Fata Morgana
First edition of Jeu de Paume festival
From 22 March to 22 May 2022
Jeu de Paume – Paris
The Jeu de Paume festival offers the public the opportunity to discover the multiple dimensions of the image in the diversity of its forms. Combining exhibitions, screenings, performances and concerts, and presenting a large number of new productions, this event aims to give full visibility to artists rarely shown in France.
First edition of Jeu de Paume festival
This premiere, which occupies the entire building, is entrusted to Béatrice Gross, independent curator, with the artistic advice of Katinka Bock. The title chosen for this edition, “Fata Morgana”, refers to the exceptional phenomenon caused by the combination of mirages on the surface of the sea, whose refractions make suspended images of objects located below the horizon appear: it is therefore the singular sensitive realities conveyed by the contemporary image that the curators have chosen to explore.
The exhibition
“Fata Morgana” is a critical and poetic reflection on the concrete ways in which the visible appears, which is often more unstable and ambiguous than it seems. The multidisciplinary exhibition brings together, alongside photographs, films and video installations, sculptures, performances and sound pieces. It is a certain quality of attention to the sensitive world – rather than a theme, a movement or a generation – that is proposed. The title refers less to the trompe-l’oeil effect than to the learning of the eye, between wonder and deciphering.
26 guest artists
Béatrice Balcou, Nina Beier, Julien Bismuth, Antoine Catala, June Crespo, Jason Dodge, Ellie Ga, Marina Gadonneix, Rachel Harrison, Ilanit Illouz, Ann Veronica Janssens, Lenio Kaklea, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Özgür Kar, Raphaël Lecoquierre, Jochen Lempert, David Levine, Tala Madani, Diane Severin Nguyen, Constance Nouvel, B. Ingrid Olson, Christine Rebet, Sébastien Roux, Stéphanie Solinas, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Batia Suter.
Glass, water. Cera Collection, M Museum,
Leuven. Courtesy of the artist and South London Gallery, London
Beech. Cera Collection, M Museum, Leuven.
Glass, insect. Production: Cirva, Marseille. FRAC Île-de-France, Paris
Faucet, coins, resin, wine glass.
Courtesy of the artist and Metro
Pictures, New York
Inkjet print of a digital image coded with the title at 7 out of 8 bits per byte, wall text
printed by dry transfer. Courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery, New York
Silver print. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville
Plastic, latex, motor, steel, electronic circuit. With the support of the Jeu de Paume. Courtesy of the artist and 47 Canal, New York
Acrylic resin, plaster, fabric. Artium Museoa, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del País Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Video, color, sound.
40 min 23 s.
With the support of the Jeu de Paume. Courtesy of the artist and of Bureau, New York
Pigment print on Hahnemühle silk baryta paper mounted on aluminum. With the support of the Jeu de Paume and the generous contribution of its Benefactors. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris
Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York
Pigment print fossilized by salt. Courtesy of the artist
Production : abd. Coproduction : Phenomenon, comtemporary art biennial in Anafi, Greece
Photographic transfer on glass, metal structure. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
4K video, black and white, sound, 23 min, Two 75-inch screens, wall brackets, multimedia deck, extension cord reel. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie douard Montassut, Paris
Courtesy of the artist
Silver print on matte baryta paper. Courtesy of the artist, BQ, Berlin, and ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Volumetric holographic display and video display, color, sound.
16 min 56 s.
Courtesy of the artist
Animated film, color, sound.
1 min 2 s.
Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
Lightjet digital C-print. Van Praet d’Amerloo Collection
Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie In Situ – fabienne leclerc, Romainville
Dye sublimation print on aluminum, fiberboard, Plexiglas, silicone. Courtesy of the artist and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
4K animated film, color, sound. Production: Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, with the support of the Jeu de Paume and the generous contribution of its Benefactors
Pulse hologram. Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin
Video, color, sound.
8 min 47 s.
Courtesy of the artist. With support from the Institut Français/Résidences étant Donnés, the patronage committee of the Fondation des Artistes, the DICRéAM-CNC and the Jeu de Paume with the generous contribution of its Benefactors
Glass, water. Cera Collection, M Museum,
Leuven. Courtesy of the artist and South London Gallery, London
Beech. Cera Collection, M Museum, Leuven.
Glass, insect. Production: Cirva, Marseille. FRAC Île-de-France, Paris
Faucet, coins, resin, wine glass.
Courtesy of the artist and Metro
Pictures, New York
Inkjet print of a digital image coded with the title at 7 out of 8 bits per byte, wall text
printed by dry transfer. Courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery, New York
Silver print. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville
Plastic, latex, motor, steel, electronic circuit. With the support of the Jeu de Paume. Courtesy of the artist and 47 Canal, New York
Acrylic resin, plaster, fabric. Artium Museoa, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del País Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Video, color, sound.
40 min 23 s.
With the support of the Jeu de Paume. Courtesy of the artist and of Bureau, New York
Pigment print on Hahnemühle silk baryta paper mounted on aluminum. With the support of the Jeu de Paume and the generous contribution of its Benefactors. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris
Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York
Pigment print fossilized by salt. Courtesy of the artist
Production : abd. Coproduction : Phenomenon, comtemporary art biennial in Anafi, Greece
Photographic transfer on glass, metal structure. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
4K video, black and white, sound, 23 min, Two 75-inch screens, wall brackets, multimedia deck, extension cord reel. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie douard Montassut, Paris
Courtesy of the artist
Silver print on matte baryta paper. Courtesy of the artist, BQ, Berlin, and ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Volumetric holographic display and video display, color, sound.
16 min 56 s.
Courtesy of the artist
Animated film, color, sound.
1 min 2 s.
Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
Lightjet digital C-print. Van Praet d’Amerloo Collection
Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie In Situ – fabienne leclerc, Romainville
Dye sublimation print on aluminum, fiberboard, Plexiglas, silicone. Courtesy of the artist and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
4K animated film, color, sound. Production: Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, with the support of the Jeu de Paume and the generous contribution of its Benefactors
Pulse hologram. Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin
Video, color, sound.
8 min 47 s.
Courtesy of the artist. With support from the Institut Français/Résidences étant Donnés, the patronage committee of the Fondation des Artistes, the DICRéAM-CNC and the Jeu de Paume with the generous contribution of its Benefactors