To exhibit in case of emergency
Locationsecret location
Cité Internationale des Arts
18 rue de l’Hôtel de Ville
75004 Paris
Dateto be activated at the collapse of late capitalism
Press Allan Deneuville, Gala Hernández López, Ariane Papillon et Ysé Sorel Guérin for Marges #35
Photo creditsSalim Santa Lucia
ArtistsCarla Adra, Asareh Akasheh, Ranti Bam, Cécile Bouffard, Kamil Bouzoubaa,Grivel, Alessandra Carosi, Anna Ceipe, Magali Dougoud, Elif Erkan, Nicolas Faubert, Clément Fourment, Juan Gugger, Nathalie Harb, Charlotte Heninger, Cedrick Isham, Daniel Jablonski, Ellande Jaureguiberry, Mathilde Lavenne, Mathias Leonard, Natalia Lopez & Abraham Poincheval, Domitille Martin, Léonard Martin & Elvire Caillon, Gabriel Moraes Aquino, Samir Mougas, Nefeli Papadimouli, Benoît Piéron, Margot Piétri, Camille Pradon, Baptiste Rabichon, Ghizlane
Sahli, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Kristoffer Stefan, Katarzyna Wiesiołek, Миша Завальный
Statement
It is 30 May 2021 and the collapse of the world as we know it has never been so close. The accumulating crises show us that we are in the midst of decadence. Humanity is in peril, and we have never been so aware of its fragility. But we will not mourn the wreckage of a world that has produced capitalism, pollution, borders, patriarchy and nuclear power plants. The world as we know it is on the brink of collapse, and we do not recognise ourselves in it.
Awareness of the dangers that lie ahead is the reason for that box you just found. We don't yet know how this world will collapse, but when it does, there will be an exhibition ready, and you have it with you. It's 34 miniatures made by artists at the Cité Internationale des Arts between 2020 and 2021. I have asked them to produce a miniature for this toolbox, so as to bring together an exhibition that will never have been seen in this world that is coming to an end. Of course, it will always be possible to see an exhibition in a museum or elsewhere, but it will always take as its starting point a world that is no more existing.
“To exhibit in case of emergency” is an exhibition ready for the after world, for those who will endure the transition between the end and the beginning of a new world. Thinkers and statisticians predict a world of violence, chaos and death. In the rush, perhaps no one will think about the importance of poetry, art and beauty, which is why we thought of this mobile exhibition, which you can easily carry and handle. Its opening allows each work to stay in place, like an architecture in which your hands can wander. It's an art capsule as a shelter in during difficult times, and we hope it proves wrong all those who predict the worst.