Sarkis Passages: A Living Museum at Centre Pompidou
At the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Sarkis's exhibition titled 'Sarkis-Passages' runs from 10 February to 21 June 2010, portraying the museum as a dynamic organism. The artist engages with spaces such as Brancusi's studio and Beuys's Plight room, aiming to 'heal' the artworks within. He casts a segment of Pudovkin's film 'Tempête sur l'Asie' onto Brancusi's studio and invites visitors to experience Beuys's Plight while wearing felt slippers. Additionally, on 7–8 June, he presents a reinterpretation of John Cage's 'Roaratorio' at Ircam. The exhibition progresses with the inclusion of a vitrine showcasing items from his collection and a model of his Villejuif studio, embodying Sarkis's 'Kriegschatz' concept that challenges traditional museification.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Centre Pompidou, Paris, 10 February – 21 June 2010
- Sarkis intervenes in Brancusi's studio, Beuys's Plight, and Bibliothèque Kandinsky
- Projects Pudovkin's film fragment onto Brancusi's studio
- Reopens Beuys's Plight with visitors wearing felt slippers
- Stages John Cage's Roaratorio at Ircam on 7–8 June
- Installs rotating sculptures with magnetic tape and statuettes
- Live webcam feed from Sarkis's Villejuif studio
- Adds vitrine opposite André Breton's studio wall from 4 April
- Model of Villejuif studio with neon crosses in Russian Constructivists room
- Ikones displayed spontaneously like Malevich's 0.10 exhibition
- Concept of Kriegschatz (war treasure) opposes static museification
- Draws on Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin
- Invents 'living museum' as envisioned by Georges Duthuit
Entities
Artists
- Sarkis
- Constantin Brâncuși
- Joseph Beuys
- John Cage
- Kazimir Malevich
- André Breton
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Georges Duthuit
- Aby Warburg
- Walter Benjamin
- Frances Yates
- Pontus Hulten
Institutions
- Centre Pompidou
- Ircam
- Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Villejuif
Sources
- artpress —