If we have all been impacted directly or indirectly by these absolutely new months, the artists have known how to make it their honey. A nectar that they are about to share with the world on the weekend of July 3. Including unique masks imagined entirely for the benefit of SOLIDARITE AVEC LES SOIGNANTS initiated by Anne Roumanoff. The food of the gods, we tell you!
"This suspended time has redefined the values of the art world and the place of the artist. During this period, I made a vow to provide space and time for artists."Eric Ladau, the gallery owner, is a man of his word. Over the course of a unique weekend, he opens his doors wide to artists of all stripes. Painters and graffiti artists, dancers, singers, musicians, actors, photographers , performers, videographers, intellectuals… Attention, talents! This unique festival will welcome visitors while broadcasting the exhibitions and various performances by live video on the gallery's Facebook
The whole weekend, from Friday July 3 at 2 p.m. to Sunday July 5 at 2 p.m., Art with a capital A will be in full swing in the heart of Paris, 2 minutes from the Center Pompidou. From the graffiti fresco live to the concerts passing by various more or less interactive exhibitions (to live, wearing a virtual mask like Instagram filter, which explodes on your cheeks a mixture of flowers, collages or skulls to return crazy about Frida Kahlo, signed creations Anne Horel).
Saturday 4 at midnight will mark witch hour. Love arrow, one of the most inspiring and inspired witches of social media 2.0, will host a ceremony under the Full Moon. Feminist and singer, she will accompany her rituals of his own music with futuristic soulful Latin American rhythms. With your brooms, it will take off!
Other prestigious artists are expected, live or delayed, such as Renaud Capucon who made the paintings in the gallery vibrate to the sound of his violin. Chris Morin-Eitner will exhibit his photos of a Paris under the jungle with his works "Make Paris Green Again". Troy Henriksen, American plastic artist of Norwegian origin, will perform with his group The Bowling Team his new song "Audio Vaccine ", composed during this suspended time.
For the 1st time in the world, an art gallery made a 48-hour live stream. In the cellar, the cabinet of curiosity of Alexandre Donzesolis, at the same time baroque, dandy, decadent and very mysterious will invest the whole cellar of the gallery. On all floors, cameras will broadcast live the exhibitions, the reactions of visitors but also of exciting round tables. Corinne Pelluchon will speak on the living, the ecological transition, the relationship with animals, vulnerability, transformation in itself … During its festival, W-Art pays special attention to female artists engaged through exhibitions and performances. Without forgetting to support the traders of the district, like the Parisian wine merchant "Du Vin et des Roses" which offers wines exclusively made by women.
This collective and artistic commitment, born from confinement, is a movement in perpetual mutation whose signature logo W-Art includes a word from each artist: W-Art Green, On air, Desire, Here… Like a magic formula that creates a real human and social chain.
Appointment is made from Friday July 3 at 2 p.m. to Sunday July 5 at 2 p.m. at Galerie W, 212 rue Saint-Martin for the W-Art festival, a moment to follow also live from your sofa on the gallery's Facebook account and everywhere else on your social networks with #W_Art.
The whole W-Artfestival program. Mark your calendars!
FRIDAY 03 July 2020 • 2:00 p.m. – Opening by Eric Landau • 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m .: COLLECTIVE FRESQUE. A group of artists creates a work on tarpaulins installed on the front of the gallery, on the Rue de Montmorency side. • Natacha Kierbel Dance Performance • 6.30pm “RAS_LES_MASQUES” Anne Horel: model of creativity French Touch, presents his collages in augmented reality, thanks to the interactive selfie which allows you to stage yourself in a digital universe. To follow also on Instagram @annehorel @galerie_w #raslesmasques # W_Art. • 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m .: The gourmet grocery and cheese dairy Saisons by Mariette Grammont and Fréderic Deville will offer music-culinary associations inspired by the best Bach cello products and compositions , for a "Music and Cheese". Cello performance • 8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m .: NORTHERN MUSIC. Troy Henriksen, American visual artist of Norwegian origin, performs with his group The Bowling Team his new song Audio Vaccine, composed during this suspended time. Between free and imaginary figuration nourished by memories. • 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: The scenographer Alexandre Donzé Solis will take over the space to create a cabinet of curiosities with a high-era and baroque installation, in which visitors will be able to enter the universe of an anachronistic, offbeat and decadent dandy. • 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Toma-L, painter and plastic artist, will perform an Art and Dance performance. He recreates his studio and returns to a confined situation, while painting a dancer who will move between his works. • 11:15 p.m. – 1:00 a.m .: Make our Planet Great Again is a Happening Video with Chris Morin-Eitner, who imagined the city of Paris as a real tropical jungle, through his photos and ten videos of 5-7 minutes titled "The universal formula of peace", shot during the confinement with actress Florence Payre, who interprets extracts from "The Salt of Life" by Françoise Héritier. • 01h00 – 03h00: • Roger Trilla (DJ – producer) create a mixed sound universe, opening the space for interaction with other musicians around the baroque universe of Alexandre Donzé-Solis and TOMA-L. • 3h00 – 09h00: guest speeches •SATURDAY 9h00 – 10h00: Exchange around a "Tea or coffee" in the company of several speakers on subjects related to art, current events. • 10:30 am – 11:00 am: Henri-François Debailleux, art critic and journalist will present to us Olivier Dassault's exhibition “Perspectives: crossing the threshold of the visible” • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Agnès Guillaume, artist videographer, takes us into his universe through his latest achievements. • 12h00 – 13h30: Lunch organized by chef Alan Geaam in the company of personalities from the world of culture. Interview with the philosopher Corinne Pelluchon on the living, the ecological transition, the relationship with animals, vulnerability, transformation in oneself… • 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Meeting with Henri François Debailleux, art critic and journalist • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: P-Boy outdoor fresco produced directly on the gallery facade. • 4:00 pm – 4:20 pm: Andy Santori will present his play to us in homage to Charles Bukowski followed by a reading of selected text. • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: The journalist Florence Tredez #MeTouffe and #Marie Frange will present a preview of a new feminine movement which will transform currents of Air into current of Art. • 6.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m .: The gourmet grocery and cheese dairy Saisons by Mariette Grammont and Fréderic Deville will offer music-culinary associations inspired by the best Bach products and compositions for cello, for a “Music and Cheese”. • 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m .: Clea Vincent, trendy artist, makes us move with her pop music to the dancing rhythm of her new album TROPICLÉA 2. • 9:00 p.m. – 10:10 p.m .: DUOC NEOCLASSIC Astrid Champeroux sings of Mozart, Debussy, Taisiello… while the painter Marko Zurick, is inspired by the voice of Astrid to create works in situ • 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm: The artist Octave Lauret, cultivates the themes known as “ third eye ”, combining photo, body art, retouching, digital painting and acrylic, offers us an aesthetic with a rather hybrid and sometimes surreal rendering. He will present his latest works with Snake Ninja, who will perform a transcendental exercise in body expression (dance). The dancer will first be accompanied by DJ Théo for an electro-ethnic sound, then by Mood, dreamlike singer, with his Indian harmonium generating electro shamanic melodies. • 00h00 – 00h30: MEETING WITH A WITCH 2.0. Flèche Love, feminist, witch 2.0, pioneer and singer created a ritual around masks during the night of the Full Moon from July 4 to 5. Between electronic soul and futuristic R’b, down to Latin American rhythms, the music of Flèche Love invites you to a spiritual journey. • 12:45 am – 1:05 am: Roller skating performance on a surface of one square meter by JemBigJem, who will be carried away to the rhythm of “music.” • 1:00 am – 3:00 am: Roger Trilla (DJ – producer) • 3:00 am – 9:00 am: interventions 'guests •SUNDAY 9:00 am – 10:00 am: Exchange around a "Tea or coffee" with several speakers on subjects related to art, current events… • 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Aurélia Jarry, contemporary dancer, performs a captivating and dynamic performance. • 11:00 am – 12 noon: Combining the relaxation of the body and the escape of the spirit through song, this is the ultimate ritual that opens and closes the W-Art Festival. Thanks to the very melodious voice of Gladys Gambia and the breathing exercises proposed by the Canadian Antoine Pommet, the festive weekend ends smoothly. • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Closure of the festival by Éric Landau
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