Symposium
As an international platform dedicated to professionals and enthusiasts of contemporary drawing, we are organizing a symposium that will be held throughout Drawing Now Paris at the Carreau du Temple, Paris 3rd.
Curators, institutional and independent directors are invited to explore key themes in the landscape of contemporary drawing and art in general. Topics as broad as education and the public, design and society, as well as new technologies and science – including animation (the central theme of our exhibition this year) – will be discussed by leading specialists and actors in the world of contemporary drawing in Europe and beyond. We also offer artist interviews that will offer insight into their exploration of these topics within their studios.
The symposium is organised with the support of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.
All the conferences – a programme of meetings with international personalities – will take place in the auditorium of the Carreau du Temple on Thursday 21 March (free access on registration) and in the Talks Area on level -1 of the Carreau du Temple the rest of the time (from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 March). Each conference lasts 1 hour and will be accessible after the fair on our Youtube channel.
Symposium topics and moderators
Comic strip: its role in the field of narrative
art Thursday, March 21 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Moderation: Anette Gehrig, Researcher in art sciences, director and curator of the Cartoonmuseum Basel
Guests:
— Anne Lemonnier: curator in the Modern Collections Department of the MNAM
— Dominique Goblet: Belgian illustrator, comic book author and visual artist
— Catherine Meurisse: French illustrator, press cartoonist and comic
book authorLanguage: English
Drawing and learning tools*
Thursday, March 21 from 2:30 pm to 3:30
pmModeration: Guy Boyer, Art historian and journalist
Guests:
— Julie Enckell-Julliard: Art historian and head of cultural development at the Head de Genève
— Frédérique Loutz: French contemporary visual artist and teacher at the Beaux-Arts de Paris
— Anouk Mercier: French contemporary visual artist and head of technical drawing courses at UWE Bristol
— Alexandra Fau: curator and coordinator of the NID, Chair of New Imaginaries of Drawing at ENSAD
Language: French
Drawing in Transition: New Approaches to Collections
Thursday 21 March from 4 pm to 5 pm
Moderation : Pamella Guerdat, Art Historian and Assistant Curator of Fine Arts at the Musée Jenisch Vevey
Guests:
— Isabelle Dervaux: art historian and independent
curator— Pascal Neveux : director of the Frac Picardie
— Claudine Grammont : head of the graphic art cabinet of the Centre Pompidou
Language : French
Drawing ecosystems
Thursday, March 21 from 5:30 pm to 6:30
pmModerator: Carole Haensler, Director Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Guests:
— Errol Reuben Fernandes: Head of Horticulture at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, London,
— Monica Ursina Jager: Artist and Associate Researcher Sustainability Communication, Narrative Environments, at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
— Gabriela Albergaria: artist, lives and works between Brussels and Portugal
Language: English
Symposium topics and moderators
Drawing in the Age of A.I.
Friday, March 22 from 11:30 am to 12:30
pm Moderation: Klaus Speidel, Image and Art Theorist, Doctor of Philosophy, curator and art critic based in Vienna
Guests:
— Rita Vittorelli: artist, founder and editor-in-chief of Spike Art Magazine
— Grégory Chatonsky: French-Canadian
artist— Marlies Wirth: curator at the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna and art
historianLanguage: English
Financing a collection of drawings in companies
Friday, March 22 from 5:00 pm to 6:00
pmModeration: Bail Art
Guests: Alice Bellanger, Clara Pagnussatt and Ariane Chauffert Yvart
Language: French
Interview with Sébastien Laudenbach, director and screenwriter of animated
filmsSaturday, March 23 from 11:30 am to 12:30
pmModerator: Joana P.R. Neves: artistic director of Drawing Now Paris and independent
curatorLanguage: French
Drawing and animation
Sunday, March 24 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Moderation: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Producer of the company Miyu production
Guests:
— Vergine Keaton: French screenwriter, director of animated films and visual artist
— Antoine Roegiers: Belgian
artist— Simon Rouby: French director of animated
filmsLanguage: French