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Marguerite Humeau @ Nottingham Contemporary, Oct 15- Jan 15

13 October 2016

Marguerite Humeau is presenting solo exhibition FOXP2 at Nottingham Contemporary opening on October 15 and running to January 15.

The event, co-curated by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel and Sam Thorne, is a collaboration between Nottingham Contemporary and Paris’ Palais de Tokyo where it has already opened in June of this year. The multi-sensory exhibition explores space and time through a choir of 108 billion voices, immersing us in an installation that embarks on a journey back to the origins of life and towards the vision of a human-less future.

The project grew out of conversations with experts in fields such as zoology and re-enacts “the moment when a gene – FOXP2 – mutated, allowing our ancestors to develop language.”

Visit the Nottingham Contemporary event page for more details.**

Marguerite Humeau, 'FOXP2', (2016). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Palais de Tokyo. Photo: Spassky Fischer
Marguerite Humeau, FOXP2, (2016). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Palais de Tokyo. Photo: Spassky Fischer
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‘Hell As Pavillion’ @ Palais de Tokyo reviewed.

Hell As Pavilion. Lost in Damnation.
1 March 2013

Hell As Pavillion at Palais de Tokyo demonstrates the diversity of modern Greek culture and the confusion that lies in its identity. A play on words –between ‘hell’ and the Greek Hellas –the event is an unexpected trip through the Hellenic and, by extension, European psyche. The selection of live performances and screenings, alongside an exhibition, provide the spectator with a global perspective of a society in crisis.

Antoinetta Angelidi, Idées Fixes - Dies Érae (Variations on the same theme). Film still.
Antoinetta Angelidi, Idées Fixes – Dies Érae (Variations on the same theme). Film still.

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