Event overview
When Paris was liberated in 1944, it was considered a “reawakening” of the French state, replete with spectacular public celebrations and patriotic fervour. Spontaneity and nostalgia came together in an event which promoted impulsive, unrestrained behaviour at the same time it sought to secure its own historic legacy through wide-spread symbolism. Using an analogy of sleep, I will compare these sleepless celebrations and their photographic documentation, with the contemporaneous insomniac memoirs of Marguerite Duras and Jacques Yonnet. My objective is to show how the former sought to induce a collective amnesia (namely to forget France’s complicity in the Vichy regime) whereas the latter refused such a simple narrative; instead presenting recollections which counter this prevailing will to forget, specifically through their slippery, indeterminate nature.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2018 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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