mercredi 8 octobre 2025

JEAN FRANCOIS BORY AT LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE (LONDON)







(Jean-François Bory and Frédéric Acquaviva)


 

mercredi 1 octobre 2025

NEWS FROM ACQUAVIVA SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025

 >>>OCTOBER 4

"JEAN-FRANÇOIS BORY, SOME LIKE IT WITH WORDS"
LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE @ THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, LONDON + unique performance of JF BORY at 5PM!!!!!!!!!!!!




Bory's solo show curated by Frédéric Acquaviva in 3 locations : 
The Vitrine (66 Stoke Newington Road, London, from sept 17 to Oct 17), The Outsiders Gallery with 80 works from 1964 to 2025 (only on October 4, noon to 6pm) and La Plaque Tournante@Palatine with 200 books and documents from October 4 to December 30, by appointment only)

>>>OCTOBER 11-12
CRU MAGAZINE
35EME SALON DE LA REVUE
HALLE DES BLANCS-MANTEAUX, PARIS




On display with FREEING (Yoann Sarrat) and 591 (Jean-François Bory), CRU (Frédéric Acquaviva & Loré Lixenberg)
Get the last copies of the 4 Berlin issues of CRU (Contemporary Radical Underground) Magazine before the 5th issue to be published in 2026, with the London series.
48, rue Vieille-du-Temple 75004 Paris

>>>OCTOBER 14, 11AM
LECTURE ON FRÉDERIC ACQUAVIVA BY YOANN SARRAT
"POUR UNE HISTOIRE DE LA VOIX ENREGISTRÉE DANS LES ARTS", MAISON DES SCIENCES SOCIALES ET DES HUMANITÉS, UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET, LYON
LECTURE OF YOANN SARRAT ON PIERRE GUYOTAT'S VOICE IN THE WORKS OF JEAN-LUC GODARD, FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA AND KATHY ACKER (DIR. FABRICE FLAHUTEZ)



Yoann Sarrat, artist, dancer, and PhD in French literature at CELIS, UCA:“(Re)creations and transdisciplinarities, the text and voice of Pierre Guyotat ‘used’ in three groundbreaking works: Jean-Luc Godard’s De l’origine du XXIème siècle, Frédéric Acquaviva’s Coma, and Kathy Acker’s Great Expectations.”

>>>OCTOBER 15-19
FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA "ROBERTO ALTMANN, THE COMPLETE PRINTS" (DNA / LES PRESSES DU RÉEL)
25TH FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE, FRANKFÜRT (DE)




My book, the first volume of Roberto Altmann's catalogue raisonné (The Complete Prints, published by DNA) is on display on the Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein stand at MESSE FRANKFURT, DE. Next year, the Tome II (The Complete Paintings, DNA, 300 pp) will be published.

>>>OCTOBER 17, 4PM
"ISOU 100", LECTURE BY FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA 
"INTRODUCTION TO ISIDORE ISOU'S ARTWORKS"
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR THEATRE AND FILM, BUCAREST 




For the centenary of Isou, a seminar on his output in cinema + a talk on his still unknown ground breaking artworks.

>>>OCTOBER 18, 6PM
ORLAN BOOK SIGNING + VIDEOWORKS
LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE @ THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, LONDON (UK)




Meet ORLAN and Loré Lixenberg for the launch of the english translation of her biography Striptease (Editions Everyday Press) + book signing of CRU 4 + Exogène (Editions AcquAvivA).
With the diffusion of ORLAN "Petition Against Death"'s performance in Berlin (2017) and Frédéric Acquaviva's "Seminal" with ORLAN's voice (creation of the video version)
THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, 64-66 Stoke Newington Road, London

>>>OCTOBER 25-26
FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA "MUSIQUE CABALISTIQUE"
SUPER BOOKS 6, HAUS DER KULTUR, MÜNCHEN (DE)




The complete series of my 14 booklets "Musique Cabalistique" (2012-2021 / republished by Al Dante / Les Presses du Réel in 2022) will be on display and for sale on the Jürgen O. Olbrich's NO-INSTITUTE stand.

>>> UNTIL OCTOBER 18
AN ARTIST BOOK BY FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA
AT L'ENSEIGNE DES OUDIN, PARIS



"300 livres d'artistes de la Collection Enseigne des Oudin"
(curated by Alain Oudin and Pascal Odille) with works by Acquaviva, Agullo, Altagor, Arman, Ben, Blaine, Bory, Butor, Cauwet, César, Chamant, Chopin, Digeon, Dupuy, Filliou, Gette, Halbert, Heidsieck, Hubaut, Isou, Journiac, Lemaître, Luca, Maccheroni, Molinier, Parant, Rabascall, Roth, Salmon, Serge III, Tarkos, Topor, Ughetto, Snyers, Villeglé, Wolman...
ENSEIGNE DES OUDIN, 4, rue Martel, 75010 PARIS

AND
PODCAST OF RADIO LIBERTAIRE "EPSILONIA " 
(curated by Jean-Baptiste Favory) with an excerpt of 
Frédéric Acquaviva's ANTIPODES (diffused September 11)



Hear the September 11 podcast : https://radio-libertaire.org/podcast/z_commun/emission_aff.php?id_e=45&id_c=35&bout=alpha

& SEPTEMBER UPDATE : 
LA MAISON DE L'ART VIVANT (SEPT 20-21), VIMOUTIERS



The Musée de L'Art Vivant de Jean-Luc et Titi Parant showed on Sept 20 + 21 works by Frédéric Acquaviva, Thierry Agullo, Ben, Julien Blaine, Jean Dubuffet, Paul-Armand Gette, Bernard Heidsieck, Joël Hubaut, Jean-Olivier Hucleux, Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux, Valère Novarina, ORLAN, Titi et Jean-Luc Parant, Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau, Jacqueline Salmon, Mâkhi Xenakis...


samedi 5 juillet 2025

NEWS FROM ACQUAVIVA SUMMER 2025

 I- EXHIBITION (MULTIPLE / SOUND ART)

UNTIL JULY 31, "NUMÉROLOGIE", Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris



En compagnie de Joël Hubaut, Esther Ferrer, Jean-Luc Parant, Charles Dreyfus, Gil J Wolman et bien d'autres, j'expose mon multiple "Beat Entropy" (2019),  à l'occasion du 70ème anniversaire de la galerie Lara Vincy (curator Youri Vincy)
Galerie Lara Vincy, 47, rue de Seine 75006 Paris

II - CURATING 
JULY 5, 12 (noon) - 6PM
LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE (F. ACQUAVIVA & L. LIXENBERG)
@ THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, LONDON
"JOEL HUBAUT : DRESS CODE" (FIRST SOLO SHOW IN UK)
WITH NON STOP PERFORMANCE 12 (NOON) TO 6PM
THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY 64-66 Stoke Newington Road, London




III - RADIO
WAVE FARM WGXC, NY (RADIO FOR OPEN EARS)
NEW COMPLETE DIFFUSION OF FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA'S OPERA "ANTIPODES" (KARL SCZUKA PRIZE 2020) 
with text and voice by Joël HUBAUT + Loré LIXENBERG (mezzo-soprano) + Dorothy IANNONE (voice) and dead electronics, composed in 2019 at EMS, Stockholm




IV - REVIEW BY ENZO MINARELLI ON ACQUAVIVA'S RECORDS



"Le Disque" (8 CDs on 2LPs, 2010, Milan) + "Aatie" (CD + DVD, 2012, Berlin), on sale at Souffle Continu (Paris), Sound Ohm (Milano) and Galerie Satellite (Paris).


jeudi 1 mai 2025

NEWS FROM ACQUAVIVA MAY 2025

 01. CURATING

>>>> MAY 3, noon to 6pm only
LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE @ THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, LONDON 
"MAGGY MAURITZ + AUDE JESSEMIN, HYPERGRAPHIC WOMEN"
pop-up show curated by Frédéric Acquaviva 
in presence of Maggy Mauritz singterviewed by Loré Lixenberg at 5pm
THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY, 64 Stoke Newington Road N16 7XB, UK


02. BOOK LAUNCH + LECTURE
>>>> MAY 8, 6-8pm, INDEX, STOCKHOLM
presentation by Frédéric Acquaviva + Cecilia Grönberg and Jonas (J) Magnusson (directors of OEI) of 
Frédéric Acquaviva's "LETTRISTS & PHOTOGRAPHY" 
(OEI n° 106-107, 336 pp, 430 illustrations, english texts)
INDEX, The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Kungsbrostrand 19, 11226 Stockholm,Sweden




03. EXHIBITION (SOUND ART)
>>>> MAY 13 (opening 6-9pm) - JULY 31, 
"NUMÉROLOGIE", GALERIE LARA VINCY, PARIS
with works by  Frédéric Acquaviva ("Beat Entropy", 2019-2021), Denise Aubertin, Jacques Charlier, Charles Dreyfus Pechkoff , Esther Ferrer , Raymond Hains, Joël Hubaut, Pascal Le Coq, Miller Levy, Clémentine Mélois, Ricardo Mosner, Charlemagne Palestine, Gérald Panighi, Jean-Luc Parant, Ben Vautier, Peter Vogel, Gil J Wolman...
GALERIE LARA VINCY, 47, rue de Seine 75006 PARIS




04. CONCERT (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>>>> MAY 15, 6pm (inauguration concert)
V MIEDZYNARODOWA WIOSNA AKORDEONOWA FESTIVAL,SANOK (POLAND)
with Loré Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano) + Bartosz Glowacki (accordeon), performing contemporary music (Frédéric Acquaviva's "Self Portrait Music" (2015) from "The 120 Days of Musica", version for voice & accordeon) 
and barocco music (Jean-Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Claudio Monterverdi...)
Sala Koncertowa, PSM I i II st. w Sanoku ul. Podgorze 25






05. EDITIONS (BOOK FAIR)
>>>> MAY 16-18, FANZINEIST VIENNA ART BOOK & ZINE FAIR, 
ATELIERHAUS DER AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE, WIEN (AUSTRIA)
Book Fair with LA PLAQUE TOURNANTE's editions (Berlin-London-Wien): CRU 1-2-3-4, Editions AcquAvivA, The Voice Party, etc. 173 physical exhibitors from over 33 countries.
May 16 (4-9pm), May 17 (1-8pm), May 18 (noon-6pm, free entrance.Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Semperdepot), Lehaegasse 6-8, 1060, Vienna


07. CURATING
>>>> MAY 22 - JUNE 14 (opening MAY 22, 6-9pm)
"(ALTAGOR) PÈRE ET FILS (MARC VERNIER)", GALERIE SATELLITE, PARIS
curated by Frédéric Acquaviva, Galerie Satellite, 7, rue François de Neufchâteau 75011 Paris.
Available at the gallery : "Altagor Mutant" (dir. Frédéric Acquaviva and Alain Oudin), Enseigne des Oudin, 216 pp, 320 illustrations, 2025, 20€ (+ deluxe with artwork 140€)





08. 
>>>> NEW EDITION OF JEAN-YVES BOSSEUR's reference book "L'ART SONORE", Editions Minerve, Collection Musique Ouverte, 
with the entry of Frédéric Acquaviva
Dans le sillage des démarches de John Cage et des membres du mouvement Fluxus, l'« art sonore » connaît aujourd'hui une expansion qui ne cesse de croître. Cette dénomination s'applique à des pratiques touchant à la fois aux arts plastiques et à la musique.... L'ouvrage s'enrichit de nouveaux artistes et de leurs créations. Citons notamment la plasticienne Wanda Mihuleac, le concepteur d'installations sonores immersives Steve Heimbecker, le designer sonore Tanguy Clerc ou encore le compositeur de musiques expérimentales Frédéric Acquaviva.


09.  
>>>> THE 2019 ACQUISITION OF 15 SIGNED RECORDS OF 
FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA BY YALE UNIVERSITY (THE BEINECKE LIBRARY, NEW HAVEN, USA is now open for researchers


10.  NEW ONLINE ARCHIVE
>>>> PROGRAM BY DAVID CHRISTOFFEL ON FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA'S MUSIC (with Yoann Sarrat, David Christoffel and Frédéric Acquaviva) : METACLASSIQUE 319 : "(DÉ)COUDRE"