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A funny way to park? With humor, Erwin Wurm uses everyday objects to create his sculptures and photographs. A step aside that transforms reality into a possible enchantment.

A virus, a character? These sculptures are made of fabric and filled with balloons. The artist wants to go beyond the oppositions between fragility and resistance, between sensuality and monstrosity.

A 7 minutes and 11 seconds film denouncing the countless deaths, mainly by firearms, of discriminated youth in the poor neighbourhoods of New York, Rio de Janeiro or Johannesburg. Based on testimonies, three dancers bring to life the words of the victims and their families.

Wonderful fairytale-like scenes? On the contrary, Sylvie Selig evokes more violent themes, such as the social pressure imposed on boys. The title "Boy's Don't Cry" is borrowed from a song by The Cure.

Known for his life-sized painted cement representations of tribal chiefs with their symbolic attributes, Sunday Jack Akpan's work continues the tradition of Nigerian funerary sculpture, which depicted the deceased in wood or clay.