Lecture, screening
End of saga : ritornello.
If a child left in the dark was overcome by fear, what would he sing to himself to put his mind at rest ? A Mozart’s tune, one of Public Enemy, or one of Antoine Duhamel ? Here is our working hypothesis for this session : he would sing to himself "Something In the Way of Things (In Town)" by The Roots feat. Amiri Bakara.
End of saga : ritornello.
If a child left in the dark was overcome by fear, what would he sing to himself to put his mind at rest ? A Mozart’s tune, one of Public Enemy, or one of Antoine Duhamel ? Here is our working hypothesis for this session : he would sing to himself "Something In the Way of Things (In Town)" by The Roots feat. Amiri Bakara.
Adieux à la dialectique is a philosophical saga devoted to contemporary forms of radical mystification. Throughout five autonomous monographic episodes, the saga explores and confronts various specifical manifestations of postmodern culture, based on principles of juxtaposition, derivation and collage. Simultaneously, the project functions as a experimental platform for “expanded” theoretical discourse, on three levels : multimedia lectures (including screenings and live sound arrangements), printed documentation and video essays. Each chapter of the project will be presented (“tested”) through five public sessions at the Star Trek room in Mains d’Œuvres.
Independent curator and critic, Manuel Cirauqui (1978) lives and works in Paris. Most recent projects : 2008 : Agusti Centelles, Jordi Colomer (Jeu de Paume, Paris), La Forme Théorie, Laboratoire Artistique International of Tarn, Albi (the exhibition and the web project) ; La Cita, with Pierre Leguillon, Paris Subway ; Predator_ , g-module, Paris. 2007 : Through the Lies of Your Dark Dark Eyes, Envoy gallery, New York (co-curated with The Thorstein Foundation) ; Hip Hop Kung Fu Fighters, Bilbao School of Fine Arts, EHU-UPV (lecture-performance). Manuel Cirauqui has collaborated as a critic and author with French institutions such as Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation, Centre Georges Pompidou, and Palais de Tokyo, and works nowadays as an Exhibition Coordinator for Jeu de Paume, Paris. Contributor and correspondent in Paris for Lapiz, Revista Internacional de Arte (Spain), Double Magazine (France), LatinArt.com (USA), among others.