Aside from familiar forms of exile is there such a thing as an artistic or even a universal
one? How do works of art and exhibitions come into being? What role is played by calculation
coincidence temporality dialogue? The questions are addressed by the internationally renowned
painter and professor Valérie Favre (*1959) through an unusual constantly developing
exhibition project at the Galerie Pankow in Berlin. In the process Favre enters into a dialogue
with her own works as well as with invited artists poets philosophers and sociologists. One
of the main actors is the mysterious La Poulinière one of Favre's developments. Valery
Plattform 1 Exil is a comprehensive publication that documents these ambitious experiments.
