01 · Programmes
Fifteen 90-minute participatory experiences, alongside talks, cultural visits and Parcours Récits Croisés.
15 participatory experiences of 90 minutes organised across five areas.
02Conferences, panels, public conversations and exchanges with artists or professionals.
03Small-group visits organised by Ìtàn, including an introduction to the exhibition.
04An annual international programme connecting stories and artistic practices across cities.
02 · Participatory Experiences
Each area brings together three 90-minute participatory experiences. They can be booked individually or combined as a series.
Explore how stories move across time, places and creative forms.
Understand how a story stays alive over time through oral transmission, memory, adaptation and sharing.
View session 02Observe how a story changes as it moves between languages, places, generations or contexts.
View session 03Explore how artists turn stories, memories and references into visual, sonic or performative forms.
View sessionConsider how observation, emotion and material shape creative practice.
Understand how an observation, experience or question develops into an artistic process and then an artwork.
View session 05Explore what happens between an artwork and its viewer: emotion, memory, references and interpretation.
View session 06Explore how materials, gestures and techniques carry stories, memories and cultural meaning.
View sessionCreate space for an attentive encounter between different references and viewpoints.
Question our perceptions through contact with other references to broaden the way we see and understand.
View session 08Become aware of our responses to the unfamiliar and develop habits of observation, enquiry and dialogue before reaching a judgement.
View session 09Observe what emerges when different stories, practices, imaginaries or references enter into dialogue.
View sessionBring intention, audience, content and context together to shape a cultural project.
Turn an intention into a structured cultural experience by aligning its audience, content, setting and ways of sharing.
View session 11Explore how listening to audiences enriches the design of a cultural project.
View session 12Understand how participants’ responses, interactions and ways of engaging shape a project after delivery.
View sessionTurn intention into action and consider how culture moves forward over time.
Identify the essential steps for turning a cultural intention into a workable project.
View session 14Understand how the act of passing something on changes both the person who shares and the person who receives.
View session 15Consider the choices, actions and projects that help preserve, circulate and renew cultures over time.
View sessionPanels, conferences, public conversations and exchanges with artists, researchers, professionals or knowledge holders. A format for exploring a subject through several voices and perspectives.
In person or online · Standalone format or series · Duration adapted to the contextVisits to galleries, exhibitions, artists’ studios, cultural venues and heritage sites. Whenever possible, the introduction is led by a gallerist, artist, curator or member of the venue’s team.
Around 1 hour · 8 to 15 participants maximumFormats are adapted or combined according to the audience, context and aims of the project.
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