Marseille 2024

Rehearsal of the first stage presentation of the performance based on testimonies, rhythms and songs of ‘Pestle and Mortar’.

Topic: Healing path that followed acts and episodes of violence against women

Questions:

• At what point did women who have been victims of gender violence manage to say ‘stop’?
• What was their psychological journey to get out of it?
• How are they living today?

Rehearsal of the first stage presentation of the performance based on testimonies, rhythms and songs of ‘Pestle and Mortar’.

Rehearsal of the first stage presentation of the performance based on testimonies, rhythms and songs of ‘Pestle and Mortar’.

Rehearsal of the first stage presentation of the performance based on testimonies, rhythms and songs of ‘Pestle and Mortar’.

Rehearsal of the first stage presentation of the performance based on testimonies, rhythms and songs of ‘Pestle and Mortar’.

Topic: Weaving of sorority networks and activism in fighting violence against women.

Questions:

• How has the engagement in the ‘2026WOMEN’ project helped some of us to escape violence?
• How has the network created in the project helped some women find the resilience to rebuild their lives?

Seven days of rehearsals for the show ‘Pestle and Mortar’ with a group of women from Marseille, Colombia and Benin.

Three public performances including the La Criée’s season opening on Saturday (21/09/2024) at 12pm. A sound and culinary experience followed by a tasting, with 80 attendees for each performance (240 in total).

Performance imagined and directed by Marie-Josée Ordener.

The dislocation of the social and cultural fabric in working-class neighborhoods and large urban centers is generating loneliness, violence and withdrawal for a large part of the population.
To break out of these states, these impasses Because U. Art works with an etnopsychiatrist to organize free discussion sessions based on real-life situations. During these sessions, we focus on different forms of abuse and violence (domestic and other).

“Sangre de mi sangre”, is a participatory artistic initiative born in Mexico and organized by the ‘Colectif Hilos’ that aims to raise awareness of feminicide and disappearances. This international action is based on the collective creation of a fabric, symbolizing the flow of blood and the urgency of solving these problems.
It’s an invitation to weave together a tapestry representing resistance and the search for healing. With each red thread, unity and determination in the fight against violence are expressed.
Thanks to the initiative of Lady Quintero and Ariadna Chavez, the group was able to discover this project at the association in complete privacy, and learn how to weave.

During this discussion group, we tried to link words to gesture.

This workshop took place as part of J’CRAINS DÉGUN, a Marseille event organized to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Gender Minorities.
Accompanied by photographer Diane Hymans and guide Marielle …. – from the Bureau des Guides, this workshop explored the place of women in public space between Marseille’s 1st and 7th arrondissements.
Armed with disposable cameras, placed like prostheses on their bodies (bras, knee pads, headbands, etc.), the group explored downtown spaces where women’s place is challenged. Here, photography becomes a tool for reappropriation.

On the premises of the Solidarité Femmes 13 association, the group selected the photos that will form part of the exhibition at the town hall in Marseille’s 1st and 7th arrondissements. It was also an opportunity to validate the exhibition’s subtitle:“ خمسة في عينيك – khamsat fi eaynayk” literally translated as “5 in your eye”.
A way of illustrating this reappropriation of space and empowerment by women.
For beware of women who walk…

Danza Madre is a dance with a therapeutic and ritualistic approach. It is practised in a group and restores the place of each woman’s knowledge and culture, enabling them to reappropriate a practice handed down from woman to woman, or one from which women are excluded.
Workshop led by Iri Robledo.

Weaving session in the public space, on the town hall square.

Opening and press conference of the exhibition “En corps en ville – خمسة في عينيك” as part of the J’CRAINS DÉGUN Festival in Marseille’s 1st and 7th District town hall.

‘In the age of #MeToo, what does it mean for young girls to take part in beauty contests? Somewhere between documentary theatre and burlesque performance, Suzanne de Baecque examines the weight of perceptions and standards.’

Check the details about the performance here.