Jérémie Brugidou, Senior Fellow 2023–2025, is taking part in the ‘Parure-Culture’ event, which is part of ‘Pop Philosophy Week’, organised by the Rencontres Place Publique association in Marseille from October 17th to October 24th, 2026.
As social creatures, humans are drawn to the latest fashion trends on social media or in shops. As cultural beings, they dream of blending seamlessly into the wild. Welcome to the world of parure-culture!
Into the Wild – really?
Join us on stage at the Natural History Museum in Marseille! Three talks followed by a discussion with the philosophers Jeanne Etelain and Julie Beauté.
- From shamanic initiation to interspecies hybridisation with Marion Laval-Jeantet, artist and researcher.
- The Call of the Wild. Fantasising about rewilding with Salomé Ambert, geographer.
- The Phylogeny of the Imagination with Jérémie Brugidou, artist-researcher.
Synopsis of Jérémie’s talk: In a distant future or a parallel dimension, humanity ekes out an existence as best it can within the solipsism it has created: no form of animal otherness remains; save for a few fantasies, ghosts or holograms – enigmatic, almost legendary presences – which one day shatter the status quo of the orbital stations where the human race has taken refuge. Animality bursts forth, sometimes violently, but above all with the full force of its emergence, becoming visible against the backdrop of the void that surrounds it. Where do these non-human forms come from? What do they tell us? What is their source? Back on Earth, other human souls embark on a quest fraught with obstacles: to locate the places where life is re-emerging. The two investigations converge at the most elusive point: the interpretation of dreams.
Building on these fictional avenues, we can explore the links between the evolution of living organisms and the imagination of life – in other words, the phylogeny of the imagination. This premise of the widespread intermingling of inner worlds opens up the possibility of new disciplinary fields, such as biomythology or the ethology of creative creatures.
Practical information
- Date: Friday, October 23rd, from 6 pm to 8 pm
- Venue: Marseille Natural History Museum
- This event requires registration. Click here to register.
