The Gnawing of the Termites
The magazine of the Palais de Tokyo
Release date: 15 June 2023
Read an extrait of the Magazine P L S #35
As a prefiguration of its new formula, this issue of the Palais de Tokyo magazine is accompanying, but above all deepening and deploying the exhibition “La Morsure des Termites” [The Gnawing of the Termites]. Thanks to an updated and highly subjective archaeology of graffiti, it provides us with the opportunity to investigate what creation coming from urban culture has given to the history of forms, in aesthetic, but also conceptual, social and political terms, through such notions as the construction of identities via collective destruction, subversion of the practices and economies of art, illicit acts, resistance and a form of idealism or romanticism derived from vandalism.
In this issue:
– Hugo Vitrani, “Il morso delle termiti”: an introductory text on the exhibition “La Morsure des termites”;
– Charlotte Guichard, “Graffitis. Sensitive Traces”: the presence of graffiti in the history of western art;
– Hito Steyerl interviewed by Ingrid Luquet-Gad : interview about her work
The City of Broken Windows
– Simon Johannin, “SKKI is the Limit”: encounter with the artist SKKI
– Jérôme Denis and David Pontille, “The Care of Things”: interview about the research of these two sociologists into maintenance work, in particular based on their investigation into the erasure of graffiti in Paris;
– Nicholas de Monchaux, “Aerosol”: an history of the aerosol can since the beginning of 20th century;
– As well as images of works by Chaz Bojorquez, Aline Bouvy, A.One (Anthony Clark), Samuel Bosseur, Brassaï, Miriam Cahn, Sophie Calle, COCO 144, Martha Cooper, Miodrag Djurić DADO, John Divola, Miho Dohi, Ida Ekblad, VALIE EXPORT,
Caley Feeney, FUTURA 2000, Richard Hambleton, Thomas Hirschhorn, Jenny Holzer, Antwan Horfee, Renaud Jerez, David L. Johnson, Margaret Kilgallen, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Renée Levi, Tala Madani, Mark Manders, Roberto Matta, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ari Marcopoulos, MODE 2, Tania Mouraud, NOC 167, Nestor Nomakh, PHASE 2, Alexander Raczka, RAMMELLZEE, Jay Ramier, Lady Pink, Leomi Sadler, SAEIO, SKKI©, Robert Smithson, SNAKE 1, STAY HIGH 149, Lisa Signorini, Hito Steyerl, Hervé Télémaque, Toni, Lily Van Der Stokker, Martin Wong, Gérard Zlotykamien