The2024 edition of Nuit Blanche, an artistic and cultural event that aims to make art accessible to all, awaits you this June 1. In the 20th arrondissement, there's no shortage of events and exhibitions , including a poetic performance in the very heart of Parc de Belleville.
Parc de Belleville, located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, is one of those magical places where art and nature meet in harmony. Renowned for its breathtaking panoramic views over the capital, this park will be the setting for a particularly eagerly-awaited performance this year. It was once home to the Belleville windmills, which have since disappeared from the Paris landscape and become the Maison de l'Air.
Trinidadian artist Marlon Griffith will present"We Will Not Bow", a poetic and engaging work that highlights the crucial issues surrounding access to water. Through the myth of the kappa, the Japanese water genie, this performance connects global environmental challenges with the local realities of populations like those of Mayotte. The performers, strolling around the park's water points, will offer an immersive experience where art meets activism.
Visiting the Parc de Belleville during the Nuit Blanche is a unique opportunity to discover an enchanting green space from a different angle. So don't miss the 6 p.m. kick-off for a total immersion in a world where artistic beauty and powerful messages intertwine for an unforgettable evening. Ready for a night of culture, folks?
The program for Nuit Blanche au Parc de Belleville :WE WILL NOT BOW [Nous ne ploierons pas] is a poetic performance about global water issues, amplified by the problems facing the island of Mayotte and brought to life by Trinidadian artist and Japanese resident Marlon Griffith. The awareness of the overseas reality of the people living in Mayotte, combined with the philosophical morality of the Japanese tale around the figure of the Kappa*, is inscribed in a stroll around the watering holes of the Parc de Belleville, from which the performers draw their sustenance. While the Kappas won't bend under the load, they will nevertheless tilt their heads - fitted with a slit to preserve the water of survival in the original story, perched on a ceramic receptacle to transfer it in its artistic adaptation - to fill each other's water tanks. When they run out, they are forced to stop.
*Kappa: Japanese folk figure representing a water genie whose skull is split to contain an aquifer reserve, the source of his powers.
Marlon Griffith [1976, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] began his artistic practice as a carnival designer - a "mas'man", as Trinidadians call him. Marlon Griffith's work is based on a reciprocal dialogue between Mas [la] and art: it lies at the intersection of the visual and the public performance.
With the participation of amateur dancers and volunteers from Paris.
Access to Parc de Belleville: "Entrées rue Julien Lacroix et rue Piat, Paris 20e"
The first open-air screening of Laura Henno's film Koropa calls for an immersive experience of the night within the night, to make sensitive the interrelation of migratory issues from the here where we are located to the there where we are projected and where we project ourselves. This breathless, suspenseful film, which straddles the border between fiction and documentary, is riveted to the worried gaze of Patron, a young boy and apprentice "Commandant" whose round-trip Comoros-Mayotte crossing we follow, thus becoming embroiled in the viewer's moral dilemma. An invitation to reflect on the law of the sea as a reflective mirror of our consciences.
Laura Henno resonates with plural existences and voices that cohabit on the bangs of society. Focusing on isolated populations in migratory or survival situations, she explores the spaces of freedom and resistance that, resolutely different, are invented in the face of adversity. She develops a documentary approach that bypasses the codes of the genre, enriched by a significant fictional dimension.
Dates and Opening Time
From June 1st, 2024 to June 2nd, 2024
Location
Belleville Park
47 rue des Couronnes
75020 Paris 20
Prices
Free
