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Encounter with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

On May 18, Prof. Alain Prochiantz's Morphogenetic Processes Chair is organizing a meeting to celebrate the bicentenary of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus.

"Two hundred years ago, Mary Shelley's novel was published. From the imagination of a 19-year-old girl, a myth was born. Its dazzling success has blurred its identity to the point where we often no longer know what Frankenstein is: the creator or the creature? And when you say the name, Boris Karloff's head immediately pops into your brain, an image that obscures the spirit and letter of Mary Shelley's text. Yet we also have a vague feeling that this novel is still about us, and our scientific and technical destiny. The best thing to do is to take a look at it: that's why our guests, who all have a special relationship with Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, will come and leaf through it with us, to raise once again the questions of today that were laid down in it."

Jean-François Peyret

Speakers: Ada Ackerman, François Ansermet, Laurence Bertrand-Dorléac, Anne-Laure Boch, Hélène Delprat, Frank Madlener, Jean-François Peyret, Alain Prochiantz, Frédéric Worms.

With the participation of Julia de Gasquet, actress, Marion Eudes, Yasmine Hadjali, Jordan Sajous, students in the "Equal Opportunity" preparatory class for the competitive examinations for drama schools at the MC-93-Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, under the direction of Nicolas Bigards.

La Fabrique des monstres, show by Jean-François Peyret, with Jeanne Balibar, Jacques Bonnaffé, Victor Lenoble, Joël Maillard, (set design Nicky Rieti, music Daniele Ghisi, lighting Bruno Goubert, dramaturgy Julie Valero, assistanat Solwen Duée), will be presented at the MC-93-Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis from June 8 to 13, 2018, as part of the Ircam ManiFeste 2018festival .