FROM 3rd TO 12th SEPTEMBER 2015 | 20.00 > 23.00
LA PELANDA | GALLERIA DELLE VASCHE
live visual art
Within the frame of transARTE project
Les Thermes
concept Belinda Annaloro, Antoine Defoort, Julien Fournet, Halory Goerger, Sébastien Vial
direction Sébastien Bausseron & Emilie Godreuil
production l’amicale de production
production manager Julien Fournet
administration Sarah Calvez
distribution and general coordination Mathilde Maillard
coproduction LE CENTQUATRE (Paris); LeVivat, scène conventionnée danse théâtre, Armentières (France); Beursschouwburg (Bruxelles), BudaKunstenCentrum, Courtrai (Belgio); Réseau APAP; Le Musée de la Danse/Centre Chorégraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne, Rennes(France); TNB-Théâtre National de Bretagne, Rennes(France)
Partenaire La Malterie (Lille).
www.amicaledeproduction.com
Les thermes are a swimming pool made out of wood, filled with 22 000 black plastic balls. On each ball, a different inscription is engraved (85 different sentences). The audience in has to dive in to read the inscriptions, and has to swim to get a good idea of the content. Mostly, those sentences come from stoician philosophy. Depending on the context, a philosopher or an artist is usually invited to give a short lecture on stoicism, to which the audience attends in the pool. Somewhere in between a conceptual sauna and a ball pool for grown-ups.
This project was initiated in the broader context of France Distraction, a series of installations which feel like you came to celebrate the boss’s birthday in an company manufacturing experimental team-building devices, and everybody decided to have fun with the stock (not your average party).
Activities of Les Thermes
3 sept | 22.30 | duration: 30’ | FUOCO CAMMINA CON TE – prontuario di filosofia stoica, a cura di Marco Casu
5 sept | 20.30 | duration: 30’ | dialogo tra Michele di Stefano e Radouan Mriziga, a cura di Teatro e Critica
9 sept | 22.45 | duration: 30’ | dialogo tra gli autori coinvolti nel progetto Fabulamundi, a cura di Teatro e Critica
12 sept | 20.30 | duration: 30’ | dialogo tra Agrupacion Senor Serrano e Mats Staub, a cura di Teatro e Critica
BIOGRAPHY
France Distraction (Belinda Annaloro, Antoine Defoort, Julien Fournet, Halory Goerger, Sébastien Vial) is a group of visual artists and performers based in Lille (France) and Bruxelles (Belgium). Whether with constructions, videos, interactive devices, painting, installations, writing or music, France Distraction makes the most of every opportunity, be it with humble materials or precious ones. Proxemics and free associations lie at the heart of this ever-changing, jovial output, gently pushing back the boundaries of artistic practice.