FRThe curtains of dreams. Hypnagogic visions
Resulting from a discussion between Yann Chateigné and Joachim Koester, The curtain of dreams. Hypnagogic visions consists of a series of incursions in research devoted to ‘visual images’ – using Henri Michaux’s expression, from whom the title has been borrowed in part –, perceived by the spirit in a state of changed awareness. The argument is articulated in two parts and designed to interact with the exhibition Of Spirits and Empty Spaces, extending it by giving physical immersion in material common to both the artist and the critic. A sort of atlas for four hands, or even more, making its way through the open fields and obscure lands of hallucination, imaginary perceptions and inner visions.
Works under study / Laboratory room
Joachim Koester, My Frontier is an Endless Wall of Points (after the mescaline drawings of Henri Michaux), 2007
16 mm film, black and white, silent, 10’24”
Courtesy the artist and Gallery Jan Mot © Blaise Adilon
Éric Duvivier’ films :
Un délire hallucinatoire [a hallucinatory delirium], 1961, 24’
Images du monde visionnaire [images from the visionnary world], 1963, 34’
Hystérie, langage du corps [hysteria, the body language], 1967, 43’
Autoportrait d'un schizophrène [self-portrait of a schizophrenic], 1977, 21’
Éric Duvivier, Images du monde visionnaire [images from the visionnary world], 1963
Author: Henri Michaux; Film director: Éric Duvivier; SCD Médecine Nancy I
With extraodinary lucidity and incredible precision, Henri Michaux succeeded to fix in his memory images from the visionnary world that appear under hallucinogenic substances. The great scientific value of these experiments justified the medical purpose of this film.
Window display : “La perception de l’imaginaire” [imaginary perception]
Éric Duvivier’s archives
Window display 2 : “Ils boiront des poisons mortels et ils n’en mourront pas” [they will drink deadly poisons, and they will not die]
Archives and documentation about Henri Michaux and hallucinogenic experiences
Works under study / Container
Hypnagogic documentation gathered by Yann Chateigné
The Dream Land, 2011, a selection of videos by Yann Chateigné
Hypnagogic States, 2010, a sound selection by Yann Chateigné
Crystal Vibrations, 2011, a musical selection by Greg Davis
Joachim Koester, Crystal Ball, 2011
Gelatin-silver print with selenium toning, 30,5 x 20,5 cm
Photo. © Blaise Adilon
Concert
Greg Davis, Full Spectrum (Part 7)
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at IAC Auditorium
Guests
Joachim Koester
artist
Pacôme Thiellement
novelist and essayist
Greg Davis
composer and musician
Participants
Yann Chateigné
Art critic, exhibition curator and head of the Visual Arts department at HEAD (Haute école d’art et de design), Geneva.
Elisa Brune
writer (novelist and essayist) and science journalist
Denis Cerclet
anthropologist, lecturer at Université Lumière - Lyon 2
Arnauld Pierre
art historian, professor at Université Paris IV - Sorbonne
Jean-Louis Poitevin
doctor in philsophy, writer and art critic
Works under study
As part of Joachim Koester’s exhibition Of Spirits and Empty Spaces :
LABORATORY ROOM
“Autour d’Henri Michaux” [about Henri Michaux]
Works of Joachim Koester, films and archives of Éric Duvivier and documentation about relations between hallucination and writing.
CONTAINER
“États Hypnagogiques” [hypnagogic states]
Archives and documents of William S. Burroughs, Roger Caillois, Carlos Castaneda, Brian Eno, Raymond Hains, Steven Halpern, David Hykes, Derek Jarman, Laraaji, David Lynch, Henri Michaux, Frank Perry, DickSutphen / Valley of the Sun
Musical selection
by Greg Davis / Crystal Vibrations
Study day
Thursday, February 16, 2012, IAC Auditorium
Discussion : “Des images entoptiques” [entoptic images]
Interview of Joachim Koester by Yann Chateigné : “Abstractions chargées” [heavy abstractions]
Pacôme Thiellement’s lecture : “25 minutes dans la salle d'attente des rêves” [25 minutes in the dreams waiting room]
Audio recordings of the study day (French - mp3):
Concert
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at IAC Auditorium
Greg Davis
Full Spectrum (part 7)
