For a genealogy of marginalized tonalities
Sunday 28 May 2023 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Free entry
Talk in french
Queer and feminist counter-histories of the voice, for a genealogy of marginalized tonalities.
This double-covered book also looks back at the eponymous exhibition held at Mécènes du Sud in Montpellier, curated by Nils Alix-Tabeling. In one of the book's essays, Caroline Honorien weaves a genealogy between the figures of musicians Gladys Bentley, Vaginal Davis and Mykki Blanco, whose "performances trace a poetic and political history that allows us to explore the phenomena of interaction between queer tonalities, lesbian identities and the performance of masculinities".
Her research focuses on the practices of the black diaspora and/or queer practitioners. She brings together art historical, musical and counter-cultural perspectives to address the aurality, space and time of diasporic studies. She is a member of the editorial board of the English-language journal The Funambulist.
"The visual artist Nils Alix-Tabeling produces a singular body of work that questions our human futures in a rapidly changing world. Resolutely symbolist, even surrealist, his sculptures, installations, paintings, texts and performances are full of references to magical and ancient practices as well as to certain queer stories and legendary figures. The humanoid figures he sculpts coexist in a transhistorical, syncretic and intuitive approach, heterogeneous and chimerical identities, hybridizing gender categories and the kingdoms of the living and even the non-living. The result is a sophisticated and complex universe whose vital energy is devoted to making the invisible visible by dissolving the boundaries between reality and fiction." Text by Magali Gentet
Each year, the association produces works, projects and events, and establishes a programme of exhibitions in a dedicated 150m2 space in Montpellier. Within this structure and in general, Marine Lang is interested in the ways to set up a democratic, collective artistic project management, open to different practices, amateur and professional. She previously worked for the public services of the Magasin in Grenoble (38) and the Musée régional d'art contemporain in Sérignan (34). She is also an exhibition curator.