Ophélie Mac coco

Ophélie Mac coco is an artist, teacher and lecturer in art schools (La Cambre, ISAC, ERG, 75, PARTS, etc.), social worker and activist. She is the founder and a member of the collective behind the FATSABBATS project, a cultural, inclusive and supportive space set up by and for LGBTQIA+ People of colour communities.

The workshop

As part of a 3-year cycle of collaboration between FATSABBATS and Cifas, Ophélie Mac coco brings together the different questions and mediums she uses and offers a workshop on performative practices aimed specifically at POC people not attending art school. Every module is an independent course within the cycle, application will be required every year if you wish to take part.

This first session will explore the convergences between the intimate and the political. The participants will work on the radicality of words, gestures and the power of the signifier. Through practical and theoretical teaching, Mac coco will share her performative practices, working methodologies and references to explore notions, codes and concepts.

The group will attempt to answer questions such as:

What is performance?

From which stories should we start?

How do you write a public action?

In front of whom? To say what?

What and who are our references?

What are the learning alternatives to higher education?

What about our experiences? What is their value and legitimacy?

How can we shape our need for change?

On the edge of contemporary art, the performing arts and institutions, let's wear our vulnerabilities, let's step outside the box, let's learn to take risks!

Performance* :

a radical action bearing the status of a work of art, relating to time, space, the body and the public, with a transformative impact.

*Teaser of a non-contractual definition

Conditions

• Free workshop, lunches included
• Workshop in French
• Duration: 5 days

Programme

Monday 14 October

10:00 > 17:00

Tuesday 15 October

10:00 > 17:00

Wednesday 16 October

10:00 > 17:00

Thursday 17 October

10:00 > 20:00

Friday 18 October

10:00 > 17:00

To apply

Please fill in this online form attaching a video (3 mins max.) or a letter (3.000 characters spaces included), free form, presenting who you are, your work, your preoccupations and your itinerary.

→ If your file is too heavy, please attach a PDF with a link to an online storage platform (Youtube, Viméo, Google Drive, Cloud...)

They aren't any good or bad answers to this form. Your answers won't be made public.

Deadline to apply: 18 September 2024, minuit CET

Marine Thévenet (head of Cifas) and Ophélie Mac coco will be reading the applications.