On the occasion of the release of MAGMA No. 3 — Archive of the Future, the multidisciplinary art platform inaugurates an exhibition conceived as an extension of the publication. Installed at 127 rue de Turenne, this curatorial project brings together a selection of original works featured in the book: paintings, photographs, sculptures, as well as sound and film installations. This physical transposition invites the audience to move from reading to contemplation, from page to wall, from book to space — into direct presence with the works, within a deliberately decelerated temporality designed for immersion and shared attention. Conceived by the Paris-based studio Matière Noire and MAGMA, the exhibition offers a singular encounter: the possibility of inhabiting a book, of living alongside its artworks. It stands in stark contrast to the fast-paced rhythm that often defines exhibitions today, where images are consumed without the time needed to discover them.
Among the featured works: poetic voice recordings by sculptor Charles Ray; two recent portraits by Elizabeth Peyton; a series of unpublished Polaroids by Jonas Mekas accompanied by drawings from Yoko Ono and John Lennon; a triptych — one sculpture and two charcoal drawings — by Pol Taburet; a set of works by Jill Mulleady in homage to Lautréamont’s hermaphrodite; a painting by Stanislava Kovalčíková; a mirror painting by Michelangelo Pistoletto; the monumental Guillotine (1971) by Michel Journiac; a special series by Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys; Jean-Luc Godard’s very first film (Opération Béton, 1954), followed by a sound installation by Stephan Crasneanscki presented by the Biennale Son and a work by Patti Smith; and Jonathan Glazer’s short film Strasbourg 1518, screened for the first time in a public space, accompanied by a soundtrack by Mica Levi and performed by dancers from Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal.
