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To mark the centenary of the Lesage embroidery House, Aristide Barraud is presenting Mumuration, a monumental, travelling, and evolving work.
A free workshop every Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
New time slots added at the beginning of each month. If the desired slot is full, on-site spots may remain available.
la Galerie du 19M - Paris/Aubervilliers
For more details, refer to the practical information
To mark the centenary of the Maison Lesage, Aristide (Barraud) has created Murmuration, a monumental embroidered work in three movements, like a co-created symphony inspired by the migratory and collective phenomena of starlings.
Every winter, thousands of starlings migrate to warmer shores in Europe, creating perfectly synchronised ballets in the sky. Through this textile work, made up of hundreds of starlings embroidered on organza by thousands of pairs of hands, from Marseille to Dakar and from Venice to Paris, the artist aims to question this natural phenomenon of collective symbiosis in the light of an increasingly fragmented society, and invites visitors into a state of contemplation.
Aristide
A former professional rugby player and international in France and Italy, he put an end to his career following his injuries in the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015.
His first book, Mais ne sombre pas, was published by Editions du Seuil in 2017. Between 2018 and 2019, he worked with the newspapers L’Équipe and Le Monde as a columnist and photographer. Meanwhile, his collages and writings in the streets and suburbs of Paris drew the attention of art critics. In 2020 he was selected by the artist JR to join the Art & Images programme at the Kourtrajmé school. His work was presented at the Palais de Tokyo for the exhibition Jusqu’ici tout va bien organized to mark the 25th anniversary of the film La Haine (Hate). In 2022, in the context of a residence at the Ateliers Médicis, his project Bâtiment 5 // Courte Vie Pleine, based on the demolition of building 5 in the Bosquet housing complex in Montfermeil, led to a film and the publication of a book by Editions du Seuil.
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