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06/18/2019 - 09/22/2019
Jeu de Paume
1, Place de la Concorde
75001 Paris
Building on these concerns The Arcadia Center, the second episode of the "New Sanctuary", explores empathy as a critical capacity and an expression of our perception of the spaces in which we dwell. Comprising a sound piece (Exercise, 2019), a sculpture (Shrine, 2019), and a newly commissioned film (Cura, 2019), The Arcadia Center is imagined as a speculative training space for a world that needs to restore its empathic abilities. Exercise is a sound piece inspired by a seminar by Helen Riess, a professor of psychiatry, to train doctors and nurses in the empathic care of their patients. Shrine, a sculpture made out of glass and Jericho Roses, also called Resurrection Plants, evokes both the fragility of organic life and the potential for its survival.
Jeu de Paume
1, Place de la Concorde
75001 Paris
Building on these concerns The Arcadia Center, the second episode of the "New Sanctuary", explores empathy as a critical capacity and an expression of our perception of the spaces in which we dwell. Comprising a sound piece (Exercise, 2019), a sculpture (Shrine, 2019), and a newly commissioned film (Cura, 2019), The Arcadia Center is imagined as a speculative training space for a world that needs to restore its empathic abilities. Exercise is a sound piece inspired by a seminar by Helen Riess, a professor of psychiatry, to train doctors and nurses in the empathic care of their patients. Shrine, a sculpture made out of glass and Jericho Roses, also called Resurrection Plants, evokes both the fragility of organic life and the potential for its survival.