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.

Brainwaves: How to Operate your Brain, by Timothy Leary

Hypgnosis

R. Stevie Moore, The Myth of Mystique (1982)

All the Sun that Shines: Another Summer Compilation

This is sun time.

01. Peaking Lights - All The Sun That Shines

02. Damon & Naomi - Shadow Boxing

03. Grouper - Alien Observer

04. Invisible Conga People - In A Hole (Dub)

05. Julian Lynch - On Eastern Time

06. Bill Callahan - Running For The Feeling

07. Ducktails - Sunset Liner (For E. Young)

08. Edibles - Cruiser

09. Chad VanGaalen - Peace On The Rise

10. Woods - Who Do I Think I Am

11. Wet Hair - Cosmic Radio

12. Stranded Horse - Halos

Shine here

Are you real

"The Planet of the Apes meets Cannibal Holocaust meets Thundarr the Barbarian", "the first hypnagogic metal band", or even "part Sabbath and part Residents", here are few tracks by Dwarr, taken from the albums "Starting Over" (1985) and "Animals" (1986).

Genre(s): Doom/Heavy Metal

Lyrical theme(s): christian devotion, horror, drugs, personal issues

Origin: United States of America (Columbia, South Carolina)

Formed in: 1981

Label: WARR Enterprises

Current line-up: Duane Warr - All Instruments, Vocals

Former/past member(s): Ron Sparks - Session Percussion

Additional notes: The best way to describe his music would be Hard Psych Rock with Doom and Heavy elements

(from Encyclopaedia Metallum)

Reach for the Fire, from "Starting Over"

Christmas Shopping, from "Starting Over"

Ghost Lover, from "Animals"

Lucky Star, from "Animals"

Lonely Space Traveller, from "Animals"

Are you real (video)

Two Lucid Dreams

Raymond Hains' hypnagogic photograph, late 1940's

And since, according to Antiquity, it is the imagination which forms dream images, this explains the particular relationship to truth which dreams have in the ancient world (like divination per somnia) and to efficacious knowledge (like medical treatment per incubationem). This is still true in primitive cultures. Devereux reports that the Mojave (not unlike other shamanistic cultures) believe that shamanistic powers and knowledge of myths, as well as the actions and chants that refer to them, are acquired in dreams - and, moreover, that if they were acquired in a waking state, they would remain sterile and ineffective until they were dreamed.

(Giorgio Agamben, from "Infancy and History: An Essay on the Destruction of Experience", 1993)

Demdike Stare, Bardo Thodol

Oneohtrix Point Never, Young Beidnahga