Exposition of Arts and Techniques applied to Modern Life a project by Société Réaliste
Opening: 7 pm 4th April 2008
Culture States: Exposition of Arts and Techniques applied to Modern Life takes its subtitle from the historical Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques appliquées à la Vie Moderne, held in 1937 in Paris. This project consists in designing a complete “World Fair”, based on the very principle of the 1937’s one: pavilions attributed to recognized territories and supposed to exemplify the variety of cultures. This 1937’s fair has been the most spectacular example of the relation between Culture and Nation, from the confrontation between the Nazi and the Soviet pavilions to the display of the imperialist cultural conceptions of France or UK through colonial pavilions. Seventy years after this key-moment, what is the relation between political and cultural entities in nowadays Europe? The main shift of Culture States is that, on the contrary of historical world fairs, this one does not take nation-states as a territorial unit. In this project, pavilions are dedicated to former independant countries, that appeared and disappeared during the 20th century.
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