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Projection / Carte blanche / November 21, 2026

'NATURAL HISTORIES' FILM SERIES AT MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

Film series presented by Benoît Hické and Emmanuel Lefrant, with artists in attendance.

Light Cone has partnered with the National Museum of Natural History to present two screenings of experimental films that offer a sensory immersion into the intricacies of living things, the Jardin des Plantes, and the world, in conjunction with the exhibition "Artists at the Museum".

NATURAL HISTORIES (I)

Saturday November 21, 2026, 15:00



MUSÉUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE SURIMPRESSIONS
by Dominik LANGE
2020 / DCP / b&w / silent / 3' 22
HISTOIRES NATURELLES
by Jean-Michel BOUHOURS
2024-2025 / DCP / color-b&w / sound / 7' 30
EARTHEARTHEARTH
by Daïchi SAÏTO
2021 / DCP / color / sound / 30' 00
TREES OF SYNTAX, LEAVES OF AXIS
by Daïchi SAÏTO
2009 / DCP / color / sound / 10' 00
IMPRESSIONS EN HAUTE ATMOSPHÈRE
by José Antonio SISTIAGA
1989 / DCP / color / sound / 7' 00

NATURAL HISTORIES (II)

Saturday December 05, 2026, 15:00



ENTRE DEUX EAUX
by Taylor Alaina LIEBENSTEIN SMITH
Performance / 30' 00
HAND HELD DAY
by Gary BEYDLER
1974 / 16mm / color / silent / 6' 00
RESISTANCE
by Laurence FAVRE
2017 / 16mm / color / sound / 10' 59
DISCOVERIES ON THE FOREST FLOOR
by Charlotte PRYCE
2006 / 16mm / color / silent / 4' 00
(PEACOCK) MATING SEASON
by João Maria GUSMÃO & Pedro PAIVA
2016 / 16mm / color / silent / 15' 28
STONEFISH AND ROUND TABLE
by João Maria GUSMÃO & Pedro PAIVA
2015 / 16mm / color / silent / 8' 28
SHISA DOG AND CHICKEN + METEORITICS 2 + CHOPPING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES + CRAB + THE RIDDLE OF THE LOBSTER
by João Maria GUSMÃO & Pedro PAIVA
2015-2016 / 16mm / color / silent / 13' 02
SEPIA
by João Maria GUSMÃO & Pedro PAIVA
2015 / 16mm / color / silent / 11' 21

MORE INFORMATION

address Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle
Auditorium de la Grande Galerie de l’Évolution - 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
75005 Paris
France
metro Gare d’Austerlitz (line 5) / Censier Daubenton (line 7) / Jussieu or Gare d’Austerlitz (line 10)
related links Histoires naturelles (I)
Histoires naturelles (II)
rates free of charge, upon registration