<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div data-contents="true" class=""><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5tbio" data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="_1mj _1mf"><span data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="">a bienal de momon abre hoje, dia 7 de fevereiro, às 10h</span></div><div data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="_1mj _1mf"><span data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="">este projecto, com curadoria de frans van lent, está apenas sediado online</span></div><div data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="_1mj _1mf"><span data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://momon.fr/" class="">https://momon.fr/</a></b></span></div><div data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class="_1mj _1mf"><span data-offset-key="2tbd0-0-0" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5tbio" data-offset-key="edoek-0-0"><div data-offset-key="edoek-0-0" class="_1mj _1mf"><span data-offset-key="edoek-0-0" class="">"</span><b class="">La
Biennale de Momon</b> originated from the village of Maumont in the
southwest of France. Maumont, similar to many old villages, has changed
significantly over the past few decades. While the site has retained the
same physical structure, very little has remained of the original
atmosphere: Residents disappeared and strangers took over the vacancies.</div><span class="fe6kdd0r qv66sw1b hrzyx87i gfeo3gy3 d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz gk29lw5a keod5gw0 mau55g9w c8b282yb a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id c1et5uql a8c37x1j d9wwppkn nxhoafnm aigsh9s9" dir="auto"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x">Agriculture became gardening, physical labor became relaxation.</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">The
contrast between the material continuity and the change in use and
atmosphere was a reason to initiate this project. The old (occitan) name
of the village, Momon, is not in use anymore. It is the name of a
memory. The village is two things at the same time: the immutable and
the ephemeral, the stones and the living.</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">
La
Biennale de Momon is composed by nine artists: <b class="">Sarah Boulton, Marc
Buchy, Joan Heemskerk, Frans van Lent, Susana Mendes Silva, Josh
Schwebel, Lisa Skuret, Elia Torrecilla and Martine Viale</b>. What these
artists have in common is a focus on the processes of change rather than
on its material deposits.
</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">The
original plan was for the artists to each reside and work in Maumont
for a time, absorbing the atmosphere, history, and stories. We agreed
that after our residencies we would leave the village without a trace
and that the project would be presented online only.</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">The
pandemic has radically changed the project. Most participants only know
the village from photos and video. The physical reality that had
triggered the project, now plays a different role. The pandemic also
changed the project conceptually, as it pushed us even more from the
physical towards the virtual. Not so much experiencing this as a
limitation, we accepted this as a natural event which inevitably
influences our choices.<br class="">
Looking at what was still there, we imagined
how this could lead us to something beautiful. We created a new colony
in the virtual world, not based on the village of Maumont, but based on
an imaginary Momon.</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">The
domain <a href="http://momon.fr" class="">momon.fr</a> has became our new location, a new base, the new
original. Designer Maya Rettelbach has gathered the artists’ work
together on neutral terrain, in a place outside the village, in a
virtual garden.
</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">La
Biennale de Momon is intiated and organised by Frans van Lent. It is
the first in a series of two-year projects for the presentation of
concept oriented arts.
</div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x">The project is supported by the municipality of the city of Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
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