A mobile network of artists

Les Subsistances is part of a national and international artistic network. Far from just offering residences and showing foreign productions, Les Subsistances builds bridges with artists and organisations from various countries. The aim is for French and foreign artists to be confronted with other ways to view contemporary productions.

As part of our international exchange endeavours, projects are developed with...

...l’Europe - Un espace pour la performance "A space for live art"

Live art, an artistic medium which defies definition has experienced a remarkable revival for the last few years. It remains, however, little known. In order to remedy this lack of awareness, and to emphasize the importance of new forms of live art in Europe, eight organisations and venues have entered into a partnership as part of a 5-year European project, called A Space for Live Art.

Through the programming of each partner and the different sorts of exchanges put into place -co-productions, distribution, residences, and international conferences - it is the diversity of artistic processes which is underlined here. Theory-based meetings, the setup of a professional critical corpus and the documentation of projects through sounds and/or pictures will reinforce the thinking and documentary aspect on live art. Communication and transmission will also be promoted, via the infiltration and the occupation of public space, and an educational section, including partnerships with art schools where budding talent will be encouraged.

ANTIFESTIVAL _ Kuopio - Finland, 23-27 September 2009, www.antifestival.com

Les Subsistances / Lyon - France, ÇA TRACE! WEEKEND _ Lyon, France 9-11 October 2009, www.les-subs.com

CITY OF WOMEN_Ljubljana, Slovenia 9-18 October 2009, www.cityofwomen.org

ACCIÓN!08MAD_ Madrid, Spain 5-22 November 2009, www.accionmad.org

NATIONAL REVIEW OF LIVE ART_ Glasgow, UK February 2010, www.newmoves.co.uk

TROUBLE_ Brussels, Belgium 28 April - 2 May 2010, www.halles.be

INTERAKCJE_ Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland May 2010, www.galeriaoff.pl

PANORAMA / Hamburg - Germany, May 2010, www.kampnagel.de

With the support of the European Commission’s Culture Programme 2007-20013.

…the United States

- American artists in residence and American productions shown at Les Subsistances (Jeremy Wade, Big Dance Theater, Dan Safer...) with the help of FACE funding and the Fused network (FUSED network = 6 French organisations: Centre National de la Danse, La Villette, CNDC d’ Angers, Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, CCN de Belfort and Les Subsistances as well as 20 American organisations)

- Workshop Université de Dallas - 29 March - 10 April 2010

For the 3rd consecutive year, students and teachers in theatre and design from Dallas University will participate in a workshop supervised by the artists in residence on the body/matter relationship.

Partner : Ateliers Frappaz

...and

Foreign artists in residence: Steven Cohen (Afrique du Sud), Yaval Pick (Israël), Virgilio Sieni (Italie), Gwendoline Robin (Belgique), Angela Laurier (Canada), Martin Nachbar (Allemagne)....

... and potential future partnerships with Africa and Asia.

Season 2008/2009:

10 foreign companies in residence

Anne Juren (Autriche), Chris Haring (Autrichien), Yasmeen Godder (Israël), Antonia Baehr (Allemagne), Doris Uhlich (Autriche), Big dance theater (Etats-Unis), Dan Safer (Etats-Unis), Massimo Furlan (Suisse), Les Gnawa (Marrakech), Martin Nachbar (Allemagne).