Our MBA in Arts and Cultural Management students put on a wonderful exhibition for this new school year, "H.S // Am I Still Human". Vibe Worning answered our questions on behalf of the organizing group.
Can you describe this exhibition for us? Why this title H.S // Am I Still Human?
As the title suggests, this project aims to explore the multiple dimensions in which human beings can exist. This raises the following questions: how can the human body and mind be perceived through technologies, freed from old academic and scientific paradigms? Could they be seen as fluid entities moving from one dimension to another? Can a human be without a body?
This exhibition is called "H.S // Am I still Human?" and is part of the collective project called "Big World" conceived by the artists Samuel Fasse and Salomé Chatriot (present here under the acronym S//). Big World is the project of these two artists who aim to create a total world – a world that will be the subject of all the creations made under the name S//. Codified in this project under the name "H", for Habitant (inhabitant), the notion of the inhabitant becomes the central point of this exhibition. The exhibition proposes to move beyond the notion opposing "the human and the other" by exploring the very notion of the human body, in other words the inhabitant, and by attempting to answer the question "are these inhabitants still humans?"
How did you get in touch with AMAC Projects?
One of our classmates knew this recently opened venue in Paris’s third arrondissement. He simply contacted the owner of the premises, who was immediately won over by our proposal.
Was this project part of your program at IESA?
This exhibition is the final project to be completed as part of our MBA in Arts & Cultural Management at IESA.
What were your roles?
Our roles were very varied; we did everything, from writing the project at the curatorial level to administrative tasks, managing marketing and communication, and fundraising to finance the projects, through to organizing the production and the event.
What did IESA arts&culture bring you?
IESA made us aware of a crucial need in the art world for people able to handle both facets of this world: the creative side and the commercial side. IESA arts&culture gave us the theory and the hands-on practice needed for learning. The practical side proved particularly useful, especially when you work with emerging artists on an exhibition such as "H.S // Am I still human"!
