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Marielle Macé et Romain Noël Marielle Macé and Romain Noël in conversation

Marielle Macé is a researcher and writer. Director of research (CNRS-EHESS) and former resident of the Villa Médicis (2021-2022), she is one of the editors of the journals Critique (Minuit) and Po&sie (Belin). 

Romain Noël is a researcher and poet. His transdisciplinary research focuses on art forms in the age of extinction, the links between emotional life and magical practices, and anti-humanist ecologies. With Marielle Macé, he co-edited the special issue of the journal Critique entitled "Vivre dans un monde abîmé" ("Living in a damaged world"). As well as writing about contemporary art, he has published BDSM Apocalypse (Klima Magazine, lundimatin), Pourquoi des potions à l'heure de l'Extinction (Frûctose), Mycélium, petit conte post-apocalyptique (Le murmure éditeur), and Devenir Médiums (Les Presses du Réel). After a master's degree at EHESS, he has just completed a thesis on contemporary art at the Centre d'Histoire de SciencesPo, entitled "La Vengeance des Affects: une aventure dont vous êtes le terreau".