From 4 July to 1 September 2025
Mémoire de l’Avenir (MDA) / Humanities, Arts and Society (HAS)
will bring together artists from near and far
for a transdisciplinary group exhibition.
though stories and images may appear familiar,
each telling becomes new when filtered through the lens of ones expression
within their present realities.
To revisit events or the past
through the lens of the now
is to engage in a living process
—feeling, questioning, reinterpreting.
In doing so, they help to revisit the present and compose new futures.
©Izumi Ueda Yuu
©Fu Wenjun
©Anna Novakov
©Laurent Mallet
©Giovanna Magri
©Carolina Sanchez Levi
©Katya Iakovleva
©Jihye Jeon
is a mirrored photo booth installation, merging the function of a photo studio with an artistic space for introspection.
The title metaphorically suggests the portrait as an intimate landscape of memory and personal experience.
Inside the booth, the visitor stands before a mirror,
illuminated by a spotlight
— becoming both viewer and participant in the work.
Presque Paysage directly echoes the theme of the exhibition
REVISITING THEN IN NOW -INSPIRATIONS !
reminiscence, reflection, the eternity of memory, infinite repetition, and self-portraiture
as an act of remembrance lies at the heart of the project.
Katya Iakovleva
is a Paris-based researcher, curator, and interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice weaves together digital humanities, island studies, oceanographic research, and experimental curatorial experiences.
She is guided by a sustained attention to the relationships between temporality, memory, and space — particularly through situated artistic practices, photographic installations, affective mapping, and ethnographic approaches.
COLLABORATRICES
Juliette Ruaux & Pia Jacqmart
NOCTURNE
EVENT / INSTALLATION
– Presque Paysage –
Original Concept
Katya Iakovleva
26 July
18 - 21h
MALEK
“The core of my creative work is my Franco-Algerian identity.”
Influencer, model, and singer Vogue by Malek is a multidisciplinary artist who embraces every challenge with style and success. Born in Paris and raised in Algiers, he draws inspiration from the richness of both cultures.
Returning to France at 18, Malek has remained deeply connected to his roots, proudly expressing them in his single Slay Paname and through fashion collaborations on social media.
“I think both cultures—Western and North African—are incredibly rich. I draw from them constantly, whether in music, style, or content creation… My Algerian roots drive and inspire me.”
VOGUE BY MALEK
Musical performance
- “Présence vocale” -
Malek will present a selection of songs in French, English, and Arabic.
He will adapt his repertoire to the energy of the moment and the space,
with the intention of creating a bridge between
individual and collective memories,
and the emotions of the present.
VERNISSAGE
04 July 2025 | 7–9 PM
- Live Music Performance - VOGUE BY MALEK - 8 PM
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OPENING
EVENT - 20H
Izumi Ueda Yuu
A Japanese-born visual artist based in Lisbon. She studied at Kuwasawa Design School (Tokyo) and earned a BFA in Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art. A 2019 finalist for the Luxembourg Art Prize, she has presented solo exhibitions at Museu do Oriente (2016) and Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (2018 & 2024) in Lisbon. She has received two Maryland State Arts Council grants and held residencies at Foundation OBRAS (Portugal & Holland), Atelier Outotsu (Osaka), and Awagami Factory (Yoshinogawa).
“My work is about making the connection between art and everyday life. I’m interested in the notion of animism — that things we use in our daily life can be spirited, respected, and loved. I create images and objects with familiar shapes drawn from daily life.”
Fu Wenjun
Graduate of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, is a Chinese contemporary artist. His solo exhibitions include the National Art Museum of China and the Museu Europeu de Art Moderno. He has participated in Venice Biennale collateral events, NordArt, and major biennials worldwide.
Born in China, Fu Wenjun works across photography, digital art, oil painting, installation, sculpture, and mixed media. He developed “Digital Pictorial Photography” to blend photography with other art forms, such as Chinese painting and sculpture. His works explore cultural heritage, global interconnectivity, and the impact of modernization, inviting reflection on history, tradition, and the human condition in the digital age.
www.fuwenjun.net
Anna Novakov
A multidisciplinary artist, writer, designer, curator, and educator. Born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) in 1959 and raised in Berkeley, California, she is Professor Emerita of Art History, Theory, and Practice at Saint Mary’s College of California and a former Professor at the San Francisco Art Institute. Since returning to New York in 2020, she has continued teaching at Hofstra University while focusing on her studio work, which includes olfactory installations, wall works, and textiles.
Daughter of environmental physicist Tihomir Novakov, Anna Novakov grew up between socialist Yugoslavia and Berkeley’s counterculture, shaped by utopian ideals and migration. As an artist, critic, and certified perfumer, she explores the intersections of art, technology, memory, and utopias through conceptual perfumery and textile arts.
Laurent Mallet
A retired gastroenterologist, found his passion for photography on the misty winter mornings along the Parisian quays. Like B. Brandt, he sees photography as the ability to reveal beauty in the ordinary. His photos, taken during aimless yet purposeful walks, balance precision with chance.
The strange connections between gazes and places, those brief moments when museum visitors meet artworks, show how certain themes endlessly repeat across time. This series feels never-ending, with each visit revealing new analogies to his amazed eye.
Giovanna Magri
A professor and photography coordinator at the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Brescia. Her work focuses on social and anthropological research through photographic portraiture. She has exhibited in the USA, Argentina, and Europe, with works held in public and private collections.
Giovanna Magri’s project draws inspiration from Caravaggio’s “Narcissus,” reflecting on the enduring theme of human vanity. Her photographs depict a woman caught between past and present, whose face transcends her dress, embodying a profound tension toward perfect beauty and self-awareness.
Carolina Sanchez Levi
Is a Colombian-Israeli artist, born in Colombia in 1953. She moved to Israel in 1979 and officially immigrated in 1983. Since 2013, she has lived and worked in Eilat. A multidisciplinary artist, she is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and woodworker. Her practice spans landscapes and portraits, combining figurative, expressionist, surrealist, minimalist, and collage-based approaches. She works in a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, ink, gouache, and soft pastel.
Inspired by the beauty of nature, the power of colour, and challenging social, cultural, and political issues. She was honored with the first prize, representing Eilat at the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) — inspired by the prophecy of Isaiah 2:4, advocating for peace between Israel and the Muslim world.
Katya Iakovleva
A Paris-based researcher, curator, and interdisciplinary artist. She explores the connections between memory, temporality, and space through photographic installations, affective mapping, and research on islands and marine environments. Trained in digital humanities, anthropology, and philosophy (PSL – EHESS, ENS, ENC), She has collaborated with institutions such as the Garage Museum (Moscow) and Ocean Space (Venice).
She combines scientific rigor with poetic sensitivity to question form, ecology, and collective narratives. Her work investigates tensions between visual technologies and embodied storytelling, using water and shorelines as emotional frameworks to rethink exhibition, portraiture, and collective space. Rooted in radical hospitality and relational philosophy, her practice blends post-anthropological research, island temporalities, and a poetics of living archives.
Collaborators Juliette Ruaux and Pia Jacqmart
Jihye Jeon
A South Korean artist and student at ESAAA.Her work combines ceramics, installation, and visual media to explore mechanisms of perception and the transformative power of inspiration.
She is interested in how images are constructed, perceived, and reinterpreted depending on context, memory, or individual experience. Through her installations, ceramics, and optical devices, she investigates the tension between past and present. Repetition, imprint, and transformation are central to her practice.
©Angela Fechter
Angela Fechter’s photographic works reinterpret iconic paintings that reflect on mortality and femininity.
Referencing Lucretia, Ophelia, and Magdalena, and inspired by artists like Georges de La Tour and John Everett Millais, her images evoke themes of vanitas and memento mori. In “Magdalena,” symbols like the mirror, candle, and skull highlight the fleeting nature of life.
The recurring motif of “death and the maiden” runs through her work. In her version of Füssli’s The Nightmare, a child replaces the demon, adding a reflective, intimate layer to the scene.
Angela Fechter
A visual artist working with photography and video from a feminist perspective. Her work explores themes of the body, identity, and representation. After studying German literature in London, she trained in fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Influenced by her time in London and Berlin, and by a summer academy with Valie Export, she often collaborates with her daughter, blending personal and symbolic narratives. Her imagery draws on art history—particularly Georges de La Tour and Johann Heinrich Füssli—reinterpreted through a contemporary feminist lens.
©Peter Brandt
© Delphine Armilles
History of Violence
uses archival media covering the brutal 1975 murder of Italian poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini on a beach near Rome. The video’s soundscape features wind, thunder, and fire, symbolizing nature as a silent witness. It ends with an excerpt from The Vampire Speech by Zoë Lund, who planned a film on Pasolini with Abel Ferrara but passed away before it could be made.
Peter Brandt
A Danish visual artist based in Copenhagen. Trained at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, his work explores the (wounded) male body through performance, photography, video, and handcrafted objects. Influenced by 1970s feminist body art, trauma theory, and masculinity studies, Brandt has exhibited widely in solo and group shows across Europe and the US. He has held residencies in London, Paris, Rome, and received a Danish Arts Foundation grant. His work has been the subject of numerous essays and a monograph titled No Safe Place (2020).
In this recent series, Delphine Armillès reflects on the idea of heritage through portraits and scenes infused with a strange sense of “antique modernity.” Her painted figures, classical in appearance yet from uncertain eras, suggest identities caught between past and future.
She questions what we inherit, what we choose to retain—and how time reshapes these elements into personal or collective mythologies.
Her works, rich with symbols, signs, and oblique narratives, contribute to a shared and intimate visual archive.
Delphine Armillès
Originally from Saône-et-Loire, Delphine Armillès has been living and working in Seine-Saint-Denis for 15 years. A graduate of ENSBA Paris with a background in ceramics from Duperré, she has worked with the Comédie-Française and participated in alternative projects such as Shining Magazine and Dezordr Label. In 2019, she exhibited at Mémoire de l’Avenir in the group show From Dawn to Dusk.
© delphine armilles
THE ARTISTS
ABOUT
"Nothing new under the sun".
To revisit the past
is to experience narratives and images anew,
to restore meaning in the now.
Throughout history, philosophers, thinkers, and artists
across disciplines
have questioned the role of creativity in society,
seeking to act as engaged and influential members of their communities.
Artists depict both joyful and troubling events,
bearing witness to lives shaped by cycles of memory and the repetition of circumstances.
The proverb “Nothing new under the sun,”
attributed to King Solomon,
conveys a sense of weariness
with the recurring cycles of human life
and the apparent futility of endless pursuits.
Yet, this exhibition affirms the enduring power of form and idea,
celebrating artistic expressions
that sharply engage with the social and political issues of our time.
© Laurent Mallet, 2025
FREE
ADMISSION
OPENING
04 July 2025
PRESS
12H30
PUBLIC
19PM-9PM
PERFORMANCE
20H
Mémoire de l'Avenir
using arts and culture as tools for dialogue and understanding.
REVISITING THEN IN NOW
INSPIRATIONS !
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