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A collection of 31 conversations Hans Ulrich Obrist has held with thinkers and scientists on art, science and philosophy

In 2014, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Fondation Cartier, Hans Ulrich Obrist imagined ‘The Infinite Conversation’ – a title borrowed from Maurice Blanchot – a series of conversations with artists, scientists and thinkers close to the Fondation Cartier and its exhibition programme. Since then, Hans Ulrich Obrist and the Fondation Cartier have renewed their collaboration. After Vivid Memories (2014), the exhibitions The Great Animal Orchestra (2016), Junya Ishigami, Freeing Architecture (2018), and Southern Geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia (2018) were the occasion of new ‘marathon dialogues’ with other artists and contributors. The book, Infinite Conversations, gathers together all these 31 conversations in an invitation to transcend the borders between art disciplines.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Hans Ulrich Obrist · Conversations with: Paul B. Preciado, philosopher;
Philippe Parreno, artist; Etel Adnan, writer, poet and painter; Michel Cassé,
astrophysicist; Cédric Villani, mathematician, teacher and Fields Medal 2010; Patti
Smith, musician, poet, writer and photographer; Raymond Depardon, photographer;
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer; Huang Yong Ping, artist; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer,
Research director at INRIA; Guillermo Kuitca, artist; Claude Lanzmann, journalist,
writer and film director; Eliane Radigue, composer; Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist and
ecologist; Ioana Botezatu, Environmental Security, INTERPOL; François-Bernard Mâche,
composer; Adonis, poet; Élisabeth de Fontenay, philosopher; Matthew Clark, artist;
Agnès Varda, artist; Vinciane Despret, philosopher; Etel Adnan, writer, poet and painter;
Junya Ishigami, architect; Fredi Casco, artist; Fernando Allen, photographer; Solano
Benítez and Gloria Cabral, architects; Ticio Escobar, Director of the Museo del Barro
(Asunción), curator and writer; Flix, artist; Freddy Mamani, architect; César Paternosto,
artist, art historian and essayist; Guillermo Kuitca, artist; Luiz Zerbini, artist.

Hans Ulrich Obrist is an art historian and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery.