Practical sessions - Gaëlle Choisne

For the sixth semester of the Académie vivante (Living Academy) pro­gram, artist Gaëlle Choisne lead a course to around 40 stu­dents from the European master of Genetics of Paris Diderot University.

During six ses­sions the artist and the stu­dents made together a com­mem­o­ra­tion memo­rial for The living, designed for an ephemeral exis­tence in the public space.

Gaëlle Choisne (1985, France) grad­u­ated from the National School of Fine Arts of Lyon. In January 2017, she was admitted into the Rijksakademie, after a oneyear res­i­dency at the Cité inter­na­tionale des arts in Paris. Her work has been fea­­tured in bien­nials, group shows and work­shops, such as at the Beirut Art Center for the 13th Sharjah Biennial (2017), MAC Lyon (2016), the Lyon Biennial (2015) and the Musée d’art mod­erne de la Ville de Paris (2018). TEMPLE OF LOVE is her first insti­­tu­­tional solo show.