Machination(s) at Gallerie Eric Mouchet Opening in Paris this Saturday

Galerie Eric Mouchet presents the collective exhibition Machination(s), conceived and created by Aurélie Faure, from 10 September to 8 October 2016.

The exhibition Machination(s) at Galerie Eric Mouchet unveils what is hidden behind the passion of young artists for machines and motors in all forms of machination including mechanisms and apparatus. Breaking down a machination and understanding the function of a machine requires us to see the elements that compose and activate it along with the process that creates it. Machination(s) are not there to trap but to help us understand the thought mechanisms and functions of society. Machination(s) has the objective to produce tools for thought suitable to the development and awakening of free judgement and critical mentality.

Machination(s) takes place in a research space that rotates around previously unseen installations from Thierry Liégeois and Nicolas Tubéry. Both artists practice sculpture and videography that in turn helps to provide a genuine framework for Machination(s) which is composed of two sections both autonomous and transversal. These artwork “passages” will be the price to pay to obtain the “open sesame” needed to access the second part of the exhibition, dedicated to broadcasting the documentary storytelling of Pierre Gaignard, Louis Henderson, Stephen Loye, Armand Morin and Louis-Cyprien Rials. These men are not there to tell you stories. They are witnesses of a world with cameras in the palm of their hand where truth does not exist anymore.

Machination(s) confronts differing points of view and mediums prioritizing the transversal between artistic disciplines. For a month, Galerie Eric Mouchet will become an emporium that dissolves the border between public and private space. Artists, writers, directors and musicians are invited to contribute to a nocturnal program taking place over five nights. The first festive night, extends the opening with DJ sets organized by Born And Die from the label ‘Club Late Music’ located in a nightclub in the heart of Paris. Following this on the next three Tuesdays: “cinematic nights.”

The first cinematic night held on 20 September consists of cinematic concerts followed by a viewing of selected films produced by the exhibition’s artists. The second night is dedicated to Pierre Gaignard’s film on celebrated young rapper Young Thug. The final cinema night features a selection of ‘internet videos’ produced by Robin Lopvet.

Because artists, just as politicians use music and movies, Machination(s) also explores other forms of communication with its own radio station“Radio Stella” hosted by Katarina Stella and Etaïnn Zwer.

It is with the aim to recall the role and importance of production and the diffusion of ideas that Machination(s) equally invites cinema and radio to occupy the exhibition space.