Lafayette Anticipations

Sole crushing, Meriem Bennani

From October 22nd to February 8th

Spread throughout the floors of the building, the sound installation Sole Crushing brings together over two hundred flip-flops which play a musical composition mixing symphony and riot.

The footwear comes to life, striking different surfaces with its soles and creating an unusual array of percussive sounds. Meriem Bennani explores ways of being together and the individual’s place within the community.

Whether as a chorus, or as soloists, in unison or in response to each other, these flip-flops evoke the individuals that make up a moving crowd, whether in a protest, a stadium, or a dakka marrakchia, a traditional Morrocan musical ceremony. The simple, banal clapping of a flip-flop unites the group in a single pulse—that of a force that transcends the individual.

ciel clair / eaux troubles, Steffani Jemison

From October 22nd to February 8th

The American artist examines the physical and political phenomena that paralyse or move us, while considering gravity and weight as forces that either hold us back or set us free.

Steffani Jemison presents a new sculpture, developed during her residency at Lafayette Anticipations, as part of an installation that includes new video work exploring movement and orientation tools. She brings multiple temporalities into play, mapping the intersections between the geographies of violence and practices of liberation. The artist invites us to question our perspectives and consider journeys that do not follow predefined paths, but are rather driven only by our impulses.