Arman - Vicky David Gallery

7. PARTNER
INA PARTNERS THE «ARMAN» EXHIBITION AT CENTRE POMPIDOU
More than fifty years of artistic memory in Ina’s collections
Ina is teaming up with the Centre Pompidou for the retrospective dedicated to the artist “Arman”.
A member of the Ecole de Nice and one of the co-founders, with Yves Klein, of the Nouveaux Réalistes
group, Arman devoted his life to artistic research and experimentation. Through historic audiovisual
documents from Ina’s archives, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the poetic universe of the
artist and find out more about the chronological evolution of his creative work.
In 1960, Jacques Brissot made a four-minute experimental film for the Research Department of the ORTF
entitled “Objets animés”, inspired by the early works of Arman, with music by Pierre Schaeffer. In 1961,
one year after the founding of the Nouveaux Réalistes group, the TV cultural magazine programme
“En Français dans le texte” featured a report on young artists entitled “L’avant garde”, in which the director
interviews Arman, and films the artist as he carries out his work of collecting objects.
In 1998, a series of five radio programmes for the magazine “A voix nue : grands entretiens d’hier
et d’aujourd’hui” enabled Arman to speak at length about the genesis of his work.
To coincide with the “Arman” retrospective, an educational exhibition-workshop for young people is being
held, entitled “L’aventure des objets”. It is introduced by a 15-minute film which brings together previously
unreleased items from Ina’s archives, providing visual keys for an understanding of the work and actions
of the artist, and the various facets of his personality.
Ina, the world leader in digital archiving and archive value enhancement, conserves, enhances and
transmits a heritage of more than 3 million hours of radio and television programmes. Its consultation
and research centre for researchers and academics, its training courses for the image, sound and digital
technology professions, and its production of documentaries are laboratories for reflection on the media
which pave the way for the expertise of tomorrow.
It is by disseminating its images and sound recordings in the widest variety of forms in festivals,
retrospectives, exhibitions and museums, and at other cultural events, that Ina gives them meaning
and helps build a common memory. It shares them with the widest possible audience through its web site
ina.fr, its publication and co-publication policy, and its commitment as a partner of cultural events
throughout France. In its constant efforts to contribute to a better understanding of the world, Ina
supports artistic creation (artists’ residencies with Centquatre/104) and innovation (international webTV
festival, coproduction of the Internet site for the Elles@centrepompidou exhibition), and has developed
a longstanding and fertile relationship with museums (such as the Louvre, the Musée des Arts décoratifs,
the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and the Louvre-Lens project).
It was therefore only natural that Ina should team up with the Arman exhibition project at the Centre
Pompidou.
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