Attention, the year 2023 begins with a big name at Casino Luxembourg: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. His installation presented from February 18 was shown for the first time at the 58e international art exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2019. It is the first work in virtual reality (VR, virtual reality) by the French artist, conceived as a scenographic space for five participants with a theatrical device referring to a session of spiritualism. “This work allows us to continue our study around works in VR and offers different layers of reading that we thought would be interesting to explore”, specified Kevin Mullendirector of Casino Luxembourg.
In parallel with this installation, it will be possible to discover the exhibition an. other voice (until April 16) by Judith Deschamps. “We had already presented the work of this artist at the Casino in 2018 and this new exhibition is an opportunity to support her in the process of research that she is carrying out on the castrato Farinelli”, details Kevin Muhlen. With the help of artificial intelligence as well as IRCAM researchers and musicians, the artist recreates Farinelli’s voice and at the same time asks many questions relating to speaking, childhood, transhumanism … The project will take the form of the projection of a film, a sculpture and a sound piece.
Recurring collaborations
In addition to projects initiated directly by the Casino, the art center also responds to requests for collaboration. This is the case with Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, which will take up the Carte blanche offered by Luxembourg City Film Festival at the Casino. They will present a film and an installation, Ecosystem Assembly (March 2-April 16), which questions the relationship between new cinema and contemporary art.
For the European Month of Photography, led by Café-Crème, the Casino will present the main exhibition Bodies of Identities (May 6-September 10). The work of around twenty artists will be brought together and will question the multiplicity and complexity of bodies and identities. Also within the framework of the EMOP, it will be the work of Raphaël Lecoquierre which will be put forward. Tills (May 6-September 10) is a re-examination of the photographic medium whose chemical components are extracted and reworked by the artist in a setting of his own.
Monographic projects
The second part of the year will be an opportunity to discover two monographic projects. The first will be the presentation of the pictorial work of Tessa Perutz (October 7-January 7, 24) which also explores writing and which will be the subject of a new edition of his texts.
The second is that of Jerome Zonder (October 7-January 7, 2024), an artist who expresses himself through pencil or charcoal drawing. Playing with variations of scales, the artist composes a very personal polygraphic environment, mixing both hyperrealistic drawings and more abstract elements, but always in black and white.
Added to this is a collaboration with the Kunsthalle Giessen, with which Casino Luxembourg is carrying out a project to exhibit the work of Mary-Audrey Ramirez.
It should also be noted that the Casino Display is continuing the path it began two years ago to welcome and train up-and-coming artists. Thanks to partnerships with art schools in the Greater Region, students can come to residency in Luxembourg to conduct research and attend conferences, an experience that is taken into account in their course.
Finally, in terms of the cultural program, there will be a musical collaboration with the KUFA (Event horizon on February 21), a choreographic event outside the walls in the courtyard of the former BNL on May 25 and 26, a cycle of Fashion & Art (May 4 and 11), as well as a new meeting, the casinoBookclub, which will allow discussion around a book or a text proposed in turn by a member of the team.
