Zoe Crosher

Sep 4, 09:57 pm

Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest at/a Mains d’Oeuvres, Paris

Venez dessiner avec Zoe Crosher dans la Forêt Intérieure.

Come and draw with Zoe Crosher in the Forêt Intérieure.

August 24 – October 27, 2013/Mains d’Oeuvres, Saint Ouen

Please join me for a Night Of Drawing with Alexandra Grant:
ZOE CROSHER — Wednesday, September 11th, 6pm – 9pm

Opening: September 13, 2013

Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest is a multi-faceted project by Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant encompassing a series of public drawing sessions, reading groups, artist collaborations and two twin exhibitions in Los Angeles and Paris. Co-curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Isabelle Le Normand, and Ann Stouvenel this work premieres in Santa Monica and is presented at Mains d’Oeuvres in Saint-Ouen, France this fall.

Based on an ongoing exchange with the iconic French author, poet, playwright and philosopher Hélène Cixous, Grant focuses on Cixous’ book Philippines as a source for imagery, centering on the repeating thematic of the forest as a profound shared space. Drifting between a real and an imagined place, the forest becomes a site for communion with what Cixous terms “the perfect Other.”

In Philippines, Cixous explores the philosophical and sociological constructs of the “Other,” linking texts from Sigmund Freud on the shared dream, Jacques Derrida on telepathy, and the story of Peter Ibbetson, a novel by Georges du Maurier, where two childhood friends separated by class and country are reunited as adults in their joined dream-life. Within Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest, Grant examines the “twinned” ideas of Philippines, such as dreaming and reality, telepathy and empathy, and relationships between man and woman, adult and child, and colony and colonizer, through illustration of the text, an installation of the forest as image and stage-set, and through collaborations with other artists and the public.

Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest extends Grant’s studio practice into the arena of public engagement. From August 24th through September 12th, she will organize participatory drawing sessions, inviting the public to join in the creation of this large-scale project. Exploring the space between a specified aesthetic and shared process, Grant has also invited artists to produce sculptural, “Visiting Trees” for the installation, including Constance Ouvrieu, Tina Linville and Annelie McKenzie.

As an integral part of her project at Mains d’Oeuvres, Alexandra Grant invites the public and other artists to come and illustrate Hélène Cixous’s book “Philippines.” Hours for public participation will begin August 24th and go through September 12th:

Saturday, August 24th, 4pm – 9pm
Wednesday, August 28th – Sunday, September 1st, 4pm – 9pm
Wednesday, September 9th, 4pm – 9pm
Wednesday, September 11th, 4pm – 9pm

Drawing sessions will be organized during the installation, and the public is welcome to join:

FABIEN VEHLMANN AND DANIEL OGLANDER — Saturday, August 24th, 4pm – 9pm
MEITAL YANIV AND FLORIAN VIEL — Thursday, August 29th, 6pm – 9pm
LAURA PARDINI AND GUILLAUME LEGRAND — Saturday, August 31st, 6pm – 9pm
KATE MCCRICKARD — date to be confirmed
NATHALIE HARVEY — Friday, September 6th, 6pm – 9pm
MAELLE SCHNEIDER, ANTOINE LOMBART, ANTOINE AUBERT AND VALENTIN LERGES — Saturday, September 7th, 6pm – 9pm
STEFAN DELVOYE — Sunday, September 8th, 6pm – 9pm
YANN PERREAU — Monday, September 9th, 6pm – 9pm
ZOE CROSHER — Wednesday, September 11th, 6pm – 9pm

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