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OUTDOORINTERNATIONAL

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Writing and producing a show in the public space is a challenge, especially as a first experience. Beyond the exercise in style and the demanding

nature(s) of the chosen artistic discipline(s), the artist pro-jecting him or herself into the public space should also be aware of its specificities: the public space is not a neu-tral context. Locate the audience, control the possibilities of interaction, surprise and grab the attention or play for a convened audience, select the appropriate site, know how and why to invest it, anticipate the relevant tech-niques, accept the risks which could arise from potential disturbances, outside the protective walls that a venue provides.

In France, arts in the public space have been remarka-bly creative and dynamic. Famous French street artists have created unforgettable images, invested places that had previously been inac-cessible, built up the imagination of generations of spec-tators… and of artists, too. Today, throughout the world, artists have engaged in the process of creating perfor-mances for the public space, or indeed intend to.

With the « Outdoor Lab Experience », we aim at offering international emerging artists the possibility to watch and study various per-formances within a festival context, from the perspective of an audience member, keeping a professional critical sense in mind. Enhance analytical skills through observation and ex-change of good practices, hereby indulging time and reflexion to the gestation of the upco-ming artistic project.

What are the codes? How do you address the audience, and to what desired effect? What are the pitfalls? While certain companies are preparing the after-retirement of their founding members, sharing experience and passing on knowledge will lay the groundwork for new creations to blossom. The « Outdoor Lab Experience » wishes to welcome in the street talents in development.

The intention is of course not to weaken the originality of artistic processes and bring them down to a low common denominator, but on the contrary to pass on the funda-mentals of Street Arts, with subtlety and conviviality. This approach has arisen through the contact of numerous European and international companies and will allow new projects to benefit from a more relevant and rapid expansion.

The festival Cratere Surfaces has, over many years, de-veloped a strong sense for meeting opportunities.Both between performances and audience, and also amongst professionals.Through the support of conferences, cultural tourism and even a friendly alfresco catering, the combined teams of the Cratere Theatre and La Cellule join their efforts to of-fer numerous professional meeting and exchange oppor-tunities alongside an unusual artistic program. In 2013, Cratere Surfaces implemented for the first time this pro-fessional programme aimed at talents in development.

In 2016, after the desire of la Cellule to go on with other projects, Productions Bis takes its missions and conti-nues this partnership with the Cratere, in the aim to de-velop the international aspect of the festival Cratère Sur-faces.

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Outdoor Lab ExperienceJune 29th > July 3rd 2016

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28, 29,30 june, 1, 2, july 2016

Wednesday, June 29th

• 9.30 am: Reception in the conference room of the Ibis Hotel, welcome coffee with Denis Lafaurie, director of the Cratère, Scène Nationale d’Alès

• 10 am: Hôtel Ibis, Presentation of the program of the « Out-door Lab Experience», and quick presentation of the partici-pants

• 11 am – 12.30 am: overview of the European Outdoor Perfor-mance network by Alexis Nys, OLE’s coordinator and Production Manager of Productions Bis

• 12.30 am: Lunch at the festival catering

• 2 pm: Departure by bus for the village of Anduze

• 2.30 pm – 5 pm: meeting with three international artists: Joan Catala, who will present « Pelat » in the program of the festival, Gordon Wilson, artistic codirector of the company Primitives, and Pierre Pilatte, founder of the company 1Watt

• 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm: two stories about producting outdoor per-formances, based on the examples of la Débordante cie / Rassem-blement and the GK Collective / Proust, by Alexis Nys

• 6:15 pm : Catering in Anduze (Parc des Cordeliers)

• From 7 pm : program of the festival in Anduze (Cratere Surfaces Festival)

thursday, June 30th

• 9.30 am – 12.30 am: Experimenting public spaces, looking for a presence outdoor, small workshop directed by Pierre Pilatte, ar-tistic director of the company 1Watt and teacher in the workshop« la Ville à Bras le Corps » organized by l’AtellineSalle de danse du Cratère and publicareas of Alès

• 12.30 am: Lunch at the festival cateringAt the end of the lunch, digestive walk toward la Verrerie

• 2 pm: visit of the Verrerie, pôle national cirque Languedoc-Rous-sillon Midi Pyrénées. Meeting with Sylviane Manuel

• 4 pm – 6 pm : collective work about a 3min pitch : each partici-pant will try to find the best way to introduce him or herself and their projects in 180 seconds ! With the accompaniement of Alexis Nys and Paco Bialek, booking and production manager specia-lized in outdoor performances - Hotel Ibis

• 7 pm: Schools for cool ! Informal presentation of the Faiar, Ad-vanced Itinerant Learning Programme for Street Arts and of the Master’s Degree of Street Arts Creation organised by FiraTàrrega and University of Lleida - Hotel Ibis

• 8.30 pm: Departure by bus for the village of Massillar-gues-Atuech to see the performance of Barolosolo

• 11 pm : Dinner in Alès (Festival Catering)

Friday, July 1st

• 10 am – 12 am: Professional debate at the Salle du Capitole(Place de la Mairie): « To talk about the world »with Anne Guiot (Karwan) , Patrick Dordoigne and Doriane Morétus (Adhok) and Ahmed El Attar (D-CAF Festival) at the Salle du Capitole (Place de la Mairie)

• 12.30 pm : Cocktail lunch Salle des États (Hôtel de Ville)

• 2 pm – 2.30 pm: preparation of the meetings of the coming af-ternoon

• 2.30 – 4.30: Cross meeting and open questions with - Mike Martins, director of the Freedom Festival in Hull (UK) - Jordi Duran i Roldós, artistic director of the Fira Tarrega (E) - Sabine Kuhfuss, KulturTeam City of Detmold, (Germany) Hotel Ibis• 4.30 pm: Presentation of companies from the Région Midi-Py-rénées-Languedoc-Roussillon, in partnership with Réseau en Scène. Each year, during a professional meeting open to all profes-sionals attending the festival, a selection five artists or companies are invited to talk about one of their performance which can tour internationally. Hôtel Ibis - Salon Cévennes

• From 7.00 pm : Performances in the streets of Alès (Cratere Surfaces Festival programme)

saturday, July 2nd

• 9.30 am to 10:30 am : debriefing and talk about the perfor-mances seen over the past three days, with the accompaniment of Sylviane Manuel, director of la Verrerie. Hôtel Ibis

• 10.45 am to 12.15 pm : Informal debates around the presen-tation of the specifics of each artist participating to the OLE. The artists will have to succinctly present their project and potential sup-port needs (artistic participation, coproduction …) to the other professio-nals in 180 seconds. This meeting is open to festival directors, artists, instiu-tions and all professionals attending the festival. Hôtel Ibis

• 12.15 pm : Departure by bus (meeting point in front of the Pa-lais de Justice) with the other festival promoters and artists atten-ding the festival, lunch and informal professional meeting, by the river. Guinguette du Roc Tombé – a Cratere Surfaces must !

Return to Alès around 5 pm.

• From 7.00 pm : Performances in the streets of Alès (Cratere Surfaces Festival)

sunday, July 3rd

• 11.00 am to 12.30 pm : Closing and assessment of the OLE; feedback and experience report, debate open to the various perspectives of the participating artists, fed with each one’s indivi-dual career path combined to the shared experiences gleaned du-ring the festival. Take part in the construction of each one’s critical sense, about his or her own work and therefore participate to his or her own artistic projection in the public space.

2016 Preprogramme

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Outdoor Lab Experience

• Tuesday, June 28th at night: arrival in Alès, meeting with the hosting families