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THE HALLE SAINT-PIERRE MEETINGS 2017

November 28, 2016

Surrealism Meetings 2017

organized by Françoise Py
at the Halle Saint-Pierre every fourth Saturday
from January to June 2017

From 3:30 to 6:00 PM except March 25 (10:30 AM-6:00 PM)
within the framework of the Association for Research and Study of Surrealism (APRES) Reception by Martine Lusardy

The Association's Meetings

Saturday, January 28

Victor Brauner, Alchemist Painter.

Screening of two films by Fabrice Maze on Victor Brauner: Le Grand illuminateur and La Mythologie herméthique
(2 x 50', Seven Doc, Phares collection).
Round table with the director and Patrick Lepetit.

Patrick Lepetit is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud. Poet, collagist and essayist, he has published Rituel d'une fascination 2007, Déclaration d'incandescence 2011 and Surréalisme et ésotérisme 2008 with Éditions Rafael de Surtis as well as Le Surréalisme, parcours souterrain with Éditions Dervy in 2012 and Inner Traditions in 2014.

Saturday, February 25

Homage to Alain Jouffroy

Carte Blanche to Wanda Mihuleac.

Performance by Sylvie Crussard on a text by Alain Jouffroy. With the participation of painter Takesada Matsutani (from the Gutaï group), Denis Parmain, actor, Isabelle Maurel, choreographer, Ioana Tomsa, performer, Philippe Di Betta, saxophonist.

We will hear poems by Alain Jouffroy read by him, with music by composer Horia Surianu.

Round Table with Fusako Jouffroy, Didier Ottinger, Pascal Letellier, Jean-Clarence Lambert, Didier Schulmann

Renaud Ego, Wanda Mihuleac and Françoise Py.

Saturday, April 22 (provisional)

The Poetic Work of Andrée Barret, read and presented by Jean-Louis Jacopin.

In the presence of the poet.

Saturday, May 27
from 3:30 to 6:00 PM,
Halle Saint-Pierre auditorium.
Reservation recommended:
01 42 58 72 89

The poet André Verdet (1913-2004), from brief surrealist affinities to broad cosmological meditations.

  • Presentation of André Verdet's work by Françoise Py and Charles Gonzales.
  • Screening of André Verdet, résistant et poète, film by Denise Brial based on a script by Françoise Armengaud, Atalante Vidéos, 2014, 45'.
  • André Verdet and his painter friends: Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Léger, Chagall, by Carole Pinay, art historian, vice-president of the Association des amis d'André Verdet.
  • Poetry readings by Charles Gonzales, writer, actor and director.
  • André Verdet, poet of the cosmos and poet of the Animal-brother, by Françoise Armengaud, "verdétologue" philosopher, vice-president of the Association des amis d'André Verdet.
  • Presentation of Françoise Armengaud's book "Guetter suivre vivre". Mondes d'André Verdet, Éditions du Petit Véhicule, 2017.

Saturday, June 24
"The Time Without Wire" by Georges Sebbag.

On the occasion of the publication of André Breton 1713-1966 / Des siècles boules de neige and Breton et le cinéma (Nouvelles éditions Jean-Michel Place, 2016), Georges Sebbag will shed light on this key concept. The surrealists' time without wire will be confronted with today's micro-durations.


Study Day on the Languages of Surrealism

Saturday, March 25
10:30 AM-6:00 PM: Study Day on the Languages of Surrealism
moderated by Henri Béhar and Françoise Py

10:15-11:15 AM: Hans Siepe: In Search of a New Language: Surrealist Reflections and Practices.

11:15 AM-12:15 PM: Klaus H. Kiefer: Lingua: Sign, Myth, Grammar and Style in Carl Einstein's Work.

12:15-1:15 PM: Valeria Chiore: André Breton and Bachelard.

Break 2:30-3:30 PM: Agnes Horvath: Lajos Vajda, Hungarian Painter and Draftsman in the Interwar Period.

3:30-4:30 PM: Stefania Kenley: Urban Submersions from a Bird's Eye View

Break

4:45-6:00 PM: Marcel Eglin and Sylvie Hoppe: klezmer violin (first part).

Marcel Eglin and Françoise Vincent: poetry and songs (second part).

Study day organized with the support of Paris 8 University, Laboratory of Image Arts and Contemporary Art (AIAC), research team Aesthetics, Practice and History of Arts (EPHA).

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Surrealism and Oulipo

study day directed by Henri Béhar and Françoise Py Morning: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Moderator: Henri Béhar

Alain Chevrier: Robert Desnos's Pre-Oulipian Moments.

Marcel Bénabou: In the Language Cauldrons: Legacy of "Cooked Language."

Afternoon: 2:00-5:45 PM

Moderator: Françoise Py

Jacques Jouet: Robert Desnos's Forced Poems.

Christophe Reig: dialogue with Marcel Bénabou

Break

Enrique Seknadje: About Oucipo (Ouvroir de Cinématographie Potentielle).

Round Table: Henri Béhar, Jacques Jouet, Alain Chevrier, Françoise Py, Marcel Bénabou, Enrique Seknadje, Maryse Vassevière and Gabriel Saad.

5:45-7:15 PM: Screening

Exceptionally at INHA, Vasari room, 2 rue Vivienne, Paris. métro Bourse, Pyramide or Palais Royal.

With the support of APRES (Association for Research and Study of Surrealism) and Paris 8 University, Laboratory of Image Arts and Contemporary Art (AIAC), research team Aesthetics, Practice and History of Arts (EPHA).

Speakers: Henri Béhar, emeritus professor at Paris 3, associate professor at Paris 8, Jacques Jouet, writer and visual artist, member of Oulipo since 1983, Alain Chevrier, independent researcher, Françoise Py, lecturer at Paris 8, Marcel Bénabou, emeritus professor at Paris 7, member of Oulipo since 1969, Christophe Reig, PRAG at the University of Perpignan, Enrique Seknadje, lecturer in cinema at Paris 8, Maryse Vassevière, emeritus lecturer at Paris 3, Gabriel Saad, emeritus professor at Paris 3.

Halle Saint-Pierre, auditorium, 2 rue Ronsard, métro Anvers. Free admission.