Parallèle 15

Dance, performance, visual arts

January 31—February 8, 2025

Festival of international emerging artistic practices

Marseille and Aix-en-Provence

ludovic hadjeras
le loup et le figuier

2025

February 2 at 18:30
Friche la Belle de Mai, La Salle des machines

Reading
Duration: 20 min

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3€ / 5€

In the framework of the writing residencies at La Marelle
In partnership with Friche la Belle de Mai

In 2019, at the age of 23, ludovic hadjeras traveled for the first time to Algeria, the homeland of his father and grandparents, who left it in 1962 bearing the label of “harkis” — both here and there. At the same time, he embarked on a journey to meet a pack of wolves in the Hautes-Alpes, where his other grandmother lives. From this exploration on both sides of the Mediterranean, he wrote the first version of his book The Wolf and the Fig Tree. Today, after six years of searching for identity, Ludovic revisits his writings. Guided by two hybrid figures — the werewolf and the métis — he stages their encounter, pursues them, and even assumes their forms.

Biography

ludovic hadjeras is a visual artist whose work explores, among other things, quasi-identity questions related to the relationships between humans and non-humans. Central to his practice is a focused attention on the spaces occupied by other animals, seeking contact and, at times, collaboration. Living between Amsterdam and Algiers, his movements and the encounters they foster are reflected in his practice through installations, sculptures, videos, and writings.

Credits

Text and reading

ludovic hadjeras

Photos

© ludovic hadjeras