JEANNE VICERIAL : CLINIQUE VESTIMENTAIR

Portrait of Jeanne Vicerial at The Grand Serres de Pantin
Photo ©Joseph Schiano Di Lombo ©Jeanne Vicerial

After the musician and electronic music composer Thylacine in 2019, it will be the turn of the artist and researcher Jeanne Vicerial to take over Magasins généraux for four weeks, as part of an exhibition-residency entitled “Clinique Vestimentaire”.

Portrait of Jeanne Vicerial in the Atelier/laboratory CLINIQUE VESTIMENTAIRE, 2019
Photo ©Joseph Schiano Di Lombo © Jeanne Vicerial

For the first solo-show of her work, the artist and researcher Jeanne Vicerial moved to Magasins généraux to set up her “Clinique Vestimentaire“: a huge laboratory dedicated to a reflection on the body and clothing.

SCULPTURES VESTIMENTAIRES, 2020
A collaboration between Jeanne Vicerial (Original Idea), Leslie Moquin (Photography) and Joseph Schiano Di Lombo (Model), during the residency of Jeanne Vicerial at the French Academy in Rome — Villa Médicis (2019-2020)
Assistant : Auguste Schwarz ©Jeanne Vicerial, Leslie Moquin & Joseph Schiano Di Lombo

At the crossroads of design, crafts, fashion, art and science, she will present her latest research and creations and continue to create on site, initiating new projects and collaborations.

ARMORS : SCULPTURES VESTIMENTAIRES, 2020
Shield Dress: Thread, Strings and resin.
Photo © Louise Quignon© Collection Yvon Lambert en Avignon© Jeanne Vicerial

A programme of performances, workshops and meetings will be available throughout the exhibition-residency in order to extend the artist’s reflection.

QUARANTAINE VESTIMENTAIRE JOUR 40/40 : Bouquet final, 2020
A Collaboration between Jeanne Vicerial (Original Idea and Clothing creation) and Leslie Moquin (Photography), during the residency of Jeanne Vicerial at the French Academy in Rome — Villa Médicis (2019-2020) © Jeanne Vicerial & Leslie Moquin

This event is part of the restitution of the research carried out by Jeanne Vicerial during her doctoral thesis SACRe-PSL (Sciences, Arts, Creation, Research) at EnsadLab, the research laboratory of the School of Decorative Arts, and at the École des Mines ParisTech, and during her residency at the Académie de France in Rome – Villa Médicis (2019-2020).

GARDIENNE, 2020
Piece made with Cords and threads. Fully hand made, 1000h Work – View of the annual exhibition of the pensionnaries the French Academy in Rome “Dans le tourbillon du tout-monde”, Commissioned by Lorenzo Romito, Villa Médicis, Rome, July-Septembere 2020 Photo © Daniele Malajoli © Jeanne Vicerial

Curators: Anna Labouze & Keimis Henni, artistic directors of Magasins généraux

Partners: Académie de France in Rome – Villa Médicis, CARATS, École des Arts Décoratifs.

Jeanne Vicerial

Jeanne Vicerial was born in 1991 and turned to dressmaking as a teenager. After studying decorative Arts, she undertook a research project in clothing that she pursued in form of a SACRe doctoral thesis. Her work questioned contemporary means of clothing design, and offered an alternative to the tailor-made dichotomy / ready-to-wear linked to the fast fashion system. Thanks to a partnership with the mechatronics department of Mines – ParisTech, her research was deepened with a patented robotic process making it possible to produce tailor-made garments without leftover fabric scraps.

At the same time, Jeanne embarked on an artistic approach, after working at Hussein Chalayan, which led her to found the design studio Clinique Vestimentaire clothing. Developing new principles of textile creation, she is mainly inspired by muscle fibers to create her own weavings. Resident at the Académie de France in Rome – Villa Médicis in 2019-2020, she developed a work close to sculpture, exhibited in Rome, at the Lambert Foundation (Avignon) and her work entered into the collections of the CNAP. In autumn 2021 a solo-exhibition will take place at Magasins généraux (Pantin, France). cliniquevestimentaire.com

QUARANTAINE VESTIMENTAIRE JOUR 4/40:
Le Masque Boccata di fiori (Bouchée de fleurs), 2020
A Collaboration between Jeanne Vicerial (Original Idea and Clothing creation) and Leslie Moquin (Photography) during the residency of Jeanne Vicerial at the French Academy in Rome — Villa Médicis (2019-2020) © Jeanne Vicerial & Leslie Moquin

Magasins généraux

Magasins généraux is a creative centre founded by the communication agency BETC. Established in an industrial building on the shores of the Ourcq Canal in Pantin, they actively participate in the energy and emergence of the Greater Paris. All year round, Magasins généraux develop an original artistic and cultural programme, with no limits to the forms it takes – exhibitions, festivals, conferences, residencies, publishing projects…- with artists and creators from all horizons.

In order to amplify the synergies between art and society, Magasins généraux associate a plurality of actors, such as brands, companies, media, cultural institutions, associations, local structures or public authorities, through new collaborations. magasinsgeneraux.com