Exhibition on ‘Bunker Archaeology’

In this exhibition, Sophie Virilio traces the origins of Bunker Archéologie and explores its legacy. A journalist, photographer and novelist writing under a pseudonym, she has been working since 2016 to promote the ideas of her father, Paul Virilio, in France and abroad through the press, publishing and the exhibitions she supports and contributes to. In 2024, together with a group of Dromologists, she founded the Atelier Paul Virilio association and created the website dedicated to it. On the initiative of its members (philosophers, architects, publishers, scientists, a choreographer, writers, an archivist, and others), the association publishes the journal Dromologie and devises and organises transdisciplinary meetings and cultural, artistic and educational events linked to the thinking of Paul Virilio.

This exhibition accompanies the reissue of the book Bunker Archéologie in the ‘54 poche’ collection published by Éditions de la MSH, fifty years after its first publication. This expanded edition sees Sophie Virilio outline the contours of a threefold connection: through blood, writing and image. It is a poignant passing of the torch, in which Paul’s photographs and memories give way to those of his daughter.