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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (French title: L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot) is a film directed, written and produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot, cinematography by Andréas Winding and Armand Thirard, which remained unfinished in 1964.

The film depicts the extreme jealousy of a hotelier, Marcel (Serge Reggiani, then 42 years old), towards his wife, Odette (Romy Schneider, then 26 years old). It was shot partly in black-and-white, partly in colour. Clouzot selected the title as an allusion to Dante's Inferno, and the names Odette and Marcel refer to characters inMarcel Proust's novel À la recherche du temps perdu.

Despite an unlimited budget from Columbia Pictures—Clouzot worked with three crews and 150 technicians—the shooting was beset by severe problems: everyone suffered from the record heat during July in the Cantal region; the main actor Serge Reggiani claimed to be ill (Jean-Louis Trintignant was asked to replace him); the artificial lake below the Garabit viaduct, an important part of the location, was about to be emptied by the local authorities; then Clouzot suffered a heart attack and was hospitalised in Saint-Flour. After three weeks, the film was abandoned.

See Serge Bromberg's full-length semi-documentary (2009) here.

The Curtain of Dreams. Hypnagogic Visions at IAC Villeurbanne

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THE CURTAIN OF DREAMS. HYPNAGOGIC VISIONS

The result of a discussion between Yann Chateigné and Joachim Koester, "The Curtain of Dreams. Hypnagogic Visions" consists of a series of incursions in research devoted to 'visual images', to use Henri Michaux's expression, from whom the title has been borrowed in part, perceived by the spirit in a state of changed awareness. The argument is articulated in two parts and designed to interact with the exhibition "Of Spirits and Empty Spaces", extending it by giving physical immersion in material common to both the artist and the critic. A kind of atlas for four hands, or even more, making its way through the open fields and obscure lands of hallucination, imaginary perceptions and inner visions.

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PARTICIPANTS :

- Yann Chateigné, art critic, exhibition curator and head of the Visual Arts department at HEAD (Haute école d’art et de design), Geneva.

- Elisa Brune, Writer (novelist and essayist) and scientific journalist

- Denis Cerclet, Anthropologist, senior lecturer, Université Lumière Lyon 2

- Arnauld Pierre, Art historian and professor at Université Paris IV-Sorbonne

- Jean-Louis Poitevin, Doctor in philsophy, writer and art critic

- Pascal Rousseau, Art historian, curator, senior lecturer at Université François Rabelais, Tours

GUESTS :

- Joachim Koester, artist

- Pacôme Thiellement, essayist and writer

- Greg Davis, composer, musician and curator

WORKS FOR STUDY

In the context of the exhibition Of Spirits and Empty Spaces by Joachim Koester:

Laboratory Room

Around Henri Michaux

works by Joachim Koester, films and archives by Eric Duvivier and documentation on relations between hallucinogenic experiences and writing.

Container

Hypnagogic states

archives and documentation: William Burroughs, Roger Caillois, Carlos Castaneda, Brian Eno, Raymond Hains, Steven Halpern, David Hykes, Derek Jarman, Laraaji, David Lynch, Henri Michaux, Frank Perry and Dick Sutphen / Valley of the Sun Publishings

Music

by Greg Davis / Crystal Vibrations

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STUDY DAY

THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY, FROM 1.30 PM TO 4.30 PM

IAC AUDITORIUM . ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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"Des images entoptiques"

discussion

"Loaded abstractions"

Discussion between Joachim Koester and Yann Chateigné

"25 minutes dans la salle d’attente du monde des rêves"

Lecture by Pacôme Thiellement

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CONCERT

THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY AT 7 PM

IAC AUDITORIUM - FREE ENTRY

Greg Davis, "Full Spectrum (part 7)"

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Ill. Joachim Koester, "The Magic Mirror of John Dee", 2006, selenium toned silver gelatin print, 81 x 70 cm framed. Courtesy of Jan Mot, Brussels

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Listen & download: "Hypnagogic States", a 90' podcast curated by Yann Chateigné for Forde Radio here.

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