CREATION AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

A reflection of, or at the forefront of, the changes taking place in our societies in general, a signifcant group of artists is keen to implement more horizontal and collaborative ways of working. This is demonstrated by the use of alternative communities in the creative process of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, but also the presence at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence of the centuries-old troupe of the Comédie-Française, independent ensembles such as Le Balcon, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, which are overturning traditional processes – including the separation of roles between the artistic and the administrative. How can we open up to diversity, develop more egalitarian working methods and rethink existing power structures?

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF : Iris Zerdoud (clarinettist, production director of Le Balcon ensemble – The Threepenny Opera), Yshani Perinpanayagam (music director – The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions), Christina Schonk (artistic management and planning management of the Balthasar Neumann Orchestra – Così fan tutte) and Carole Benhamou (Comédie-Française production manager).