Laure Prouvost - In the fort, souls are

Co-published by Mucem and Gallimard
264 pages
19.5 x 25.5 cm
ISBN 9782073126856

A legendary figure in literature born in 1605, Don Quixote is at once a parody of a knight, a philosopher of the absurd, an inveterate dreamer, and an old man who has regressed to childhood, acting out the scenarios of his imagination “for real” and “for fun.” In the form of a “choose-your-own-adventure” book, this exhibition catalog revives the comic power of Cervantes’s work, inviting the reader to join in a whimsical journey from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Punctuated by twists and turns, these journeys will take the reader, through the artworks, to essays, and on to interviews with major contemporary artists and writers.

Edited by: Aude Fanlo and Hélia Pauker

With contributions by José Manuel Lucía Megías, Jean-Raymond Fanlo, Anne-Valérie Dulac, Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta, Danielle Perrot-Corpet, Florent Libral
And exclusive interviews with Abraham Poincheval, Pierre Menard & Christian Garcin, Terry Gilliam, Gaspard Hirshi, Boris Razon, Erri de Luca, Sande Zeig, Anthony Morel, Gérard Garouste, Izhar Patkin, Hassen Ferhani, Michael Kenna, Guillermo Peydró, Pilar Albarracín, Rob Davis…

224 pages
, 22 x 28 cm, paperback
Co-published by Mucem and RMN
In French
ISBN: 9782711881598
39 euros

Juliette Bessette and Enguerrand Lascols

Frédérique Aït-Touati, Florian Audureau, Isabel Bonora-Andujar, Anna Caiozzo, Khalid Chakor-Alami, Ahmed Djebbar, Arnaud Esquerre, Sabine Guermouche, Emmanuel Hugot, Eric Lagadec, Michel Marcelin, Sara Ouhaddou, Giorgio Strano, Marine Vazzoler

The richly illustrated exhibition catalog features six previously unpublished essays addressing a variety of themes, ranging from the circulation of astronomical knowledge in the Mediterranean basin to contemporary practices in astrology. It also features four interviews that explore current issues, particularly our relationship with the starry sky in the context of environmental upheavals, for example with science historian Aït-Touati and astrophysicist Éric Lagadec. Finally, detailed descriptions of the major works featured in the exhibition round out this collection.

Structured in two parts, like the exhibition, the catalog aims to provide an overview of the history of museum collections of antiquities and Mediterranean ethnography, delving deeper into certain exemplary cases through contributions from specialized art historians. This provides a better understanding of the dissemination—and political appropriation—of ancient models, and traces the footsteps of ethnographers in the field… Exclusive interviews with the contemporary artists participating in this project were also conducted.

En écho à la liberté et la fantaisie de cette exposition-spectacle, le catalogue prend la forme d’un livre-objet plein de surprises : notre déambulation de lecteur passe, grâce à des changements de formats de papier, d’un univers à un autre, tandis que l’imaginaire de Macha Makeïeff s’invite sans cesse dans le dialogue entre les objets et les œuvres. Mais la dimension scientifique n’en est pas pour autant exclue, puisque cinq essais, sur des sujets parfois inédits, nourrissent cette expérience sensible : ils sont signés de Pascal Jacob et Marika Maymard, les plus grands spécialistes français de l’histoire du cirque, Sébastien Delmer, philosophe hanté par la question du courage et du panache, Frédéric Saumade, spécialiste des rites animaliers, ou encore Stéphane Goudet, historien du cinéma. Le monde du spectacle vivant prend lui aussi la parole à travers diverses cartes blanches données par Macha Makeïeff à un comédien, un metteur en scène ou encore un artiste de la lumière…