The Facts
The Bourse de Commerce in Paris presents "Community Sigh," a performance by American artist Christine Sun Kim, as part of the 2026 Festival d'Automne. Originally a sound installation of vinyl records featuring sighs from over sixty Deaf people, the work is reimagined as a live performance in the museum's Rotunda. It runs alongside Barbara Kruger's immersive installation "The History of Tears," contrasting visual and sonic intensity with slowness and silence. Kim's practice explores sound, language, and social hierarchies, using text, visual notation, ASL, and video.
The Signal
The pairing underscores a curatorial interest in political fatigue and marginalized voices, with the sigh as a symbol of exhaustion and collective gathering. For collectors and curators, this signals a continued institutional focus on performance and socially engaged art, particularly by Deaf and multidisciplinary artists. The Bourse de Commerce also presents "A Visual Diary" by Italian director Fabio Cherstich, in dialogue with the exhibition "Remember Me," which addresses photography and disappearance. This program reflects a broader trend of museums integrating performance and cross-disciplinary practices into their exhibition schedules.
- Artists: Christine Sun Kim, Barbara Kruger, Fabio Cherstich
- Museums: Bourse de Commerce
- Locations: Paris
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