Symposium Material Assemblages before and After the Human
October 16, 2025
A symposium as part of the Oscillation exhibition at the Canadian Cultural Center—Paris, during Nemo Biennale, 2025.
A symposium as part of the Oscillation exhibition at the Canadian Cultural Center—Paris, during Nemo Biennale, 2025.
Photo: Vanessa Mardirossian
Hosted within the evolving environment of our Oscillation exhibition, Material Assemblages before and after the Human invites participants to engage in conversations that move between matter and meaning, process and form.
The program explores the entangled dynamics of bodies, materials, and environments, focusing on how artistic and critical practices respond to ecological transformations, infrastructures, and sensory experience.
The exhibition acts as a shifting ground for these discussions by creating an active space shaped by the interplay of flows, energies, and collaborative practices. The conference foregrounds modes of thinking and making that engage with the porosity of the boundaries between the human and the non-human by emphasizing practices that attend to interdependence, permeability, and transformation. It highlights approaches that refuse fixed categories, instead embracing fluid, relational processes that challenge dominant hierarchies and imagine alternative forms of coexistence, interdependence, and agency.
The program explores the entangled dynamics of bodies, materials, and environments, focusing on how artistic and critical practices respond to ecological transformations, infrastructures, and sensory experience.
The exhibition acts as a shifting ground for these discussions by creating an active space shaped by the interplay of flows, energies, and collaborative practices. The conference foregrounds modes of thinking and making that engage with the porosity of the boundaries between the human and the non-human by emphasizing practices that attend to interdependence, permeability, and transformation. It highlights approaches that refuse fixed categories, instead embracing fluid, relational processes that challenge dominant hierarchies and imagine alternative forms of coexistence, interdependence, and agency.
Speakers:
Brice Ammar Khodja (Université Concordia, Canada)
Edwige Armand (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
Sofian Audry (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Monika Bakke (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Pologne)
Jacqui Beaumont (Université Concordia, Canada)
Samuel Bianchini (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Marie-Pier Boucher (University of Toronto, Canada)
Audrey Coulombe (Université Concordia, Canada)
Géraldine Gomez (Centre Pompidou, France)
Matthew Halpenny (Université Concordia, Canada)
Alice Jarry (Université Concordia, Canada)
Raphaëlle Kerbrat (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Vanessa Mardirossian (Université Concordia, Canada
Aurélie Mosse (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Joel Ong (University of Victoria, Canada)
Guillaume Pascale (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada et École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, France)
Lea Perraudin (Humboldt University, Allemagne)
Danny Perreault (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Iva Resetar (Humboldt University, Allemagne)
Patricia Ribault (Université Paris VIII, France)
Jane Tingley (York University, Canada)
Lee Wilkins (University of Toronto, Canada)
Brice Ammar Khodja (Université Concordia, Canada)
Edwige Armand (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
Sofian Audry (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Monika Bakke (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Pologne)
Jacqui Beaumont (Université Concordia, Canada)
Samuel Bianchini (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Marie-Pier Boucher (University of Toronto, Canada)
Audrey Coulombe (Université Concordia, Canada)
Géraldine Gomez (Centre Pompidou, France)
Matthew Halpenny (Université Concordia, Canada)
Alice Jarry (Université Concordia, Canada)
Raphaëlle Kerbrat (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Vanessa Mardirossian (Université Concordia, Canada
Aurélie Mosse (École des arts décoratifs – PSL, France)
Joel Ong (University of Victoria, Canada)
Guillaume Pascale (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada et École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, France)
Lea Perraudin (Humboldt University, Allemagne)
Danny Perreault (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Iva Resetar (Humboldt University, Allemagne)
Patricia Ribault (Université Paris VIII, France)
Jane Tingley (York University, Canada)
Lee Wilkins (University of Toronto, Canada)
Consult the detailed program:
https://canada-culture.org/en/event/assemblages-materiels-avant-et-apres-lhumain/
https://canada-culture.org/en/event/assemblages-materiels-avant-et-apres-lhumain/
