Festival / Evening
Antoine Poncet
Anthology of gibberish and jargon, wildlife and satyrs
01 Mar 2013
The event is over
Antoine Poncet has made a list of new definitions of gibberish and jargon in texts that he does not fully understand. In other words, a language that isn’t quite a language, which impedes understanding and seems to be garbage while at the same time breaking free of the shackles of convention, academicism, time and place.
From Aristophanes’ Frogs to the "coquecigrues" (mythical creatures, half insect half bird) of Rabelais and Mallarmé, as well as, perhaps, the yelping of the convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, or the imitative Harmonie of Pierre-Antoine de Piis, to the scabrous fantasies of Dranem, to the incantations of Artaud and the shamanistic languages of Laurent Quintreau, in La Clairière "faunes et satyres" will focus on hearing these unrestrained languages, whether animal, fanciful, metaphorical or satirical.
Antoine Poncet has made a list of new definitions of gibberish and jargon in texts that he does not fully understand. In other words, a language that isn’t quite a language, which impedes understanding and seems to be garbage while at the same time breaking free of the shackles of convention, academicism, time and place.
From Aristophanes’ Frogs to the "coquecigrues" (mythical creatures, half insect half bird) of Rabelais and Mallarmé, as well as, perhaps, the yelping of the convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, or the imitative Harmonie of Pierre-Antoine de Piis, to the scabrous fantasies of Dranem, to the incantations of Artaud and the shamanistic languages of Laurent Quintreau, in La Clairière "faunes et satyres" will focus on hearing these unrestrained languages, whether animal, fanciful, metaphorical or satirical.
Born in 1964, Antoine Poncet has been working on an “Anthology of Gibberish and Jargon” since 2003, which has given rise to public and radio lectures/ performances (Fondation Cartier, Villa Arson, Fondation Ricard, France-culture, Radio Libertaire). A direct extension of the spirit of gibberish and jargon led to him to write books and put on exhibitions on historical and counter-factual subjects such as “unemployed intellectuals”, “The Maginot Line” and most recently "Anti-elitist icons”.
When
From 7pm
