LES VICTOIRES, Art trail along the Canal Saint Denis
For the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and under the artistic direction of COAL, Plaine Commune is offering an artistic trail…
TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL RIVERS… – TEMPS FORT II
As a partner in the project, we are delighted to share with you the next highlight of “Vers une internationale des rivières et autres éléments de la nature…” by the Institut d’études avancées de Nantes and Lieu Unique, taking place on November 16 at Le Lieu Unique or via streaming.
Image credits: © Institut d’études avancée de Nantes
Published on 31 October 2024
The first highlight revolved around the first “echo” of the word “International”, the struggle of workers for better working conditions. This theme was approached by evoking the “work” of natural entities to produce life, but also, as working entities for human needs that exhaust them. For this second major event, Le Lieu Unique welcomes personalities and ecosystems from the four corners of the globe on November 16 from 11am to 7pm, to evoke the other dimension of the “international”: a geographical international where, on several continents, natural entities escape the status of things and become “people”.
Come andhear the stories of the Whanganui River in New Zealand, Lake Erie in the USA, the Atrato River in Colombia, the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain… all beings of nature who have become “legal persons” in recent years… Theproject led by writer, researcher and artist Camille de Toledo will be the echo chamber of these metamorphoses. Stories of hope that herald a transformation of our societies, and invite us to listen to the interests, values and needs of all earthly entities…
Morning from 11am: the Assembly of Nature’s Voices…
… Voices from around the world, live, across time zones and languages, from New Zealand to Latin America… tell the stories of the Whanganui River, Lake Erie, the Atrato River… and more broadly tell the story of this cultural and legal turning point.
With Tisch O’Dell and Kai Huschke from the USA, Rory Smith from New Zealand, Elizabeth Gallon Droste, Estefanía Pavón from Latin America… and the many voices in Europe fighting to defend their ecosystems.
Afternoon from 4pm: The case of the “Mar Menor”, the story of a lagoon…
The Mar Menor, a lagoon in southern Spain threatened by numerous industries, is the first ecosystem in Europe to be granted “non-human person” status by a 2021 law. How did this happen? What is the history of this lagoon and the law that made it a “subject of law”? How can we draw inspiration from it?
With Eduardo Salazar, lawyer, professor of public law, and human voice of the Mar Menor.
6:30 pm: Fiction about a forthcoming law
Following her practice of “transformative meditations”, Camille de Toledo will propose a narrative – snippets of thoughts, reflections, stories – to give shape to this world to come and propose a path towards an international of rivers and other elements of nature…
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Luminous strolls at Noirlac Abbey
For the 2024 edition of Flâneries lumineuses, and under the artistic direction of COAL, artist and filmmaker Jacques Perconte presents…
CARTE BLANCHE FOR A SLEEPLESS NIGHT
A visual experience by Vergine Keaton based on a proposal by COAL for the exhibition COALITION, 15 years of art…