French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière’s intriguing and often provocative work invites reflection on our engagement with the natural world. This video installation encapsulates his thoughts on tensions between modern societies and nature, in a powerful juxtaposition of opposing elements—water and fire.

NY-based choreographer Tatiana Desardouin and Passion Fruit Dance Company bring their bold street and club dance styles to the stage, in an inspiring piece that shares the social and personal challenges faced by four women of different backgrounds—ultimately conveying a message of hope for all under-represented voices.

French-American multidisciplinary artist Camille de Galbert presents a sculptural exhibition inspired by symbiotic lifeforms whose intrinsic power lies in their ability to regenerate. De Galbert creates these fundamental ecosystems through patient, repetitive and cumulative movement.

NY-based choreographer Tatiana Desardouin and artist Nubian Néné create a conceptual, all-night experience at Manhattan’s famed club, Boom at The Standard, High Line. With live music, dance, food, and drinks, this immersive performance engages all five senses in a welcoming and diverse club-culture refresh.

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement’s #Never21 hashtag, this deeply resonant piece by French-Malian choreographer/dancer Smaïl Kanouté pays tribute to young people of color who have lost their lives to gun violence all over the world before reaching the age of 21.

Olivier Tarpaga’s powerful work acknowledges the strength of refugees from Africa’s Burkina Faso and its Sahel region—Tarpaga’s ancestral homeland—now settled in distant camps after fleeing violent jihadists.

Swiss artist Simon Senn explores today’s most exciting and controversial technology, artificial intelligence (AI). This timely story relates the creation of an AI entity with Senn’s personality and personal data, and grapples with its transformation into an autonomous, disturbing, and yet familiar monster.

This extraordinary homage to Marilyn Monroe is based on her final interview, two days before her death. Renowned French actress Isabelle Adjani, in a riveting solo stage performance, engages in a surreal dialogue with Monroe, exploring the complexities of stardom, identity, and legacy. The performances at FIAF conclude the worldwide run of the show.