26/11/2025
The dialogue between Chantal Akerman and Sonia Wieder-Atherton brings image and music together in a shared time of listening. In their shared practice, image does not illustrate music, nor does music underscore image: both withdraw from subordination, establishing a relation founded on asymmetry and trust. It is a model of collaboration in which difference is not an obstacle but a condition of resonance.
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image: Chantal Akerman, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, D’Est en musique, 2005. Ph. Quentin Balpe. Courtesy of Fondation Chantal Akerman.