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BETTINA
A b o v e : Marfa, photo by Vanessa Del Campo.
GARDELLES
R i g h t : The four 2022 resident artists engaged in a creative discussion in Marfa, photo by JP Uzan
How can we deconstruct our collective imagination of outer
author and exhibition curator Léa Bismuth, Spanish filmmaker and aero-
space? Can we nurture a thirst for exploration without feeding
space engineer Vanessa del Campo, France-based American designer
the hunger for conquest, territory, and appropriation?
Elizabeth Hong, and French CNRS research director Jean-Philippe
In Marfa, Villa Albertine and the Centre Pompidou (Paris) launched
Uzan. From October 5 to November 5, 2022, under the starry skies of
a residency program to confront these questions head-on, through
Marfa, Texas, these four creatives-in-residence critically examined the
the work of four international artists and researchers: French
drive for civilizational, technical, and economic conquest and proposed