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THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCLE NEWSLETTER
JULY /AUGUST 2019
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WHAT'S STILL ON THIS MONTH
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JEAN DUBUFFET and "L'Art Brut"
From 24 April to 2 September 2019
Through collections, exhibitions
and publications, Dubuffet attacked the art world on its own
terrain. The quest for an art that was "brut" was fundamental for
him. Initiated in 1945, the Art Brut project took shape
over the years. It aimed to discover and show works that were
not made by professional artists. For Dubuffet, these objects
should manifest "the pure artistic operation,
unrefined, thoroughly reinvented in all its aspects by the maker."
Read more about the show here.
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Journal
illustré du voyage de Francis Drake aux Indes occidentales, Folio 14,
1595-1596. Manuscrit aquarellé sur papier, 32,5 × 20,5 cm. ©
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
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ISLAND TIME
17 July to 18 November 2019
More than
something that is marginal or exceptional, “Island Time” considers the
island as an experience and a tool for understanding the world.
This exhibition explores the effects of islands on the imaginary,
knowledge, geopolitical reality, and the utopias of yesterday and
tomorrow.
Learn more + interview with curators
Reserve tickets here.
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Do you remember the SWICH project?
The
Mucem was one of ten partners of the SWICH project, funded by the
Europe Creative Program. SWICH received congratulations from the
project's referent at the European Commission. The partners promoted the
mobility of people and ideas and contributed to the development of a
community of good practice in the ethnographic field. The project,
which developed over four years, from October 2014 to December
2018, organized numerous conferences, museum meetings for professionals,
residencies for artists. We mention below 3 of the 10 partners:
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MUSEUM OF WORLD CULTURE (Gothenburg, Sweden)
One
of the current exhibitions in this museum focuses on "Where Worlds
Meet." According to Swedish folklore, crossroads were especially
powerful places where the future would sometimes reveal itself...
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THE MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
(Cambridge, UK)
Archaeology
and anthropology are ways of knowing people, past and present.
This museum houses artefacts made by people across the world and
throughout human history. The two current exhibitions
show exceptional and wide-ranging Oceanic collections and textiles
from the Q’eqchi-speaking Maya women of Central Guatemala.
Read more about this partner
Learn more about their exhibitions here.
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LINDEN MUSEUM
(Stuttgart, Germany)
An
outstanding leading museum of ethnology stands at the crossroads of the
history of non-European peoples. It gives fascinating insights into
everyday lives, art and civilisation.
Read more about this partner
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A metropolitan trail is a walking route across urban or suburban areas.
Urban hiking explores cities as a part of nature, the natural habitat
of what Homo sapiens has become. Designed for locals and tourists
alike, Metropolitan Trails encourage walkers to experience familiar
places in a new way, to physically connect spaces
usually considered remote or separate from one another, and to
rediscover walking as a noble mode of transport.
Falling
somewhere between ecology and urbanism, literature and
contemporary art, metropolitan trails touch many aspects of
human activity: tourism, transport, urban planning, biodiversity,
culture, and heritage. These trails are collective territorial projects
that radically alter urban cultural practices by connecting
urban, suburban and rural areas, and casting them in a new light.
This innovative project brings together 6 beneficiary partners (The
Mucem, GR2013, Paths of Greece, Trekking
Italia, Urbanegestalt, and PartGmbB) and 8 associated partners (Le
Bruit du Frigo, Le Voyage Métropolitain, Région
SUD, Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Région
IDF, Green Evolution, Maison de l’architecture de
Cologne, Institut Français de
Tunis, Counterproductions).
Read more on MTA here.
Read about the MTA (in French).
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Roundtable : From Baby Boomers to Millennials: Expressing Expectations, Preparing for the Future - Redpath Museum
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News from the
World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM)
From
May 23th to 26th, the Annual General Meeting of the World Federation of
the Friends of Museums (FMAM) was held in Montreal. It was organized by
the Canadian Federation of the Friends of Museums (CFFM) whom we thank
for their kind and friendly welcome.
In
total, five French Friends of Museums were present, including two
Young Friends. The return of our federation (FFSAM) within FMAM this
year was unanimously and warmly welcomed.
Three
highlights of this meeting: a reflection workshop between Young Friends
to promote the commitment and well-being of young people in their
communities; a conference on art therapy and personal well-being; and a
roundtable entitled, "From Baby Boomers to Millennials: Expressing
Expectations, Preparing for the Future."
See you next March in Canberra, Australia, for the 2020 Annual General Meeting!
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CONFERENCE SERIES in English:
Understanding Mediterranean Collections
July 16th and 17th
Read more : http://www.mucem.org/programme/understanding-mediterranean-collections
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Click here to learn more about the Friends of the Mucem!
You may join us here.
Contact: internationalcircle@amisdumucem.org
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