Clédat & Petitpierre
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - Sunday, July 12, 2026
North American Premiere
As a lighter version of the monumental installation Les plantamouves originally created for the Centre Pompidou in Paris, this exhibition-workshop combines the tactile whimsy of mobile sculpture with interactive dance, inviting younger audiences to engage with more than 240 vibrantly colorful foam pieces. Artists Clédat & Petitpierre have created an immersive world of tutomouves characters, each with their own lilting dances and songs, and each leading simple, engaging video tutorials that children and parents can follow together throughout the space.
Guided tours of L’Alliance New York’s exhibition Les tutomouves are available to school groups upon request. Please contact us via the registration form or youngaudiences@lallianceny.org. Dates and times are subject to availability.
All visitors are required to remove their shoes before entering the gallery. This is mandatory.
No food or drink allowed in the gallery at any time.
Yvan Clédat and Coco Petitpierre are partners in art and life. Working equally in the exhibition space and on stage, their body of work includes sculpture, performance, directing, and choreography as well as costume and scenery construction. They invented “sculptures to activate,” works that they inhabit and bring to life during silent performances. Their creations have been presented in more than fifteen countries.
Concept, production: Yvan Clédat et Coco Petitpierre
Tutorial production with the collaboration of Soa Ratsifandrihana and Max Ricat
Textiles assistant: Anne Tesson
Administration, production, booking: Les Indépendances, Iris Cottu and Clémence Huckel
Executive production: TWENTYTWENTY, Centre Pompidou – Paris, Cndc d’Angers, Lebeau&associés
TWENTYTWENTY is supported by the French Ministry of Culture – DRAC Bretagne.
Support for Crossing The Line
and The Wescustogo Foundation
L’Alliance New York’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Header Image: Les Tutomouves © Clédat & Petitpierre
Clédat and Petitpierre headshot: Courtesy of artist
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