From June 26 to July 1 at the Magasins généraux, 1 rue de l’Ancien Canal, in Pantin, students of the MBA in Arts and Cultural Management at IESA arts&culture International are pleased to present the exhibition Never Eat the Same Cracker Twice, created in collaboration with Audrey Illouz, curator, Jagna Ciuchta, artist, and Sylvie Boulanger, director of CNEAI. The exhibition is also produced in partnership with Lab’Bel, the artistic laboratory of Groupe Bel, using works from the collection.
In 2017, the Cneai (Centre National Édition Art Image) opened new spaces within the Magasins généraux, a former industrial building from the 1930s and a new place for production, innovation, and experimentation orchestrated by the agency BETC, bringing together an ecosystem of players who test new ways of approaching the fields of creation. At the invitation of the Cneai, the Grande salle of the Magasins généraux hosts the exhibition.
Nine artworks in varying media and materials are presented in the exhibition. Most of them are composed of repurposed objects: worn objects or ready-mades. Objects displaced from their original context have lost their previous function through various acts of appropriation and translation. This change introduces a specific relationship to time and duration. Although their meaning has evolved over time, references to their former function remain hidden in the objects themselves.
Exhibition on view from June 26 to July 1, 2017, from 13:00 to 19:00
Press preview on Thursday, June 29 at 10:00
Closing event Friday, June 30, 2017, from 18:00 to 21:00