Les Espaces d’Abraxas, Ricardo Bofill’s postmodern housing project east of Paris, is the backdrop for the latest Genius Loci, with an installation by French artist Samuel Nguyen curated by Marion Vignal (until 25 June 2023)
’s post-modern housing project east of Paris, demands to be noticed, but has often been neglected. Now the French art curator Marion Vignal puts it into the spotlight via her association Genius Loci. Established in 2021, Genius Loci uses contemporary art to promote works of architectural heritage, inviting visitors to see them in a different way – typically with an undercurrent of emotion.'Bofill showed that social architecture can be artistic, and have a real identity,' Vignal says.
Nguyen spent every day onsite for a month, from 8am to midnight, working with three residents who helped him to develop his project. 'Bofill talked about learning the language of social architecture,' he says, explaining that this also became his goal: 'learning and creating with the residents, understanding their experience.'
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