PURPLE FESTIVAL
Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris 1 to 9 October, 2022 Curated by Olivier Zahm and Aleph Molinari The Purple Festival was conceived as a live magazine — at once exhibition and festival — bringing together some fifty artists, musicians, photographers, writers, and philosophers who have contributed to Purple since its founding in 1992. Organized around a central stage within an exhibition of fashion photography, paintings, video, and sound works at the Palais Galliera, it offered a space for dialogue on art, fashion, and the avant-garde across thirty years, through performances, concerts, conferences, and artists' meetings. Produced by Arter and Vivanto, with the support of Chanel.
Program highlights: Carsten Höller – On Brutalist Cooking Ariana Papademetropoulos – On Painting Today M+M – On Graphic Design and Magazine Culture Juergen Teller & Dovile Drizyte – A Joyfully Irreverent Photo-Diary of A Riotous Wedding Ezra Petronio – On Graphic Design and Magazine Culture Stephane Ashpool – On Fashion and Local Community in Paris Daniel Buren – On Fifty Years of Avant-Garde Xavier Veilhan – On Multiple Ways to Mix Sculpture, Music, Architecture, and Fashion Frederic Beigbeder + Simon Liberati – On French Literature Today Pablo Ortiz Monasterio and Miren Arzalluz – On Frida Kahlo As Photographer Katerina Jebb – On Image Making Gianni Oprandi – On Magazine Design Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Perez Exotourisme with Barnabé Fillon Daniel Pinchbeck – Beyond the Psychedelic Renaissance Emanuele Coccia – On Fashion and Philosophy François Jullien – « Sur la décoïncidence » Ser Serpas – On Trash as Praxis and Pathology Patti Smith + Stephane Crasneaski of Soundwalk Collective – Antonin Artaud, Rimbaud, and René Daumal Thomas Hirschhorn – La Plus Belle Définition du Précaire Marine Serre – On Fashion and Sustainability Michele Lamy – The Climate Change Can Be Fixed In One Generation Lou Doillon – On the Importance of Reading Hans Ulrich Obrist – Worldbuilding: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age Nicolas Bourriaud + Jérome Sans + Bernard Blistene + Rebecca Lamarche Vadel – L’after du 20ème siècle Phillipe Parreno + Cyprien Gaillard – Beyond The Limits of Art