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“well out of order”

LA DEGELEE RABELAIS

Comme des choses gelées

Abbaye de Lagrasse

21 juin to 28 of september 2008

Earlier this summer I received the invitation of la dégelée Rabelais in the Aude, announcing exhibitions in 3 prestigious places, Lagrasse, Villerouge Termenès and the Cité of Carcassonne.

Exhibitions of what I asked myself, the back of the card pompously showed only names of politicians, are they making art now as well?

On a lovely hot sunday afternoon, we drove to Lagrasse to find the politicians names replaced with the eminent: John Armleder, Michel Blazy, Alain Clairet et Anne-Marie Jugnet, Rémi Dall’Aglio, Emmanuelle Etienne, Le Gentil Garçon, Liliana Moro, Eoin McHugh, Pompom, sculpture africaine, oeuf d’autruche…

… finding our way into the magnificent Dortoire des Moines, we discovered it had been turned into a curiosity museum displaying objects in cheap plastic displays, was the sponsering so bad? Needless to say they contrasted badly with the thousand year old stone.

The white “things” looked like contemporary-art replicas made in china, the shell logo, the vanishing ice bear. According to the accompanying perspectives, the objects appearing in white resemble defrosting elements that can be rediscovered, or will just instead melt away into another dimension.

The scenery was accompanied by the “Gregorian” noises of a non functioning golden ‘speaker pump’, though the pump was out of order (by design) much like the well out of order invitation, not likely to be waking any sleeping monks .

This ‘art’ ideal for tourists, was only lacking the little replacers being sold in the shop as I would have liked to take home an Armleder for 2.99. All in all a highly recommended day out.