Seminar for artistic reflection between European artists and organizers

Artists talking to artist Neerpelt (Belgium), 2nd – 5th February 2010
Seminar for artistic reflection between European artists and organizers

The Europe of artists working in public space is being built in Neerpelt (Belgium) from 2nd to 5th February 2010, at the invitation of IN SITU, the European network for artistic creation in public space.
“Artists talking to artists” is a seminar for artistic reflection focussing on the creation projects of seventeen artists from throughout Europe chosen by seventeen festival directors who are members of IN SITU. It is designed to accompany the artists from the writing stage of an artistic project onwards.
The guest artists will present a rough outline of their next production while respecting the rule that they have been invited not to sell their show but to share their doubts, their questions and their current thought process. In accordance with clearly defined protocols and supported by plenary sessions, thematic workshops and informal discussions, the artistic projects will be presented, explained, scrambled, dissected and enriched by all those present.
This experimental laboratory for new urban writing is part of the Rendez-vous pilot project encouraging the mobility of artists and financed with the support of the European Commission (DGEAC).
The meeting will give rise to a public restitution during a conference in Brussels and a publication in the ViaEuropea.eu on-line review in January 2011. Rendez-vous is implemented by IN SITU and led by Lieux publics - Centre national de creation - in Marseille.
The meeting will be held at the Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof in Neerpelt, the cultural and sports centre for the province of Limburg (Belgium) which organises the Theater op de Markt festival and manages the Dommelhof production unit.

Invited artists:
Mariya Aneva & Ximun Fuchs, Le petit théâtre du pain (France) : Zavrachtane (The Return)
Bart Baele & Yves Degryse, Berlin (Belgium) : Moscow
Maša Cvetko, ProstoRo (Slovenia) : Darilnica (Gift shop)
Kurt Demey, Compagnie Rode boom (Belgium) : Unknown evidence-The breathing city
Stéphane Guiral, Les grands moyens (France) : A story of three and me
Wendy Hesketh, Wired Aerial Theatre (United Kingdom) : Floored
Ira Judkovskaja, Tryater (The Netherlands) : Master & Margarita
Josef Klammer (Austria) : My Place
Peter Kocis, Divadlo na Perone (Slovakia): Step by step (step 2)
Vera Maeder, hello!earth (Denmark) : The world in Technicolor
Corinne Pontier, Ici même (France) : 24 hours outside -The city through the night
Ian Smith, Mischief La-Bas (United Kingdom) : The Zoo
Michal Somoš, Théâtre Poton (Slovakia) : My home is also here
Alicia Soto, Alicia Soto Hojarasca (Spain) : A. SOLAS
Tóbiás Terebessy, Medence Csoport (Pool Group)(Hungary) : Miniatures
Chiara Trevisan, Circo di pulci (Italy) : In-Sicurezza (In-security)
Tomáš ika (Czech Republic) : Social ART Roles and Roots

Inviting organisers:
Daniel Andrieu, Atelier 231, Sotteville-lès-Rouen (France)
Eric Aubry, La Paperie, St-Barthélémy d'Anjou (France)
Fabien Audooren, Internationaal Straattheater festival, Ghent (Belgium)
Hugo Bergs, Theater op de markt, Neerpelt (Belgium)
Ariane Bieou, C'era l'acca, Turin (Italy)
Neil Butler, UZ Events, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Maggie Clarke, XTRAX ARTS, Manchester (United Kingdom)
Pedro Garcia, Festival Chalon dans la rue, Chalon sur Saône (France)
Soledad Guilarte, FMCVA, Valladolid (Spain)
Kees Lesuis & Joop Mulder, Oerol, Terschelling (The Netherlands)
Fanni Nánay, Artopolis, Budapest (Hungary)
Christian Potiron, Košice 2013, Košice (Slowakia)
Pierre Sauvageot, Lieux publics, Marseille (France)
Werner Schrempf, La Strada, Graz (Austria)
Katarina Slukan, Bunker, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Pavel Storek, Ctyri dny, Prague (Czech Republic)
Katrien Verwilt, Københavns Internationale Teater, Copenhague (Denmark)
Host:
Marc Celis, Director of Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof, Neerpelt (Belgium)
Staff:
Jean-Sébastien Steil, IN SITU project manager, Marseille (France)
Anne Beerman, IN SITU assistant, Marseille (France)
Reporter:
Anne Gonon, researcher and writer, Paris (France)

Wednesday 3rd February, 6 p.m.
Sirènes et blablabla
How artists weave links with other artists
A special live broadcast on Grenouille 88.8 FM and link-up with Neerpelt
In the presence of artists and cultural operators from Marseille and throughout Europe.
Sirènes et blablabla, an event in Marseille and on the airwaves
On the first Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m., artists and art and city lovers meet to share their ideas at the invitation of Lieux publics and Grenouille.
Live broadcast on Grenouille: 88.8 FM or www.grenouille888.org (live or podcast)
Contact :
Jean-Sébastien Steil IN SITU Project manager
Lieux publics, Centre national de création
16, rue Condorcet
13016 Marseille - France
T + 33 (0)4 91 03 81 28
F + 33 (0)4 91 03 82 24
Js.steil@lieuxpublics.com