«YOLO, Carpe Diem» - Performance drag by Jordan Roger Barré

Name: «YOLO, Carpe Diem» - Performance drag by Jordan Roger Barré
Start: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: MAC VAL - Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne

Jordan Roger Barré, artist of the exhibition «Histoires vrais», testifies, on behalf of a whole generation, of a world where we are constantly predicted the apocalypse.

Sunday 17 September 2023, 17:00Passed

Jordan Roger, YOLO, Carpe Diem. Photo © Mathis Payet-Descombes et Caroline Arce Ross.

Jordan Roger Barré, artist of the exhibition «True Stories», testifies, on behalf of a whole generation, of a world where we are constantly predicted the apocalypse. He tells us about the religious and family experiences that led him to flee his old life to start a new one. The solution that Jordan shares to prevent the end of the world is virulent and drastic, it is lipsynched on The Little Mermaid, Lana del Rey, Shrek 2 and Kate Bush.

About the location

MAC VAL - Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne

Place de la Libération 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine

Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France

The MAC VAL is the first museum to be exclusively devoted to contemporary art in France. The artistic policy of the museum is precisely defined: contemporary art in France, and is exercised in a perspective of influence in order to propose the discovery of the art of our time to all audiences. The meeting is at the heart of the MAC VAL project: a unique collection that shows a strong commitment to the inhabitants and that contributes to the identity of the territory. Certainly the identity of MAC VAL rests above all on a humanist vision of culture. This peculiarity of the museum is part of the national and international museum landscape, accompanying the artistic policy based on the historical anchoring of the collection in the 1950s and its prospective vision: report on the creation of today through the enrichment of the collection of existing works and commissions, invitations to artists. At the heart of the project of MAC VAL: the constitution, conservation and valorization of a con

Tags

Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Lieu de spectacles, sports et loisirs, Musée, salle d'exposition

Access

By car: RN 305 until Place de la Libération. By Metro: Line 7 direction Mairie d'Ivry or tram T3, stop Porte de Choisy. Then bus 183, stop Musée Mac-Val. Or Line 7 direction Villejuif/Louis Aragon, stop terminus. Then bus 180 direction Charenton-Ecole or 172 direction Créteil-Échat, stop Musée Mac-Val. Line 8 direction Créteil-Préfecture, stop liberty. Then bus 180 direction Villejuif/Louis Aragon-Stop Musée Mac-val. By RER: RER C: Station de Vitry-sur-Seine/ Bus 180 direction Villejuif-Louis Aragon, stop Musée Mac-Val. RER D: Maisons-Alfort train station – Alfortville / Bus 172 direction Bourg la Reine RER, Henri de Vilmorin stop.

photo David Merle