Aghaee (Iran), Fedora Akimova (Ukraine), Mahdi Baraghithi (Palestine), Safoora Cheriki (Iran), Youvensky Despeignes (Haïti), Younes Faghihi (Iran), Dima Green (Russia), Mahmoud Halabi (Lebanon), Thoe Htein (Myanmar), Pinky Htut Aung (Myanmar), Kaveh Kavoosi (Iran), Hugor L'enga Kingo (RDC), Rodion Kitaev (Russia), Alexey Koltsov (Russia), Anna Kovalenko (Ukraine), Nastya Kuzmina (Russia), Anastasie Langu (RDC), Carlos Lutangu Wamba (RDC), Nafiseh Malekijoo (Iran), Brunel Mangani (RDC), Tickson Mbuyi (RDC), Gurbangeldi Meredow (Turkmenistan), Mega Mingiedi Tunga (RDC), Magloire Mpaka (RDC), Aleksandre Pliusnin (Russia), Pavel Polshchikov (Russia), Olena Siniuhina (Ukraine), Anna Sozina (Russia), Daria Trubarova (Russie), Slava Vorontsov (Russia), Lorenzo Zeng (China)
POUSHIST·ES artists: Jérôme Grivel, Cassandre Muñoz, Thibault Scemama de Gialluly, Lev Ilizirov
From 18 October to 16 November 2024
Fridays and Saturdays, 2pm-7pm (from 25 October)
Languages available for tours: French, English, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian and Farsi
Visit on request here (mediation@aa-e.org)
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Programme
Friday 18 October:
Continuous activation in the Rift
Concert by Traumpunkt in the alley between Galbi and the Recycle Group workshop, 7pm
Saturday 19 October:
Outdoor performance On s'adapte, 4-6pm
Music: Soheil Mahjoobi (Iran), Syromics band (Syria)
With Bahira Ablassi (Palestine), Maryam Aghaee (Iran), Ariane Hoareau (France-Russia), Anna Lebedeva (Russia), Blaise Mangitukulu (DRC), Daouda Nganga (Republic of Congo), Loïck Ngoukou (Republic of Congo), Anna Pavlova (Russia), Lorena Rozhdaikina (Russia), Thales Zokene (Republic of Congo)
Performance When the mouth dies, the other parts of the body decide which of them will keep it by Horace by Vasilii Berezin (Russia), 7pm
With Ariane Horueau (France-Russia), Anisia Borchenko (Russia), Cyril Butchenik (France)