Richie Hawtin and John Gerrard to host a 24-hour event at Art Basel Paris

Richie Hawtin and Irish artist John Gerrard will host a 24-hour event at FVTVR in Paris during Art Basel Paris, running from noon on 24 October to noon the next day, according to 909originals. The programme, part of the Reference Festival, combines contemporary art, electronic music and club culture.

The first segment, from noon to midnight, centres on Gerrard's digital installation “infin.1.iridescent.stream”, in which a D'Albertis python traces a figure of eight every hour in a simulation spanning a full solar year. It is set to an original composition by Hawtin's Plastikman alias, continuously recomposed through Bronze.ai so that sound and visuals keep shifting. The day opens with a conversation between Hawtin and Gerrard, moderated by Marc Spiegler.

Gerrard's “SPIRITS”, built from 96 plastic shoes and sandals collected on beaches across the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Atlantic and first commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Art + Technology Lab, will be shown as an installation and live performance with Anastasia Giovani. From midnight a MINUS+ night curated by Hawtin follows, with sets from Hawtin, Matador, Courtesy, Kristin Velvet and Reece Pritchard, running until noon on Sunday.

Entry to the exhibition and conversation is free, while the overnight programme is ticketed. The venue is at 34 Quai d'Austerlitz.

Born in 1970 in Banbury, Richie Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and producer associated with minimal techno. His newest studio album, according to MusicBrainz, is “Consumed in Key” (2022). In October mbuzz reported that he had left WME after more than 15 years to join TS Agency, founded by Dixon and Âme.