À la croisée de la performance, du cinéma et de la musique, Ragnar Kjartansson explore la répétition comme miroir de notre quotidien.

Ragnar Kjartansson's singular work is a cross between performance and cinema, sculpture and opera, plein air painting and music. He often produces large-scale multidisciplinary projects and the production of his works often requires the collaboration of several participants-actors, musicians, friends and family members. Experimenting the mechanisms of theatre and the dramatic impulses of tragedy, Ragnar Kjartansson succeeds in bringing emotions out of melodramatic actions and in revealing the reality on which relies every interpretation. Through repetition, which is genuine motif in his work, Ragnar Kjartansson enlightens the theatricality and efforts at work in everyday life. Book contents - "Once Again": An essay by Laure Fernandez. - "Only He Who Knows Desire": A conversation between Ragnar Kjartansson and Julien Fronsacq. About the authors - Laure Fernandez is a researcher in performing arts. Her research projects focus in particular on the idea of theatricality in the contemporary visual arts. - Julien Fronsacq is a curator at the Palais de Tokyo and the curator of Ragnar Kjartansson's solo exhibition. Book published on the occasion of Ragnar Kjartansson's solo exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, "Seul celui qui connaît le désir," 21.10 2015 - 10.01 2016

From a background rich in literature and the history of arts and architecture-as well as psychoanalysis, spiritism and magic-Ulla von Brandenburg explores the shaping of our social constructs with borrowings from theatrical codes and mechanisms, together with esoteric rituals and popular ceremonies. For her exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo she has conceived a total, constantly evolving project inspired by the theatre, its imaginary realm and its conventions. With ritual as her starting point, she invites the public to experience an immersive reinterpretation of the themes, forms and motifs-including movement, the stage, colour, music and textiles-that fuel her oeuvre. Book published on the occasion of Ulla von Brandenburg's solo exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, 21.02 - 13.09.2020

Nourrie de littérature, d'histoire des arts et de l'architecture, mais aussi de psychanalyse, de spiritisme et de magie, Ulla von Brandenburg emprunte aussi bien aux codes et aux mécanismes du théâtre qu'aux rituels ésotériques et aux cérémonies populaires afin d'explorer la construction de nos structures sociales. Pour son exposition au Palais de Tokyo, elle a imaginé un projet total et évolutif, inspiré du théâtre, de son imaginaire et de ses conventions. Autour de la notion de rituel, l'artiste invite le public à prendre part à une expérience immersive et renouvelée des thèmes, des formes et des motifs qui irriguent son oeuvre : le mouvement, la scène, la couleur, la musique, le textile... Livre publié à l'occasion de l'exposition personnelle d'Ulla von Brandenburg au Palais de Tokyo, 21.02 - 13.09.2020