“EROTICA”, A LECTURE BY JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT ON HIS RECENT ART WORKS: ‘KARMA-KALI’ | 5 PARTS [36:00] ENGLISH SUBTITLED - (x 4) Artist's and friends Lectures in Museums and galleries

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“EROTICA”, A LECTURE BY JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT ON HIS RECENT ART WORKS: ‘KARMA-KALI’ | 5 PARTS [36:00] ENGLISH SUBTITLED

Filmed lecture by artist Jean-Pierre Sergent at the Galerie Keller, Besançon, March 30, 2025. Many thanks to the technical team: Christine, Jean-François, Lionel and Valérie.

- I, SILKSCREEN WORK ON THE SERIES "KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOX" 2022-2024
- II, FRENCH CULTURAL EROTICISM, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO QUOTATIONS: THE MARQUIS DE SADE & GEORGES BATAILLE [CONTINUITY-DISCONTINUITY]
- III, MYSTICAL ECSTASY: TANTRISM, TECHNIQUES OF DESTRUCTION & ANNIHILATION OF THE EGO
- IV, EROTICISM & DEATH IN EGYPT, PASSAGE & REBIRTH THROUGH THE BODY & IN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GEOMETRIC PATTERNS
- V, WORDS OF THE BUDDHA & SOME OF THE WORKS IN THIS "EROTICA" EXHIBITION
- VI, SOME COOKIE-CUTTER QUOTES ABOUT ART

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“EROTICA”, J-P SERGENT'S LECTURE ON ‘KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOXES’ [1/5 ENGLISH SUBTITLED]

30 March 2025 | Duration : 8:00 | Keller Gallery, 7 Proudhon Street, Besançon, France

- I, SILKSCREEN WORK ON THE SERIES “KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOX” 2022-2024
 - I, - 1, Some photos of JPS at work, summer 2024 
- II, FRENCH CULTURAL EROTICISM, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO QUOTES: THE MARQUIS DE SADE & GEORGES BATAILLE [CONTINUITY-DISCONTINUITY]

“EROTICA”, J-P SERGENT'S LECTURE ON ‘KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOXES’ [2/5 ENGLISH SUBTITLED]

30 March 2025 | Duration : 5:51 | Keller Gallery, 7 Proudhon Street, Besançon, France

- II -1, 10 Works from the new series “Karma-Kali, Sexual Dreams & Paradoxes” [2024]
 - III, MYSTICAL ECSTASY: TANTRISM, TECHNIQUES OF EGO DESTRUCTION & ANNIHILATION (BOOK CONJUNCTIONS AND DISJUNCTIONS BY OCTAVIO PAZ)

“EROTICA”, J-P SERGENT'S LECTURE ON ‘KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOXES’ [3/5 ENGLISH SUBTILED]

3 April 2025 | Duration : 7:00 | Keller Gallery, 7 Proudhon Street, Besançon, France

- IV, EROTISM & DEATH IN EGYPT, PASSAGE & REBIRTH THROUGH THE BODY & IN ENGLOVING GEOMETRIC PATTERNS [VULVES & MATRICES, OCEANIC FEELING & RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BEINGS]
- IV, - 1, Text by Herodotus, Book II
- IV, - 2, 2 Texts by JPS about pornography & his work

“EROTICA”, J-P SERGENT'S LECTURE ON ‘KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOXES’ [4/5 ENGLISH SUBTILED]

3 April 2025 | Duration : 7:40 | Keller Gallery, 7 Proudhon Street, Besançon, France

- V, WORDS OF THE BUDDHA, SOME OF THE WORKS IN THIS “EROTICA” EXHIBITION AND THE SOLUTION-RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS WORKS [À POSTERIORI]
- V, 1, Words of the Buddha : The lightning silence, The diamond sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh
- V, 2, 5 works from the series “Karma-Kali, Sexual Dreams & Paradoxes” 2022

“EROTICA”, J-P SERGENT'S LECTURE ON ‘KARMA-KALI, SEXUAL DREAMS & PARADOXES’ [5/5 ENGLISH SUBTILED]

4 April 2025 | Duration : 8:00 | Keller Gallery, 7 Proudhon Street, Besançon, France

- V, SOME OF THE WORKS FROM THIS "EROTICA" EXHIBITION
- V, - 1, A few cookie-cutter quotes about Art : Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Jasper Johns, Anaïs Nin, Simone Weil: Gravity & Grace