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The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

The Untamable Hand (chairs), (Finger Tools), 2025, Series of 12 wooden chairs, digital tablets, textile, PVC Tubes, silicon, endoscope cameras, Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

L’indomptable Main (chaises), (Finger Tools), 2025, Séries de 12 chaises en bois, tablettes tactiles, textiles, tubes en PVC, silicone, caméras endoscopiques, Vue de l’exposition « L’indomptable Main » d’Hedwig Houben, Bétonsalon – centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, 2025. Photo : Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

L’indomptable Main (Finger Tools), 2025, tubes en PVC, silicone, caméras endoscopiques, Vue de l’exposition « L’indomptable Main » d’Hedwig Houben, Bétonsalon – centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, 2025. Photo : Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Hand Hand Polish (Unreliable Hand), 2025, Sculpture, plaster, metal frame mounted on wheels, Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “Hand Hand Polish”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “Hand Hand Polish”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

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Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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The Untamable Hand (chairs), (Finger Tools), 2025, Series of 12 wooden chairs, digital tablets, textile, PVC Tubes, silicon, endoscope cameras, Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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L’indomptable Main (chaises), (Finger Tools), 2025, Séries de 12 chaises en bois, tablettes tactiles, textiles, tubes en PVC, silicone, caméras endoscopiques, Vue de l’exposition « L’indomptable Main » d’Hedwig Houben, Bétonsalon – centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, 2025. Photo : Aurélien Mole.

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L’indomptable Main (Finger Tools), 2025, tubes en PVC, silicone, caméras endoscopiques, Vue de l’exposition « L’indomptable Main » d’Hedwig Houben, Bétonsalon – centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, 2025. Photo : Aurélien Mole.

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Hand Hand Polish (Unreliable Hand), 2025, Sculpture, plaster, metal frame mounted on wheels, Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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Exhibition view from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

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Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “Hand Hand Polish”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

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Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “Hand Hand Polish”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

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Performance still from Hedwig Houben’s “The Untamable Hand”, Bétonsalon – centre for art and research, Paris, 2025. Photo: Bas Schevers.

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Presentation
Presentation

The Untamable Hand

Hedwig Houben

15 May — 26 July 2025
Émilie Renard
The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Composition: Catalogue Général. Images: courtesy of Hedwig Houben.

The Untamable Hand - Bétonsalon

Composition: Catalogue Général. Images: courtesy of Hedwig Houben.

Biography
Biography

Hedwig Houben

Partners
Partners
Agenda
Agenda
Event

Wednesday 7 May 2025
At 7 pm
“The Untamable Hand” performance
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Event

Wednesday 14 May 2025
From 6 to 9 pm
Opening of Hedwig Houben’s exhibition “The Untamable Hand” and performance

“Hand Hand Polish” performance at 7 pm

Workshop

Wednesday 4 June 2025
From 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
“The I”

Self-portrait & short films workshop — for families and children aged 6 and over

 

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Event

Friday 13 June 2025
From 3 to 6 pm
Stakeholders #7

A look back at the history of Bétonsalon around the exhibition “La Moitié des Choses” (2010) with some of the artists who participated.

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Event

19 — 20 June 2025
From 10 am to 5 pm
Workshop with Hedwig Houben and Rob Leijdekkers
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Workshop

Saturday 21 June 2025
From 2:30 to 4:30
“The Fugitive Hand”

Writing and zine-making workshop, for adults, part of the Treize’Estival.

 

 

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Workshop

Wednesday 25 June 2025
From 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
“Finger Fools”

Bionic hand workshop, for children aged 6 and over, part of the Treize’Estival.

 

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Event

Friday 27 June 2025
From 2:30 to 6 pm
Béton Book Club: Emma Bigé, “Movementements. Ecopolitics of dance.” (La Découverte, 2023)

Collective reading

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Event

Friday 27 June 2025
From 6 to 7 pm
Exhibition visit with the Bétonsalon team
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Workshop

Saturday 5 July 2025
From 2:30 to 4:30
“The Fugitive hand”

Writing and zine-making workshop, for families and children

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Event

Saturday 5 July 2025
From 5 to 6 pm
Talk with Hedwig Houben, Émilie Renard and Vincent Enjalbert
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