RACHEL LABASTIE – NUIT BLANCHE AT SHOAH MEMORIAL

Rachel Labstie has been invited by the Shoah Memorial in Paris to create her performance “Unstable” for the Nuit blanche 2024.

“Installed at the back of the art center, Djelem, Djelem, a large wicker wheel, turns on itself. On the floor, slabs of dry clay host a performance during which the artist, walking and breaking the dry earth beneath his feet, will sing the Gypsy hymn “Djelem, Djelem”, for which the sculpture is named. This ritual harks back to the origins of the artist, whose maternal grandmother belonged to the nomadic Jenisch community, mainly made up of basket-makers. “This slowly turning wicker wheel also speaks of a lineage, of a family wandering that has lasted for several generations. They also evoke the history of this material,” explains the artist. ”
Extract from the text “Instable”, by Magali Gentet, curator of the exhibition by Rachel Labastie, Le Parvis, 2019

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Rachel Labastie
“Unstable”
Performance

Shoah Memorial
17 Rue Geoffroy l’Asnier
75004 Paris

As part of the Nuit blanche

Opening hours
7pm to 2am
Performance at 10pm

Free admission