60 Years From Now: Relaying

On the eve of its 60th anniversary, the Cité internationale des arts proudly presents 60 Years From Now: Relaying, a group exhibition that envisions the future of its core values: hospitality, conviviality, intergenerational dialogue, and the creation of safe spaces, questioning how these principles will evolve over the next 60 years.

Bringing together artists from different generations and continents, 60 Years From Now: Relaying and its accompanying programme of events invite reflection on these questions. Featuring artists who have been in residence at the Cité internationale des arts from 1965 to today, the exhibition offers a diverse and forward-looking exploration of artistic and societal transformation. Their works bear witness to the issues of the contemporary world they choose to address. Some draw inspiration from ecofeminist infrastructures, while others explore new social contracts that include both humans and non-humans. Some examine restorative justice processes and non-extractive, non-violent practices, while others express a critical perspective on the connections between climate change, artificial intelligence and conflicts.

The exhibition’s two curators were both born in a country that no longer exists, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For this speculative exercise, they have taken as a metaphor the Relay of Youth, a symbolic relay race held annually between 1945 and 1988 to mark the birthday of Yugoslavian President, Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980). The race crossed every region of the country transporting a baton symbolizing the promise of a better future for Yugoslav youth.

The exhibition considers the idea of committing to the future and sets out to explore the different ways of transmitting this commitment. Can the different generations living today amid genocides and ecocides envisage the future with hope and responsibility?

Exhibiting artists: Kenny Cairo, Jayne Christian, Tjaša Črnigoj et Tijana Todorović, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Adelita Husni-Bey, Joan Jonas, Estelle Labes, Shivanjani Lal, Marisol Mendez, Brilant Milazimi, Bashar Murad, Raqs Media Collective, Violeta Quispe, Eszter Salamon, Bouba Touré et Raphaël Grisey, Suzanne Treister, Dito Yuwono et Mira Asriningtyas, Carrie Mae Weems, Liang Zhao

Curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Arts and Culture Programme Manager at the Cité internationale des arts, in collaboration with Ana Janevski, Curator of the Department of Media and Performance at the MoMA in New York.

With the support of Fondation de l’Olivier.