We are very pleased to reveal the full programme for our annual Postgraduate Arts Festival 2022. From June 7th to 11th the Postgraduate Students of the University of Kent in Paris will be hosting a range of enlightening events revolving around the theme of CHAOS AND ORDER. Read on to discover this year’s diverse programme and register for our RSVP-only events here.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
DAY ONE: TUESDAY, 07 JUNE
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: VERNISSAGE: Exhibition Opening
Hosted by the University of Kent Paris Society, join us for the opening of our five-day festival and explore how our featured artists give form to the matter of Chaos and Order, employing their creativity to understand the vigorous process of life and its complex realities. Food and drinks will be provided!
At the precipice of order, there is always chaos, and order itself is threatened by the omnipresence of slippages, dissent, and disorder. The theme of the exhibition is open to interpretation for the individual artists with the vision to defy institutional arrangements and aesthetic and canonical expectations. The call of the moment is for art that exists in the free-flowing space that has some potential for spontaneity. Our Arts Exhibition will feature artists who defy institutional arrangements, aesthetic, and canonical expectations.
We are delighted to be hosting our exhibition at the historic Atelier 11. Located in Cité Falguière in Montparnasse, this building has seen the likes of Soutine and Modigliani throughout its time. To learn more about the work done there and how you can support the restoration of the building, visit their website here.
*SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT – RSVP REQUIRED HERE*
Address: L’AiR Arts Association, 11 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris
*The Arts Exhibition will continue through 8 June to 11 June, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Dr. Fatou Nian
DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, 08 JUNE
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM: CURATED FILM SCREENINGS
Featuring a variety of short films made by experimental directors from around the world and throughout various points in cinematic history, including Maya Deren, Bill Morrison, Hans Richter, and Alan Resnais. This curated series of films evoke the theme of Chaos and Order in awe-inspiring ways.
Afterwards, feel free to head upstairs and explore our on-going arts exhibition!
Address: L’AiR Arts Association, 11 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Fatou Niang on Arts and Poetics of Living in Times of Crisis
Introducing our Keynote Speaker for the Postgraduate Arts Festival, Dr. Fatou Niang! Join us for an afternoon of community, discussion and exhibition on the progression of and future of Art in our changing world. Drinks and light snacks will be provided.
Dr. Mame-Fatou Niang is a filmmaker and professor of French and Francophone studies at Carnegie-Mellon University. Her work is on contemporary France, Sub-Saharan Africa, postcolonialism, media studies, and urban planning. Her documentary Mariannes Noires, which focuses on the Afro-French identities of seven women, was selected for the San Francisco Black Film Festival, Toronto Black Film Festival, and Festival International du Film Black Montréal, among others.
*SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT – RSVP REQUIRED HERE*
Address: Reid Hall, 4 Rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris
Yelena Moskovich
DAY THREE: THURSDAY, 09 JUNE
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: WRITE & SIP: Deconstruction – Neither Construction Nor Destruction
Deconstruction provides a way of studying the basic precept of existence. In this professionally-led workshop, rise to a plane of pure, joyful play, with a transcendental disregard for the one, all-encompassing, unbearable truth. Drinks will be provided.
This event will be hosted by Yelena Moskovich, a writer and artist, author of three novels, A Door Behind A Door, Virtuoso, long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize, and The Natashas. Born in Ukraine (former USSR), she immigrated to the U.S. with her family as Jewish refugees in 1991, then again on her own to France in 2007. They studied dramatic writing at Emerson College, physical theatre at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, and received a Master of Arts, Esthetics, & Philosophy (Performing Arts) from Université Paris 8. They co-founded their own theatre company, La Compagnie Pavlov, in Paris (inactive since 2012). Her plays and performances have been produced in the US, Canada, France, and Sweden. Their writing has also appeared in publications such as Apartamento, Vogue, Frieze, Times Literary Supplement, Paris Review, Dyke_On Magazine, and most recently in Kuba Ryniewicz’s photography book, The Daily Weeding. In 2018, they served as a curator and exhibiting artist for the Los Angeles Queer Biennial.
*SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT – RSVP HERE*
Address: L’AiR Arts Association, 11 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris
Dr. Monique Y. Wells
DAY FOUR: FRIDAY, 10 JUNE
11:00am – 1:00pm: SHORT FILM SCREENINGS
Join us for a curated collection of short films by student filmmakers and experimental directors from various eras and genres, where filmmakers transcend conventions and push the boundaries of cinema. Guests are free to attend any films that they wish on the program.
The films featured at our Festival Screening have been specially curated to reflect the transcendental, often chaotic, nature of the medium, from experimental works pushing the boundaries of light and sound, to allegorical stories of shadow and dissent.
Address: L’Épée de Bois Cinema, 100 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: CREATIVE WORKSHOP: Writing From Art
Combine the skills of writing and paint by exploring the artwork of Lucas Beaufort and using it to inspire your writing. Writers will be given the opportunity to showcase their work and perform. Drinks and light snacks to be provided.
The workshop will be led by Dr. Monique Y. Wells, founder and CEO of the Wells International Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower individuals, especially women and persons of African descent, to realize their highest potential through arts, literacy, study abroad, and other educational and cultural programs.
Dr. Wells will lead an exploration of the artist Beauford Delaney, a consummate artist and a warm-hearted man. Delaney was a great teacher and a great listener. Psychologically troubled, yet a profound inspiration to many. As his career evolved, Delaney painted to tame his inner demons and harnessed them to produce his art. His life and work are the perfect example of Chaos and Order that this festival seeks to explore.
*SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT – RSVP HERE*
Address: L’AiR Arts Association, 11 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris
DAY FIVE: SATURDAY, 11 JUNE
11:00am – 1:00pm: SCREENING AND Q&A: Director Paul Heintz
Join us for the screening of CHARACTER, by Paul Heintz, followed by a student-led Q&A with the director. Heintz’s film is an attempt to recreate unspeakable links between beings, texts and societies — a feat Heintz accomplishes through an exploration of the experimental and the fantastic.
Paul Heintz’s works explore through different mediums the reversibility of the relationships between reality and fiction, truth and simulation, normalcy and anomaly. The ordinary world thus appears strewn with art and simulacra which, because they are perfectly integrated into the fabric of everyday life, arouse effects of strangeness or burlesque that are all the more striking. Paul Heintz is a graduate of the National Superior School of Art and Design of Nancy, of the National Superior School of Decorative Arts in Paris and of Fresnoy, national studio of contemporary arts. He was the winner of the 2019 Emerige Revelations Prize and his first personal gallery exhibition was presented at gb agency in May 2021.
Address: L’Épée de Bois Cinema, 100 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM : CLOSING EVENT: The Menteur Postgraduate Arts Magazine Launch
The editorial team of this year’s issue of The Menteur is proud to announce our theme of TRUTH. Join us for the launch of our latest issue in an evening featuring music, drinks, food and curated readings by published authors.
The Menteur is a literary and arts magazine from the University of Kent Paris School of Arts and Culture. Our 2022 issue features artistic and creative works from the University of Kent student body and beyond to cumulate into a series of introspective mediums that convey the truth, in any sense of the word. Join us for our magazine’s official launch as well as food and drinks to celebrate.
If you are a published writer or artist with the 2022 issue of The Menteur and are interested in participating in the curated reading during this event, please indicate your interest in the RSVP form.
*SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT – RSVP HERE*
Address: Reid Hall, 4 Rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris
Postgraduate Festival and the Paris School of Arts and Culture
The Postgraduate Arts Festival is held annually and organised by a committee of our Master’s students. You can learn more about the festival on its website here. Discover more about the University of Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture and the various Master’s Programmes offered by the School at this link.