May 30 – June 8, 2025
Mercedes Gallery, Pogon Jedinstvo courtyard
Trnjanska Struga 34
JOHAN SWARTVAGHER & AGATHE DUMONT (FR): EN FINIR
radiophonic exhibition
Exhibition Opening: May 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Artist Talk: June 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
En Finir is an innovative project that combines juggling, marathon running, and narrative storytelling, culminating in a podcast and a photographic exhibition that documents this extraordinary journey. The project also features a live public presentation by Johan Swartvagher and Agathe Dumont, offering insights into the creative and physical challenges behind the work.
En Finir is a sound creation co-written by Annely Boucher, Agathe Dumont, and Johan Swartvagher.
It is an immersive audiovisual installation born out of a series of creative and physical challenges, which the Zagreb audience will have the opportunity to learn more about directly from the authors, Johan and Agathe.
In September 2023, juggler Johan Swartvagher decided to run 42 kilometres of a marathon — while juggling.
He trained for nine months near his home on the banks of the Loire River in western France, sharing the sensations of time passing in a podcast co-written with Annely Boucher and Agathe Dumont.
Landscapes, seasons, memories, what has happened and what is yet to come.
Throughout those nine months, Johan tells the story of his adventure and the reasons behind his decision to take on the marathon. He completed the final marathon in May 2024 in 4 hours and 53 minutes, equipped with three microphones.
En Finir tells the story of the utopian yet very real preparation for this juggling marathon and follows Johan all the way to the finish line.
It is a radio epic in which we hear the body, feel the rhythm of juggling, and imagine the landscape before our eyes through all our senses.
En Finir is a podcast presented and supported by Le Plongeoir – Pôle national cirque Le Mans, France, in partnership with Mille secondes and Terrain – L’incubateur en Pays de la Loire.
Sound recording and editing: Annely Boucher
Dramaturgy: Agathe Dumont
Original idea and performance: Johan Swartvagher
