Paris des Arts: Jacques Gamblin, Hiba Tawaji, and Alexandre Bakker

Jacques Gamblin: "Mère à l'horizon"

• 🎭 Actor and writer Jacques Gamblin discusses his debut novel, "Mère à l'horizon," which explores memory, love, and aging.
• 💡 He describes the book not as a tribute to his mother, but as a search for connection with a woman who is losing her faculties, focusing on moments where the bond can still be formed beyond conversation.
• ✨ Gamblin emphasizes finding joy and energy in confronting this difficult life stage, aiming to help others navigate it without feeling burdened.
• 💬 The novel's core question, "What remains when words fade?" is explored through the lens of continuing to love someone with their current limitations and perceived shortcomings.

Jacques Gamblin's Artistic Choices

• 🎬 Gamblin explains his role selection process, likening it to a "happy catastrophe" where an inexplicable connection to a script or a scene drives his decision.
• 🚀 He advises young artists to "go for it, don't look back," emphasizing that regret is the worst outcome.
• 📍 He shares his affinity for the Centquatre cultural center, describing it as a place where artistic boundaries dissolve and humanity thrives.

Hiba Tawaji: A Franco-Lebanese Artist

• 🎤 Franco-Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji shares her passion for music as a means of expressing emotions, sentiments, and messages across multiple languages.
• 🌟 She recounts the emotional significance of singing at the reopening of Notre-Dame and her historic concert in Saudi Arabia as the first female artist to perform solo for a female audience.
• 🌍 Tawaji discusses her natural inclination to blend Arabic, French, and English in her music, reflecting her Lebanese heritage, and announces her upcoming album in French.
• 🤝 She details her collaborations on her live album, including duets with artists like Florent Pagny and Lara Fabian, and highlights the artistic and personal support from her husband, Ibrahim Maalouf.

Alexandre Bakker: Art and the Invisible

• 🎨 Artist Alexandre Bakker opens up about his exhibition "Accueillir l'invisible," where he embraces a process of letting images emerge organically.
• 🖼️ He describes his work as accompanying the emergence of images, often starting without a clear intention and allowing forms like bodies without faces and monstrous figures to materialize.
• 💔 Bakker reflects on his connection to the late artist Marion Helm, his former partner, whose work also featured a proliferation of detail and a deep dive into her subjects.
• 🕊️ He expresses a desire to promote Helm's work, believing her art, including her self-portrayal of struggle, deserves wider recognition and presence.