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Mark Alizart | |
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| Born | December 3, 1982 |
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Mark Alizart is a philosopher, writer, former ministerial advisor, and cultural institution leader, born in London on April 14, 1975.
Born to a Mauritian father and a German mother, Mark Alizart grew up in Toulouse, studied at Lycée Henri-IV and the Sorbonne. He was eligible for the École Normale Supérieure and wrote a master's thesis in philosophy on "The Question of Technology" in Martin Heidegger's work. In 1996, he created MUL, a literary critique journal, which published 25 issues until 2001. In it, he published his first articles, including an essay on the history of structuralism, studies of contemporary authors like Olivier Cadiot and Jean Echenoz, readings of classic authors such as Marcel Proust, Witold Gombrowicz, Jorge Luis Borges, and a translation project of The Odyssey. Noticed by literary critic Jean-Pierre Salgas from France Culture, he became a regular contributor to Magazine Littéraire, Art Press, the journal Critique, and ELLE's culture guide. [1]
A colloquium on contemporary French literature, organized by the Association for the Dissemination of French Thought at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 1999, allowed him to meet Marianne Alphant, who invited him to join the speech department at the Centre Pompidou. There, he programmed and hosted conferences on the international literary and artistic scene, featuring figures such as Alain Robbe-Grillet, Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Calle, and Bruno Latour, as well as younger philosophers and artists like Catherine Malabou, Patrice Maniglier, Valérie Mréjen, and Edouard Levé.
This new generation of authors inspired him to create Fresh Théorie with Christophe Kihm, editor-in-chief of Art Press, an anthology of young French thought gathering fifty authors from various disciplines. Three volumes were published between 2005 and 2007 by Éditions Léo Scheer.
At the Centre Pompidou, exhibition curator Jean de Loisy entrusted him with the direction of the catalog for the Traces du Sacré exhibition in 2008. The Africa Remix exhibition also gave him the opportunity to meet Stuart Hall, the Anglo-Caribbean founder of Cultural Studies, with whom he co-authored a book of interviews and produced a documentary in 2009. [2]
At age 31, in 2006, he joined the Palais de Tokyo, becoming the deputy director alongside Marc-Olivier Wahler. He oversaw cultural programming, publications, public outreach, media relations, communications, and fundraising. Notably, he created a regular event dedicated to the LGBTQI+ art scene with Sam Bourcier, a web radio with Elisabeth Lebovici, the Tokyo Art Club patronage circle, and the first Bluetooth-guided tours. He also conceived off-site exhibitions like Château de Tokyo (at Château de Fontainebleau) and the Palais de Tokyo Summer University at the Vassivière art center. He worked towards the art center's independence, which was placed under the supervision of the Centre Pompidou in 2007, achieving this from the Ministry of Culture in 2009. [3]
In 2011, he became an advisor for visual arts, fashion, design, crafts, and intangible heritage to Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication. He led the expansion of the Palais de Tokyo, the revision of its statutes, and its public service delegation. He created the Young Fashion Designers' Advance Fund and supported the inclusion of French gastronomy and the Burgundy wine regions as UNESCO intangible heritage sites. He was involved in the restructuring of the National Institute of Crafts and launched the Révélations craft biennale at the Grand Palais. [4]
In 2016 and 2017, he co-curated the Nuit des Idées at the Institut français with Mathieu Potte-Bonneville. [5]
In 2020, he joined the board of 1000 Visages, an association supporting the democratization of cinema access, founded by filmmaker Houda Benyamina.
From 2012 to 2017, Delphine Arnault entrusted him with the management of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. He assembled a jury of renowned artistic directors such as Karl Lagerfeld, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Phoebe Philo, and others, helping to discover talents like Virgil Abloh, Jacquemus, and Demna Gvasalia. [6]
Mark Alizart has edited collective works, including a three-volume anthology of young French thought (Fresh Théorie), an exhibition catalog (Traces du Sacré), and a book on Stuart Hall. He has also written several essays focusing on developing a "counter-history of modernity," challenging the melancholic vision of a disenchanted modernity. [7]
He has also written essays on dogs (Chiens) and Tintin (Dark Tintin). The latter, whose publication was controversially canceled, examines Hergé's work through the lens of the incest he allegedly experienced in childhood, exploring the healing process the creator of Tintin engaged in to overcome his trauma, linking it to philosophical reflections on the "repair of the world." [8]
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