Carte blanche at Pavillon Southway (invited by Martha Kirszenbaum)
Southway Studio's programme for l'Agora takes the form of a round-table discussion with Jean-Louis Pacull, Eric di Meco, Valeilles Dufaure de Montmirail, Thibaud Leplat and Fabien Fragione to discuss the social history of OM and soccer in Marseille. A sound piece designed by Samson, combining stadium sounds and fan songs recorded at the Vélodrome, is also broadcast in the Agora.
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Southway Pavilion round table (invited by Martha Kirszenbaum)
Southway Studio's programme for l'Agora takes the form of a round-table discussion with Jean-Louis Pacull, Eric di Meco, Valeilles Dufaure de Montmirail, Thibaud Leplat and Fabien Fragione to discuss the social history of OM and soccer in Marseille. A sound piece designed by Samson, combining stadium sounds and fan songs recorded at the Vélodrome, is also broadcast in the Agora.
Southway Studio, founded in 2018 by art historian, artist and curator Emmanuelle Luciani, is a Marseille-based art production, exhibition and artistic residency ecosystem. For Art Explora, Southway Studio and Emmanuelle Luciani propose a program based on the legendary Olympique de Marseille soccer club. The exhibition looks back at the history of soccer and Marseille, and combines historical objects and contemporary works in an installation at the Southway Pavilion, featuring works by Émile Barret and Bella Hunt & Dante Di Calce inspired by soccer, fan culture and the OM.
Southway Studio's programme for l'Agora takes the form of a round-table discussion with Jean-Louis Pacull, Eric di Meco, Valeilles Dufaure de Montmirail, Thibaud Leplat and Fabien Fragione to discuss the social history of OM and soccer in Marseille. A sound piece designed by Samson, combining stadium sounds and fan songs recorded at the Vélodrome, is also broadcast in the Agora.
Round table speakers :
Emmanuelle Luciani: Artist-curator and independent artistic director, Emmanuelle Luciani creates hybrid universes, between high culture and popular culture, from medieval art to soccer and tuning. She focuses her methodology on modes of production and formal resurgences in art history, in the tradition of Aloïs Riegl and Heinrich Wölfflin. In 2018, she founded Southway Studio, an ecosystem for artistic creation, which she is extending within the Pavillon Southway, opening in 2020 in Marseille. At the same time, she teaches social history of art at Sciences Po Aix and collaborates with Beaux-Arts de Paris, Arts Décoratifs and Nicolas Bourriaud's MO.CO.
Jean-Louis Pacull: Marseille correspondent for Radio France, TF1 and Libération, then RTL's chief reporter until 2017, Jean-Louis Pacull covered OM news and matches from 1982 to 2016. In 2021, he will publish "L'OM est à nous! Anthropologie d'une passion populaire", with Alain Hayot.
Eric di Meco: a former footballer, he joined OM in 1980, where he played for 14 years. He also played for the French national team from 1988 to 1996. He became OM's sporting director in 2000, then city councillor in 1995 and deputy sports director at Marseille city hall until 2007. He has been a sports consultant since 2007, broadcasting on RMC, BFM TV, beIN and M6.
Valeilles Dufaure de Montmirail: great-grandson of René Dufaure de Montmirail, founder of OM. He is a biographer and archivist of his ancestor's work and of OM's origins.
Fabien Fragione: A passionate supporter of OM and Marseille, he has been the manager of the group IAM since 1996, an artist agent in the music industry and creator of the Al-Khemya pool of film music producers. He has produced several albums ("Chiens de Paille", "Psy4 de la rime"...) and worked for five years with composer Bruno Coulais on soundtracks such as "Les Choristes" and "Les Rivières Pourpres".
Bella Hunt & SDC
Artists exhibition
Bella Hunt & Dante Di Calce
The Franco-American duo's sculptures are historical fantasies and uchronies, building bridges between art history and pop culture, at the crossroads of classical culture, science fiction and sport. For the exhibition, they propose a series of sculptures, visual rereadings of the sports trophy.
Emile Barret
Born the same year as the World Wide Web, Emile explodes the boundaries of classical photography by exploring total art forms such as video games. In 2023, he was invited to take up a residency at Pavillon Southway, where he researched and produced works based on the graves of Marseille supporters and funeral tributes. He is currently producing prints on textiles, jerseys and aluminum for the exhibition.
SAMSON
is an electronic musician, producer and DJ based in Paris. He has performed internationally at institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Madison Square Garden in New York, Art Basel Miami, as well as renowned clubs Pompon in Paris and Moustache Monday in Los Angeles. As a producer, he has collaborated with the Because Music label, and now concentrates on experimental projects such as film soundtracks and soundscapes.
Practical information
Address
Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
Accessibility
Dates and times
Sunday, June 16, 4:00 to 6:30 pm
Safety
Visit itinerary
No reservation required, subject to availability.
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.
© Elisa Von Brockdorff
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.