This
virtual exhibition
, curated by
Jean-Jacques Lebel
, provides
detailed insight
into the legendary
history of the Beat Generation
through a selection of
live performances, films, texts, photographs
, discussion, reports as well as
reproductions of art works and handwritten drafts
.
''This is not, in a classic sense, an exhibition, where works are hung on walls, but far more
a visual and acoustic anthology
; a
sensuous experience
,
a fantastic world full of projected images and a virtual stroll
through a major
multicultural
movement that emerged during the Second World War in New York, and which spread throughout the world from 1955 onwards.





The poet
Allen Ginsberg
, founding father and influential figure of the Beat Generation, will serve us as
cartographer and guide
. He will introduce us to our friends – who he photographed at different times – and, above all, their works; in so doing, he throws light
on the unique personalities
of each of them.






Known and unknown films, public readings, recordings, reportage never seen before, texts, fine art, discussions, photographs and documents
of all kinds... This compilation, until now, unpublished and shown here for the first time, offers an international, labyrinthine and multimedia perspective transcending the constraints of linear and didactic museum presentation.'' -
Jean-Jacques Lebel
, curator.