As a place of discussion and experimentation, the Atelier des publics invites visitors to take part in research and artistic creation activities from an early age, and to participate actively in a reflection on pedagogy and the arts.
The POP Programme (for collaborative production and loan of works to be played with) is part of this approach. These objects were created during workshops involving the public and professionals from all walks of life, designers and artists. The POP Programme now has seven families of works to be played with, which enable the senses, play and narration to explore an exhibition, an architecture or a landscape.
Voici quelques exemples d’usages des œuvres à jouer présentées dans le catalogue : assis sur Une île, contempler l’océan d’informations autour de soi ; s’engouffrer dans Un volcan et laisser parler ses mains ; cheminer dans l’écriture avec Préluder l’alphabet de Éloïsa Pérez ; se lover dans un livre en feutrine et parcourir du bout des doigts les quatre mots énigmatiques de son titre Blossom stones square massage de Rafael Domenech ; transformer un détail d’architecture en un visage, une lettre, un paysage grâce à la magie du Tangram de Bastien Contraire ; se perdre dans le palais des glaces miniature du Kaléidoscope préparé ; écouter le cœur battant d’un bâtiment avec Le Chapeau noir ; déployer le banc Marelle pour former un petit amphithéâtre et partager avec les autres toutes ces découvertes.
Cultural actors, teachers, youth workers or social workers can borrow these original objects to develop original artistic projects in their establishments, to work on artistic notions in complete autonomy and to guarantee a continuous presence of art in schools or social structures. The loan is free of charge for member structures, after participation in a POP Programme meeting.
These meetings, for teachers and social workers, enable them to discover the POP Programme's playworks, to try their hand at handling them and to work together to devise ways of using them that are personalised and adapted to the context of your organisation. After participating in one of these meetings, the playworks can be borrowed free of charge for use in the institutions.
Thibault Brébant
publics@cac-passerelle.com