PASSAGES
CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN
9 RUE JEANNE D'ARC — TROYES
Demande au vide is a curatorial project conceived by artist and writer François Lancien-Guilberteau.
This invitation from Passages Centre for Contemporary Art to curate his first exhibition echoes his first institutional solo exhibition, presented at the same venue in 2009 at the invitation of artist Dominique Blais.
Bringing together works by David Askevold, Hanne Darboven, Charlotte Houette & Cooper Jacoby, Ines Kivimäki, Boris Kurdi, Philippe Parreno, and Naoki Sutter-Shudo, the exhibition explores conceptions of time that exceed the linear model of causality and open onto alternative modes of interpretation.
Without resorting to the iconography of occultism or divination, the works on view nevertheless engage protocols, rituals, and interpretive frameworks that resonate with certain divinatory practices. They unsettle habitual conceptions of time, at a moment when predictive models, speculative markets, and ecological crises are calling into question the certainties inherited from modernity.
Opening reception
Friday, October 9th 2026 from 6PM
