Clément Delépine
Clément Delépine lives in Paris. He is the Co-Director of Paris Internationale, a freelance curator and writer.
1. School strike for the climate / Fridays For Future
July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded. I am not intellectually equipped to summarise the global consequences of climate change but I know it’s real. Since Greta Thunberg staged her first protest in 2018, awareness has been growing at an unprecedented pace. I really admire this generation for bluntly addressing the issue, refusing to be polite about it, and demanding action from our political leaders.
2. Ten Years, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings with Jesse Hultberg, Centre Pompidou (Paris)
In May 2019, on the occasion of Move at Centre Pompidou, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings presented Ten Years, a project in two parts consisting of a film and a sung performance. Ten Years was first shown in 2017 at the David Roberts Art Foundation in London to mark the anniversary of the 2007 financial crash. Back then the singer Zee Asha performed. For the Parisian iteration of this project, Quinlan and Hastings worked with the singer Jesse Hultberg with whom they also reshot a film. It was a beautiful performance and a very touching moment, the emotion in the room was palpable.
3. Jana Euler, Great White Fear, Galerie Neu (Berlin)
I truly enjoyed Jana Euler’s exhibition at Galerie Neu in Berlin last April. The press release began with words from Euler herself: “Who is afraid of what, what is afraid of whom.” No question mark. Fear might be the feeling which so sadly characterises the age we live in. It rapidly leads to anger and hostility when people in dominant positions are invited to question their privileges.