Displaced Artists Day — 10/12 in Paris

Dis­placed artists deserve spe­cial atten­tion in the devel­op­ment of their careers, what­ev­er their legal sta­tus. For their careers are often jeop­ar­dized and/or deval­ued, either by pro­fes­sion­al down­grad­ing or by dis­rup­tion. But beyond these pure­ly artis­tic obsta­cles, we need to take into account their jour­ney into exile, which is in fact a trau­mat­ic one, often marked by vio­lence, fear or sad­ness due to sep­a­ra­tion. That’s why the human and pro­fes­sion­al accom­pa­ni­ment of these artists rep­re­sents a cru­cial issue in the appre­hen­sion of these social and cul­tur­al dif­fi­cul­ties.

On a pro­fes­sion­al lev­el, this sup­port means rec­og­niz­ing their sta­tus as full-fledged cul­tur­al play­ers, and insert­ing this artis­tic iden­ti­ty into a new con­text. It also means offer­ing pro­tec­tion (in the case of polit­i­cal exiles) against pos­si­ble transna­tion­al repres­sion. Final­ly, it means giv­ing them the tools they need to inte­grate, such as access to net­works, res­i­den­cies, fund­ing and media vis­i­bil­i­ty. This requires coor­di­na­tion between pub­lic insti­tu­tions, cul­tur­al struc­tures and sol­i­dar­i­ty play­ers, to build last­ing bridges between exile and cre­ation. On a human lev­el, it’s a ques­tion of offer­ing them sym­pa­thet­ic sup­port and a lis­ten­ing ear.

This one-day event, aimed at all pro­fes­sion­als and dis­placed artists, will address these issues by deal­ing with pub­lic poli­cies and oth­er issues relat­ing to sup­port for artists, as well as offer­ing them tools to help them pur­sue their artis­tic projects, notably through : dis­cov­er­ing the pro­fes­sion­al envi­ron­ment in France, time for exchanges between peers and with pro­fes­sion­als, dis­cus­sion groups, etc.

Note : French will be the main lan­guage for the morn­ing pro­gram, with round tables and keynote speak­ers (trans­la­tion will be pro­vid­ed if nec­es­sary). For the artists’ cours­es, they will be asked at the time of reg­is­tra­tion whether or not they speak French, so that, if nec­es­sary, a French-speak­ing and an Eng­lish-speak­ing group can be formed.

Meet­ing orga­nized by Technopol and Zone Franche, in asso­ci­a­tion with : l’As­so­ci­a­tion des Cen­tres Cul­turels de Ren­con­tre, l’Ate­lier des Artistes en Exil, la Cité Inter­na­tionale des arts de Paris, On the Move, la Cimade (oth­er asso­ci­at­ed orga­ni­za­tions pend­ing).

Program for the day

9:30 am : Wel­come

10h00 : Round table “What wel­come and what career prospects for dis­placed and at-risk artists ?“
Speak­ers :
- Béné­dicte Alliot, Gen­er­al Direc­tor of the Cité Inter­na­tionale des Arts, mem­ber of the Coor­di­na­tion Com­mit­tee of French struc­tures sup­port­ing artists in exile
- Waed Bouhas­soun, Artis­tic Direc­tor of Ensem­ble Orpheus XXI
- Judith Depaule, Direc­tor of Ate­lier des Artistes en Exil
- Patrick Duval, Direc­tor of Le Rocher de Palmer, Vice-Pres­i­dent of Zone Franche and part­ner in the Music Migrant Man­i­festo project
- Yohann Floch, Oper­a­tions Direc­tor, On The Move (France / Inter­na­tion­al)
- Diane Gabe­loteau, Deputy Direc­tor of Research, Uni­ver­sité Paris VIII — Mod­er­a­tor

11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Keynote speak­ers
- Artist tes­ti­mo­ny with Erpan Hes­h­er, artist, com­pos­er and per­former
- Transna­tion­al repres­sion with Marine Mazel, in charge of polit­i­cal advo­ca­cy, Insti­tut Ouïghour d’Eu­rope
- Know­ing how to help with Col­lec­tif Al-Bey

1 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.: Lunch break on site

2.30pm — 6pm : Afternoon program

Pathway 1 — Support & information on rights

2:30 pm to 4 pm : Authors’ and per­form­ers’ rights (2 ses­sions of 45 min)
with Marc Azais from Sacem, Julia Ravail­he from Spe­di­dam’s legal depart­ment and Sté­fanie Schnit­zler from Action cul­turelle Spe­di­dam
2:30 pm to 4 pm : Speed-meet­ing artists / pro­gram­mers and pro­duc­ers (2 ses­sions of 45 min)
Speak­ers (pro­gram­mers and pro­duc­ers) :
- 4 pro­gram­mers : La Boule Noire, Le Rocher de Palmer, Petit Bain, La Flèche d’Or

Note : two groups change work­shop after 45 min. (each group does both work­shops)

Pathway 2 — Assistance and protection systems

4:30 pm to 6 pm : Artis­tic facil­i­ties for dis­placed artists (2 ses­sions of 45 min)
- The NORA res­i­den­cy pro­gram by the Asso­ci­a­tion des Cen­tres Cul­turels de Ren­con­tre ;
- Ate­lier des Artistes en Exil : mis­sions, actions, etc.
4:30 pm to 6 pm : Cre­ative ther­a­peu­tic devices and the Les femmes fortes project (2 ses­sions of 45 min)
Pre­sent­ed by Doc­tor Aurélie Méhen­ni of the Cen­tre Frantz Fanon / La Cimade and by artist Rouguia­tou Cama­ra.

Note : two groups change work­shop after 45 min. (each group does both work­shops)

Route 3 — Words and testimonies

2:30pm to 4pm : Exile / Resis­tance / Mem­o­ry (1:30pm)
Dis­cus­sion group (8–10 peo­ple) led by Marine Mazel on exile.
4:30 pm to 6 pm : Screen­ing of the film “Danse avec les ruines — Grozny, Berlin, Paris” (in progress)
Pre­sen­ta­tion and dis­cus­sion with direc­tor Mylène Sauloy

6 to 10 p.m.: Conclusion, closing drinks and concerts

Practical info

What ? Pro­fes­sion­al meet­ing and infor­ma­tion for dis­placed artists
When ? Wednes­day, Decem­ber 10 (9:30am — 10pm)
Where ? Césure, tiers-lieu - 13 Rue San­teuil, 75005 Paris (Métro Cen­si­er-Dauben­ton — line 7 / Métro Cam­po-Formio — line 5)
How ? Reg­is­tra­tion form