FINE ARTS

Armine Salifu – Let it fly!

by Armine Salifu

The oldest European building and first trading post of the Atlantic slave trade built in sub-Saharan Africa is a white fort on the coast of Elmina in Ghana, built in 1482 by the Portuguese and called Saint George's Castle. On a pink background, Let it fly! illustrates a white fort standing on a coast, burning. Next to it, a Dragon spits fire, in celebration with two of its friends. This flag is a retelling of the myth of Saint George and the Dragon. The several techniques and materials used to make this picture, which was slowly stitched together and painted by hand, are fully visible. The back is neither covered nor hidden; it is a part of the narrative, showcasing the complex relationship between the myth and the material reality that inspires it.

FINE ARTS

SLAP !

with Geoffrey Cottenceau, Gina Proenza

Whether it’s a parade, a particle accelerator or a dance ball, SLAP invites you to inhabit a space from a gravitational perspective. Positioned on the boundary between two and three dimensions, the works are subject to centrifugal laws and find themselves exchanging with one another to create fortuitous narratives, as if the continuous round of which they were a part of had suddenly come to a halt. The exhibition space becomes the site of a fundamentally social event - in terms of the works it hosts and the exhibition context - and reveals the social perspective that the works hold in rela- tion to each other. Like a boring chat with a friend of a friend, some pieces are overwhelmed by their conversations, while others lend themselves easily to them. You’ll have no hesitation in intercepting some of the phrases exchanged between the works, while having the opportunity to: reply/nego- tiate/argue with the social time-space that SLAP, as a real static meeting point, offers for an evening.

FOUNDATION YEAR

Option Arts Visuels – 22–23

with Alfredo Aceto

Sélection personnelle pour chaque étudiant·e·x des projets réalisés durant le semestre.

FOUNDATION YEAR

Creative Drawing – 22–23

Sélection de dessins créatifs selon divers consignes

FOUNDATION YEAR

Option Course Visual Arts – 22–23

with Alfredo Aceto

Collective project with Thomas Liu Le Lann and Alfredo Aceto