Grande Ville (Big City)

Curators: Anna Labouze, Keimis Henni
Artists: Sinzo Aanza, Francis Alÿs, Iván Argote, Marie Bovo, Sonia Chiambretto, Paola Ciarska, Jean Claracq, Liz Christy, Delphine Dénéréaz, Alexander Gronsky, Chourouk Hriech, Tadashi Kawamata, Bodys Isek Kingelez, (LA)HORDE, Randa Maroufi, No Anger, Robin Plus, Laure Prouvost, Gaby Sahhar, Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde, Franck Scurti, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Eric Winkler, Yin Xiuzhen

Big cities, often perceived as sprawling, dense, and impersonal, face major challenges in winning back the hearts of their inhabitants and visitors despite their dynamism and cultural effervescence. Through the perspectives of artists from around the world and across generations, “Grande Ville” seeks to outline new utopias and urban convivialities, in order to make our cities, neighborhoods, and streets more open, inclusive, ecological, welcoming, and desirable, while reconsidering our ways of building communities there on a daily basis. By bringing together various forms of expression—painting, sculpture, photography, and immersive installations—the exhibition aims to generate imaginations—sometimes with humor, always with poetry and generosity—to reinvent and re-enchant the way urban spaces can be invested and shaped.