Conversation: Alexis Cordesse and Jérémie Molho (CERC Migration and Integration)

Conversation: Alexis Cordesse and Jérémie Molho (CERC Migration and Integration)

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 6pm

The Image Centre, 33 Gould St., Toronto

Join artist Alexis Cordesse and Jérémie Molho, Senior Research Associate at CERC Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University, in conversation about Cordesse’s multi-channel video, Talashi, on view on the IMC’s Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall.

Presented with the support of the Consulate General of France in Toronto.

About the Exhibition

Talashi (Arabic for fragmentation, erosion, disappearance) is a video composition made up of personal photographs entrusted to French artist Alexis Cordesse by refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war, ongoing since 2011. Cordesse’s long, patient process of amassing intimate snapshots of family celebrations and quotidian activities challenges the never-ending flood of tragic and violent images produced and widely disseminated by the mainstream media.

The artist gratefully acknowledges the support of the Centre national des arts plastiques.

About the Speakers

A photojournalist until the mid-1990s, Alexis Cordesse (France, b. 1971) explores the relationship between photography and historical narratives by associating images with texts and sounds. His work has been shown at Documenta XI (Kassel, Germany, 2002), the International Center of Photography (New York, 2003), and the Nicéphore Niépce Museum (Chalon-sur-Saône, France, 2021). Permanent collections holding Cordesse’s work include the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Nicéphore Niépce Museum, and the Collection Neuflize OBC (France). Cordesse has been awarded the Lucien and Rodolf Hervé Prize (2010) and the Arcimboldo Prize (2011).

Jérémie Molho’s research adopts a comparative urban studies approach. He has conducted fieldwork in emerging global cities such as Istanbul, Doha and Singapore and has been developing an interest for visual and video-based research methods in recent years. Molho’s current research compares the urban policies and politics of attraction and retention of migrants with complex trajectories spanning across Asia, the Middle East and Canada. He also seeks to develop a collaborative research project to analyze the role of arts and culture in the urban inclusion of marginalized migrants across different world cities. Molho received his BA in Middle Eastern studies and MA in urban studies from Sciences Po Paris, and his PhD in geography (2016) from the University of Angers, France. His doctoral research explored the globalization of art markets in Istanbul, Singapore, Doha and Hong Kong. His post-doctoral research analyzed the governance of diversity in Doha and Singapore.

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