The Flight of the Sirens
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vernissage
Selection of works from the Frac Lorraine collection by artists Ismaïl Bahri, Taysir Batniji, Marta Caradec and Raeda Sa'Adeh, as well as works by Berverly Buchanan, Rana Yasser, Menna Wessam and Salma Ahmed.
"Life is only inscribed in a landscape by the lines of living beings and elements." Fernand Deligny, in the book "Sagesse des lianes" by Dénètem Touam Bona
We are born of water, of seas, and oceans. Our deep roots keep us anchored to the earth and nourish our bodies by capillarity. We propagate, disperse, probe our buried interiority and affirm our belonging to the living. We are water in a world on fire.
Even the smallest gesture shapes and redraws the world. We become the very ink of our stories, the makeshift shelter of our archives, the map of our fragile languages, the resurfacings of our vanishing exiles.
This exhibition is a manifesto in the tradition of the artistic avant-gardes of the popular, minority, and countercultural movements of the 1970s. It gathers precarious forms, sensitive uprisings, and poetic words and actions that honor our intimate and collective memories.
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Opening on Thursday, May 7 at 6:00 PM
Exhibition viewable from May 8 to May 24, 2026
From Wednesday to Saturday, 2 PM to 6 PM
Free admission
An exhibition as part of "NOUVEAUX RIVAGES" by Passages Transfestival, in partnership with 49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine.
With the support of Frac Lorraine, the City of Metz, Grand-Est Region, DRAC Grand-Est, Department of Moselle, and Musée de la Cour d'Or.
Image 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?
4 rue du Change
57000 Metz
France
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