Conversation with André Lepecki, Cynthia Loemij, Yann Chateigné Tytelman and Elvan Zabunyan
Booklaunch
RegisterPublished to accompany the exhibition of the same name, A truly immense journey is both a catalogue and a guide to the canonical collection of the Centre Pompidou, viewed through the broader perspective of movement.
- Date
- 18:00 — 22:00
- Location
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Box 2
- Rates
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Free
Like the exhibition, the book approaches movement in three ways: as a synonym for the human condition; as a means of exchanging ideas; and as a way of navigating chronologies and geographies, moving beyond the traditional "object" in favour of random situations, interactions and events. In addition to essays addressing these themes, the book includes a selection of shorter literary texts and artists’ responses inspired by the exhibition or engaging with it metaphorically.
The conversation between the authors and curators opens up new fields of interpretation and highlights the universal nature of the questions raised by the exhibition.
The talk will be moderated by Marta Dziewanska, a curator at Kanal and the curator of the exhibition.
André Lepecki is an essayist, dramaturg and independent curator based in New York City. He is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and Associate Dean at the Tisch School of the Arts. He has published influential books on dance and performance, including Points of Convergence (2015), which he co-edited with Marta Dziewanska. He has also curated numerous international festivals and exhibitions.
Since 1991, Cynthia Loemij has been a member of the permanent ensemble of Rosas, contributing to numerous productions by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. She has collaborated with a range of artists and choreographers and taught at various institutions, including P.A.R.T.S., Brussels. In 2011 she co-founded the company OVAAL with Mark Lorimer.
Yann Chateigné Tytelman is a Brussels-based curator and educator. He has worked at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as well as at CAPC Bordeaux and HEAD - Genève. In 2020 he co-curated It Never Ends with John M. Armleder at Kanal, before the building was redeveloped. His projects explore ecology, alternative histories and destruction. He teaches at KASK in Ghent and the Malmö Art Academy and is a co-founder of celador in Brussels.
Elvan Zabunyan is an art historian and professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Her research explores political, postcolonial and feminist perspectives in contemporary art. She has co-edited several publications and co-curated the exhibition Correspondances, lire Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison at Le Crédac in Ivry-sur-Seine. In 2025 she received the Prix Pierre Daix for her book Réunir les bouts du monde (2024).
