Courtesy of images by Jean-Alain Corre
Courtesy of images by Jean-Alain Corre
Saturday, March 7, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Video workshop with artist Jean-Alain Corre in collaboration with the Pôle Culture of Université Paris Cité as part of the “Hibou TV Show” exhibition
This video creation workshop is part of the “Hibou TV Show” exhibition presented at Bétonsalon from January 30 to April 18, 2026. A project by artist Jean-Alain Corre, accompanied for the occasion by author Gaëlle Obiégly, Hibou TV Show aims to question and subvert the codes of the television medium by exploring the image-making process through experiments with various program formats, co-constructed with different actors, contributors, and members of the public. Designed as a modular television set with multiple configurations, the exhibition offers an opportunity to explore alternative spaces of expression in television history by “playing at making television,” while deconstructing the socio-cultural tropes that have shaped the imaginaries conveyed by mainstream media.
In this context, the workshop invites participants to play with the codes of sitcoms and parodic television formats such as the infomercials popularized by the [adult swim] channel. More than just entertainment, sitcoms have long served as an ironic mirror to the eras that saw their birth.
Whereas classic sitcoms aimed to promote social cohesion—laughing together at our contradictions—satirical infomercials expose the breakdown of meaning and a form of media fatigue. By adopting the appearance of trustworthy television (smooth images, reassuring tone, staged everyday life), these fake programs promote a product in the style of a documentary or talk show in order to better explode television codes, releasing in the process a “box of idiocy” that is as cynical as it is nostalgic, aware of its own excesses and its apathetic power.
Through writing, staging, and filming, participants will be able to imagine a fake television program (opening sequence, program, episode, etc.) exploring how media formats can be hijacked to reveal, question, and reinvent a television that mocks itself.
SCHEDULE & PROGRAM:
Friday, March 6, 6:30–8:30 p.m. · Introduction to the workshop
Saturday, March 7, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. · Brainstorming & writing
Saturday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. · Finalizing the script & preparing for filming
Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. · Filming
Location: Bétonsalon — Center for Art and Research
FREE
For more information and to register, contact the Culture Department at Université Paris Cité: online pre-registration
Workshop reserved for students, researchers, and staff at Université Paris Cité.
Lunch on Saturday will be provided on site.
Space is limited, so please check your availability for all workshop dates.
Jean-Alain Corre
Born in France in 1981, Jean-Alain Corre lives and works in Paris. His artistic approach revolves around what he calls Episoddes, based on scenarios written or drawn around the fictional character Johnny, who acts as a matrix at the heart of his production in the form of paintings, sculptures and performances. Artistic materials transform these hallucinatory experiences into hybrid environments, where the influence of normalised everyday life on the construction of individual desires can be seen. Nominated for the Ricard Prize in 2014, Jean-Alain Corre exhibited at the 5th edition of the Rennes Contemporary Art Biennale (2016), at the Palais de Tokyo in “Futur, ancien, fugitif” (2019-2020), at Pauline Perplexe (2018), at Galerie Valeria Cetraro and at FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine Méca (2023).
This artistic practice workshop, organized in collaboration with the Culture Department of Université Paris Cité, with the CVEC, takes place as part of the exhibition Hibou TV Show by Jean-Alain Corre.
