Reading Room ♯52 Vincent Meessen

Practicalities:

When? 17 September 2026, from 18:00 to 20:00.
Where? Agency.

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Short summary: For the reading room Vincent Meessen will take us into texts of Souriau from the Praticotheque's library focussing on his critique of anthropomorphism and his proposal for a «healthy» zoomorphism.

• in french, followed by discussions in FR, EN, NL *

• RSVP > let us know if you want to join before 14/09 *

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Description:

In March Vincent Meessen started his research at Praticotheque in the framework of his film in development 'The Narrator'.

An exploration of Thing 000782 - Bruits de la Nature n.2, a controversy around copyright on bird sounds recorded by Jean Claude Roche, guided him to Etienne Souriau's reflections on 'coëfficient d'art' and possibilities for art to exist in the animal world.

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Guest(s): Vincent Meessen