For this first meeting, the journal Jocaste proposes to combine perspectives to explore the links between art and mental health, drawing on the museum’s collection and resonating with the exhibition Singulières while taking as a starting point an interrogation at the heart of current events: "Does the current collapse of landmarks cause a collective vertigo?"
Speakers:
Alexis Chiari, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
David Deneufgermain, psychiatrist and writer. He works in a variety of settings: in prison, in a psychiatric hospital, on the street and in his office. His first text, Farewell to the Face It seems in 2025 at Marchialy. He was nominated in 2025 for the Goncourt Prize of prisoners.
Gautier Deblonde, artist photographer. He has been photographing the studios of artists around the world for twenty years and thus bears witness to the behind-the-scenes of contemporary creation.
Syndicate, graphic design studio founded by Sacha Léopold and François Haveger in 2012, which also drive the publishing house Empire.
Cyrille Noirjean, psychoanalyst and member of the International Lacanian Association. His works link artistic creation and psychoanalysis.
Meeting moderated by the psychoanalyst Tathyana Pitavy, also co-founder of the journal Jocaste.
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→ Introduction
Thatyana Pitavy, Alexis Chiari and Cyrille Noirjean will present the journal Jocaste through its issues 0 and 1. This introduction offers a dialogue between the themes of the journal and those of the exhibitions currently presented at LaM. A tribute will be paid to Catherine Millot, psychoanalyst close to Jacaues Lacan, who disappeared last August.
→ Design a journal
François Havegeer, director and graphic designer of the journal Jocaste, will return to the editorial and visual design of the journal, showing how the discussion and circulation of ideas are at the very heart of its making.
→ Participate in a review
Artist Gautier Deblonde will discuss his work in light of the theme of issue 0 of Jocaste, devoted to the "fold", by sharing the resonances of this notion in his artistic practice.
→ Read a review
Psychiatrist and author, David Deneufgermain will share his reading of the journal in connection with his own book L'adieu au visage (éditions Marchialy) - an intimate account based on a logbook taken between March and May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic.19 - in which he describes his daily life as a street doctor, confronted with the loneliness of patients, ethical dilemmas imposed by health protocols, and institutional violence.
Exchange with the public
The meeting will end with a time for questions and discussion with the audience.
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