TextWork

TextWork is an online platform that publishes monographic texts by international authors on artists from the French scene.

What is TextWork ?

By soliciting monographic studies that are sometimes the first of that scale for the artists, the Fondation Pernod Ricard initiates new encounters between artists and authors. This promotes the international circulation of work by the French art scene, and makes the bet that these conversations will continue well beyond the text. Available in French and English, these thoroughly documented texts are also distributed on international critical platforms. This editorial project provides a forum for ambitious art criticism, and is part of the Fondation Pernod Ricard’s policy of supporting the French scene. It is conceived with support from the Ministry of Culture. ISSN 2726-9949

Editorial Committee

The project is supported by a consultative editorial committee consisting of François Aubart, Virginie Bobin and Elodie Royer. Pauline Autet is the project’s editorial coordinator.

Upcoming TextWorks

 

Seulgi Lee according to Binna Choi

Jean-Claude Ruggirello according to Vivian Sky Rehberg

Benoît Piéron according to Léon Kruijswijk

Call for proposals for TextWork Writing Grant 2024Launch of TextWork publicationsMeta: TextWork x Art-agenda

Writing grant

To celebrate 5 years of the TextWork editorial program, a new writing grant was launched in 2022 with the aim of supporting the work of young authors from the French scene.

Le Chemin des Fous (Lgbt Migrants Refuge accompanied by Arthur Eskenazi & Liam Warren), exhibition view, Coco Velten, Marseille, France, 2022. Photo : Kevin Seisdedos
Le Chemin des Fous (Lgbt Migrants Refuge accompanied by Arthur Eskenazi & Liam Warren), exhibition view, Coco Velten, Marseille, France, 2022. Photo : Kevin Seisdedos

A Laboratory of Struggles: Alternative Narratives, Emancipation Strategies, and Production of Knowledge within the Contemporary Art Scene in France

Anysia Troin-Guis is the laureate of the first edition of the TextWork Writing Grant

October 2022
Brandon Gercara, Bloom, from the series "Majik Kwir", Reunion Island, 2021. Courtesy of Brandon Gercara and Ugo Woatzi.
Brandon Gercara, Bloom, from the series "Majik Kwir", Reunion Island, 2021. Courtesy of Brandon Gercara and Ugo Woatzi.

Crazy / Pendulums! Queer and Chronopolitical Art Practices

October 2022

Thomas Conchou is the laureate of the first edition of the TextWork Writing Grant