The Big Conversation Space
Clémence de Montgolfier + Niki Korth
born 1987, live and work in New York City and Paris
Established in 2010 by Niki Korth + Clémence de Montgolfier, The Big Conversation Space is an art and research collaborative dedicated to conversations of all shapes, sizes, orientations, and (file) formats.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
BA: German Literature and Culture, University of Minnesota
MFA: Design + Technology, San Francisco Art Institute
MFA: Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Art d’Angers
MA: Cultural Studies, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
PhD: Communication and Information Sciences, Université de Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle
SOLO & DUO SHOWS
Hearing all sides of the story // cur. Leslie Veisse // Paris Art Lab // Paris, 2020
“Eux” et “nous” : Ce qui nous rassemble, ce qui nous sépare // with C. de Montgolfier in collaboration with TBCS // CAC Brétigny // Brétigny-sur-Orge, France, 2019
Beloved Equation // with Mako Ishizuka // Ateljé Matts Leiderstam // Stockholm, Sweden, 2018
Journal of Bureaucratic Stories (JOBS) // Indice 50, artist’s space // Paris, France, 2015
SCREENINGS
BCC Channel Episode 5 // cur. Sacha Béraud & Anna Hess // le149.net // The Internet, 2018
BCC Channel Episode 4 // cur. Sacha Béraud & Anna Hess // le149.net // The Internet, 2017
BCC Channel Episode 2 & 3 // cur. Sacha Béraud & Anna Hess // le149.net // The Internet, 2016
BCC Channel Episode 1 // cur. Sacha Béraud & Anna Hess // le149.net // The Internet, 2015
GROUP SHOWS
2022 The Real Show, cur. Agnès Violeau and Céline Poulin, CAC Brétigny, France (upcoming).
2021 Activismes ésotériques, cur. Cynthia Monthier et Sophie Prissen, série de performances publiques, festival INACTE et FRAC Lorraine, Metz (
2019 Edition 1, Le 149 // cur. Sacha Béraud & Anna Hess // Glassbox // Paris, France
2018 Talk Show Festival // cur. Nicolas Bouriaud // La Panacée // Montpellier, France
Salon de Montrouge // cur. Marie Gautier, Ami Barack // Montrouge, France
Open Studios // cur. Marie de Gaulejac & Céline Kopp // Triangle France // Marseille, France
Les jeux de l’amour et du hasard // cur. Anais Montevecci // La Halle Papin // Pantin, France
2017
Alternate States // cur. Zenn AlCharif // Université de Jussieu // Paris, France
LUDI-CITÉ // cur. Gildas Paubert, Thomas François // PHAKT – Centre Culturel Colombier // Rennes, France
FIVE YEARS | Small Press Book Fair and Readings (video) // Aggregate Space Gallery // Oakland, USA
2016
JUMP // cur. Céline Poulin // CAC Brétigny // Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
Parking Lot Art Fair // cur. Jenny Sharaf // Fort Mason Parking Lot // San Francisco, USA
Les incessants // cur. Céline Poulin // La Villa du Parc // Annemasse, France
2015
APO 2015 // cur. Julie C. Fortier // Studio Proof // Rennes, France
Cocktail Games, La Ludothèque éphémère // cur. Florencia Chernajovsky et Clément Dirié // 8, Rue Saint-Bon // Paris, France
Art Night SF // cur. Jenny Sharaf // United Nations Plaza // San Francisco, USA
The Big Conversation Game // Un Nouveau festival / Air de jeu, curated by Florencia Chernajovsky // Centre Pompidou // Paris, France
Journal of Bureaucratic Stories (JOBS) // Office Work, an interactive installation of an office in a gallery, by The Big Conversation Space, Carrie Katz, and Jon Gourley // StoreFrontLab // San Francisco, USA
Untitled // The Office of Gravitational Documents, an editorial exhibition by Dieudonné Cartier, Galerie Laurent Mueller // Paris, France
2014
Phoenix Hotel // Programmation vidéo, Jeune Création 2014, curated by Kévin Senant and Pierre Yves Boisramé // CentreQuatre // Paris, France
Tarot Reading on the Radio // RADIATIONS 24, radio program by Emma Souarce and Alexandra Roger // LAPTOPRADIO // Geneva, Switzerland
Hanter Belleville // invited by Camille Tsvetoukhine and Adrien Guillet // Biennale de Belleville 3 // Paris, France
The Tarot of Chance, une lecture en différé // performance during the lauch of the revue VOLUME, invited by Raphaël Brunel and Anne-Lou Vincente // Chez Treize // Paris, France
2013
The Robot Manifesto // Open Studios // curated by Quentin Lannes, chez Julie C. Fortier // Studio Prouff // Rennes, France
The Tarot of Chance // performance at Perform Chinatown Afterparty, curated by Eric Kim // Human Resources // Los Angeles, USA
Shared Feedback: Design + Technology Salon // San Francisco Art Institute // San Francisco, USA
Chrématistique // curated by Fabien Vallos and Jérémie Gaulin // Cneai // Paris, France
Les référents // curated by Étienne Bernard and Aurélien Mole // Galerie Edouard Manet // Genevilliers, France
2012
Art by Telephone…Recalled // curated by Fabien Vallos & Sébastien Pluot // Cneai Chatou, Esba Angers, and San Francisco Art Institute // Paris + Anger, France; San Francisco, USA
What the Monkey Says no One Pays Attention To // curated by Marie Gautier and Clémence de Montgolfier // TCB Gallery // Melbourne, Australia
Démons et Merveilles // curated by Alexandra Roger and Arnaud Vérin // Le Village // Bazouges-La-Pérouze, France
What DO we think about the abstractions generated by bureaucratic relationships? // “Et ils installèrent le bureau à l’auberge…”/”and they installed an office in the tavern…” // curated by Le Bureau (Paris) & The Office (Berlin) // Gaité Lyrique «Bar du foyer historique» & Kunstquartier Bethanien, Restaurant «Drei Schwestern» // Paris, France; Berlin, Germany
Phoenix Hotel // Mulhouse 012, Biennale de Mulhouse // Mulhouse, France
2011
Speech Objects // curated by Etienne Bernard & A Constructed World // Pavillon du Musée de l’Objet // Blois, France
Futur en Seine // curated by Maurice Benayoun, Robin Gareus and The Art Collider //Centquatre // Paris, France
En attendant la montée des eaux… // curated by Raphaëlle Jeune // Espace Art Contemporain de La Rochelle // La Rochelle, France
2010
MANIFEST-O // curated by Melanie Kress & Rosie duPont // Concrete Utopia project space // Brooklyn, USA
Speakeasy Medicine Show // group event by A Constructed World, curated by Claire Moulène // Biennale de Belleville // Paris, France
SIDESHOW HAPPENING // curated by Niki Korth // Root Division // San Francisco, USA
TASTE !: Food, Art, Conversation // curated by Crystal Am Nelson // Yerba Buena Center For the Arts // San Francisco, USA
2009
Living Archives // curated by Sébastien Pluot // Swell Gallery // San Francisco, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Hanter Belleville // edited by Camille Tsvetoukhine, Adrien Guillet and Patrice Joly // Paris, France
I Can Do Anything Badly 2, Learning by doing is a shared responsibility // with Hoël Duret and Frédéric Teschner // self-published and distributed by castillo/corrales and Naïca Editions // Paris, France
How to Be a Tarot Reader: A Reading / Intercepted Fragments from a Tarot Reading for Bassel Safadi (Damascus-San Francisco) // Revue Volume, Numéro Spécial Interviews, edited By Raphël and Anne-Lou Vicente // Les Presses du Réel // Paris, France
Sur un malentendu // Art By Telephone Exhibition Catalogue // Editions Mix // Paris, France
The Green Book of The Big Conversation Space // self published with the support of CAC Synagogue de Delme // Delme, France
Speech Objects // exhibition catalogue, Musée de l’Objet // distributed by Cneai // Paris, France
24 Questions Concerning Manifestoes // self-published
The Big Conversation Paper #1 // newspaper, printed in an edition of 20
LECTURES, TALKS, SCREENINGS
2015
What will DIY mean through the digital age? // lecture at Creative Commons DIY Salon/Book Launch for I Can Do Anything Badly 2, Learning by doing is a shared responsibility // Park Life Gallery // San Francisco, USA
Secret, anonymat et transparence // lecture at Ecole des Beaux Arts d’Angers // Angers, France
2014
Channeling the Media, pour une hantologie de la télévision // lecture and video screening at Salon Jackie, A Constructed World Studio // Paris, France
Hanter Belleville // guests speakers for Adrien Guillet et Camille Tsvetoukhine // Biennale de Belleville // Paris, France
2012
Journée d’Etudes du Salon Light (Cneai) // guest speakers, round table “In Translation” organized by Fabien Vallos with Aurélien Talbot, Yann Sérandour and Hugo Brégeau // Palais de Tokyo // Paris, France
RESIDENCIES
2018: Artists in residence at Triangle France // Marseille, France
2015 – 2018 : Digital artists in residence at le149.net
2012: Artists in residence in Lindre-Basse // Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Synagogue de Delme // Delme, France
PRESS
Pedro Morais // Montrouge 2018 : du futur au Moyen-Age // Le Quotidien de l’art, n°1486, 26 avril 2018 // Paris, France
Ingrid Luquet-Gad // Focus Salon de Montrouge (2/5) : The Big Conversation Space // Lesinrocks.com, 2018 // Paris, France
Ingrid Luquet-Gad // La télé fait de la résistance // Zérodeux, Hiver 2017 // Paris, France
Cédric Aurelle // Réouverture du CAC Brétigny : le grand saut // Le Quotidien de l’art, 2016 // Paris, France
Anna Hess // Quatres jours d’immersion dans la jeune création // Les Inrocks Lab, 2014 // Paris, France
Christina Catherine Martinez // Fresh and Refresh // Artforum.com, 2013
The Big Conversation Space, Bis Repetita Placent // Code 2.0, N°6, 2013, Editors in chief Laëtitia Chauvin and Clément Dirié // Paris, France