Magma Journal and the Centre Pompidou Come Together to Celebrate Surrealism with a Special Edition
This fall, Magma’s launch was the event you had to be at. Founded a year ago by Paul Olivennes, the magazine is now firmly established in the art scene, and is returning this year with a special edition made in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou. Available in kiosks and in bookshops until December to go along with the centenary exhibition, Magma’s “Nouvelles Enquêtes Surréalistes” brings together over 150 artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, photographers, designers and academics from all around the world. These unpublished contributions are now available in a magazine that combines visual and textual works, echoing the original responses of the Surrealists. Contributors include : Patti Smith, Georg Baselitz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Elizabeth Peyton, Anne Imhof, Leïla Slimani, Yannick Haenel, Kamel Daoud, Leos Carax, Thomas Bangalter, Marina Abramović, Ed Ruscha, Jacques Audiard, Étienne Daho, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Paul McCarthy, Orhan Pamuk, Nicolas Mathieu, and many contemporary voices from different generations, styles and backgrounds.
Alongside editor-in-chief and creative director Paul Olivennes, we met Precious Okoyomon, Anne Berest, Yannick Haenel, India Mahdavi, Sandrine Kiberlain, Oscar Coop-Phane, Floriane de Saint-Pierre, Suzanne Lindon, Mohamed Bourouissa, Rosalie Varda, Arnaud Vaillant, Pol Taburet, Ana Kras, Matthieu Humery, Marc Ascoli, Simon Castets, Martha Kirszenbaum, and Cécile Verdier.
Photo : Astrid Staes
