Marianne Derrien

The Mercury Theatre final week, May 30 – Jun 5

30 May 2016

Instagram reality game show The Mercury Theatre is coming to a close in its final week commencing May 30 and ending on June 5.

The game —co-ordinated by Paris-based artist Elsa Philippe —has run since its launch on February 1 with contestants being eliminated every week according to the amount of likes each anonymous player receives for their posts on the mobile social networking site.

While the names of the participants involved were given before the game began, such as Emilie Gervais and Porpentine, the players played with anonymous Instagram accounts. Now on its final stretch, just two artists remain: @exoticos_paris and @erobotism.

The two finalists will be assigned a challenge by Marianne Derrien —one on Monday and one on Wednesday. There is an additional jury, composing some of the curators who already contributed, that will determine the winner, on top of the number of vote-via-likes from the public, with polls open until midnight Sunday June 5 @the_mercury_theatre.

See The Mercury Theatre’s facebook page for a moment-by-moment archive of the ins-and-outs of the challenges set, as well as each player, the strange elimination notifications, the shaming for posting late, and mini-announcements of ‘like’-awarding as the game has continued to unfold with a number of dedicated followers over the past few months.

Keep a close eye on The_Mercury_Theatre Instagram, where the action will take place this week.**

#challenge2 set by Lasse Høgenhof and Jonatan Spejlborg Jensen. Courtesy the artists and The Mercury Theatre.
#challenge2 set by Lasse Høgenhof and Jonatan Spejlborg Jensen. Courtesy the artists and The Mercury Theatre.

 

 

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Pierre Clément @ XPO gallery, Jan 9

8 January 2016

Artist Pierre Clément will be discussing his current exhibition, Transcom Primitive, at Paris’ XPO Gallery on January 9.

The show -which has been extended its closing date from December 12, 2015, to January 16, 2016 -draws on the symbolic power of images and objects and the role of the transmitter between a giver and a receiver in the Information Age.

With his focus on the role of these physical symbols and icons as shifting and creating new forms of langage, Clément will discuss his work in conversation with curator Marianne Derrien.

See the FB event page for (limited) details.**

Pierre Clément, Transcom Primitive (2015-16). Exhibition view. Courtesy XPO gallery, Paris.
Pierre Clément, Transcom Primitive (2015-16). Exhibition view. Courtesy XPO gallery, Paris.

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Pierre Clément @ XPO Gallery, Oct 22 – Dec 12

22 October 2015

Pierre Clément is presenting his Transcom Primitive solo exhibition at Paris’ XPO Gallery, opening October 22 and running to December 12.

Curated by Marianne Derrien, the show is a first at XPO by Paris-based Clément, whose work interweaves the aesthetic, cultural and political forms and considerations emerging with the internet.

The exhibition will show the (tele-)communication between assemblages of manufactured objects and raw materials, questioning “the sculptural potential of the image” and the room for non-human error within sculpture, design and technology. “Thereby”, as Derrien states in the press release, giving each of these forms an alternate history filled with fictions and new symbols”.

See the XPO Gallery website for details.**

[Ed’s note: the exhibition has since been extended to January 16, 2016]

Pierre Clement, 'Jus an illusion' (2015). Install view. Courtesy Dustin Cauchi + Francesca Mangion.
Pierre Clement, ‘Jus an illusion’ (2015). Detail. Courtesy Dustin Cauchi + Francesca Mangion.
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