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All dates
Opening day
Opening day of the Art Explora Festival in Marseille. At programme : official speeches, dancing, concerts and DJ set... Reservations are full, but access will be possible on site depending on capacity.
PROGRAMME
16:45 - Official speeches
17:30 - Concert by pianist Mourad Tsimpou
Location: Stage
Considered as a younger brother on the Marseilles scene, pianist Mourad Tsimpou has become increasingly assertive over the years. His second album takes a decidedly urban turn. He tells his story on piano and vocals: his childhood, his city, his origins, his illness and his passion for music. Mourad Tsimpou's music gives pride of place to the piano, but is punctuated by hip hop beats and electro echoes.
19:00 - Performance by Ballet Preljocaj
Location: Stage
"While we were working in the studio with the dancers on Gravity, I imagined a work session based on Stephen Hawking's theories on black holes, extremely powerful centers of gravity that capture everything that happens on the horizon of their axis. I focused on this "event horizon", the point at which we can no longer escape the black hole's pull. I imagined a circle, around a strong central point, and I wanted to play with this horizon, opening and closing it. I'd already written eight minutes of choreography, but I was still working on the metronome. One night in the studio, to stimulate the dancers, I played them Ravel's Bolero . It was incredible: a comet flew through the studio! The Bolero is a musical black hole, a constant repetition that sucks you in, a musical gravity from which you can't escape. I couldn't take it off! All I had to do was choreograph the rest.
With a career spanning more than 35 years and nearly 60 creations to his credit, Angelin Preljocaj is one of the best-known French choreographers in the world. Trained in New York with Merce Cunningham, then performing for Dominique Bagouet, he founded his own company in 1985, developing an angular, sensual style that is both fluid and architectural, resolutely contemporary. Some of his works have been included in the repertoires of major ensembles, from the New York City Ballet to the Paris Opera Ballet, and he orchestrates precious encounters between disciplines, calling on fashion designers for costumes and visual artists for sets... Today, with its 30 permanent dancers, Ballet Preljocaj gives an average of 120 performances a year, appearing on stages the world over.
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Mourad Tsimpou © Alexandre Markezana
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20:30 - Mini-concert by Zaho de Sagazan
Lieu: Stage
21:30 - Carte Blanche with the "Filles de Blédards" collective
- invited by Martha Kirszenbaum
Location: stage
Filles de Blédards is an artist collective based between Paris and Marseille that explores and offers spaces for reflection, exhibition, discussion and celebration around immigrant identities. Founded by Alexia Fiasco and Mariam Benbakkar in 2018, it is based between Paris and Marseille. Alexia Fiasco is a photographic artist and social worker. Mariam Benbakkar is also a photographer and does artistic research around Colonial History in Marseille. The collective was born out of the desire to generate other imaginary worlds by those involved. Filles de Blédards has programmed a series of DJ sets featuring female musicians and producers from Marseilles and around the world, who will be putting on an original performance to close the Festival's opening night.
DJs:
Sarah My is a French artist, producer and DJ, cultural actress and journalist based in Marseille, of Vietnamese and Moroccan descent.
Sarra Wild is a curator, producer, sound designer and DJ currently based in London. She is the founder of the art platform and club nights OH141, which performs and organizes events in the UK and abroad.
Intoxicating non-Western melodies and rhythms, Afrofuturism and fearless experimentalism underpin Sarra's approach to DJing and motivate her dedication to exciting new music and artists from and around the diaspora.
With OH141, Wild has created a decade-long celebration space focused on showcasing groundbreaking talent by/for women, BPOC and LGBTQ+ artists. Wild makes bold curatorial choices for its own parties, inviting forward-thinking artists such as Flohio, Pan Daijing, Gaika, DJ Storm, Mica Levi and Heiroglyphic Being to perform alongside local artists. Wild is also a proud champion of emerging talent and engages with local artists wherever they play, often inviting them to share its programming and encouraging other promoters to book local talent. Sarra's vision and taste have also forged the musical output of H.O.T, the Glasgow collective that celebrates the city's soundsystem culture, experimental music and working-class artistic community, as well as programming stages at highly respected festivals, most recently Jupiter Rising in Edinburgh.
With his own DJing, Wild has performed at countless club nights and festivals in the UK and abroad, to name but a few; Closing Berghain/Panorama Bar, Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda, The Trilogy Tapes events at London's infamous Venue MOT, Unfold at Fold, Atlas Electronic in Marrakech, Rewire Festival in Amsterdam and many more to come.
Practical information
Address
Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
Accessibility
Dates and times
Thursday, June 6 from 4:30 pm to midnight
Safety
Visit itinerary
Fully booked, but access will be available on site depending on capacity.
EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created in exceptional collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition offers a reflection on the role and representation of female figures in the Mediterranean world, through an educational and sensory experience based on digital audiovisual technologies. The exhibition is divided into two parts:
- An educational documentary on the aft deck
- An immersive exhibition at the heart of the catamaran
A sound journey in the Mediterranean by Ircam
Through a Sound Odyssey, Ircam and Ircam Amplify invite visitors to explore the sensations of the Mediterranean and discover new soundscapes, both imaginary and real.
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The artists
Frequently asked questions
Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.