The Talking Cure Episode One : The People's Choice
Channel: The Big Conversation Space
Date: 2022-01-16

The Talking Cure is a video work and installation in four parts, by artists The Big Conversation Space, aiming to investigate the role of talking, exchange, and recognising voices in conceptions and realities of “the popular” today in this critical moment.

In this first episode we will talk about questions such as: How has social media changed how we decide who we will vote for? How can social media be used democratically in politics? What does it mean to be popular, and what happens when popularity is necessary in order to produce your own creative work? How has Instagram changed our creativity? What to do against social media fatigue? With special guests Camila Moreira Cesar, PhD, Lecturer in Communication, Sorbonne-Nouvelle University; Elisabeth Ajtay, visual artist, graphic designer and community manager; Nairy Shahinian, artist and photographer; Cynthia Montier, visual artist.

The Talking Cure is coproduced by CAC Brétigny and Classe Préparatoire arts visuels Grand Paris Sud, Évry, for the group exhibition The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, France, curated by Céline Poulin and Agnès Violeau, from January 16 to April 16, 2022.

Music by participants in the Disquiet Junto project (https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0515-talking-cure/50287)
Image, sound and editing by The Big Conversation Space (Niki Korth and Clémence de Montgolfier)
Graphic design by Elisabeth Ajtay
Translation by Philippe Farah
With special guests and participants including Camila Moreira Cesar, Elisabeth Ajtay, Nairy Shahinian, Cynthia Montier, Marc Weidenbaum, and the students of the Classe préparatoire arts visuels Grand Paris Sud (Evry-Courcouronnes). Special thanks to all the participants.