THE APRES MEETINGS AT HALLE SAINT-PIERRE AND STUDY DAYS IN 2019

par Françoise Py

October 12, 2019

organized by Françoise PY at the Halle Saint-Pierre every second Saturday from November 2018 to June 2019 and Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 3:30-6:00 PM except for the three study days where the schedule is specified

within the framework of the Association for Research and Study of Surrealism (APRES). Reception by Martine Lusardy

Saturday, November 10, 2018: Monique Dorsel and Charles Gonzales: crossed paths, theater and poetry. Dialogue and readings. With the participation of Françoise Armengaud, Mireille Calle-Gruber and Françoise Py.

Monique Dorsel and Charles Gonzales are two exceptional actors, linked to surrealism by the authors they have defended and, in the case of Charles Gonzales, by his proximity to Artaud's work. He practices in his own way a "theater of cruelty" in the plays he directs, making theater a place of alchemical transformation that releases forces. In true actor performances, he embodies a "theater difficult and cruel first for oneself" as Artaud wanted. His work, Récit d'une noce obscure: l'incandescent Antonin Artaud, published by La Feuille de thé in 2013, is "a poetic act," to use his own terms, where he gives voice to the haunted speech of a character named A.A. He illuminates Artaud's inner drama through a voice emerging from the depths of his own body as Artaud had done in 1947 for his Vincent Van Gogh le suicidé de la société.

The collaboration between Monique Dorsel and Charles Gonzales dates from 2005, when she hosted his show Charles Gonzales Becomes Camille Claudel at the Théâtre-Poème in Brussels and a little later his Trilogy: Camille Claudel, Sarah Kane and Thérèse d'Avilla. From this was born a rich collaboration and a wonderful friendship. Charles Gonzales for his part will have her act in Samuel Beckett's Oh les beaux jours, in Cocteau's La Voix humaine and in other shows he directs.

Saturday, December 8, 2018:

Isabel Echarri and Diego Etcheverry, visual artists and set designers. Presentation by Françoise Py of their four-handed works (opera sets and costumes) and Isabel Echarri's artist books, with the participation of Fernando Arrabal, Jean-Clarence Lambert, and others.

Saturday, January 12, 2019: In the Company of Aimé Césaire: poems recited and sung by Bernard Ascal: conception and voice, Yves Morel: arrangements, trombone, accordion, keyboard, Delphine Franck: cello, voice.

Saturday, February 9, 2019: Mouradian gallery owner, 41 rue de Seine (1926-1974) by Monique and Georges Sebbag, in the presence of José-Maria Jimenez-Alfaro, grandson of Aram Mouradian.

The history of this gallery is exemplary. Aram Mouradian (1892-1974), an Englishman of Armenian origin, and Leonard Van Leer (1889-1950), a Dutchman of Jewish origin, associate and found a gallery at 41, rue de Seine on January 18, 1926. In accordance with their credo "Painting since Cézanne," they rely on Derain, Pascin, Renoir, Segonzac, Utrillo or Vlaminck. They promote young painters like Krémègne, Gritchenko, Charlotte Gardelle, Valentine Prax or Kotchar, most often from abroad. Above all, and this is a point that has been concealed until now, their gallery forges a very strong link with surrealism. In March 1926, fifty works by Max Ernst are exhibited. This is the artist's first solo surrealist exhibition. Another will follow in March 1927. The 41 rue de Seine, which offers four advertising spaces in La Révolution surréaliste, is the gallery most in phase with surrealism. Picabia (October 1927), Roland Penrose (June 1928), Delbrouck and Defize (April 1929, catalog prefaced by André Breton) and Man Ray (November 1929) are entitled to a solo exhibition. Chirico and Miró are present in group exhibitions.

Saturday, February 23, 2019: Study Day: Poetry in Action, Theatrical Performances, organized by Henri Béhar and Françoise Py.

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Cristina De Simone: surrealism and performances, on the occasion of the publication of her book Proféractions! Poésie en action à Paris (1946-1969), Les Presses du réel, 2018. Followed by a dialogue with Jean-Clarence Lambert and Jean-Loup Philippe. 2:00-3:00 PM: Jean-Loup Philippe: performances.

3:30-5:00 PM: Charles Gonzales: Sarah Kane. Theater-performance.

Saturday, March 9, 2019: Screening of the film by surrealist painter Jean-Claude Silbermann, Mais qui a salé la salade de céleri?, in the presence of Jean-Claude Silbermann and Georges Sebbag. Followed by a dialogue with the audience.

Saturday, April 13, 2019: Study Day: Surrealism and Freudian-Marxism, organized by Henri Béhar, Françoise Py and Paolo Scopelliti.

Otto Gross: psychoanalysis, revolution and German Dadaism, by Catherine Dufour
From Les Vases communicants to Arcane 17, was Breton a Freudian-Marxist? by Annie Rizk-Urbanik
Belgrade surrealism and Freudian-Marxism by Jelena Novakovic Bataille, Breton and mass psychology by Fiorella Bassan Surrealist Freudian-Marxism: a critical mythology by Paolo SCOPELLITI

Saturday, May 11, 2019: Thessa Herold gallery owner (1970-2018), in the presence of Thessa and Jacques Herold, with Monique and Georges Sebbag and several artists and authors close to the gallery. Screening of a film on the exhibition Chassé-croisé Dada-Surréaliste, 1916-1969 (espace Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, 2012).

Saturday, June 8, 2019: Study Day: André Breton's Correspondence, organized by Henri Béhar and Françoise Py.

10:30-11:30 AM: Henri Béhar: André Breton's Correspondence with Tristan Tzara and Francis Picabia (1919-1924).

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Etienne-Alain Hubert: André Breton's Letters to Jacques Doucet.

2:00-3:00 PM: Jean-Michel Goutier: André Breton's Letters to his Daughter Aube, André Breton's Letters to Simone Kahn.

3:00-3:30 PM: Round table with Maryse Vassevière (moderator), Henri Béhar, Jean-Michel Goutier, Etienne-Alain Hubert and Françoise Py.

3:45-4:15 PM: Dialogue between Benjamin Fondane and Léon Chestov by Michel Carrassou in the role of Benjamin Fondane and Vladimir Kovalenko in that of Chestov. Text established from the correspondence. Participation of Edith Scob (provisional).

4:30 – 5:30 PM: Concert: meeting between oral tradition and jazz: Alessio Penzo, electric piano and glass piano, and Antonio Serafini, bagpipes. Friendship drink.

The three Study Days are 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).

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