“Slow” by the artist, a concert-performance with Les Tétines Noires during the opening of the solo show ORLAN: Artistic Intelligences at the Muffathalle in Munich, curated by Dr. Jens Hauser, 2026
Following her performance “Le baiser de l’artiste” at FIAC in 1977, ORLAN presents *The Artist’s Slow Dance*, her very first “all-slow” album! She wants to offer what we’ve missed most since March 17, 2020: human warmth, hugs, physical closeness… she hopes to bring bodies closer together after physical distancing!
She realized that many of her assistants had never slow-danced before, and decided that she couldn’t go on like this – she had to do something for young people! With this project, she hopes to help people discover and revive this dance as a therapeutic treatment in this still difficult period of reconstruction.
ORLAN wrote the lyrics for each slow, which she then proposed to musicians to create the melody and sing her texts. She then inserted her voice into the music, in collaboration with the guest.
This album brings together twenty extraordinary slow songs created by Orlan in perfect harmony with some fantastic artists: Sir Alice, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Terrenoire, Les Tetines Noires, Les Chicks On Speed, Mimosa, Yael Naim, Tentative, Régis Campo, Myope, Blue Carmen, Les Sans Pattes, La Femme, Romain Brau, Charlie Morrow, Demi Mondaine, Charlemagne Palestine, Kat May, and Iury Lech.
The vinyl is on sale at FNAC and on all platforms. Several clips have been produced to visually illustrate ORLAN’s message: she made “Je suis slowsexuel.le” with Sir Alice and “Les corps de métiers m’excitent” with Tentative. A book will be published with texts written by the artist. ORLAN has performed on several occasions with musicians including Demi Mondaine on Culture Box.
