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30/11/2001

Lamp prototype

ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

‘In many ways the exhibition already happened’
Pierre Huyghe, M/M, Philippe Parreno, R&sie...François Roche/Stephanie Lavaux

Lamp prototype by Pierre Huyghe

‘the languages of photography, video, film, design, music, architecture and planning are all of equal importance’. Daniel Birnbaum

The ICA is proud to present a major exhibition devoted to contemporary art, design and architecture from France. Bringing together graphic design, architecture, and visual art, this show will feature the acclaimed work of Pierre Huyghe, M/M, Philippe Parreno, and R&Sie...François Roche/Stephanie Lavaux.

More than four single shows, and more than a collaboration, this exhibition will illuminate the way each artist works and reveal their experimental working methods, alongside new projects under development.
At the Venice Biennale (2001) Huyghe showed a lamp prototype in the French Pavilion that was designed with Parreno and M/M. In the ICA’s lower gallery the lamp, with its sprawl of lights, rises from a central seating cluster up to the ceiling and is shown with a series of posters and robotic light boxes made by M/M. M/M, a graphic design partnership between Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak, also present their work on Björk’s video Hidden Place from the album Vespertine.
In the adjoining rooms vast video projections of urban terrain are presented - featuring examples of public housing architecture - by Huyghe (Les Grands Ensembles, 2001) and Parreno (Credits, 1999).

Recently, Parreno and Huyghe acquired the rights to use a Manga character, a little girl called Ann Lee. The very first version of an Ann Lee film will be screened together with 6pm, a specially created silhouetted carpet and the generic Ann Lee poster by M/M, No Ghost Just A Shell. The architecture of R&Sie...François Roche/Stephanie Lavaux is inseparable from the environment, seeking a form of dialogue with it that is organic. François Roche will show a video projection of the morphing processes used in his architectural projects as well as a hanging carrousel of prints documenting his work of the last ten years. The exhibition will be touring to Cube, Manchester during 2002.

Venue(s):
Upper Gallery, Lower Gallery, Concourse Gallery

01 Dec 2001: (Upper Gallery & Lower Gallery & Concourse Gallery)
20 Jan 2002: (Upper Gallery & Lower Gallery & Concourse Gallery)

Full Price: £1.50 (£2.50 weekends)

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Institute of Contemporary Arts
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