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Ne\u00efl Beloufa is an artist whose polymorphous practice spans film, sculpture, installations, as well as social and collective experiments. In a constant flirtation with failure, his work insistently interrogates the art field\u2013its institutions and formats, its capacities and limitations\u2013while also now exploring the digital world and the novel forms of community that coalesce there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While riffing on the gamification of society and the trend of immersive art experiences,\u00a0Growth<\/em>\u00a0is an interactive multimedia system that guides each visitor through the process of becoming the center of their own success story, creating a company, a cult, or a political party and thus highlighting the incongruous likeness between those. The new commission is presented in conjunction with Beloufa\u2019s existing piece\u00a0Global Agreement<\/em>\u00a0(2018) which examines modern warfare discourse through the vantage point of its direct personnel since Beloufa conducted lengthy interviews with soldiers stationed around the world, extracting from their testimonies a characterization of war that resists accounts from Hollywood or the army itself. The two pieces merge in a dialogue (or cacophony) which uncannily reflects our current moment\u2019s tension between extreme individualism and global discord. Curated by Myriam Ben Salah<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related Events<\/strong><\/a>
Opening Reception<\/a><\/strong>
Sat, Sep 14, 2024 – 4pm\u20137pm
Artist Talk at 4pm in\u00a0Swift Hall<\/a>
Exhibition Walk-through<\/a><\/strong>
Led by Myriam Ben Salah
Wed, Sep 25, 6 PM
Discussion<\/a><\/strong>
Ne\u00efl Beloufa with Patrick Jagoda, and Gary Kafer
Wed, Oct 16, 1PM
Zoom
For this online program, two scholars from the University of Chicago offer their
reflections on Ne\u00efl Beloufa\u2019s interactive exhibition at the Ren before joining the artist
in conversation. Patrick Jagoda is a specialist in media theory and game studies in the
Department of English, whose research has explored network aesthetics and the rise
of gamification in American culture, among other subjects. Gary Kafer, from the
Department of Cinema and Media Studies, examines the politics of twenty-first
century digital culture, with a focus on surveillance systems and how data-based
processes reproduce existing power relations.

About the Artist<\/strong>
Ne\u00efl Beloufa (b. 1985, Paris, France) studied at \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux- Arts and at \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Paris; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA; Cooper Union, New York; and Le Fresnoy National Contemporary Arts Studio, Tourcoing, France. He has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including at Secession, Vienna; Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Schirn K\u00fcnsthalle, Frankfurt; Pejman Foundation, Tehran; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013 and 2019, the Shanghai Biennale and Taipei Biennale in 2014, and the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2013. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Fran\u00e7ois Pinault Collection; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Stoschek Collection, D\u00fcsseldorf, among others. He lives and works in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HUMANITIES is presented in conjunction with a related project at Kunsthalle Basel<\/a> in Switzerland, October 4, 2024\u2013January 19, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":759448,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[242,439,241],"class_list":["post-759123","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-exhibition","app_event_type-public-tour","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHumanities: Ne\u00efl Beloufa at the Renaissance Society - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/humanities-neil-beloufa-at-the-renaissance-society\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Humanities: Ne\u00efl Beloufa at the Renaissance Society - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ne\u00efl Beloufa is an artist whose polymorphous practice spans film, sculpture, installations, as well as social and collective experiments. 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