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 CONCERT JAN 28, 7PM

THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY, NEW HAVEN (US) 

     FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA + KOMBATDIVA

Frédéric Acquaviva : Excerpts from The 120 Days of Musica (2015-2017) performed by KombatDiva, who will also perform her own Panic Room : The Singterviews 

Live music. We don't know what to expect — as you'd expect. $10 tickets available at https://givebutter.com/G49ABE

   EXHIBITION JAN 14-FEB 24

GALERIE SATELLITE, PARIS

       EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE +@

Opening on Jan 14, 6pm, with works from Frédéric Acquaviva : Ideas Worth Noting / Ideas Worth Nothing, 2 artist books at 33 copies (2013) and Altagor, Frédérique Athénaïs-Dalmore, Julien Blaine, Felipe Caramelos, Sigrid Coggins, Charles Dreyfus Pechkoff, Henri-Jean Enu, Bernadette Février, Max Horde, Joël Hubaut, Marie Kawazu, Jérôme Lefdup, Lefevre Jean-Claude, Laurent Marissal, Yann Minh, Virgile Novarina, Yoann Sarrat, Marc Vernier... 

Galerie Satellite, 7 rue François de Neufchâteau 75011 Paris 01 43 79 80 20

   WRITINGS JAN 15 (from) 

REVUE SMARIS ELAPHUS, PARIS

       n°3 "Mémoire & Bruits"

New Magazine available in newspaper kiosks from January 15, with contributions from Frédéric Acquaviva : Musique / Bruits (text + photoscores) & works by Francesca dal Chele, Martine Tanné, Sylvain Paris, Francesco Acerbis, Marie-Laure Desjardins, Aiko Miyanaga, Fabienne Siegwart, Christine François, Lorraine Alexandre, Dunia Ambattle, Nathalie Rodach, Martial Verdier...      Arts Hebdo Media  https://www.artshebdomedias.com/smaris-elaphus/

   CURATING JAN 21, 6PM

CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, NY (US)

       Rewriting the World: Isidore Isou and the Lettrist Book

Until May 2. The first show in NY since 40 years on Lettrism, curated by Frédéric Acquaviva & Bill Kartalopoulos with 100 books and works, many never seen before, by Isou, Lemaître, Wolman, Brau, Dufrêne, Papaï, Altmann, Spacagna, Jessemin, Mauritz, Latour, Sabatier, Satié, Poyet, Curtay, Broutin, Sarthou, Dupont & Devaux. 

Center for Book Arts, 28 W 27th St., 3rd FL, New York, NY 10001, USA

https://centerforbookarts.org/exhibitions/rewriting-the-world-isidore-isou-and-the-lettrist-book?__cf_chl_tk=djf9LocWkqF.Cakvs4OQqr2rGxxmL1ZkPv9tghq_vFM-1758658630-1.0.1.1-_yI1a_ttw7lOi6UUivUBuH5xICp7jB16EHEEcruhR5A

   PUBLICATION + TALK JAN 24, 7.30PM

CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, NY (US)

       Rewriting the World: Isidore Isou and the Lettrist Book

Catalogue of the exhibition by Frédéric Acquaviva & Bill Kartalopoulos with additional texts by Isidore Isou, Johanna Drucker and Joseph Barry.

Talk by Frédéric Acquaviva, Bill Kartalopoulos and performance by François Poyet and Loré Lixenberg

Center for Book Arts, 28 W 27th St., 3rd FL, New York, NY 10001, USA

https://centerforbookarts.org/exhibitions/rewriting-the-world-isidore-isou-and-the-lettrist-book?__cf_chl_tk=djf9LocWkqF.Cakvs4OQqr2rGxxmL1ZkPv9tghq_vFM-1758658630-1.0.1.1-_yI1a_ttw7lOi6UUivUBuH5xICp7jB16EHEEcruhR5A

   TALK + SCREENING JAN 29+ JAN30, 7.30PM

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, NY (US)

      LETTRIST FILMS

JAN 29, 7.30PM, 

Presentation by Frédéric Acquaviva of Gil J Wolman's film, L'Anticoncept (1951)

JAN 30, 7.30PM, 

Presentation by Frédéric Acquaviva of Isidore Isou's film,Traité de bave et d'éternité (1951)

On JAN 31 + FEB 1, 7.30PM, Presentation by Bill Kartalopoulos of Maurice Lemaître's films, 

Le Film est déja commencé? (1951), Le Soulèvement de la Jeunesse (1969), Un soir au cinéma (1962-1963)

Curated by Frédéric Acquaviva and Bill Kartalopoulos

Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.), New York, NY 10003, USA
https://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/60637

CURATING + CATALOGUE until Feb 14

SOTHERAN'S ATHENAEUM, LONDON (UK)

      POET-ARTISTS OF THE FRENCH AVANT-GARDE (1946-1979) 

Curated by Frédéric Acquaviva, the second exhibition presented by CASSIUS&Co. at Sotheran's Athenaeum. This ambitious presentation, which includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, print-portfolios, records and books by twenty-four artists, is the most comprehensive survey of this particular strain of the French avant-garde ever undertaken in the United Kingdom.

With Altagor, Roberto Altmann, Suzanne Bernard, Jean-Francois Bory, Jean-Louis Brau, Cozette de Charmoy, Henri Chopin, Guy Debord, François Dufrêne, Robert Filliou, Pierre & Ilse Garnier, Paul-Armand Gette, Bernard Heidsieck, Joël Hubaut, Isidore Isou, Aude Jessemin, Maurice Lemaître, Maggy Mauritz, Jean-Luc Parant, Gabriel Pomerand, Jacques Spacagna, Ben Vautier, Gil J Wolman

 Sotheran's Athenaeum, 22 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HS

https://www.cassiusandco.com/poet-artists-of-the-french-avant-garde

https://media.sotherans.co.uk/PDF/French-Avant-Garde25-sm.pdf?utm_source=All%20subscribers%20UK%20%26%20Overseas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lettrism%203%20Campaign%20Oct%209%2C%202025%2C%204%3A18%20PM%20%2801K8WXKMKZ8Z5TA7SV01N08HS4%29&_kx=RzN145cobWewFbjlhbdPmKeeAbSkHokeDo5q6FKDqH8.VftLda