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NE PAS TOUCHER
Ne Pas Toucher
21 May — 24 May
The Shape of Use
Presented by New Vision Art School
11 Sep - Sep 24
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Shaun McDowell
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About

VIE is a place where art, fashion, architecture and design converge. Located in the heart of Paris, VIE is a gallery and studio workspace partnering with trailblazers, thinkers, artists, and creatives to curate experiences and foster these diverse networks to gather and multiply.

VIE is where people, ideas, and creativity collide. It’s a place for those who seek more from life—more connection, expression and meaning.
VIE Projects and Studio span 320 m², with the gallery space on Boulevard Beaumarchais covering 80 m², which can be expanded to 160 m² along rue des Tournelles, stretching across an entire Parisian city block. An additional 160 m² is dedicated to a workspace fostering experimentation across all creative disciplines. Together, these two spaces represent the dual facets of a singular vision devoted to the arts and innovation.

VIE is an initiative of Michelle Lu, founder of media platform Semaine, and architect Julien De Smedt.

Location

55 bd Beaumarchais, 75003 Paris 66 rue des Tournelles, 75003 Paris

Contact
Semaine
hello@semaine.com
JDS Architects
office@jdsa.eu
Presented by New Vision Art School
Presented by New Vision Art School

The Shape of Use

11 Sep - Sep 24
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What if the shelf moved? What if the cutlery were giant? What if the blind invited you to play with light?

This exhibition takes the objects we think we know — furniture, plates, screens, books — and asks what happens when they are given back their wonder. The work of seven artists and designers is placed in direct conversation with drawings by students from New Vision Art School, a non-profit dedicated to arts education for children in conflict zones. Children, it turns out, already have this instinct. They have never stopped asking why things are the way they are.
11 Sep - Sep 24

Marte Mei van Haaster’s puzzle-like plates invite you to touch, to rearrange, to complete something. Serban
Ionescu’s letter chair makes language sit down — every angle it faces sends a different message. Alix
Lacloche’s outsized cutlery asks what a single bite might taste like if the tool holding it refused to be normal.
Orfeo Tagiuri’s window screen doesn’t block the outside world so much as open a conversation with it. Kiri-
Una Brito Meumann’s sculptural drawings ask why a drawing should stay flat. Ilies Issiakhem’s silkscreens
carry the hand and the machine in the same image. And at the centre, Julien De Smedt’s revolving bookmills
refuse the tyranny of the static shelf, letting books find their readers instead. A curated reading list by Lou
Stoppard traces the ideas beneath the works. A series of workshops and events will take place during Paris
Design Week.

Vie Projects and New Vision Art School come together around a shared conviction that art education
matters. This exhibition, a first in their partnership, presents drawings by the school's students in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti, alongside the work of seven artists and designers.

Featuring Artists

Serban Ionescu
Kiri-Una Brito Meumann
Orfeo Tagiuri
Alix Lacloche
Marte Mei van Haaster
Ilies Issiakhem
Julien De Smedt

This exhibition is supported by Semaine.