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If in Paris, go see the show before it's too late!

Reading Julien Offray de la Mettrie’s L’Homme machine (Man a Machine, 1748), in 1978 the philosopher Karl Popper suggested that ‘there may be no clear distinction between living matter and dead matter’; that man ‘is a computer’. William Forsythe’s ‘Choreographic Objects’ puts this thesis to the test in the vaulted space of an aircraft hangar that houses Gagosian Le Bourget. What Forsythe calls ‘choreographic objects’ are the installations, films and sculptures that he’s been creating since 1989, which lie at the intersection of dance and the visual arts. Exploring choreography, technology and space, his work brings us closer to understanding our own bodies.

William Forsythe's "Choreographic Objects" at Gagosian Le Bourget, Paris, opens this Sunday, October 15, 2–6PM CET. Don't miss it! Located in the grounds of an active airport that is also home to the Museum of Air and Space, Gagosian Le Bourget provides an ideal context for Forsythe's "Choreographic Objects," especially the thrilling and majestic "Black Flags" (2015), a 21-minute duet for two industrial robots, originally commissioned by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Read more by clicking on the link below. http://fal.cn/tvue

NOW: WILLIAM FORSYTHE: CHOREOGRAPHIC OBJECTS October 23, 2017 Celebrated choreographer William Forsythe has been expanding the boundaries of dance for over four decades and beginning in 1989, he began work on his "choreographic objects," a series of sculptural installations. These physical, object-based extensions of his choreographic practice have become an integral aspect of his work. On view now at Gagosian Le Bourget in Paris, the exhibition "William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects" continues this experimentation with three works: Black Flags, Alignigung 2, and Towards the Diagnostic Gaze (Paris). For the occasion, filmmaker Ulrike Stumpp created a video documenting these works. The video also includes an in-depth interview with Forsythe on the concepts and techniques underlying the exhibition. __________ Video © Gagosian Artwork © William Forsythe Directed by Ulrike Stumpp, Edit and Post Production by Stefan Knauer Camera: Ulrike Stumpp, Dennis Westenberger, Stefan Knauer

At a time when the art world is embracing choreography in all its forms, Gagosian is pleased to announce the fall presentation of William Forsythe’s Choreographic Objects. This is Forsythe’s first exhibition with the gallery. William Forsythe is a radical innovator in choreography and dance, revered the world over, and with an ardent and long-standing following in France. Over four decades, he has redefined the very syntax and praxis of his field, and exerted unparalleled influence on subsequent generations of artists. In the course of his singular career, he has developed an extensive repertoire of groundbreaking ballet choreographies and experimental, non-proscenium-based dance-theater works, as well as an open-access digital platform for dance analysis, notation, and improvisation. Parallel with the evolution of his choreographic performances, Forsythe has been working for more than twenty years on installations, film works, and discrete, interactive sculptures that he calls “choreographic objects”—beginning in 1989 with The Books of Groningen, a permanent outdoor collaboration with architect Daniel Libeskind. Consistent with his expanded conceptual aim of summoning unconscious choreographic competencies in lay participants, the Choreographic Objects prompt an intensified engagement with their given environments. Early examples—Instructions, City of Abstracts, and Scattered Crowd—were presented at Nuit Blanche in Paris in 2003. CONTINUE READING...

JANUARY 26, 2018 On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, The Talks published an engaging and wide-ranging interview with William Forsythe. He discusses his early interest in dance, the physical and intellectual challenge of ballet, and his show of "Choreographic Objects" at Gagosian Le Bourget, Paris. "I think art can also be disruptive, but there is no imperative. Once you narrow it down and try to insist on some content, I don’t think that’s such a great moment for art. No one has any idea what really works, how it works, why it works and that’s the interesting thing about art. Everyone is trying to figure out exactly what, among many things, to communicate."

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In einer neuen Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle des Lipsiusbaus in Dresden widmet sich Choreograph William Forsythe neuen Darstellungsformen. Seine Installation "Black Flags" kann ab Donnerstag besucht werden. +++