Exhibition

Zarma - off-site

Collective show with Andreas Führer, Hayan Kam Nakache, Hélène Juillet

December 15, 16 and 17, 2011, public opening on Wednesday 14, fom 6:30PM
AtelieRnational, 67 rue Hoche, 13003 Marseille

visuel_de_l-exposition_zarma__hayan_kam_nakache — Visual of Zarma, 2011 © Hayan Kam Nakache

ateliernational_decembre2011-photo_mezlivega16 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

ateliernational_decembre2011-photo_mezlivega17 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

ateliernational_decembre2011-photo_mezlivega19 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

ateliernational_decembre2011-photo_mezlivega26 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

ateliernational_decembre2011-photo_mezlivega31 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

p1090515 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

p1090584 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

p1090671 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

p1090726 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

p1090748 — View from Zarma’s opening, on December 14, 2011 © Mezli Vega

“Faire Zarma” means “to fake” or “to pretend.” This question of mimesis, inherent in the history of art, can find a new incarnation during an artist residency. Indeed, it is not insignificant to confront one’s artistic research with the tumultuous city of Marseille. Identity issues always emerge in more or less admitted ways. This city shakes the senses of its visitors, ultimately getting them to take the rhythm of this cultural chaos.

Andreas, Hélène, and Hayan make it a point to highlight the popular culture and the peculiarities of the geographic area that welcomes them, both in the architectural, historical, social, and musical fields. However, none of them claim to become a Phocean chameleon. Rather, more or less consciously, it is about creating a patchwork of the contradictions of Marseille that shatter our references and daily representation patterns, and giving them a new readability.

Text by Alexandra Lécuiller