“Evidence” Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith

​​​​“Evidence” is a poetic, immersive journey, an ode to a world without borders, a contemporary reflection on the infinite and a spiritual quest. Between audio, films, abstract images, objects and creations collected throughout their travels, this exhibition guides you through a vast exploratory installation that juxtaposes photos, texts and original works by Patti Smith, from her personal collections and the Musée National d’Art Moderne and MoMA collections.

Between 2019 and 2021, Stephan Crasneanscki and Patti Smith worked together to create Perfect Vision, a triptych of albums that draw inspiration from the texts of three iconic French poets: Antonin Artaud, Arthur Rimbaud and René Daumal. Recorded respectively in the Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico, the Abyssinian Highlands in Ethiopia and the peaks of the Himalayas in India, these albums are based on the idea that each landscape holds sleeping memories, testimonies to the passage of humans. Produced in collaboration with Grammy award winner Russell Elevado, Leonardo Heiblum, and Simone Merli, member of Soundwalk Collective, each album retraces the footsteps of poets, leading us through sound and musical landscapes, revisited by the incantatory voice of Patti Smith.

With the support of Rimowa, Usomo, and the Analogue Foundation.

Thanks to Gagosian

Pictures by Olivier Zahm

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