Société Réaliste
° 2004
Lives in Paris (France).
Société Réaliste is a Parisian cooperative created by Ferenc Gróf (1972) and Jean-Baptiste Naudy (1982) in June 2004. It works with political design, experimental economy, territorial ergonomy and social engineering consulting. Polytechnic, it develops its production schemes through exhibitions, publications and conferences. In 2014, Société Réaliste has presented its work as solo exhibition in Budapest (‘amal al-ğam‘, acb Gallery), London (Mottopsy, Tenderpixel), Rijeka (x=tortions, Galerija SIZ). Again in 2014, Société Réaliste has published its first novel, "The Best American Book of the 20th Century" (Onomatopee, Eindhoven) and inaugurated its first public monument in Paris (Waiting for the Mo(nu)ment, Jardin du Chalet). The cooperative also took part in numerous collective exhibition in Almaty (ArtBatFest), Barcelona (Fabra i Coats), Belgrade (KCB), Bialystok (Arsenal Gallery), Bombay (Clark House Initiative), Budapest (Higgs Field, tranzit.hu, Trafo), Helsinki (Finnish Museum of Photography), Kosice (Kunsthalle), New York (New Museum and Cooper Union), Norwich (SCVA), Paris (Mains d’Oeuvres, CNEAI, Galerie Jérôme Poggi), Pécs (Gallery m21), Sao Paulo (3C - Sorocaba) and Vienna (Kunsthalle Wien).