The Flight of the Sirens
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vernissage
A selection of works from the Frac Lorraine collection by artists Ismaïl Bahri, Taysir Batniji, Marta Caradec, and Raeda Sa'Adeh. With works by Berverly Buchanan, Rana Yasser, Menna Wassem, and Salma Ahmed.
"Life is inscribed in a landscape only by the marks of living beings and elements." Fernand Deligny, from the book "Sagesse des lianes" by Dénètem Touam Bona
We are born from water, from seas and oceans. Our deep roots hold us to the earth and feed our bodies through capillarity. We spread, disperse, probe our hidden interiority, and assert our belonging to the living. We are water in a world on fire.
Even the slightest gesture reshapes and redraws the world. We become the very ink of our stories, the temporary shelter of our archives, the cartography of our fragile languages, the resurgences of our fleeting exiles. This exhibition stands as a manifesto in the tradition of the artistic avant-gardes of popular, minority, and protest cultures of the 1970s. It brings together precarious forms, sensitive uprisings, and poetic words and acts that honor our intimate and collective memories.
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Opening Thursday, May 7 at 6pm
Exhibition on view from May 8 to May 24, 2026
Wednesday to Saturday from 2pm to 6pm
Free entry
Part of "NOUVEAUX RIVAGES" by Passages Transfestival, in partnership with 49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine.
Supported by Frac Lorraine, City of Metz, Grand-Est Region, DRAC Grand-Est, Moselle Department, and Musée de la Cour d'Or.
Visual credit: Marta Caradec, Metz en Algérie, Akbou, 3, 2013. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, Metz. Photo: Rémi Villaggi.
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
Octave Cowbell
4 rue du Change
57000 Metz
France
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