FILMO-SESSIONS : "Talks about art and cinema"

Filmo-sessions is a cycle of encounters devoted to the intersections between art and film, proposed by art critic and exhibition curator Jean-Max Colard.

The second episode of the Filmo-Sessions at the Fondation Vuitton showcases a unique and exceptional conversation between two towering figures on the contemporary art scene: visual artist Daniel Buren and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.

With reference to disciplines and methods characteristic respectively of contemporary art and the cinema, Daniel Buren and Frederick Wiseman confront issues such as the burden of history, the institution of culture, and the architecture of iconic locations. How do these artists approach the occupation of a given site or cultural institution? How do they prepare films and artworks destined to appear in such specific contexts?

Aside from such methodological questions, and above and beyond their differences, this encounter provides an opportunity to establish a dialogue between the arts: can the in situ interventions of Daniel Buren at the Fondation Vuitton interact with the modes of investigation of a director like Frederick Wiseman when he films in the University of California, Berkeley, or at the National Gallery in London? And, vice versa, in what way does Wiseman’s documentary idiom illumine Buren’s visual art practice?

This event is produced by the Foundation Louis Vuitton in collaboration with an art students’ workshop from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy.

Access to the event is free, by writing to contact@fondationlouisvuitton.fr to book.