Because how do human live?
133 art works, by 145 artists from 38 countries
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, China, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands,Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA
The festival will run from 07 October to 25 November 2024 (19 January 2025 for the exhibition at La Friche), from Marseilles to the rest of the world: video art, installations, performances, electronic poetry and music.
The International encounters will be held at Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille from 17 to 20 October 2024. The aim is to offer a 4-day immersion of screenings, performances, electronic poetry, meetings and exchanges in a hospitable setting, and to explore together the title question of this year’s edition: ‘What does the human being live on?
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
- October, 7 -> 18 octobre : Popular ephemeral galleries in 3 elementary schools, Cadenat, St Just Corot, Révolution Vaillant (for schools only)
- October, 8: AMU, encounter with the students, opening of the exhibition followed by a screening program (5pm)
- October, 8 -> 18: Turbulence, exhibition tribute to Michel Jaffrennou, Université Aix Marseille (on reservation)
- October, 15 -> 20: Popular ephemeral gallerie Restaurant Les Grandes Tables de la Friche
- October, 15 -> 31: Popular ephemeral galleries with 2 exhibitions in ADPEI and Espoir Provence
- October, 17 -> 20: Friche la Belle de Mai for the international encounters : 4 days of screenings and performances
- October,18 -> 19 January 2024 : exhibition in Friche la Belle de Mai
- October, 30 (6pm): Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, screening
- November, 8 or 9 (to be confirmed): Gardanne for a screening program
- November, 14 (8pm): Cinema Videodrome 2 for a screening program
- November: Cinema Cinématographe, Chateau-Arnoux/Saint-Auban for a screening program
- November, 25: J’crains dégun, a screening-encounter in the frame of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (for schools only)
Our videopoetics friendships will also take us international:
- October, 17 → November, 1: [.BOX] Videoart project space in Milan (Italy) for a screening program
- October, 17 -> November, 20: Visualcontainer TV (Italy) for a screening program available 24h/24
- October, 17 -> November, 20 (online): Aknoon art Gallery & Safavi Museum, Ispahan (Iran)
Caring
We try our best to welcome you. Please contact us if you wish to prepare your visit.
Content warnings
From 2023, the team will be working on the issue of content warnings, indicating the presence of certain situations (rape, murder, genocide, torture, domestic violence, parental abuse, sexism, harassment, homophobia, transphobia, racism, validism…):
- because we want to take care of our visitors
- because we consider it is our responsibility as a cultural organisation to take note of the struggles to make colonial, patriarchal and capitalist oppressions and systemic violence visible and recognised
- because we are aware that trauma and hyper-sensitivity cannot be controlled, and can affect anyone at any time in their lives
- because we know how important it is to allow each and every one of us to make an informed choice about whether or not to see (a film, an installation, etc.), based on our own sensitivity and state of mind at the time
- because we don’t want to remain ignorant of the reality of violence in the daily lives or personal histories of many of us, and what people suffering from this kind of disorder may experience.
We are aware that such signage isn’t a 100% reliable solution, but it’s a beneficial step that we’ve decided to take.
We look forward to continuing the discussion with you.
Conversation tour
From October 28, 2023 to January 12, 2024, we offer to welcome groups and individuals for a conversation-tour of our exhibition. It is an invitation to discover la Friche and to meet an artworks selection of the exhibition. The relation to video art is part of a close-knit relationship. Here, the visitor is not only in front of a screen, but immersed in a multidimensional and multi-sensorial space.
Get in touch to book yours with Tiffanie Taveau: 04.95.04.96.24 publics@instantsvideo.com
A sustainable approach
Since 2012, the festival is engaged in a sustainable and inclusive approach : local and responsible suppliers, waste sorting, environmental footprint reduction (eco-friendly and public transportation), an integrated communication and an “Imprim’Vert” certified printer, the use of bio-degradable or recyclable materials (plates, cutlery…).
In the same spirit, there is no VIP service, nor competition between artists….
Our commitment in term of ecology is just a part of larger effort in favour of a Human sustainable developpement: it follows the ethical, political and poetical commitment that is also guiding our aesthetic choices as well as the kind of relations we want to weave with our «audiences», the artists, our partners and within all the members of our association (staff and volunteers).
To meet us
📞 +33 (0)4 95 04 96 24
Friche Belle de Mai
Pedestrian entrance: 41 rue Jobin
Car park : rue Francois Simon
Bus : lines 49 & 56, Belle de Mai la Friche stop – Night bus 582
Tram : Line 2, Longchamp stop (then 10’ walk)
Metro : Lines 1 & 2, St-Charles stop (then 15’ walk)
Bicycle station 2321 (rue Jobin) + bike parking