2022 program

Dear readers,

I am delighted to reveal our 2022 spring-summer-autumn program, which spans the fields of art, architecture, landscape design and dance.

To start with, it is still possible to discover the metaphorical planetarium initiated by philosopher Bruno Latour, and to reflect on what kind of planet we wish to live on, in the exhibition You and I Don’t Live on the Same Planet, part of which has featured at the 2020 Taipei Biennale.

You can explore the educational process in the exhibition The Art of Teaching and Learning. A School for Creators, which looks at the issue of teaching in art schools and delves into the personal experience of learning that we encounter as individuals throughout our lives. For this event, the Centre Pompidou-Metz has incorporated a real classroom into its galleries so that children can learn in a brand-new space designed specifically to meet their needs and desires.

May 7 sees the opening of Le Musée sentimental d’Eva Aeppli, a retrospective dedicated to the Swiss artist. Eva Aeppli’s career began in the Impasse Ronsin in Paris, alongside Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint Phalle and Daniel Spoerri, before following a solitary, poetic path informed by anthroposophy and astrology, leading to the creation of a wide range of works that encompass drawings, painting, installations, books and sculptures. A self-proclaimed “Wouzi and Wouzi-Wouzi Consultant,” “Philosopher,” “Professor of Life” and “Acrobat between Heaven and Earth,” the artist has exerted a huge influence on the contemporary scene.

For his first project at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, Thomas Houseago is presenting the exhibition Sculptures for Lovers, which will occupy the Forum and the roofs of galleries 1 and 2 with an ensemble of monumental sculptures and paintings that echo the building’s architecture, in a sensorial dialog with art history.

On May 7–8, we will be reflecting on the place of dance in the museum with 20 Dancers for the 20th Century and More, which explores the history of dance. Choreographer Boris Charmatz and his fellow dancers will take over the entire museum, including the galleries and backstage spaces. And Charmatz has also been invited to come back at the beginning of each season to celebrate the passing of time in our lives.

This spring, architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines will return to the museum they inaugurated 12 years ago to conduct a workshop aimed at imagining the city of tomorrow.

From June 11, you will be able to discover the exhibition Mimèsis. Living Design, featuring masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou’s collection that trace the evolution of nature and design, from modern biomorphism to biomimicry, and from biomanufacture to the re-creation of living forms through digital design.

Also inspired by nature, Refik Anadol will be taking over the Great Nave at the Centre Pompidou-Metz with an installation that has grown out of the artist’s long-term projects at the intersection of architecture, environmental data, the aesthetics of probability, and Google AI Quantum Supremacy. The spectacular artwork will feature a data sculpture that draws upon more than two hundred million nature-related images, which will be displayed on a giant digital canvas.

This summer, Slavs and Tatars will present The Contest of the Fruits, an immersive animation featuring the first rap battle with Uyghur rapper Nashtarr, based on a 19th-century allegorical text that includes thirteen fruits engaging in ribald rivalry.

Finally, in the autumn, as landscape architect Gilles Clément starts work on the renovation of the museum’s garden and legendary dancer Vinii Revlon returns to Metz to gift us an exciting Voguing Ball, we will pass through another fascinating portal, with the sprawling group exhibition A Gateway to Possible Worlds. Art and Science Fiction. This show explores the world of science fiction as an expression of the present and a complex tool for understanding the future, which it helps to construct and predict.

Throughout the year, artist Koo Jeong A will be collaborating with the Ballet de Lorraine as associate artist.

Let us stay united,

Yours,
Chiara Parisi

2022 program
Le Musée sentimental d’Eva Aeppli
May 7–November 14, 2022

Boris Charmatz, 20 Dancers for the 20th Century
May 7–May 8, 2022

Thomas Houseago: Sculptures for Lovers
May 7–October 10, 2022

Mimèsis: Living Design
June 11, 2022–February 6, 2023

Machine Hallucinations—Dreams of Nature
Refik Anadol
June 11–August 29, 2022

Slavs and Tatars: The Contest of the Fruits
June 11–August 29, 2022

A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art and Science Fiction
November 5, 2022–April 17, 2023

Currently on view
You And I Don't Live On The Same Planet: 12th Taipei Biennial
Until April 4, 2022

The Art of Teaching and Learning: A School for Creators
Until August 29, 2022