Projects
Regards Sensibles
Regards Sensibles - Video Works from the Lemaître collection
at macLYON, Lyon / France
6.3.-12.7.2026
For this exhibition I had the honour to work with the outstanding video art collection of Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaître, comprising 170 video works by international artists from the mid 90s to today. The exhibition Regards Sensibles accompanies the donation of the collection to the macLYON.
With the selection of 29 art works by international artists like among others, Ulla von Brandenburg, Clément Cogitore, Keren Cytter, Sofia Hultén, Hayoun Kwon, Sigalit Landau, Christian Marclay, Walid Raad, Gillian Wearing I followed the historical paths of the collection as much as I let myself guide by the very personal and intuitive character of the body of works. It’s a body of gestures and sensitive observations, of performative transformation and conflicting emotional states. It’s a body that invites us to an empathetic gaze on the injuries, insecurities, and disruptions, but also on the moments of strength and resilience expressed in the works in reaction to an unstable world.
The exhibition parcours unfolds along three related chapters: Exchange of Gazes, Tangible Pain and Gestures of Resilience and is conceived as an invitation to open oneself up to a vulnerable touch by the stories which unfold in the works.
I'm very thankful that I was able to once again collaborate with Ruth Lorenz Studio for the exhibition architecture and to develop a scenography which creates a sensitive environment for the works and visitors alike.
Beteiligte Künstler:innen Participating artists
Jumana Emil Abboud, Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi, Marcos Ávila Forero, Johanna Billing, Katinka Bock, Ulla von Brandenburg, Elina Brotherus, Clément Cogitore, Keren Cytter, Patricia Esquivias, Cédrick Eymenier, Annika Kahrs, Kai Kaljo, Arthur Kleinjan, Takehito Koganezawa, Evangelía Kranióti, Hayoun Kwon, Marjan Laaper, Sigalit Landau, Klara Lidén, Aernout Mik, Enrique Ramírez, Christoph Rütimann, Eske Schlüters, SUPERFLEX, Walid Raad, Mariana Vassileva, Gillian Wearing.
The exhibition is accompanied by six video programs running throughout the exhibition period in the auditorium of the museum (free of charge). The programs complement the themes explored in the exhibition and reflect the major themes of the collection itself:
The Cinema as a Space of Imagination (6.-22.3.2026)
Sensitive Bonds of Desire (25.3.-12.4.2026)
The Gaze from a Distance (15.4.-3.5.2026)
Reclaiming Territories (6.-24.5.2026)
The Body as an Object (27.5.-6.6.2026)
When the Soul Speaks Back (17.6.-12.7.2026)
Videoprogramme mit Arbeiten von Video programs with works by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Yael Bartana, Clément Cogitore, Julien Crépieux, Sebastián Díaz Morales, Beatrice Gibson, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Olivier Grossetête, Paul Heintz, Gary Hill, Isaac Julien, Evangelía Kranióti, Romain Kronenberg, Hayoun Kwon, Lars Laumann, Zhenchen Liu, Steve McQueen, Adrián Melis, Mohau Modisakeng, Daniel Monroy Cuevas, Matthias Müller, Arash Nassiri, Astrid Nippoldt, Émilie Pitoiset, Elodie Pong, Enrique Ramírez, Józef Robakowski, Mathilde Rosier, Mika Rottenberg, Julika Rudelius, Anri Sala, Moussa Sarr, Yang Fudong, Katarina Zdjelar, Artur Żmijewski., among others, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Yael Bartana, Yang Fudong, Beatrice Gibson, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Gary Hill, Steve McQueen, Jòzef Robakowski, Mathilde Rosier, Mika Rottenberg, Julia Rudelius, Katarina Zdjelar.
Ausstellungsarchitektur Exhibition architecture
Studio Ruth Lorenz, Berlin
A catalogue on the collection (incl. an essay by myself) will be published in May 2026.
Image Credits:
All images by Blaise Adilon
except images 4,6,7,15,16 by myself
