Cosmopolis #2: Rethinking the Human

Following her work for the Centre Pompidou’s Cosmopolis #1.5 – Enlarged Intelligence exhibition in Chengdu, China in 2018, Yasmin Smith has produced a major new ceramic installation, Seine River Basin, for Cosmopolis #2 – Rethinking the Human, curated by Kathryn Weir, at Centre Pompidou, Paris. Smith was in residence in Paris for three months in the lead up to the exhibition opening conducting research into the hydrological and ecological systems of the River Seine and its tributary and subsidiary - the River Marne and the Canal Saint-Denis (built by Napoléon Bonaparte between 1802 and 1821). She collaborated with local ecology...