Le Temps de la Parole with the Cité internationale des arts

As part of the off-site programming for the exhibition To Make Space for the World (October 8, 2026 – January 16, 2027), the Cité internationale des arts presents a series of talks activating Ibrahim Mahama’s installation Parliament of Ghosts. Mahama is currently an artist-in-residence at the Cité during his exhibition The Harvest Season at the Fondation Cartier. On this occasion, Vincent Gonzalvez, Director of Residencies, Programming, and Communications, will be in conversation with artist Carolle Sanchez, currently in residence at the Montmartre site of the Cité internationale des arts as part of the 2-12 program.

Carolle Sanchez lives and works in Paris. Her artistic practice explores intellectual property regimes, the figure of the author, and potential extensions of authorship to the living world. Grounded in a research-creation practice at the intersection of law, art, and writing, she devises frameworks that interrogate legal fictions just as they do artistic ones. Here, the law serves as a material, a method of inquiry, and a critical space, allowing her to explore its categories, narratives, and zones of indeterminacy. Her work has notably been exhibited at the FIAP in Paris (2026), Instinc Gallery in Singapore (2025), Zoo Galerie (2025), the Pernod Ricard Foundation (2025), the Ferme du Buisson Contemporary Art Center (2025), Le 6b (2024), and Galerie Michel Journiac (2022), as well as alongside the 66th edition of the Salon de Montrouge (2022). 

The Cité internationale des arts is the world's largest artists' residency. Since 1965, it has brought together over 300 artists of all origins, generations, and disciplines simultaneously in the heart of Paris. It curates an artistic and cultural program that highlights the work of resident artists while affirming the role of the residency as a site for dialogue and experimentation.