Coming Soon
While waiting for tomorrow
Exhibition from 28 Feb to 12 May 2024
6 months ago
The exhibition looks at our relationship and ways of being towards what is ahead, eludes and awaits us. Between predictions, oracles, systems of anticipation and capitulations, the exhibition mixes commissions to contemporary artists with historical objects.
Taking up artist Barbara Kruger's phrase, "the future belongs to those who can see it", Coming Soon addresses what our conception of the future says of present times; how our hopes, our pessimism, our desires and anxieties manifest themselves; how different ways of beings and attitudes translate.
The future is a time-space in constant evolution, which all don’t get to inhabit under the same terms and conditions. Engaging us to think urgently about the future through different understandings of togetherness, Coming Soon focuses on possible paths of writing, imagining, creating and embodying collective outcomes.
→ Bas Jan Ader · John Akomfrah · Chino Amobi · Clovis Bataille · Nina Beier · Neïl Beloufa · Stéphanie Brossard · Leonora Carrington · Xinyi Cheng · Alexandru Chira · Mimosa Echard · Cécile B. Evans * · Cerith Wyn Evans · Johann Heinrich Füssli · Marguerite Humeau · Christine Sun Kim · Emma Kunz · Romany Marie · Nggamdu.org · Philippe Parreno · Benoît Piéron · Bridget Polk · Heji Shin · Lisa Signorini * · The Simpsons · Diamond Stingily · Martine Syms · Sung Tieu · Rirkrit Tiravanija · Nora Turato · Jules Verne · Georges Widener. And archaeological objects from the Louvre.
* New productions supported by Lafayette Anticipations
Curator: Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel
Cover image credit: Nina Beier, Fleet, 2024. Courtesy of the artist, Croy Nielsen, Vienna and Standard, Oslo © Aurélie Mole
In partnership with Libération, Télérama, M Le Magaine du Monde, Konbini, Le Bonbon, The New York Times
During the exhibition
Balance, Bridget Polk
Performance from Wednesday to Sunday, 4pm to 7pm
The divine evening
Guided tours by prophetic cocottes, ping pong tournaments under the sign of oracles, a workshop to sketch the plants of the future...
Thursday 07 Mar at 6pm
Cartomancy session with Lisa Signorini
Lisa Signorini puts her exceptional gift at the service of the public and offers several card-reading sessions.
One session every 30 minutes from 1pm to 6pm
Killing Joy as A Queer Project
Sara Ahmed presents her book Feminist Kilijoy Handbook, with her co-translators Emma Bigé and Mabeuko Oberty.
Thursday 21 Mar at 7pm
The divine evening
Guided tours by prophetic cocottes, ping pong tournaments under the sign of oracles, a workshop to sketch the plants of the future...
Thursday 04 Apr at 6pm
L'oeil du cyclone, Stéphanie Brossard and Mati Diop
Monday 08 Apr at 7pm
Ping-pong poetry x Théâtre de la Ville
The Théâtre de la Ville and the Paris Université Club are offering a unique discipline: poetry ping-pong!
Thursday 18 Apr at 6pm
Laundry talk : Benoît Piéron and Sandrine Gasparine Alexandre
A talk about the theme of the waiting.
Monday 22 Apr at 7pm
Futur rétrograde x Artagon Pantin
What does the future hold in store, and how do we deal with the fluctuations of an ever-changing world?
Saturday 27 Apr at 5pm
Moor Mother presents 'The Great Bailout'
The Great Bailout dissects the history and lasting effects of British colonialism.
Monday 06 May at 8pm
The Second Body, Ola Maciejewska
Saturday 11 May at 7pm
