Hans Ulrich Obrist + Etel Adnan: From A-Z | HENI Talks

A lively mix of poetry, art and philosophy, this conversation between curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Etel Adnan takes its form from the seminal documentary L’Abécédaire de Gilles Deleuze (1996) and Adnan’s poetry collection From A-Z (1982).

In the form of an alphabet of ideas, the discussion – which is in turn irreverent and profound – spans subjects as broad as animals, the notion of globalisation, opera, painting and Adnan’s beloved Sausalito.

HENI Talks had the privilege of filming this intimate conversation between friends in Adnan's Paris home and studio in 2017.

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Introduction

A – Animal 02:24

B – Beirut 04:07

C – City 04:39

D – Desire 05:22

E – Extinction 06:10

F – Fog 07:49

G – Globalisation 08:57

H – Houses 10:53

I – Insomnia 13:13

J – ‘J’ poem from Etel Adnan’s From A-Z (1982) 14:28

K – Kant 14:44

L – Literature 16:19

M – Mount Tamalpais 18:53

N – Nada 19:25

O – Opera 20:28

P – Painting 21:41

Q – Question 22:44

R – Red 23:49

S – Sausalito 24:51

T – Tower of Babel 25:49

U – Universe 27:12

V – Voyage 27:33

W – Word 27:57

X – Erases 28:22

Y – Why? 28:38

Z – Zebra / 'Z' poem from Etel Adnan’s From A-Z (1982) 29:01

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