Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: M.2062 (la partie de l’opéra)
- Date
- From 24.10.2014 to 31.10.2014
© Adagp, Paris, 2015 © Fondation Louis Vuitton / Giasco Bertoli
With M.2062 (the opera game), Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster turns the Foundation into a setting for a "magical chess game with modified rules". Real and fictional figures of the 19th century (the white pieces) and the 20th century (the black pieces), among them Lola Montes, Bob Dylan, Edgar Allan Poe and even Vicky Page, come face to face. Each of them appears in a specific part of the museum, accompanied by opera music, literary texts and film dialogue. With the participation of Ari Benjamin Meyers (artist and composer, born in 1972. Lives and works in Berlin), and surprise guests
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (1965) lives and works in Paris (France) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Copyrights
- a creation by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
- make-up and hair: Mélanie Gerbeaux
- costumes: la Compagnie du Costume, Clémence de Solages
- wardrobe: Laurence Michelland-Guindollet
- special effects: C17
- Composition by Ari Benjamin Meyers
- Module 4 from Serious Immobilities (2013) (Opera Game Version, 2014)
- Electric Bass - Louis Sommer
- Electric Guitar - Rodrigo Viana
- executive production: ARTER and Blue Head Production
Special thanks to:
Rodolphe Cohen, Martial Galfione, Benoit Lalloz, Olivier Aldeano, Yasumasa Morimura.
The artist
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Living between Paris and Rio de Janeiro, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (1965) explores the relationship between reality and fiction in the form of environments, performances, photos and films.
Gonzalez-Foerster presents her work in a way and space designed to create an intimate, domestic feel. “Someone, at home, is always starting an exhibition. Any photo put on a wall, the way we position an object, etc. The shape of rooms is a natural shape for an exhibition, and an exhibition is a natural form of room,” explains the artist. Starting in 1988, Gonzalez-Foerster created just over 50 interiors – installations that condense climates and emotions through objects, colours, lighting and different ways of manipulating the space. Since then, she has moved her work outdoors, and in two different directions. In the space offered by film, which for her is the logical next step from the exhibition, she has produced a succession of short films exploring public spaces – parks and cities where people meet and communicate. At the same time, she has reconceived the exhibition in view of the forms at its frontiers (the 19th century panorama) or by bringing other real or imaginary spaces into the museum or public space.
The chessboard can be viewed at any time from 24th to 31st October in Gallery 2
The programme
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Friday October 24
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3:00 pm
Emilie Brontë – Auditorium – duration approximately 35 minutes
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Saturday October 25
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7:30 pm
La Casati – Great Wall of the West Basin – duration approximately 15 minutes
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Sunday October 26
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8:00 pm
Anonymous – from the clearing – duration approximately 15 minutes
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Monday October 27
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5:00 pm
Vera Nabokov – Gallery 2 chessboard – duration approximately 35 minutes
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Tuesday October 28
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6:00 pm
Bob Dylan – lifts + level 2 – duration approximately 25 minutes
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Wednesday October 29
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4:00 pm
Vicky Page – Gallery 2 chessboard – duration approximately 25 minutes
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Thursday October 30
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3:00 pm
Red Shoes – Auditorium – duration approximately 35 minutes
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Friday October 31
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8:00 pm
Paul Morphy – Gallery 2 chessboard – duration – approximately 85 minutes
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