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Agathe Simon<\/a> is a French artist, researcher, and mentor, born in 1977. An explorer of extreme environments (Antarctica, Andes, Ayahuasca) and inventor of the concept of Philagnosty \u2014\u00a0<\/em>the love of the unknown\u00a0<\/em>\u2014, she develops a transdisciplinary practice in which the staging of language questions the creative act and the human experience.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Supported by key cultural organizations (CNC, DRAC, European Union, Swedish Arts Council), her projects have been presented in notable institutions and international events, including the Venice Architecture Biennale, Esch2022 European Capital of Culture (Luxembourg), Galerie Michel Journiac (Paris), Night of Ideas at Villa Albertine (United States), and the Maison de la Po\u00e9sie (Paris). She has notably been an artist-in-residence at the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy), the Cit\u00e9 internationale des arts (Paris), and the Carlini Base (Antarctica).<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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As an extension of her artistic practice, she conducts research on the creative process within the ACTE Institute at the University of Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne. She is the founder and head of the Cinema Workshops at Sorbonne University. Trained at the Documentary Workshop of La F\u00e9mis (France\u2019s national film school), she holds doctorates in French literature (Sorbonne University) and in music (Paris Conservatory, CNSMDP). She lives and creates between Normandy and Paris, France.

During her residency at EMS she will be collaborating with Stockholm Saxophone Quartet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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This residency is supported by Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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