News | January 2026

Agathe Simon has just been named the winner of a Splash program run by RN13BIS – contemporary art in Normandy, with support from DRAC Normandy and the Normandy Region. She is currently completing two projects from her Cosmos cycle, supported by the CNC, DRAC, and ADAGP: the 3-channel documentary Celestial Attraction and the exhibition Ex Nihilo. This exhibition will be presented for the first time at the L’Estrade art space from April to June 2026. Next February-March, Agathe Simon will be invited to Stockholm for a residency at EMS studios, the Sweden’s center for electroacoustic music and sound art. She is also currently developing a film commission from the Bocage Ornais cooperation center, funded by DRAC Normandy and the Normandy region.

An associate researcher at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Agathe Simon will soon publish her Philagnosty Manifesto with Presses du réel publishing house. She recently gave a lecture-performance on her creative process at the Théâtre Amavada Lorge in Caen.

A mentor at Sorbonne University, she will soon give her masterclass The Art of Pitch for Masters 2 students specializing in screenwriting, as wll as cinema masterclasses at the Reims-Champagne Ardenne university. She is currently preparing the second semester of her two cinema workshops at Sorbonne University.

June 2026
Screening of Sorbonne University film workshops
‘Les Trois Luxembourg’ Cinema | Paris, France

April-May 2026
Publication | The Philagnosty Manifesto
Les Presses du réel | Paris, France

18.04.2026-06.06.2026
Solo Exhibition | Ex Nihilo
L’Estrade | Athis-de-l’Orne, France

February-March 2026
Art residency
EMS Studio | Stockholm, Sweden

February 2026
‘The Art of Picth’ workshops | Master 2 in screenwriting
Sorbonne University | Paris, France

January 2026
Cinema Masterclass
Reims-Champagne Ardenne university | Reims, France

11.12.2025
Splash Fund
RN13bis | Caen, France

25-27.10.2025
Screenwriting Masterclass
Reims-Champagne Ardenne university | Reims, France

25-27.10.2025
Masterclass
Reims-Champagne Ardenne university | Troyes, France

September 2025
Lecture-performance on the Cosmos cycle and its creative process
Amavada Lorge Theater | Caen, France

June 2025
Screening of Sorbonne University film workshops
‘Les Trois Luxembourg’ Cinema | Paris, France

May-June 2025
‘The Art of Picth’ workshops | Master 2 in screenwriting
Sorbonne University | Paris, France

18-22.03.2025
Microcosmos video
‘Les Safra’Numériques’ digital art festival | Amiens, France

07.02.2025
Arts & Sciences round table
National Dramatic Center of Normandy | Rouen, France

25-26.01.2025
Cinema Masterclass
Reims-Champagne Ardenne university | Reims, France

November 2024
Screenplay Workshop
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France

14.11.2024
Podcast for #1257
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |France

October 2024
Workshop in Film Creation
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France

August 2024
Art Residency with the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Visby International Centre for Composers | Island of Gotland, Sweden

09-11.07.2024
Cinema masterclass
Castel of Pange | France

10.06.2024 – 2.30 pm
Screening of Sorbonne University film workshops
‘Les Trois Luxembourg’ Cinema | Paris, France

02.05.2023
Masterclass in Film Creation
Sorbonne University | Paris, France

24.04.2024
Publication of the article “Diving into the unknown: digital media and the creative process in extreme environments
#1257
Revue | Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France

13.03.2024 – 1 pm
Lecture on the craft of sound
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Paris, France

07.03.2024 – 4 pm
The Nonhuman Voice performance
Michel Journiac Gallery | Paris, France

24.02.2024-03.03.2024
Year 1 sound creation
Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago, USA

January 2024
Masterclass in Film Creation
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France

20.12.2023
Publication of the article The Dimension of sound space
Scientific journal Design Arts Médias | Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France

02-04.11.2023
Masterclass in Film Creation
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France

14-15.10.2023
Sound creation Year 1
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine | Paris, France

20.08.2023 – 7 pm
The Travel of Felix
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | Colombie

01-05.08.2023
Sound creation Year 1
XVIII International Architecture Biennale | Venice, Italie

03.07.2023 – 4.45 pm
Lecture on creative documentary and video art
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Paris, France

19.04.2023 – 2 pm
Lecture on sound creation
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Paris, France

12-21.04.2023
The Travel of Felix
VdR-Film Market 2023 | Nyon, Switzerland

07.04.2023
Masterclass in Film Creation
Sorbonne University | Paris, France

16.03.2023 – 2.45 pm
Conti & Journiac Performance
Michel Journiac Gallery | Paris, France

27.02.20237 pm
Conference on the creative process
Paris-Saclay University | Paris, France

22-24.02.2023
Masterclass in Film Creation
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France

12.02.2023 – 7 pm
Film screening & Discussion
La Fabrique Centre d’Art | Montreuil, France

06.12.2022
Conversation with Mathieu Macheret
Sorbonne University | France

29.11.2022
Conversation with Rasha Salti
Sorbonne University | France

22.11.2022
Conversation with Cédric Klapisch
Sorbonne University | France

15.11.2022
Conversation with Scott Stevenson
Sorbonne University | France

18.10.2022
Conversation with Sophie Dulac
Sorbonne University | France

27.09.2022
Conversation with Alexis Kavyrchine
Sorbonne University | France

05.09.2022 – 09.09.2022
Fémis Writing Residency
Lion-sur-Mer | France

April – December 2022
Documentary Workshop
Fémis | France

09.04.2022 – 29.05.2022
Esch2022, European Capital of Culture
Dudelange | Luxembourg

January – February 2022
Professional Workshop
Fémis | France

14.12.2021
Conversation with Scott Stevenson
Sorbonne University | France

27.11.2021
‘Les Festives’ (Science & Culture Festival of the Alliance 4EU+)
Sorbonne University | France

Novembre – décembre 2021
Professional Workshop
Fémis | France

26.10.2021
Conversation with Mathieu Macheret
Sorbonne University | France

19.10.2021
Conversation with Sophie Dulac
Sorbonne University | France

08.10.2021 – 11.10.2021
Opderschmelz Art Residency
Dudelange | Luxembourg

05.10.2021
Conversation with Patrick Winocour
Sorbonne University | France

10.09.2021
Horizōn Invisibilis

Kartoitus Dance Festival | Finland

31.05.2021
Film premiere
CY Cergy Paris University | France

30.10.2020
Horizōn Invisibilis
Heino Gallery | Helsinki, Finland

11.08.2020 – 30.08.2020
Art Residency with the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (postponed due to the pandemic)
VICC | Island of Gotland, Sweden

25.07.2020 – 05.09.2020
Transpositions Biennal (online exhibition due to the pandemic)
Museum of Non-conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

12.06.2020 – 8pm
Day 16 (canceled due to the pandemic)
Les Voûtes, Les Frigos | Paris, France

30.04.2020
Antoine (canceled due to the pandemic)
“C.N.R.S.” (the largest governmental research organisation in France),
the Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art, the University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

29.02.2020
Performance in Tribute to Gabriela Conti
Maison de la Poésie (Poetry Center) | Paris, France

28.02.2020
Antoine
“C.N.R.S.” (the largest governmental research organisation in France), the Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art, the University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

31.01.2020
Antoine
“C.N.R.S.” (the largest governmental research organisation in France), the Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art, the University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

26.01.2020 – 4pm
Horizōn Invisibilis
Aarni Gallery | Espoo, Finland

25.01.2020 – 4pm
Horizōn Invisibilis
Aarni Gallery | Espoo, Finland

13.12.2019
Antoine
Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art (ENSAPC) | Cergy, France

05.12.2019 – 6pm
Horizōn Invisibilis
French Institute | Helsinki, Finland

28.11.2019 – 5pm
Horizōn Invisibilis
Huuto Gallery | Helsinki, Finland

22.11.2019
Antoine
Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art (ENSAPC) | Cergy, France

09.11.2019 – 14.11.2019
Horizōn Invisibilis
Kanneltalo Gallery | Helsinki, Finland

28.09.2019
Antoine
Bâtie d’Urfé et Les Salles | Loire, France

28.06.2019 – 8.30pm
95% of Unknown (“Day 10”, The Group)
Les Voûtes, Les Frigos | Paris, France

18.05.2019 – 2pm
Screening of Arctica & Trilogy of Fire
International Museum Day 2019
Museum of Non-conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

17.05.2019 – 7pm
Lecture-performance
Hélène Berr Library | Paris, France

April-May 2019
95% of Unknown (“Day 9”, The Group)
Internet | International

30.03.2019 – 8:30pm
95% of Unknown (“Day 8”, The Group)
La Villa des Créateurs | Paris, France

23.03.2019 – 3pm
Lecture-performance
Musset Library | Paris, France

19.03.2019 – 5pm
Lecture on Creation
Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) | France

27.10.2018 – 8pm
Exhibition, Film Screening & “Year 1” Performance (The Group)
La Générale | Paris, France

27.09.2018 – 12am
Performance Tribute to Gabriela Conti
Paris University | Paris, France

01.06.2018 – 24.06.2018
Il Suono in Mostra
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | Udine, Italy

21.04.2018
Day 6  (“Trilogy of Fire”, The Group)
Public Spaces | Paris, France

09.02.2018
Day 5  (“Trilogy of Fire”, The Group)
Vincennes Woods | France

06.02.2018
Day 4  (“Trilogy of Fire”, The Group)
Internet | International

27.01.2018 – 3pm
Performance
Trocadero Library | Paris, France

04.01.2018 – 25.01.2018
Arctica
Art Festival Eve’s Rib | Saint Petersburg, Russia

09.12.2017
Day 3  (The Group)
La Générale | Paris, France

26.11.2017
Day 2  (The Group)
Public Spaces | Paris, France

16.11.2017 – 10am
Performance
University of Aix-Marseille | Aix-en-Provence, France

16.11.2017 – 10am
Performance
University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

24.09.2017 – 3pm
Day 1  (The Group)
La Générale | Paris, France

September 2017
Creation of “The Group”
Paris, France

08.09.2017 – 8.30pm
Arctic Music
Tonband Festival | Stockholm, Sweden

August 2017
Group Exhibition La Figure et la Rose
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

29.07.2017 – 7pm
Ritual for Light
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

July 2017
Creative Residency
Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center | Saint Petersburg, Russia

11.03.2017 – 09.04.2017
Group Exhibition Transpositions II
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

11.03.2017 – 5pm
Remote Performance
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint Petersburg, Russia

17-18.12.2016
Hear Rooms II, Collective Exhibition of Sound Art
Gallery Spazioersetti | Udine, Italy

17.11.2016
Performance
University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

October 2016
Group Exhibition PedArtUdar
Ligovskaya Library | Saint Petersburg, Russia

31.08.2016 – 7.30pm
Performance
VICC | Visby, Sweden

August 2016
Creative Residency
VICC | Visby, Sweden

May 2016
Creative Residency
Atka Sailing Vessel | Greenland, Arctic

06.11.2015 – 1.30pm
Performance
University of Cergy-Pontoise | France

18.09.2015 – 8pm
Performance
‘Cité Internationale Universitaire’ | Paris, France

28.07.2015 – 7pm
Performance
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint-Petersburg, Russia

25.07.2015 – 30.08.2015
Group Exhibition Transpositions
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint-Petersburg, Russia

25.07.2015 – 5pm
Performance
Museum of Non-Conformist Art | Saint-Petersburg, Russia

17.07.2015 – 6pm
Performance
Gallery of Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

09.07.2015 – 20.07.2015
Group Show Zaman/Time
Gallery of Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

08.07.2015 – 6pm
Opening of the Group Show Zaman/Time
Gallery of Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

06.06.2015 – 3pm
Performance an Film Screening
Trocadero Library | Paris, France

08.05.2015 – 6.30pm
Performance
French Institute of Fès | Morocco

07.05.2015 – 07.06.2015
Group Show Arrêts sur mémoires
Gallery CDG | Rabat, Morocco

16.04.2015 – 7pm
Performance and Film Screening
Médiathèque Musicale de Paris | Paris, France

15.04.2015 – 29.04.2015
Solo exhibition Antarctica
Médiathèque Musicale de Paris | Paris, France

01.04.2015 – 18.04.2015
Group Show P.R.N.
Gallery of Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

31.03.2015 – 6.30pm
Performance
Gallery of Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

08.03.2015 – 21.03.2015
Solo exhibition Antarctica
Audiorama & MDT | Stockholm, Sweden

08.03.2015 – 12pm
Performance and Opening of the solo exhibition Antarctica
Audiorama & MDT | Stockholm, Sweden

02.03.2015 – 24.03.2015
Creative Residency
EMS – Swedish Performing Arts Agency | Stockholm, Sweden

10.02.2015 – 28.02.2015
Solo exhibition Antarctica
City Hall of 10th district of Paris | France

09.02.2015 – 7.30pm
Performance
City Hall of 10th district of Paris | Paris, France

29.01.2015 – 11pm
Broadcast of Ayahuasca in Les Ateliers de la Nuit
France Culture, Radio France | Paris, France

01.12.2014 – 23.12.2014
Solo exhibition Antarctica
French Institute of Constantine | Constantine, Algeria

15.11.2014 – 29.11.2014
Solo exhibition Antarctica
Art and History Museum of Tlemcen | Tlemcen, Algeria

26.10.2014 – 13.11.2014
Solo exhibition Antarctica
Sciences and Technology University of Oran | Oran, Algeria

21.10.2014 – 8pm
Performance
Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative | Halifax, Canada

18.10.2014
Solo exhibition Nova Antarctica
‘Nocturne Halifax’ Art Festival | Halifax, Canada

09.10.2014 – 22.10.2014
Solo exhibition Antarctica
French Institute of Algiers | Algiers, Algeria

09.10.2014 – 5pm
Performance
French Institute of Algiers | Algiers, Algeria

07.10.2014 – 10am
Performance
‘Canal Algérie’ TV | Algiers, Algeria

September 2014
Open Doors Art Studio (by appointment)
Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

19.08.2014 – 7pm
Lecture
VICC | Visby, Sweden

August 2014
Creative Residency
VICC | Visby, Sweden

28.06.2014 – 8pm
Presentation Evening Antarctica
Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

June 2014 – January 2015
Creative Residency
Cité Internationale des Arts | Paris, France

March 2014
Creative Residency by invitation of the Argentinian Government
DNA | Carlini Base, Antarctica

08.03.2014
Artist Talk
Cinema ‘Sala del Bicentenario’ | Carlini Base, Antarctica