AN URBAN POSTER EXHIBITION WHERE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS MEET | Curated by Michaëlle Sergile | July 1 to October 1, 2024

When we think of the great names in the history of art and fine art, the racialized body has been portrayed in many ways in a subaltern position. Although often relegated to the margins of dominant narratives, the racialized body nonetheless has its own history. When interpreted by artists who come closer to its reality, this body becomes a subject. At times, it becomes a political emblem questioning the history of its native territory; at other times, it becomes sacred, a conduit for rituals and moments of slowness. 

For this new iteration of Mémoire de l’avenir, the exhibition entitled Corps : Daily acts reveal larger stories, features three pairs of artists, each reflecting in their own way on the political and sacred body¹, on the passing of stories and myths from one generation to the next, and on the power of solidarity and support between different communities.

Vladim Vilain and Rajni Perera reflect on the representational power of oral histories, myths and science fiction. My-Van Dam and Eve Tagny look at gestures and the relationship between body and space. Marie-Danielle Duval and Moridja Kitenge Banza both invite us to rethink emblematic stories in a contemporary way. 

¹ Note that "sacred" here is not necessarily linked to the religious, but to the idea of a space that is delimited from everyday’s.

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