YEAR 2022
WHAT Group Show
WHRE Musée MIAM / Sète [FR]
INFO Curation Noëlig Leroux & Anne-Françoise Rouche
Fictions Modestes & Réalités Augmentées tells the incredible story of an artistic and human adventure, unique and offbeat, the story of a place of production and dissemination born 30 years ago on the outskirts of the Belgian Ardennes, in Vielsalm. In this unusual place, set in a former decommissioned barracks, creators with intellectual disabilities work alongside invited contemporary artists in residence. Fictions Modestes & Réalités Augmentées is first and foremost the story of a humble creative workshop that, over the course of thirty years, has transformed into an art center. It is also an immersive account of a human experience with artists who have carried this workshop project beyond anything that could have been imagined. Finally, through the broad dissemination of these unexpected creations, it manifests a lived reality enhanced by the visibility of disability, acting as an escape from social determinism. The title also attests to particular and unconventional artistic practices at the margins of contemporary art. Here, we discover raw artists who have embraced narration to share their truth and construct their own foundational myths alongside contemporary creators willing to challenge their practices and knowledge. Beyond these uncommon narrative experiences, the exhibition also expands the possibilities of a 2.0 raw art, unfolded by some professional magicians of digital arts.
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