Dialogues in Contemporary Art x POUSH Talks

Name: Dialogues in Contemporary Art x POUSH Talks
Start: 2025-02-15T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-15T17:30:00+01:00
Location: POUSH

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 10:30 am to 05:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

POUSH | Aubervilliers, IL

Join us on 15 Feb 2025 for Dialogues in Contemporary Art x POUSH Talks - a global event celebrating cultural exchange and artistic dialogue.
About this Event

Join us for the first international edition of Dialogues in Contemporary Art (Zawaya Wa Afkar), presented by the Visual Arts Commission (VAC) of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture. Taking place on Saturday, 15 February 2025, at POUSH in Aubervilliers, this special event invites audiences to reflect on humanity’s evolving relationship with the Earth through the lens of contemporary art.

Curated by Anna Kirikova, with Assistant Curator Daria Ozerskaya, this edition draws inspiration from a land art piece by Syn architects in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, and features three compelling conversations exploring themes such as non-human agency, alternative world-building, and embodied ecology.

Part of the POUSH Talks series, this collaboration underscores a shared commitment to cultural exchange and artistic dialogue. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with leading artists, thinkers, and curators at the forefront of contemporary art and ecological thought.

🗓 Date: Saturday, 15 February 2025
🕙 Time: 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Location: Espace La Coupole - POUSH, Aubervilliers

Agenda

🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Conversation I: THE NON-HUMAN PROTAGONISTS
Host: Ayman Zedani

Info: A conversation between Ayman Zedani, Frédérique Aït-Touati and Hicham Berrada.
Moderated by Anna Kirikova.

THE NON-HUMAN PROTAGONISTS re-imagines the Earth as a repository of subjective memories and personal experiences, not only of humans but of all the makers of the Earth (Latour). Exploring artistic and intellectual strategies of looking into ways of becoming more aware of the multiple worlds and modes of existence that constitute the fabric of life on the planet.

🕑: 01:30 AM - 02:50 AM
Conversation II: NOT OF THIS WORLD
Host: Grégory Chatonsky

Info: A conversation between Grégory Chatonsky, Arnaud Morand and Virginie Ittah.
Moderated by Anna Kirikova. NOT OF THIS WORLD focuses on alternative world-building and terraforming as a means of artistic production. Creating speculative worlds and experiences as acts of re-attachment with the Earth. Does what is real necessarily have to be in physical form?

🕑: 03:00 AM - 04:30 AM
Conversation III: UNFOLDING (THE) EARTH
Host: Anaïs Tondeur

Info: A conversation between Anaïs Tondeur, Sabine Mirlesse and Sarah Brahim.
Moderated by Anna Kirikova. UNFOLDING (THE) EARTH delves into strategies for revealing the unseen materialities of the Earth. Sensitive-based art and corporeal experiences that provide for a renewal of our modes of attuning to physical connections we have towards the planet.