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    9 esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet

    75013 Paris
    +33.(0)1.45.84.17.56
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    Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research
    Université de Paris
    5 rue Thomas Mann
    Campus des Grands Moulins
    75205 Paris Cédex 13
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  • School for Invisibility

    January 30 - May 22, 2008

    A pro­posal by Jochen Dehn

    The “School for Invisibility” seeks to dis­cover the pos­si­bil­i­ties of becoming less con­crete, more dif­fuse, and of dis­solving one­self without dis­ap­pearing. Invisibility is an expan­sion of sur­face area. We will study the methods that permit us to pass through walls without requiring us to use doors. We will exploit in par­tic­ular the pos­si­bil­i­ties pre­sented by col­li­sions, fail­ures and misun­der­stand­ings.
    The “School for Invisibility” is a selec­tion of studies with vari­able dimen­sions that was cre­ated in 2005 with Frédéric Danos, Jochen Dehn, Volko Kamenski and Mateusz Kula.

    Jochen Dehn, born in 1968, lives in Paris. His prac­tice as a per­former takes var­ious forms including the­atrical per­for­mances in apart­ments (2004), mud wrestling (Mud, 2005), works for an actress and an ele­phant (2005), games with the detec­tors in the Louvre (Liquid, 2006) and a homage to the inven­tion of Velcro (I am you as an explo­sion, 2005). By engaging the body and the space around it, Jochen Dehn expands upon forms and strate­gies that tend to reveal con­tact zones and thus to reduce the dis­tance that sep­a­rates the body from its pos­sible col­li­sions. He col­lab­o­rates reg­u­larly with Frédéric Danos, Rekolonisation and Gelitin, among others.


    SCHOOL FOR INVISIBILITY - COURSES

    22.05.08, 8pm: NOT ONLY – BUT ALSO (SI NOUS POSSÉDONS UN LIBRE ARBITRE, LES PARTICULES ÉLÉMENTAIRES AUSSI)
    Resumé of what we did since January and repren­sa­tion of the things we kept for­get­ting.

    15.05.08, 8pm: DU BIST DA ABER DU BIST NICHT DU or DU BIST DU ABER DU BIST NICHT DA
    An inter­view with Loreto Martinez Troncoso and Jochen Dehn ded­i­cated to the dif­fer­ence between the unex­pected and the sur­prise.

    08.05.08, 8pm: LES PRINCIPES D’INCERTITUDES
    With Jonathan Fouchard and Khanh-Dang Nguyen Thu Lam.

    01.05.08, 8pm: L’ÉPONGE
    A play by Anne Chaniolleau and Jochen Dehn, under the eyes of Phileas Fogg and
    Jean Passepartou.

    24.04.08, 8pm: THE ENCLOSED GARDEN - SECOND TRY
    Performance based on the sym­biosis of figs and their wasps, under the eyes of Richard Dawkins.

    11.04.08, 8pm: LIQUID
    Guided tour of the Louvre.
    Rendez-vous in front of La Belle Ferronière by Leonardo da Vinci.

    03.04.08, 8pm: KNOTS and their OPPOSITE
    Performance-lec­ture on con­necting and col­liding.

    27.03.08, 8pm: THE ENCLOSED GARDEN
    Performance based on the sym­biosis of figs and their wasps. Under the eyes of Richard Dawkins.

    20.03.08, 8pm: UNIVERSE BACKSTAGE,the sur­face of a line and impact without move­ment.
    With Frédéric Danos, Virginie Thomas, Jochen Dehn.

    13.03.08, 8pm: INFRASTRUCTURES INVISIBLES
    Conference per­formed by Cecilia Becanovic and Maxime Thieffine.

    27.02.08, 8pm: NO, YOU’RE RIGHT - training 1
    Under the eyes of Raphael Zarka and John D. Rockefeller.

    20.02.08, 8pm: NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS
    Conference-per­for­mance with Anne Chaniolleau, con­cerning integrity, bar­riers, water-walkers (water spi­ders), the capacity of flies to stick to the ceiling, sur­face ten­sion and how we can take advan­tage of it. Under the eyes of Jim Dodge.

    13.02.08, 8pm: TOTAL OSMOSIS C
    Conference-dance with Gelitin and the Moms. Evening ded­i­cated to mem­branes and tran­sits. Under the eyes of Tarita Teripaia.

    06.02.08, 8 pm: THE FLATLANDER
    Performance-con­fer­ence that pro­poses a recon­sid­er­a­tion of per­spec­tive, dimen­sions and scale. Under the eyes of Charlyn Marie Marshall.

    30.1.08, 8 pm: FLOCKS
    Conference-per­for­mance with Kaori Monsanto. This evening, we will demon­strate why it is nec­es­sary to become liquid, how to dis­solve into a crowd, and what pro­tocol to adopt once one finds one­self in a crowd in order to become invis­ible. Under the eyes of Harry Houdini and Erich Weisz.

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