Roundtables: Step Across the Border

Where: Mudam Auditorium

With: Casino Luxembourg, Julien Hübsch, Marianne Villière, Claudia Passeri 

Moderated by: Marie-Noëlle Farcy, Charles Rouleau 

Framework: Luxembourg Art Week

Access: Free 

Max. attendance: 128

Tickets: Book your place

Roundtables is a programme created by Mudam Luxembourg and Casino – Forum d'art contemporain, designed to be a friendly space for discussing contemporary art. Our shared objective is to demystify contemporary art, encourage dialogue and foster an environment conducive to genuine interaction.

The idea is simple: let's gather around a table with the Luxembourg art scene at its centre, to discuss, listen and reflect on contemporary art. Everyone is welcome, whether you are an artist, a cultural figure, or simply interested in the relationship between contemporary art and the world around us. Through short presentations followed by open conversation, Roundtables invites you to ask questions, debate and discover new perspectives.

How do artists respond to social change? What goes on behind the scenes at an exhibition? Each session focuses on a specific theme, presented by guest speakers and members of the teams from both institutions.

This series creates an atmosphere in which these issues can be discussed openly and freely, allowing conversations to flow naturally. It strengthens existing networks within the Luxembourg art community and encourages the creation of new ones. It provides a space for learning, curiosity and the exchange of ideas, bringing together all citizens eager for a shared exploration of the world of contemporary art.

Step Across the Border – An art scene spanning the Grande Région 

Over the past twenty-five years, institutions, artists and public authorities have launched numerous initiatives to forge connections between cultural figures in the Grande Région. In an era of unprecedented cross-border economic and labour flows, where does this dynamic stand in the field of contemporary art? Is the Grande Région a cultural entity too? 

Biographies

Julien Hübsch (1995) lives and works between Luxembourg and Germany. His work investigates the constant negotiations between architecture, vandalism and collective authorship. Next to using tools like scanners and printers to create images out of his surroundings, Hübsch constantly re-samples his own works, thus shifting his own timelines and keeping existing works in a constant state of process. Not shying away from large scale interventions in the exhibition space, his practice oscillates between sculpture, painting, digital image-making and archive. In 2023 he was the recipient of the Grand-Duc Adolphe Prize, awarded by the Cercle Artistique du Luxembourg, in 2026 he was awarded with the Andrea Neumann Kunstpreis in Saarbücken. He was a resident at Cité internationale des arts in Paris in 2023 & 2026, as well as the Fonderie Darling in Montréal QC CA in 2024. The works of Julien Hübsch have been shown in galleries and institutions in Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, New York, Luxembourg, Kassel and Mainz among others, and figure in public collections such as the ones of the Museum for History and Art in Luxembourg, the national library, the Luxembourg City Museums & the ministry of culture.

Born in 1989 in Nancy, France, Marianne Villière currently lives and works in Strasbourg. After completing a Master's degree at ENSAD in Nancy (2012), she graduated from the CCC – Critical Theory Master's programme at HEAD in Geneva (2014), the same year she received the Gianni Motti Prize. Ten years later, she was awarded the Luxembourgish Edward Steichen Award, enabling her to develop new works in New York over a six-month period. Her artistic practice in shared and public spaces seeks out tipping points in order to reverse power dynamics and make marginalised positions and biodiversity visible and perceptible. This approach leads her to create contextual and ephemeral compositions of situations. Subtle yet complicit, her interventions offer a double-edged reading. At first glance, her gestures may seem humorous, light-hearted or even superficial, only to subsequently confront us with deeper questions. In Luxembourg, while still a student, she exhibited at the Triennale Jeune Création at the Rotondes, and later, in 2017, alongside Catherine Elsen during Museum Night, at the invitation of Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain. Her first solo exhibition took place in Dudelange (Espace d’art Dominique Lang) in 2020. Successive residencies at Neumünster and subsequently at the Kulturfabrik enabled her to collaborate on several occasions with the writer Jérôme Quiqueret. 

Claudia Passeri (1977) lives and works between Luxembourg and Italy. She studied graphic design, scenography and photography in Bologna, Brussels and Rome. Since 2002, her work has been regularly exhibited in Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the United States. In 2006, she co-founded the curatorial project Agence Borderline with Michèle Walerich. She frequently initiates collaborations with artists and creatives from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. In 2011, she received the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg, which led to a four-month residency at ISCP in New York in 2012. A selection of her works was exhibited in 2014 at Mudam Luxembourg and BOZAR in Brussels. In 2015, she conceived Mangia Mina, a solo exhibition at the Centre d’Art Nei Liicht in Dudelange (Luxembourg), which was subsequently presented at the SRISA Gallery in Florence (Italy) in 2017. Since 2016, her monumental permanent installation Zeitgeist – Karl Cobain. has been on display at Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain. In 2016, she was awarded a research residency at the Fonderie Darling in Montreal (Canada), supported by Luxembourg's National Cultural Fund (FOCUNA). In 2018, together with Benoit Delzelle, she founded the collective Common Wealth, which received the Bert Theis Grant and undertook an artist residency in Italy in July 2019. That same year, under the curatorship of Danielle Igniti, she presented a project at the Chapelle de la Charité as part of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles. In 2021, she was invited to participate in the group exhibition Freigeister – Fragments d’une scène artistique au Luxembourg et au-delà at Mudam (Luxembourg). In 2022, she created two monumental installations: P.G.R. – Per Grazia Ricevuta (For Grace Received) in Sanem, Belvaux, and Nous avons remué terre et ciel, nous avons remué ciel et terre (We Moved Earth and Heaven, We Moved Heaven and Earth) in Kayl.