The Center Cannot Hold

Drawing its title from W.B. Yeats’ landmark poem The Second Coming (1919), the exhibition reverses the Irish poet’s lamentation of a world losing its meaning to embrace the phrase — "the centre cannot hold" — as an affirmation.
Exhibition 48sec
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Paul Maheke - Jun 2018
Paul Maheke talks about his vision of art as a meeting place and his collaboration for his work Levant.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Anna Colin #1 - Jun 2018
Anna Colin, associate curator, explains what are the main themes and questions of the group show The Center Cannot Hold.
Exhibition 2min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Andres Jaque #1 - Jun 2018
Andres Jaque, artist and architect, talks about the wish he had as an architect for the space of the ground floor during this group show.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Andres Jaque #3 - Jun 2018
Andres Jaque, artist and architect, talks about the ephemeral publishing workshop installed at the heart of his installation The Transvector.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview François Quintin #1 - Jun 2018
François Quintin, managing director talks about Andres Jaque's project : a theoretical and practical architecture project.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Andres Jaque #2 - Jun 2018
Andres Jaque talks about his movable installation The Transvector.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Barbara Carlotti's look #2 - Jun 2018
Barbara Carlotti, singer, explains what the main themes of the group show The Center Cannot Hold.
Exhibition 50sec
The Center Cannot Hold / Barbara Carlotti's look #1 - Jun 2018
Barbara Carlotti, singer, makes her own interpretation of the title of the group show The Center Cannot Hold.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Barbara Carlotti's look #4 - Jun 2018
Barbara Carlotti, singer, share her interpretation of Cooking Section's work Losing Culture.
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The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Ève Chabanon #1 - Jun 2018
Ève Chabanon, talks about her work to give a voice to those who don't.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Ève Chabanon #2 - Jun 2018
Ève Chabanon talks about the particular collaboration to produce her piece The Surplus of the Non-Producer.
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The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Ève Chabanon #3 - Jun 2018
Ève Chabanon, talks about the project of film she has around the table she produced for The Center Cannot Hold.
Exhibition 50sec
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview François Quintin #2 - Jun 2018
Fançois Quintin, managing director of Lafayette Anticipations talks about the process of creating a catalogue in live during an exhibition.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Anna Colin #3 - Jun 2018
Anna Colin, associate curator, talks about how Isabelle Andriessen brings her sculptures back to life.
Exhibition 58sec
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Anna Colin #2 - Jun 2018
Anna Colin, associate curator talks about the particular shape and characteristics between human and non-human of Isabelle Andriessen's sculptures.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Barbara Carlotti's look #3 - Jun 2018
Barbara Carlotti, singer, talks about her interpretation of Tidal Spill by Isabelle Andriessen.
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The Center Cannot Hold / Julien Creuzet - Jun 2018
Julien Creuzet talks about his workIn my hands (...) in a poetical way.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Hicham Khalidi #1 - Jun 2018
Hicham Khalidi, associate curator, talks about Julien Creuzet's work and its inspiration : colonial and caraibean heritage.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Romain Bertel - Jun 2018
Romain Bertel, head of the workshops at Lafayette Anticipations, explains how did he gave technical answers for Julien Creuzet's project.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Dirk Meylaerts #1 - Jun 2018
Dirk Meylaerts, director of production, talks about the way Jumana Manna's sculptures blend into the architecture.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Hicham Khalidi #2 - Jun 2018
Hicham Khalidi, associate curator, talks about the relation between Jumana Manna's sculptures and her movie Wild relatives.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Kenny Dunkan #1 - Jun 2018
Kenny Dunkan talks about his work and a important source of inspiration : the carnival.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Kenny Dunkan #2 - Jun 2018
Kenny Dunkan explains what representation of hisself are behind the pieces he presents for The Center cannot hold group show.
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The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Anna Colin #4 - Jun 2018
Anna Colin talks about the communities of women staged in the video Reproductive Exile by Lucy Beech.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Anna Colin #5 - Jun 2018
Anna Colin talks about the phenomenon of reproduction tourism which is the set of the video Reproductive Exile by Lucy Beech.
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The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Matthieu Bonicel - Jun 2018
Matthieu Bonicel, head of publishing, talks about the ephemeral editing workshop and the RISO printer.
Exhibition 2min
The Center Cannot Hold / Barbara Carlotti's look #5 - Jun 2018
Barbara Carlotti, singer, talks about how does this work by Rana Hamadeh makes her feel.
Exhibition 1min
The Center Cannot Hold / Interview Hicham Khalidi #4 - Jun 2018
Hicham Khalidi, associate curator talks about the particular situation of crisis that Yuri Pattison stages in his movie crisis cast.
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