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Perceiving What Acts in Silence, Vinciane Despret and Estelle Zhong Mengual
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Lafayette Anticipations9 rue du Platre 75004 PARIS How can we perceive what is at work in silence? To mark Yu Nishimura’s exhibition, Vinciane Despret and Estelle Zhong Mengual discuss the discreet presences that populate our lives and the ways in which we might pay attention to them.
In Yu Nishimura’s paintings, human and animal figures appear as if suspended, in the forest or in the city. These beings, captured outside any overt action, invite us to observe what unfolds in stillness, silence or anticipation. Drawing on these images, the discussion explores what affects us without always revealing itself: memories, the traces of an encounter, and bonds that endure in absence.
How can we learn to perceive what we do not notice is there? By bringing together philosophy, art history and everyday experiences, the philosopher Vinciane Despret and the art historian Estelle Zhong Mengual invite us to reconsider what it means to be present, to act and to leave a trace.
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