The Disorder of Discourse Fanny de Chaillé Michel Foucault
Co-presented with The Invisible Dog Art Center and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
US Premiere
Tue, Sep 17 at 7pm
Wed, Sep 18 at 7pm
French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault (1926–1984) is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the 20th-century.
Artist Fanny de Chaillé employs theater to restage one of Foucault’s most famous lectures, L’Ordre du discours (The Order of Discourse). She at once re-imagines this historical moment, which was never recorded, and continues Foucault’s investigation into the power inherent in words.
In her return to Crossing the Line Festival, de Chaillé presents this performative experiment within a college auditorium and simultaneously within the context of contemporary American politics.
Based on the work of Michel Foucault, L’Ordre du discours © Editions Gallimard.
60 min
In French with English supertitles
THEATER
US Premiere
Tue, Sep 17 at 7pm
Wed, Sep 18 at 7pm
Post-show Q&A
Tue, Sep 17 with Fanny de Chaillé and Guillaume Bailliart
No late seating allowed
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Square
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