COALITION exhibition – associated programming

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, COAL is joining forces with the Gaîté Lyrique to present a major multidisciplinary exhibition featuring almost 50 artists working together to promote a new culture of ecology and life. Open to the public from 24 April to 2 June 2024 at the Gaîté Lyrique (Tuesday to Friday 2pm to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 2pm to 7pm).

The question of transmission is central to this exhibition. It is complemented by a rich programming of events surrounding the exhibition led by the artists and hosted by leading figures in the fields of art and ecology, including three weekends of events featuring meetings, experiences, workshops and performances.

Click here to find out about all the cultural activities and events taking place over the six weeks of the exhibition:

HIGHLIGHTS: Three high points to bring together artists and thinkers on ecology for the COALITION exhibition.

Earth Day with the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles | Saturday 27.04, from 5pm

For Earth Day and the closing of the Nova_XX Biennial, under the banner of a coalescing and heterogeneous genre, the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, COAL & la Gaîté Lyrique invite you to an evening of performances at la Gaîté Lyrique that will resonate on this EARTH/HEART DAY.

“
Whatever code we hack, be it programming language, poetic language, mathematics or music, curves or colors, we are the extractors of new worlds.
.” McKenzie Wark.

6 intercessory artists will leave their mark on the evening, through gestures, presence and rituals.

Performance schedule :

Continuous: Shivay La Multiple, Gardien.ne – Walkabout | 5pm – 5:45pm: Eric Androa Mindre Kolo, Natural hybrid body – Entry area | 6pm – 6:30pm: Fabiana Ex-Souza, Inventing Souls – Espace d’exposition -1 | 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm: Jean-François Krebs, Jardins pour le Symbiocène – Studio 1st floor | 8:30pm – 9pm: Michel Jocaille and Charlotte Sarian, Everybody’s fluid (to feel good) – Forum 1st floor

Marathon into the future for Museum Night | Saturday 18.05, 6-9pm followed by a festive evening

Reinventing the future: what will the world look like in 15 years’ time?
If the future has a history, it is being written today. Scientists, thinkers, poets, novelists, artists, activists and conservationists take to the stage at the Gaité Lyrique to share their visions of the future. With its diversity of approaches and practices, where artistic, intellectual and scientific perspectives intersect and respond to each other, COAL offers a free, accessible and inclusive space for expression and reflection. Each participant‧e has 15 minutes to unfold his or her proposition. From these multiple visions, new roads and paths towards a reinvented, desirable…chosen world may be born.

Moderated by Loïc Fel, co-founder of COAL and Influence for Good & Anne Lise Carlo, journalist and film-maker specializing in the environment. With : Morgane Bafier, artist, performance lecture on the crisis French politician and essayist Lucile Schmid imagines the contours of a green democracy Eric Chenut, President of the Fédération de la Mutualité Française, talks health Chloé Chevalier, author, reenchants science fiction stories Romain Tramoy, researcher and Nelly Pons, author, imagine the deplastification of the world Sylvie Landriève, director of Forum Vies Mobiles, launches a survey on feasible micro-utopias Soizic Michelot, author and teacher of meditation and mindfulness, will make us levitate. Stéphanie Sagot , artist, remembers the speeches of the ministers of agriculture, while Léa Hobson, spokesperson for Soulèvements de la Terre, expresses the joy of getting involved Laetitia Bisiaux, of the BLOOM association fights for the oceans ; Remi LugliaPresident of the French Society for the Protection of Nature, discusses nature-based solutions. Julie Navarroartist, proposes landscapes of anticipation to be drunk to the dregs.

Stay with us after this great marathon for a festive time, with a DJ Set by Quemery.

Carte blanche for a Nuit Blanche | Saturday 01.06, 7pm-3am

RENDEZ-VOUS MAKESENSE

Makesense was set up in 2010 to develop collective mobilisation tools and programmes to enable everyone (citizens, entrepreneurs and organisations) to take action and build an inclusive and sustainable society. With a strong following among young people, Makesense is based at the Gaîté Lyrique and organizes events to mobilize young people around ecological issues. At the Gaîté Lyrique Forum and in the exhibition.

BALANCE TON FLIP, talking circle on eco-anxiety, with Make Sense | Tuesday 14.05

OUTS LES MURS

To highlight the projects of artists committed to ecology in the Paris region, COAL is offering a selection of off-site activities on May 25. Discover the COALITION exhibition from a LIVING perspective!

Fête de la nature, at Zone Sensible (Saint Denis) | Saturday 25.05, 11am – midnight

Join us at the ZONE SENSIBLE urban farm in Saint Denis to celebrate 20 years of Parti Poétique, 10 years ofAlimentation Générale and 15 years of COAL, with a grand banquet featuring performances and tastings of all kinds in honor of the 45 years to come…

Fête de la nature, at Galerie Dominique Fiat | Saturday 25.05, 5pm

Immerse yourself in the world of artist Marina Gioti, with a guided tour of her exhibition at Galerie Dominique Fiat.

Siesta Fiesta at Vive les groues | Saturday 01.06 and Sunday 02.06

Join Appel d’Air for a slow-estival with artist Thierry Boutonnier!

Two days of sharing and conviviality, a chance for everyone to say hello to the trees at the Appel d’Air nursery, share flower-inspired meals, take part in musical workshops, spend a sleepless night under the stars, and compete in the world’s first SIESTE competition!

EVENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Children’s workshops Unique workshops for 6-12 year olds on an artistic and creative approach to ecology with artists Capucine Vever, Louis Guillaume and Paula Valero Comin, in the KIBLIND studio, the exhibition and/or in the Square Émile Chautemps, opposite the Gaîté Lyrique (weather permitting).

Seed, life, shape | Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, 3pm

Workshop led by Louis Guillaume on working with plants.

These workshops will focus on discovering different plant materials – poplar wadding, stipa tenuissima, hornets’ nests – which the children will be invited to handle and shape together. By means of a moulding process, we create an identifiable shape that is essentially made from these materials. These experiments will be linked to one of the pieces the artist will be making for the exhibition, the body lying in seeds.

Imaginary marine cartography | Saturday 18 May, 3pm

Workshop led by Capucine Vever, an introduction to the cyanotype technique on the theme of cartography.

Discover the cyanotype process, a centuries-old monochrome printing technique. It’s a fascinating craft process, somewhere between chemistry and magic. During a fun and interactive workshop, children are invited to create an imaginary map of the seabed with the artist. They follow all the stages involved in making cyanotypes and leave with their own works.

Botanical drawings | Saturday 25 May and 1st June, 3pm

A workshop led by Paula Valero Comín.

During a fun and interactive workshop, the youngest visitors are invited to learn and progress in the technique of drawing, through the drawing of plants. In reference to European botanical design and Chinese style gong bi which stands out for its finesse and precision of detail.

The KIBLIND participative fresco on the aquatic diversity of Paris, for children

An exclusive “fresco-exhibition” on the wall of the “open participatory space” created by illustrator Camille Gobourg and author and illustrator Clément Vuillier for young audiences on the first floor of the Gaité Lyrique.

For schools, two afternoons a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

For families and students at weekends.