until Sunday February 25 2018

La Galerie des Galeries
T : +33 (0)1 42 82 81 98
40, Bld Haussmann
75009 Paris
France

From December 1st, 2017 to February 25th, 2018 Galerie des Galeries hosts an exhibition curated by Arlène Berceliot Courtin around the theme of celebration: the sometimes predictable, sometimes improvised celebration of all things prosaic – and of special occasions. Entitled Always Someone Asleep and Someone Awake, this exhibition explores the codes and languages of partying, events and celebrations at present and future time. Today has got to be a special day but how exactly, should it be celebrated? Perhaps a permanent or temporary, moving and progressive ceremony, that could be celebrated each year at a fixed or changing date, where there would always be "Someone asleep and someone awake/Someone dreaming asleep someone dreaming awake"1. Or perhaps it could be a spontaneous gathering, orchestrated by the wish of a common struggle or chorus.