marseille-pro vence 2013 - european c apital of culture

marseille-provence 2013 - european capital of culture - programme

marseille-Provence 2013 thanks its Partners 

Partner institutions 

Capitale européenne de la culture 

reserve your tickets at 

www.mp2013.fr 

the venues, dates and times in this programme are based 

on the latest information available as of 29 october 2012.

Marseille- 

Provence 

2013 

European Capital of Culture

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10 Editorial: “Marseille Provence, make yourself at home” 

12 Prologue “Sharing the South” 

18 Map of the Marseille-Provence 2013 region 

20 Key dates in 2013 

22 PROGRAMME 

24 EPISODE 1 

Marseille Provence, Welcoming the World 

January to May 

28 Opening weekend 

36 All aboard! 

38 Feuilletons 

50 Journeys and Stopovers — Exhibitions 

84 Circus in Capitals — Focus on circus arts 

90 Spring Stages 

98 Urban Arts — Focus on urban cultures 

114 GR ® 2013 

120 The Amazing History of Street Art — Focus on street art 

126 And also

150 EPISODE 2 

Marseille Provence, Open Sky 

June to August 

154 TransHumance 

158 Dreams from Both Shores — Exhibitions 

188 Off the Beaten Track 

190 Summer highlights 

204 Literary events 

206 Film 

210 Campus 2013 

214 Dance in Summer — Focus on dance 

220 And also 

232 EPISODE 3 

Marseille Provence, Land of a Thousand Faces 

September to December 

236 Digital Landscapes — Focus on digital art 

240 Kaleidoscope — Exhibitions 

258 What’s Cooking? — Focus on cuisine 

262 Autumn Stages 

286 Writers of Reality — Focus on literature 

298 Conferences and debates 

304 Holiday Notebook — Focus on younger audiences 

310 And also 

322 TRAILS AND VIEWPOINTS 

336 PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Marseille-Provence 


European Capital of Culture 

thanks its official partners

MARSEILLE PROVENCE, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME 

Marseille Provence, located between Europe and the Mediterranean, is a region 

with two million residents. For 2013, these people have worked together to offer you 

their best in terms of creation, knowledge and dreams. This is their gift to you. More 

than anyone else, they are aware of their weaknesses and the region’s mixed reputation. 

They know that a change in the way the region is seen — a change in perception — 

must come from them. 

This is the challenge of Marseille-Provence 2013. This is the challenge we invite you 

to experience with us. 

We know that this region is both familiar and foreign. Familiar because everyone has heard 

of Marseille, the rebellious city, and everyone wants to visit Provence, a land of plenty. 

Everyone knows about our notorious reputation. But we are also foreign. The image people 

have of us does not always reflect our reality, or our true nature. 

Marseille Provence, European Capital of Culture in 2013, will be a meeting point 

for culture, politics and the economy. Here, where we like to show our differences, 

stage our disagreements and glorify our contradictions, being the European Capital 

of Culture is a revolution for the metropolitan area. 

We have mobilised regional stakeholders around a cultural project that will unfold 

all year long, transforming this mosaic into a coherent picture. As you can imagine, 

this was no easy task. Bringing together the Roman ruins of Arles, the medieval buildings 

of Salon-de-Provence, the industrial zones of Istres and Martigues, the cultural centre 

of Aix-en-Provence, the clay sector of Aubagne and the Greek heritage of Marseille 

was a real challenge. 

However, this is the miracle that is Marseille-Provence 2013 — a unique journey 

through our history, reality, desires and projects. 

Marseille Provence will provide visitors with an original experience showcasing 

the region’s natural resources and landscapes. Its unique position, between Europe 

and the Mediterranean, makes it a melting pot of diversity and tolerance. 

Through three episodes, each focusing on one of the region’s main assets — our openness 

to the world, openness to nature and strong regional identity — Marseille-Provence 2013 

has developed an eventful programme. 

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Marseille-Provence 2013 is not an organisation that waits to be noticed, but a boisterous 

creator of many cultures. 

The European Capital of Culture programme has a lot to offer visitors. Whether you are 

a contemporary art fan, an urban culture enthusiast, a Provençal painting amateur, an opera 

aficionado, a contemporary music expert or a Mediterranean culture specialist, there will 

be something — unique and unexpected — for you. 

Jacques Pfister 

President of Marseille-Provence 2013 

President of the Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

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SHARING THE SOUTH 

This European Capital of Culture, located in an impressive and unique urban area 

bordering the Mediterranean, is inevitably affected by its geography. This geography 

is marked by voyages, encounters, and major expeditions. 

Like the Mediterranean, Marseille is a combination of both ocean and earth. Over one 

hundred communes are located in the area between Aix-en-Provence, Arles, La Ciotat 

and Marseille. This dynamic social and cultural scene was the basis of the Marseille- 

Provence 2013 programme, which has a single underlying theme. This theme 

is the Mediterranean — dialogue between Mediterranean countries and “Sharing 

the South”. It is present in the Euro-Mediterranean Ateliers, major exhibitions, festivals, 

artistic commissions, literary events, concerts, film screenings, performances 

and participative projects. 

The programme is made up of three “episodes.” Episode 1, Marseille-Provence, Welcoming 

the World, focuses on the regional traditions of hospitality, cosmopolitanism 

and relationships with others. Featuring the opening weekend’s ceremonies, festivities 

and events, it pays tribute to new forms of cultural expression taking over towns and cities. 

An example is the project This Is (Not) Music. Episode 2, Marseille-Provence, Open Sky, 

takes place during summer, and gives pride of place to nature, walking trails and outdoor 

shows and concerts in original locations. Episode 3, Marseille-Provence, Land of a Thousand 

Faces, focuses on art, living together in public spaces, contemporary writing, compositions 

for younger audiences and some of the Mediterranean’s most renowned artists 

and philosophers. In addition to these episodes, several projects take place all year long, 

paying tribute to the themes of journeys and mobility. Examples include the GR®2013, 

the Centre Pompidou Mobile, Travelling Screens, Phèdre, Ulysses and the Grandes Carrioles 

de la Friche. These itinerant projects will give audiences from different backgrounds 

the opportunity to take part in festive events. Each episode will feature highlights 

from a particular artistic discipline and major events such as the opening of new cultural 

venues and exhibitions. 

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TIMELINE 

29 March 2004 

Marseille’s Conseil Municipal (town council) 

votes to bid for the European Capital 

of Culture title in 2013. 

Late 2005 

The Ville de Marseille launches 

a communications campaign on the theme 

“La culture c’est Capitale” (Culture 

is Capital). 

December 2006 

The Marseille-Provence 2013 association 

is created. Jacques Pfister is appointed 

to the position of president and Bernard 

Latarjet to the position of managing 

director. The bid is publicly launched. 

25 October 2007 

Marseille-Provence 2013’s bid project 

is publicly presented in Marseille. 

15 November 2007 

The bid is submitted to the French Ministry 

of Culture and Communication. 

17-18 December 2007 

Candidate cities present their bids 

to a thirteen-person committee (composed 

of six experts selected by the Ministry 

of Culture and seven experts selected 

by the European Union). 

19 December 2007 

The French Ministry of Culture 

announces cities short-listed for the final 

selection phase. 

January to June 2008 

Short-listed cities develop their projects 

and submit final bids. 

13 August 2008 

The second bid file is submitted 

to the French Ministry of Culture 

and Communication. 

3 September 2008 

The jury visits Marseille. 


The jury selects Košice as the Slovakian 

Capital of Culture in 2013. 


The jury selects Marseille Provence 

as the French Capital of Culture in 2013. 

12 May 2009 

The European Union officially designates 

Marseille Provence the European Capital 

of Culture in 2013. 

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5000 KM 2 OF CULTURE 

From the outset, the European Capital of Culture project united most of the towns, 

cities and communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône département. With support from 

the French government and the European Union, this dynamic initiative today brings 

together the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the Conseil Général des Bouches- 

du-Rhône, the Ville de Marseille, the Communauté Urbaine Marseille Provence 

Méditerranée, the Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, the Communauté du pays d’Aix, 

the Ville d’Arles, the Communauté Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette, the Communauté 

du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile, the Communauté du Pays de Martigues and the towns 

of Salon-de-Provence, d’Istres and Gardanne. These regional authorities are all members 

of the administrative board. Working in coordination with the economic sector, 

they helped defend Marseille Provence’s bid to be named the European Capital of Culture 

and contributed to developing the programme. 

In 2012, four associated regions joined the project: the Communautés de communes 

Rhône-Alpilles-Durance and Vallée des Baux-Alpilles and the towns of Miramas 

and Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône. 

The project also involves guest towns and cities outside the European Capital of Culture 

region that have contributed to the programme: Nîmes (which has developed a summer 

festival with Marseille-Provence 2013), Bastia (in coordination with the Collectivité 

Territoriale de Corse) and Manosque. Projects have also been developed with cultural 

organisations in the Toulon and Sanary-sur-Mer areas. 

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KOŠICE INTERFACE 2013 

Each year, two cities are selected to be European Capitals of Culture. In 2013, the other 

European Capital of Culture is Košice, Slovakia. 

This city’s urban heritage has developed as a result of its Austro-Hungarian history and, 

more recently, the post-colonial situation and iron and steel industries. Located at the edge 

of the Schengen area, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia with 240,000 residents. 

Its multicultural population is the result of different migratory flows. 

As part of the Košice Interface 2013 project, cities become areas where residents can meet 

and discuss ways of getting actively involved in changing and improving their everyday 

environment. Instead of being passive recipients, residents become active in cultural 

and social events. 

The programme’s underlying focus is “we encourage creativity”. All year long, shows, 

concerts, exhibitions and performances in public spaces will take place on the themes 

of social cohesion, our relationships with the city and country and other themes. 

For Košice 2013’s detailed programme, please visit www.kosice2013.sk. 

Košice 2013 and Marseille-Provence 2013 have worked together since being nominated 

in 2008. While each city is different, there are also similarities. Both are located at the edge 

of Europe, near the Schengen border. Both have strong ties to neighbouring countries 

and welcome migratory flows. 

Different artists have been invited to explore these subjects. Antoine d’Agata, for example, 

will follow non-European migrants’ journeys as part of a Euro-Mediterranean Atelier. 

Exchanges and projects are also taking place on themes such as art in public spaces 

and resident involvement in urban renovation projects. Both of these subjects are important 

to Košice 2013 and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

1. Presov, a town near 

Košice, 2012 

2. Summer in the Park 

festival, Košice, 2011 

3. An old boiler room 

transformed into a sociocultural 

centre, Košice 

4. White Night in Košice, 2011 

5. & 6. Respect performance 

as part of the Spots project, 

Košice 

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Rognonas 

Châteaurenard 

Boulbon 

Noves 

Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues Cabannes 

Graveson 

Verquières 

Eyrargues 

Saint-Andiol 

Tarascon Maillane 

The Rhône River 

Barbentane 

Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles 

Saint-Étienne-du-Grès Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 

Eygalières 

Les Baux-de-Provence 

Arles 

Fontvieille Maussane-les-Alpilles 

Paradou 

Mouriès 

Mediterranean Sea 

Aureille 

Salon-de-Provence 

Saint-Martin-de-Crau 

Port-S t -Louisdu-Rhône 

Istres 

Miramas 

Étang de Berre 

Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts 

Port-de-Bouc 

Martigues 

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Lambesc 

Coudoux 

La Roque d’Antheron 

Saint-Cannat 

Éguilles 

Ventabren 

Saint-Estève-Janson 

Rognes 

Vitrolles Cabriès 

Le-Puy-S te -Réparade 

Pertuis 

Peyrolles-en-Provence 

Meyrargues 

Venelles 

Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde 

Vauvenargues 

Jouques 

Aix-en-Provence 

Beaurecueil 

Puyloubier 

Le Tholonet Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon 

Gardanne 

Bouc-Bel-air 

Meyreuil Châteauneuf-le-Rouge 

Fuveau 

Rousset 

Peynier Trets 

Mimet Belcodène 

Saint Victoret 

Simiane-Collongue Saint-Savournin 

Marignane Les Pennes-Mirabeau 

Cadolive 

Peypin 

La Bouilladisse 

Gignac la Nerthe Septèmes-les-Vallons 

La Destrousse 

Châteauneuf-les-Martigues 

Plan-de-Cuques 

Auriol 

Ensuès la Redonne 

Allauch Roquevaire 

Carry-le-Rouet 

Sausset-les-Pins 

Le Rove 

Marseille 

Saint-Paul-les-Durance 

Saint-Zacharie 

Aubagne 

Gémenos 

La Penne-sur-Huveaune Cuges-les-Pins 

Carnoux-en-Provence 

Roquefort-la-Bédoule 

Cassis 

La Ciotat 

Ceyreste

2013 AT A GLANCE 

12 & 13 January OPENING WEEKEND 

12 January to 18 May MEDITERRANEANS. From Yesterday’s Cities to Today’s Men — Marseille, J1 

12 January to 31 March HERE, ELSEWHERE — Marseille, Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama 

12 January to 17 February ART HITS THE SPOT — Aix-en-Provence, City centre and the Abbaye de Silvacane 

13 January to 13 April EXQUISITE CORPSE, MEDITERRANEAN SUITE — Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet 

12 January to 15 April THE TREASURY OF MARSEILLE — Marseille, Vieille Charité 

12 January to 15 April VESTIGES, photographs 1993-2012 — Josef Koudelka — Marseille, Vieille Charité 

12 January to 23 March CÉSAR AND THE SECRETS OF THE RHÔNE — Marseille, Gaston Defferre Archives & Library 

12 January to December ULYSSES — Marseille and the surrounding region, Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain 

6 April to late August 2031 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, OUR FUTURES! — Marseille, Villa Méditerranée 

6 April to 1 September RODIN, THE LIGHT OF ANTIQUITY — Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique 

24 January to 24 February CIRCUS IN CAPITALS 

From March SPRING STAGES 

March to June URBAN ARTS 

From March GR®2013 

May to June THE AMAZING HISTORY OF STREET ART 

May to June TRANSHUMANCE 

Spring THE GENDER BAZAAR, FEMININE / MASCULINE — Marseille, MuCEM 

Spring to December BLUE AND BLACK. A MEDITERRANEAN DREAM — Marseille, MuCEM 

13 June to 13 October Le Grand Atelier du Midi 

FROM VAN GOGH TO BONNARD — Marseille, Palais Longchamp 

FROM CÉZANNE TO MATISSE — Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet 

Le Grand Atelier du Midi: related exhibitions 

27 April to 13 October PICASSO, CERAMIST, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN — Aubagne, Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs 

13 June to 13 October RAOUL DUFY, FROM MARTIGUES TO L’ESTAQUE — Martigues, Musée Ziem 

16 May to 31 October CLOUD — Arles, Musée Réattu 

Late May to late September TERRACES — Kader Attia — Marseille, Sea Wall 

June to August OFF THE BEATEN TRACK 

June to August DANCE IN SUMMER 

September to November DIGITAL LANDSCAPES 

11 October to 12 January 2014 LC AT THE J1. Le Corbusier and Brutalism — Marseille, J1 

6 July to 22 December ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT — Marseille, Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama 

November to January 2014 CENTRE POMPIDOU MOBILE — Aubagne 

September WHAT’S COOKING? 

September to December AUTUMN STAGES 

September to December WRITERS OF REALITY 

All year long CONFERENCES AND DEBATES 

November HOLIDAY NOTEBOOK

ibrary 

s-Noirs 

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January > May 2013 

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EPISODE 2 


June > August 2013 

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EPISODE 3 


September > December 2013

1 January 

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EPISODE 1 

Marseille Provence, 

Welcoming the World

EPISODE 1 


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“Stop, traveller, spend some time in these overlooked areas And you, northern captain, 

yellow beard of the oceans, haul in your jib, instead of going down the Canebière 

and boarding your cargo destined for London or Bombay without stopping. Did you see 

Belsunce? This is the forum of Marsiho, with all its flavours and the strength of its people.” 

André Suarès 

To welcome visitors from around the world, an exceptional group of cultural venues 

are opening their doors to the public after years of construction work. To kick off 

the Capital of Culture year, the Frac, Villa Méditerranée, J1, Tour-Panorama and 

the Friche la Belle de Mai will host a series of exhibitions called “Journeys and Stopovers”. 

Boats navigate, ports hum, artists cross the seas and visitors travel from one port 

of call to the next. This journey through time and space is an opportunity to discover 

the Mediterranean, a land of diversity. 

In 2013, Marseille-Provence will open its doors to the world, giving it a glimpse 

of the urban Mediterranean. The programme will give pride of place to urban cultures, 

including music, sport, literature, video, new technologies and other art forms. Events 

will take place in Marseille, of course, at the Friche la Belle de Mai and other locations. 

However, they will also take place throughout the region. In Arles, for example, a major 

performance exhibition will pay tribute to the explosive energy of urban riots. 

Amongst forgotten houses and the perfume from old soap factories, the Hôtel du Nord 

cooperative is coming up with new forms of hospitality where local residents give visitors 

a unique opportunity to discover the real Marseille. Looping around the Etang de Berre 

and the Etoile mountain range, the GR®2013 hiking trail will reveal urban and rural areas, 

linking Aix-en-Provence, Aubagne, Marignane, Marseille, Martigues, Istres, Salon- 

de-Provence and Vitrolles. Marseille-Provence has been a cultural melting pot since 

the dawn of history. Traveller, stop and spend some time in this unique destination!

EPISODE 1 AT A GLANCE 

January February March April May 

12 & 13 January OPENING WEEKEND — p. 29 

12 January to 18 May MEDITERRANEANS. From Yesterday’s Cities 

toToday’s Men — p. 53 

Marseille, J1 

12 January to 31 March HERE, ELSEWHERE — p. 59 

Marseille, Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama 

12 January to 17 February ART HITS THE SPOT — p. 72 

Aix-en-Provence, City centre and the Abbaye de Silvacane 

13 January to 13 April EXQUISITE CORPSE, MEDITERRANEAN SUITE 

Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet — p. 73 

12 January to 15 April THE TREASURY OF MARSEILLE — p. 70 

Marseille, Vieille Charité 

12 January to 15 April VESTIGES 1991-2012 — Joseph Koudelka — p. 70 

Marseille, Vieille Charité 

15 February to 19 March MATTA, SURREALISM AND HISTORY — p. 71 

Marseille, Musée Cantini 

12 January to 23 March CÉSAR AND THE SECRETS OF THE RHÔNE — p. 74 

Marseille, Gaston Defferre Archives and Library 

12 January to December ULYSSES — p. 64 

Marseille (FRAC) and the surrounding region 

6 April to late August 2031 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, OUR FUTURES! 

Marseille, Villa Méditerranée — p. 67 

6 April to 1 September RODIN, THE LIGHT OF ANTIQUITY — p. 75 

Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique 

24 January to 24 February CIRCUS IN CAPITALS — p. 84 

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From March SPRING STAGES — p. 90 

March to June URBAN ARTS — p. 98 

From March GR ® 2013 — p. 114 

3 to 20 May THE AMAZING HISTORY OF STREET ART — p. 120

Opening weekend 

The official partners support 

the opening weekend 

> 12 and 13 January 

The weekend of 12 and 13 January 2013 sees the start of Marseille- 

Provence 2013. This event with four chapters and numerous 

exhibitions sets the tone for a whole year of culture, festivals 

and discoveries. Artists, cultural sites, residents and visitors come 

together to begin the Capital of Culture year on a high note. 

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With the support 

of Air France, official airline 

Concert in Miramas 

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Saturday 

12 January 

1pm 

Marseille 

Saturday 

12 January 

5.30pm 

Major project partner 

Balbaroc project partner 

With support from the 

SNCM 

supports La Parade 

des lumières 

Following pages: 

1. Concert in Oslo, 2010 

2. Treasure hunt, 2012 

3. Reimagining the Canebière, 

Palais de la Bourse, 

Pierre Delavie 

4. Revelations, Groupe F, 2011 

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ART HITS THE SPOT 

A contemporary art trail in Aix-en-Provence 

In Aix-en-Provence, the day begins with the inauguration of a contemporary 

art trail in public space. Xavier Douroux, curator of the 

exhibition, has chosen renowned contemporary artists — Yayoi 

Kusama, Thomas Houseago and Ugo Rondinone, among others — 

to transform a dozen spaces in the town. The Cour de l’Hôtel de 

Ville, the fountain of the Rotonde, the Cours Mirabeau, the Grand 

Théâtre de Provence, the Pavillon Vendôme and the Palais de Justice 

will undergo an astonishing metamorphosis which will encourage 

visitors and residents alike to reconsider the spaces of public life. 

The Capital is launched with an art trail where Art Hits the Spot! 

Artists: Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Mark Handforth, Thomas Houseago, Rachel Feinstein, 

Kimsooja, Yayoi Kusama, Jorge Pardo, Huang Yong Ping, Ugo Rondinone, Sofia Taboas, Xavier 

Veilhan and Franz West 

Curator: Xavier Douroux. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of ProHelvetia 

OPENING CELEBRATION IN MARSEILLE 

At nightfall, Marseille will fall silent before launching into the opening 

celebrations. The city centre will be reserved for pedestrians 

in search of imaginary landscapes, reflected in performances, exhibitions, 

installations, dances and shows. But before all that, at the 

Grand Littoral shopping centre in the northern suburbs, the Light 

Parade will be the spark that gets things started. A wave of urban 

sounds composed of ferry foghorns, church bells and urban sirens 

will envelop the city. The Great Clamour will ring out over the rooftops, 

with sound performances on every street corner to blow the 

city’s fuses! This blaze of sound and light will open the European 

Capital of Culture year, telling a story that will become a new 

Marseille legend… Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013


TREASURE HUNT 

This Sunday is devoted to discovery and friendship. With family 

or friends, the curious and the adventurous will be able to take part 

in treasure hunts organised throughout the Marseille-Provence 2013 

region. 112 trails will criss-cross 20 communes, with treasure hunters 

setting off to discover local history, people, artistic heritage and 

community life. No stopwatch, no stress — this unique adventure 

will involve locals, visitors and partners. Clues are everywhere — 

in architectural details and encounters, allowing participants to progress 

in their quest for the ultimate treasure. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Organisation: Ma Langue au Chat 

* Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Aubagne, Cadolive, Cassis, Eygalières, Gardanne, Istres, La Ciotat, 

Le Tholonet and Sainte-Victoire, Marseille, Martigues, Noves, Parc naturel régional de Camargue, 

Pertuis, Port-de-Bouc, Salon-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tarascon and Trets 

REVELATIONS IN ARLES, EPISODE 1 

This opening weekend comes to an end on the banks of the Rhône, 

in an explosion of sound and light, for an evening that blends concert, 

pyrotechnics and multimedia. Arles hosts this luminous event, 

created by Groupe F. It is the first episode in a series of Revelations 

designed by a tribe of radiant explorers that will light up the town, 

project images onto the quays, set the river aflame and flood the 

streets with light and energy (see p. 40) 

Producer and director: Groupe F. Co-producers: Ville d’Arles Marseille-Provence 2013. 

PLATO’S BANQUET. Opening of the Marseille 2013 OFF 

The Marseille 2013 “Off” fringe programme could not open without 

paying homage to the city’s Greek roots. They examine a Greek tradition 

that is too often forgotten today: philosophy. But here there will 

be no interminable conferences, conceptual exhibitions or public 

lectures: Plato’s Banquet revives Greek philosophy as it was practised 

in the streets, markets and banquets — with the sponsors of the Off, 

including Ricciotti, Carrese, Traquandi, Cadiou, Surian and Blaine. 

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Throughout 

the region* 

Sunday 13 January 

Start between 

10 am & 3 pm 

supports this project 

Arles 

Sunday 13 January 

6.30 pm 


Marseille 

Comptoir 

des victorines 

11 January 

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THE OPENING EXHIBITIONS 

Marseille 

Alcazar, Bibliothèque municipale 

à vocation régionale (BMVR) 

11 January to 27 March 

A Memoir of the Shores: Maps and 

Portolan Charts from the Mediterranean 

J1, place de la Joliette 

12 January to 18 May 

Mediterraneans. From Yesterday’s Cities 

to Today’s Men 

Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama 


Here, Elsewhere 

Centre de la Vieille Charité 

12 January to 15 April 

The Treasury of Marseille. “500 B.C.: 

Marseille’s Splendour in Delphi” 

— 

Vestiges1991-2012 — Josef Koudelka 

Gaston-Defferre archives and library 


César and the Secrets of the Rhône 

Musée Regards de Provence 

12 & 13 January, then from 7 February 

Memory of the Health Station 

Palais de la Bourse 

12 January to March 

Posters from the Reserve 

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Galerie Gourvennec Ogor 


Capital(s) 

Hôpital de la Timone 

11 January 

Faites vos vœux (Make a Wish) 

— Ymane Fakhir 


Multiple venues 

12 January to 17 February 

Art Hits the Spot 

Musée Granet 

12 January to 13 April 

Exquisite Corpse, Mediterranean Suite 

12 January to December 

Ulysses. Contemporary Art Trail 

Aubagne 

Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs 


Mona Hatoum 

Arles 

Chapelle Saint-Blaise, 

Église Saint-Jean-de-Moustiers 


Claudio Parmiggiani 

Chapelle Sainte-Anne 


Barthélémy Toguo


OPÉRA DE MARSEILLE, four free concerts 

As part of the opening festivities for Marseille-Provence 2013, the 

Opéra de Marseille is opening its doors for a programme of chamber 

music and an Arab-Andalusian recital by Amel Brahim Djelloul 

on 13 January 2013. 

1. Chamber music concert with the Syrah Quartet: Marie Hafiz, 

Louis-Alexandre Nicolini, Benjamin Clasen and François Torresani. 

2. Concert by the Des Équilibres ensemble and Turkish pianist 

Fazil Say. 

3. Recital by the Cnipal. 

4. Symphony concert with the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Musical director: Lawrence Foster with Laurent Korcia (violin). 

Co-directors: Opéra de Marseille and Marseille-Provence 2013 

EL DJOUDOUR (Roots) by Abou Lagraa 

Abou Lagraa presents his personal view of contemporary Islam 

as a culture, with references to tradition, custom, rituals and cultural 

development. He explores the individual’s place in the group and 

in the context of freedom — freedom of societies, people and their 

bodies. 

Producer: Compagnie La Baraka. Co-producers: Grand Théâtre de Provence; Les Gémeaux, scène 

nationale, Sceaux; Théâtre national de Chaillot; Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon; Holland Festival, 

Amsterdam; La Coursive, scène nationale, La Rochelle; Le Théâtre, scène nationale, Narbonne 

and Marseille-Provence 2013. Creative residency: Grand Théâtre de Provence; Marseille-Provence 

2013; Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône; Centre départemental de créations en résidence 

à l’étang des Aulnes; Chez Syhem Belkhodja, Ness El Fen, Tunis (Tunisie). La compagnie La Baraka 

is in residence at Les Gémeaux, scène nationale, Sceaux, from 2009 to 2014. Supported by: Pont 

culturel méditerranéen, the French Ministry of Culture, the Algerian Ministry of Culture, the Algerian 

Cultural Influence Agency (Aarc), Fondation Bnp Paribas. 

RADIO FRANCE’S PRÉSENCES FESTIVAL 

Radio France’s Présences festival takes place in Aix-en-Provence, paying 

tribute to Mediterranean composers. The four evening concerts 

will feature performances by the Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio 

France Choir and Maîtrise Choir School, the Musicatreize ensemble, 

the Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Ensemble 

Orchestral Contemporain and 2e2m. The programme includes 

works by Henri Tomasi (Retour à Tipasa, inspired by Camus’ L’été), 

Zad Moultaka, Ahmed Essyad, Ibrahim Maalouf, etc. 

Co-producers: Radio France, Festival Présences, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Marseille-Provence 2013 


Grand Théâtre 

de Provence 

16 to 19 January 

Project partner 

1 

Marseille 

Opera 

13 January 

1. 11 am to Midday 

2. Midday to 1 pm 

3. 3 pm to 4 pm 

4. 5.30 pm 





Four evening 

concerts 

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All year long 

All aboard for 2013! 

CREATIVE URBAN PROJECTS 

Where art meets urban transformation 

As part of the Creative Urban Projects 

programme, launched in 2011, Marseille- 

Provence 2013 has organised around fifteen 

artist residencies in areas undergoing urban 

renovation. The aim is to produce objects 

or actions developed with local residents. 

This research and creation programme, 

central to the urban renovation movement, 

questions, changes the focus of or adds to 

the planning process by encouraging residents 

to appropriate public spaces and 

contribute to their transformation. In 2013, 

these residencies will result in performances 

in public space, temporary installations and 

meetings with artists. Radio Grenouille is 

supporting these artistic initiatives by producing 

a radio documentary. 

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The European Capital of Culture is its local residents, associations, 

employees, business owners and organisations. Marseille-Provence 

2013 will get these groups involved in urban and societal transformations 

through two major projects. 

Partners 

In Marseille, the public interest groupings 

Politique de la Ville (city policy implementation) 

and Marseille Rénovation urbaine 

(Marseille Urban Renovation). Associated 

regional authorities in close collaboration 

with the city’s policy departments 

and urban development services. Urban 

renovation programmes supported by the 

Anru (National Urban Renovation Agency). 

With support from the Caisse des Dépôts et 

Consignations. Some regions have obtained 

financing from the European Regional 

Development Fund (Erdf) through 

Marseille Provence Métropole. With support 

from the Fondation Logirem and other 

social housing providers. 


With support from 

CER France

Euro-Mediterranean ateliers / Creative urban projects 

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN ATELIERS 

Around sixty creations produced 

on the premises of local companies 

Since 2008, artists from all disciplines have 

taken over spaces not usually associated with 

culture, bringing about unique encounters 

between art and society. Through the Euro- 

Mediterranean Ateliers, Marseille-Provence 

2013 is supporting contemporary creation by 

developing a new production model pooling 

monetary resources, expertise and production 

facilities, so companies of different 

sizes in very different sectors can contribute 

to an artistic project. This creates new 

forms of interaction between host structures’ 

employees and users. These residencies 

will be presented at events taking place 

throughout 2013. 

One artist, one company: a creative 

laboratory 

Marie Angeletti 

/ Pébéo* 

Marco Baliani 

/ Assistance publique 

des Hôpitaux de Marseille 

— Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite 

Taysir Batniji 

/ Savonnerie Marius Fabre 

Mustapha Benfodil 

/ Espace Fernand-Pouillon 

Aix-Marseille Université 

Alice Berni 

/ Bataillon de marinspompiers 

de Marseille 

— Caserne Saumaty 

Mohamed Bourouissa 

/ Pôle emploi Joliette 

Séverine Bruneton 

& Laëtitia Cordier 

/ Descours et Cabaud 

Jean Michel Bruyère 

/ École nationale supérieure 

des mines de Saint-Étienne 

Site Georges-Charpak 

de Gardanne 

Anne-James Chaton 

/ Maison de l’avocat 

— ordre des avocats 

du barreau de Marseille 

Sonia Chiambretto 

/ Bureaux municipaux de 

proximité, Ville de Marseille 

Jean-Claude Chianale 

/ Azur Offset 

Mathieu Clainchard 

/ Maison de ventes 

Damien Leclère 

Gilles Clément 



— hôpital Salvator 

Kathryn Cook 

/ Association Jeunesse 

arménienne de France 

Antoine d’Agata 

/ Archives et Bibliothèque 

départementales de prêt 

Robin Decourcy 

/ Agence Bleu ciel* 

Gilles Desplanques 

/ Club immobilier Marseille 

Provence 

Kitsou Dubois 

/ Équipes de voltige 

de l’Armée de l’air 

Ymane Fakhir 



— hôpital de la Timone 

Dora Garcia 

/ hôpital Montperrin 

Joao Garcia Miguel 

/ Habitat alternatif social 

Anne-Valérie Gasc 

/ Ginger Cebtp Démolition 

Groupe Dunes 

/ Apical Technologie et Institut 

Pythéas (Imep) 

Groupe Ici-même 

/ Centre Bonneveine 

Mona Hatoum 

/ Arnoux Industrie et Cirva 

Célia Houdart 

& Sébastien Roux 

/ Entreprises 

du Puits Morandat 

Mathieu Immer 

& Benjamin Lahitte 

/ centrale Edf Ponteau 

Katia Kameli 

/ Futur Telecom 

Djamel Kokene 

/ Tribunal de commerce 

Le Phun 

/ Fondation de la Tour 

du Valat 

Alicia Martin 



Cristina Lucas 

& Dominique Cier 

/ Coordination Patrimoine 

et Création 

Pascal Martinez 

/ Cirva 

1/2/3 

Olivier Menanteau 

/ La Marseillaise 

Amina Menia 

/ Agam 

Jean-Marc Munerelle 

& gethan&myles 

/ Fondation Logirem 

— cité de la Bricarde 

Stephan Muntaner 

/ La Poste 

Musicatreize 

/ Société Marseillaise 

de Crédit 

Yazid Oulab 

/ Centre Richebois 

Miguel Palma 

/ Voyons voir 

Hervé Paraponaris 

/ École nationale supérieure 

d’architecture de Marseille 

Alexandre Perigot 

/ Groupe Daher et Lycée 

professionnel Gustave-Eiffel 

Franck Pourcel 

/ Société nautique 

de Marseille 

Marie Reinert 

/ Marfret* 

Étienne Rey 

/ Iméra 

Karine Rougier 

/ Vacances bleues* 

Bettina Samson 

/ Laboratoire astrophysique 

de Marseille (Institut Pythéas, 

Amu, Cnrs) 

Vanessa Santullo 

/ bijouterie Frojo* 

Zineb Sedira 

/ Grand Port maritime 

de Marseille 

Alia Sellami 

/ Carniel 

Nicolas Simarik 

/ New Hotel of Marseille 

Wael Shawky 

/ Adef-École de céramique 

et Satis-Astram Lab 

Ozlem Sulak 



* Projects put forward 

by Mécènes du Sud. 

> 

For more information on the Euro- 

Mediterranean Ateliers, visit www.mp2013.fr 

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All year long 

Feuilletons 

Regular events will take place throughout 

2013 in the spirit of great literary or artistic 

series, with events taking place monthly or at 

other intervals. These Feuilletons (series) will 

cross the region, inviting the public to see 

and experience unusual adventures in fields 

as diverse as cuisine (the Grandes Carrioles), 

literature (in homage to the Mystères of 

Eugène Sue), the pyrotechnic arts, film and 

younger audiences. They will involve mobile 

installations and original events in unusual 

venues, and target a wide audience. 

Carte du Tendre perpétuel 

Paul Cox 

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LATERNA MAGICA 

Combining drawing, film, animation, illustration 

and graphic design, the Laterna 

Magica festival has a taste for surprises and 

original interactions. And because in 2013, 2 

+ 0 + 1 + 3 = 10 years, Laterna Magica will 

feature ten events. On the first weekend of 

the month, a festive event will be the starting 

point for a new solo exhibition by artists 

such as Jochen Gerner, Isidro Ferrer, Attak, 

Jenni Rope and Erica il Cane. The invited artists 

have been given carte blanche. There are 

no guidelines or roadmaps: they are free to 

lose themselves, change viewpoints and turn 

the world on its head. Each of the ten artists 

will produce a series of works and take part 

in workshops and discussions. In addition 

to this central project, Laterna Magica will 

present a series of smaller events throughout 

the region. Every month, other representatives 

from European and Mediterranean 

visual arts scenes will be invited to share 

their views of contemporary creation. 

Production: Fotokino. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Studio Fotokino 

& other venues 

March to December

Feuilletons 

THE GRANDES CARRIOLES 

DE LA FRICHE 

Festive and affordable, street food plays a key 

role in countries south of the Mediterranean. 

Because of its colourful history, people, 

shops and marketplaces, the Marseille 

Provence region has close ties to this form 

of cuisine. During the Capital of Culture 

year, chefs and artists will use their imaginations 

to create itinerant kitchens or carrioles, 

allowing the people of Marseille and 

visitors to discover new recipes for eating on 

the go. Each carriole will have its own menu 

and its own style of cooking, which may 

include herb panisses, mallow tagines, hay- 

flavoured ice cream, mint tea or Turkish coffee. 

Each carriole will be headed by a unique duo: 

a cook and an artist, a Michelin star chef and 

a visual artist, a landscaper and a Gascon 

caterer… As many original combinations 

as there are unique servings of artistic and 

gourmet talent. The Grandes Carrioles de la 

Friche will be found throughout the region 

— near a musical kiosk, at marketplaces, 

on street corners, at Capital of Culture 

events — forming pieces of a large culinary 

puzzle which represents the diversity of cuisines 

in the region. 

Producer: Friche la Belle de Mai. Co-producers: 

Les grandes Tables, Marseille-Provence 2013, with the support 

of the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in the context 

of the Fondex programme. 

Throughout the region 

All year long 

Project partners 

The duos: 

Christophe Dufau & Jean-Pierre Larroche 

Armand Arnal & Martine Camillieri 

Sonia Ezgulian & Christian Carrignon 

Sébastien Richard & Catherine Sombsthay 

and Bart Kootstra 

Jérôme Di Salvio & Jules Bouchier Vegis 

Jean-Luc Brisson & Fabrice Biasolo 

Christian Ernst & Pierre Berthelot 

1/2/3 

Carriole “A tout’ vapeur” 

Jean-Pierre Larroche — 

Compagnie Les ateliers 

du spectacle and 

Christophe Dufau, 

Michelin star chef, 2012 

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All year long 

TRAVELLING SCREENS 

In winter, a seven-stage journey 

will examine original contemporary films 

From February to April 2013, six major 

weekend events will take place (in Arles, 

Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Port-de-Bouc, 

Salon-de-Provence, Martigues, Vitrolles 

etc.), in the presence of directors who have 

in common an original cinematographical 

approach. Invited to put their films in perspective 

and discuss them with other guests, 

they will be accompanied by an intermediary 

— a critic or writer. A reference text will be 

produced for a special edition of Positif. 

Seven open-air sessions 

at exceptional sites 

In summer, the voyage will continue in the 

open air (in Martigues, Aix-en-Provence, the 

Pays d’Aubagne region, La Ciotat, Gardanne, 

Port-de-Bouc and Istres) with heritage films 

being screened in unusual venues. To celebrate 

the reopening of the Eden Theatre, 

the first auditorium in which the Lumière 

brothers shared their discovery with the 

public, the journey will come to an end at 

a mythical venue in the history of film: 

La Ciotat train station. 

Co-producers: Cinémas du Sud, Tilt and Marseille-Provence 2013, 

in partnership with Positif film magazine 



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REVELATIONS 

A seven-episode saga of light and fire 

by Groupe F 

Groupe F, creators of fire and images based 

at Mas-Thibert near Arles, produce multi-form 

work combining land art, pyrotechnical 

performance and open-air theatre. 

Blending water and fire, music and story-telling, 

the Revelations are an epic saga, 

with episodes that follow regional waterways: 

the river Rhône in Arles, the calanques 

at Cassis, the fontaines of Aix-en-Provence, 

the Mediterranean island of If, the canals 

of Martigues, the Étang de Berre, and the 

Grande Bouche-du-Rhône at Port-Saint- 

Louis. Throughout the year, the lights carried 

by artists will transform selected spaces. The 

Revelations weave an artistic thread through 

space and time, taking visitors along playful, 

interactive paths to delight the senses. 

Producer and director: Groupe F. Co-producers: host towns 

and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Arles 

13 January 

Cassis 

18 May 

Martigues 

6 to 8 July 

Port-Saint-Louis- 

du-Rhône 

9 & 10 August 

Marseille 

château d’If 

4 to 7 September 


14 to 16 November 

Istres 

31 December 



of Revelations Marseille

ARCHIPELS / MÉCÈNES DU SUD 

With Archipels 2013, Mécènes du Sud, a collective 

of forty companies, has created a new 

joint project that is an invitation to artists 

and companies. The project aims to get artists 

performing in unusual venues, transform 

spaces, reveal resources and reinvent uses. 

The project will set up jam sessions in companies, 

organise concerts of street sounds, 

host indoor hikes and reveal story-telling 

talents through projects like Watt! (five creations 

presented at the Babel Med music festival), 

Opératour (with the Ici-même group 

at the Scène nationale du Merlan) and La vie 

est un roman (Marc Lainé). 

Co-directors: Mécènes du Sud and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Throughout the region 


All year 

Travelling Screens 

Salle de Cinéma L’Alhambra, 

Marseille 

1/2/3 

THE FEUILLETON NOVEL 

The Mysteries of the Capital 

By bringing together talented writers and the 

popular feuilleton novel format, this project 

will reveal the “Mysteries of the Capital.” 

Between January and December 2013, twelve 

authors in residence in the region will write 

twelve short stories published in weekly episodes 

in La Marseillaise newspaper. These 

short stories will examine different themes: 

film in La Ciotat, comic books in Aix-en- 

Provence and the history of the Olympique 

de Marseille (OM) football team in Marseille. 

This region, which is too often fixed in photographs 

or trapped in a fantasy image, will 

be “made literature”. In the course of the 

year, a kaleidoscopic portrait will be produced. 

Authors include Maylis de Kerangal, 

who will write about the OM; Marcus Malte, 

who will focus on the Fondation Camargo 

in Cassis; Christian Garcin, who will turn 

his talents to the Abbaye de Silvacane; and 

Ariel Kenig, who will cover the preparation 

of the Europride parade in Marseille. In parallel, 

authors will interact with the public 

at monthly public readings and discussions 

in local libraries and bookshops, in connection 

with the programme of the Bibliothèque 

départementale or regional literary events. 

Project developed with the following partners: the Rencontres 

du 9 e Art in Aix-en-Provence, Lire à Salon, the Printemps 

du livre in Cassis, the Eden Theatre in La Ciotat and 

the Ville de La Ciotat, La Marelle — villa des projets d’auteurs 

à Marseille, Grain de Sel in Aubagne, the Citl in Arles, 

the Bibliothèque départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, 

Olympique de Marseille, the Ville d’Istres, the Ville de Salonde-Provence, 

the Fondation Camargo, the Abbaye de Silvacane 

and the Ville de la Roque-d’Anthéron, Lesbian and Gay Pride 

Marseille, the Ville de La Ciotat. 

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All year long 

Science and technology 

Exact science, experimental science and 

technology allow us to build up an image 

of the world, and are therefore part of our 

culture and our society, essential to our daily 

lives. Marseille-Provence 2013 has resolved 

to understand the conditions that lead to 

these innovations, to reduce the widening 

gap between experts and the public and to 

promote the sharing of knowledge. Science 

events will therefore be happening throughout 

the year: with the Science Souk in early 

spring, three exhibitions in summer and the 

Science Festival in autumn extending across 

the entire region. 

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Science in spring 

SCIENCE SOUK 

The fun and educational Science Souk will 

set up near residents, on squares or street 

corners, with the aim of making science 

accessible. In a matter of minutes, scientists 

and researchers narrate the great stories 

of science, reveal some secrets of nature 

and amaze visitors with the latest technological 

inventions. 

Producer: Aix-Marseille Université. Co-producer: Marseille- 

Provence 2013 

Gardanne 

Cours Bontemps 

3 April 

Marseille 

Parc François-Billoux 

10 April 

Cours Belsunce 

22 May 


Cours Mirabeau 

15 May


A SPRING FULL OF RESEARCHERS 

Researchers relate the winding path they 

followed from the day when an idea first 

formed in their minds to its development 

into a hypothesis. Discussing their experiments, 

results, verifications and, finally, discoveries, 

they tell of the unexpected, chance 

and, we hope, happiness. Producers: all researchers 

Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

8 to 27 April 

RESOURCEFUL CITIES 

Science activities will take place on housing 

estates on subjects related to the urban 

environment and to “living,” enabling young 

people to become active participants in their 

neighbourhoods. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

13 to 29 April 

ALONG THE HUVEAUNE 

Planète Sciences Méditerranée, Rives & 

Culture and Chantepierre invite you to rediscover 

the Huveaune from source to mouth: 

through interactive scientific and technological 

events, workshops, lectures, etc. 

Co-producers: Planète Sciences Méditerranée, Rives & Culture, 

Chantepierre and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Auriol, Aubagne, Saint-Zacharie, Marseille 

22 May to 19 October 

1/2/3 

TRANSHUMANCE BETWEEN 

EARTH AND SKY 

Walk in the heart of nature, and, once night 

has fallen, dream under the stars… The 

Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille and 

the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité 

et d’Écologie invite you to take part in an 

interactive activity as part of the Conversa 

tions organised at TransHumance bivouacs. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-producers: Institut Pythéas 

(Cnrs, Amu, Ird). Caravan to the Stars is co-produced 

by Andromède and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon 

23 May 


30 May 

CARAVAN TO THE STARS 

The night sky has inspired thousands of navigators 

and stargazers. This programme of 

scientific workshops, meetings and debates, 

film, theatre, music, a travelling planetarium 

and, of course, the discovery of the sky will 

seek to understand how men have learnt to 

decode the light of the stars and reveal their 

hidden nature. 

Producer: Andromède. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With support from the Mairie of the 13 th and 14 th arrondissements 

of Marseille 

Marseille 

Bastide Saint-Joseph 

15 June 

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All year long 

Science in summer 

LIGHT 

A source of inspiration for artists, an object 

of symbolic and spiritual questioning, light 

is also an object of study for scientists of all 

kinds. Where does it come from? What role 

does it play for living things? And what about 

in our daily life? Marseille’s Muséum d’Histoire 

Naturelle (Natural History Museum) 

is staging an exhibition on light to answer 

these questions and to better understand 

how it affects our everyday life, including 

the new technologies which make use of it. 

Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Institut Pythéas (Cnrs — 

Aix-Marseille Université — Ird), Popsud and Marseille- 


Marseille, Muséum d’histoire naturelle 

18 June to 5 January 2014 

THE COLOURS OF THE UNIVERSE 

How does colour fit into the creation of the 

universe, from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years 

ago to today? Why can each of the great 

stages of this process be illustrated by specific 

light and colour phenomena, ultimately 

arriving at what may be called the colours 

of life? In a location in the heart of Sainte- 

Victoire, the exhibition offers a playful 

approach to the science of the universe that 

is accessible to everyone. 

Producer: Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône. Co-producers: 

Institut Pythéas (Cnrs — Aix-Marseille Université — Ird) 


Saint-Antonin sur Bayon 

Maison de la Sainte-Victoire 

April to October 

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DIGITAL TRIBUL@TIONS 

OF A DROP OF WATER 

Waste, unequal distribution, demographic 

growth and climate change all mean that 

controlling water supply is a major issue. 

The town of Gardanne will host an interactive 

exhibition on water — a fun-filled scavenger 

hunt teaching young people about the 

different ways this precious resource is used 

in agriculture and industry. This exhibition, 

held at the old mining site of the Puits 

Morandat, is one of the events that display 

the purpose of the future regional centre for 

sciences and new technologies. 

Co-producers: Ville de Gardanne, École Nationale Supérieure 

des Mines de Saint-Étienne and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With the support of the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

and the Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône. 

Gardanne 

Puits Yvon Morandat site 

4 June to 4 August 


AMCSTI ANNUAL MEETING 

The town of Gardanne will host the annual 

meeting for the Association des musées 

et centres de culture scientifique. For the 

European Capital of Culture year, more than 

200 stakeholders involved in scientific culture 

will come together to discuss the interaction 

of science and art. 

Gardanne 

École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, 

site Charpak 

1 to 3 July


Science in autumn 

SCIENCE VILLAGE 

A rendezvous for the curious, the Festival 

of Science unfolds throughout the region. 

In 2013, five towns and cities — Gardanne, 

Marseille, Salon-de-Provence, Aix-en- 

Provence and Istres — will welcome a 

Science Village where research bodies, museums 

and associations will gather together. 

Regional coordination by Les Petits Débrouillards Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur in partnership with the towns and cities 

and the research bodies and associations of the region. 

Gardanne, Marseille, Istres, Salon- 

de-Provence, Aix-en-Provence 

9 to 13 October 

EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS 

Each Science Village is the starting point for 

Extraordinary Journeys, which enable the 

visitor to discover the secret world of laboratories 

and scientific manufacturing sites. The 

public can take scooters, boats or set off on 

foot for a journey around activities bringing 

together researchers and artistes (actors, 

poets…) in a scientific and festive context. 

Co-producers: Aix-Marseille Université, Les Petits Débrouillards 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With support from the Direction Régionale à la Recherche 

et à la Technologie Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur — Ministry 

of Higher Education and Research, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur and the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône. 

Gardanne, Marseille, Istres, 

Salon-de-Provence, Aix-en-Provence 

Depart from the Science Villages 


1/2/3 

LED CHAT 

Can we make light “talk”? Installed at the 

Maison de la Région, intelligent modules 

invite the visitor to create and play with light 

and to immerse themselves in a visual concert 

of thousands of Leds. 

Co-producers: Aix-Marseille Université, Cnrs and Marseille- 

Provence 2013 with support from the Conseil Général des Bouchesdu-Rhône 

and the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. 

With the support of the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

and the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône. 

Marseille 

Maison de la Région 

September to November 

THE 7 th RENCONTRES 

INTERNATIONALES SCIENCES 

ET CINÉMAS (RISC) 

This year the festival will take place during 

the Festival of Science. Researchers and film 

directors will meet to discuss a selection of 

films creating dialogue between science and 

cinema. 

Production: Polly Maggoo. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille and region 

Marseille-Provence 2013 



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PROTIS 

The Centre Camille Jullian, in collaboration 

with the Chantier Naval Borg, is building a 

seagoing replica of an Ancient Greek ship 

from the 6 th century B.C. named Gyptis. This 

ship, which is ten metres long and entirely 

assembled via ligatures, will take part in 

maritime events in the Capital of Culture. 

Producers: Aix-Marseille Université and Cnrs with support 

from Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Communauté Urbaine 

de Marseille, Marseille-Provence 2013 and Concours d’Arkaeos. 

Marseille 

Chantier Naval Borg and J4 esplanade 

January to December 

MOBILE CULTURE, THE EXHIBITION 

Mobile Culture, the Exhibition charts the 

25-year history of mobile telephony. By 

means of a journey through time and space, 

the exhibition covers the evolution of the 

object, of its uses and its impact on our 

society. This interactive visit also allows the 

public to discover why the mobile telephone 

is a source of inspiration for artists through 

painting, sculpture, cinema, digital art, etc. 

Producer: Groupe Avenir Telecom 

Marseille 

Pavillon M, Place Bargemon 

4 October to 28 November 


1/2/3 

CURIOUS ABOUT SCIENCE 

Forests, water and wasteland, wall junctures 

and other vegetated surfaces, insects 

and birds: in addition to fulfilling our basic 

needs, they also contribute to the natural 

purification of water and an improved quality 

of life. A true city-wide festival, Curious 

About Science invites the visitor to reflect 

on the biodiversity of the city in 2013. 

Co-producers: Association Science Technologie Société Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Marseille-Provence 2013, with support 

from the Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes Côte-d’Azur 

and the Mairie of the 13 th and 14 th arrondissements of Marseille 

Marseille 


WATER INEQUALITY 

AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN 

The Lycée Diderot presents a series of multi- 

disciplinary activities about access to water 

in the Mediterranean, linking science, geography 

and theatre. 

Co-producers: Lycée Diderot, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Lycée Diderot 

1. Light 

Moonset on a very large 

telescope (Vlt) 

from the European Southern 

Observatory (Eso)in Chile 

2. Tribulation d’une goutte 

d’eau (Tribulation 

of a drop of water), 

the stream of “Polischellu”, 

Série Aqua (underwater), 

South Corsica, 2010 

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Regional cultures 

in 2013 

By selecting the Marseille-Provence 2013 

project, the European jury made a clear 

choice. It is because of a strong sense of 

European conviction that regional cultures 

are able to find their place in the European 

Capital of Culture project. Regional cultures 

— beyond their natural and cultural heritage, 

beyond folklore — promote a genuine 

art of living and living together that communicates 

an identity. Regional cultures are 

also the culture of today, with thousands 

of dynamic, creative spirits striving each day 

to forge their identity. 

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CELEBRATING PROVENCE, 

OR AN INVITATION TO TRAVEL 

On 25 May, you are invited to discover 

rich, diverse and thriving Provençal and 

Occitan cultures. This event will take place 

in Châteaurenard, in the north of the 

Alpilles mountains, in partnership with the 

Communauté de communes Rhône Alpilles 

Durance. This festive gathering is also 

the starting point for the TransHumance 

equestrian event, where Provençal horses 

and riders will set off for Marseille. On the 

agenda: a meeting with the Credd’o (Centre 

de rencontres, d’études, de documentation 

et de diffusion d’Oc — the centre for 

encounters, studies, documentation and dissemination 

of the Oc language), a Camargue 

race (rosette race), a major gathering of 

horse drivers, baletti dances and other festivities. 

Along the route of TransHumance, 

bivouacs provide ideal spaces for encounters 

between local and Euro-Mediterranean 

traditions and showcase the region’s history. 

The Conseil général des Bouches du Rhône, 

the Régie culturelle, the Conseil Régional 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Arcade and the 

communes involved have worked to schedule 

the event’s stages.

Cultures régionales en 2013 

THE WORLD IS WITH US 

The Régie culturelle (local cultural affairs 

office) furthers cultural development 

on behalf of the Conseil Régional. For 

Marseille-Provence 2013, it is organising 

an event celebrating amateur art practices 

throughout the region. The World Is With 

Us has a dual objective: to show the vitality, 

quality and scope of these practices and to 

highlight the region’s intangible cultural 

heritage. As part of a world tour of different 

cultural universes in the fields of dance and 

music, the programme invites the audience 

to take part in different events. Taking place 

at a variety of venues thanks to a network of 

partner cultural operators, the first meeting 

takes place on 18 May in Cuges, the starting 

point for TransHumance. The event culminates 

with a major gathering in Aubagne on 

8 and 9 June, where workshops and other 

activities celebrating the region’s different 

cultures take place over 48 hours. 

Cuges-les-Pins 

18 May 

Aubagne 

8 & 9 June 

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HOMAGE TO EUGÈNE DE MAZENOD 

By the Union Culturelle Provençale 

Marseille 2013 

On Sunday 13 January, we will celebrate 

Monseigneur Eugène de Mazenod (1782- 

1861), the founder of the Missionary Oblates 

of Mary Immaculate, who was canonised by 

Pope Jean-Paul II in 1995. A mass in homage 

to Monseigneur de Mazenod will be 

celebrated at 10 am at the Cathedral de la 

Major. In the early afternoon, a procession 

of forty-five groups and fifty horsemen will 

take place between the Canebière and the 

Vieux-Port, led by the Queen of Arles and 

her ladies-in-waiting. In the evening, the 

Guy Bonnet troupe will perform “Mireille” 

by Frédéric Mistral at the Dock des Suds. 

Marseille 

Canebière 

13 January 

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Journeys and Stopovers 

> January to May 

“This sea does not separate, it unites (…). Exchanges did not take 

place across, but with the help of this sea.” 

Jean Giono, Provence, Paris, Gallimard, 1993 

In this first series of exhibitions, boats and ports hum with humans 

and history. Artists and artwork make their way to new shores 

and visitors move from one port of call to the next. Immerse 

yourself in a journey through Mediterranean space and time. 

View of the J1, 2012 

1 

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Opening of the J1 

Marseille 

Place de la Joliette 

12 January 

to 18 May 

Then from 

11 October 

to 12 January 2014 

Cleaning and security: 

The south-west façade 

of the J1 hangar 

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The J1 is an enormous hangar in Marseille’s port area situated 

between the J4 esplanade and the Joliette district, made available 

for the European Capital of Culture by the Grand Port Maritime de 

Marseille. Currently undergoing renovation work, the hangar will 

open to the public for the first time in 2013. It will be a major venue 

at the heart of the city’s bustling port life, right alongside the docking 

ferries. On the upper level of the building, an immense 6000 m 2 , 

platform will welcome an exhibition space of 2500 m 2 , the Seafront 

Factory (home to La Jetée Gallery, the Quayside Gallery and the 

Living in the Midi Gallery), areas for younger audiences, an artistic 

and cultural event centre (for conferences, lectures, performances 

and concerts), an information centre, a bookstore and a bar-restaurant 

with a breathtaking view of the port and beyond. 

With support from the French government, the Ville de Marseille, the Conseil Général des Bouchesdu-Rhône, 

the Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the Grand Port Maritime 

de Marseille.


MEDITERRANEANS. From Yesterday’s Cities to Today’s Men. 

To mark the beginning of the European Capital of Culture year, 

a major exhibition will take place at the J1. Seafaring people will 

take to the water to tell the tale of their Mediterranean as part of 

an unpredictable journey. The journey begins with a modern day 

Ulysses, who discovers today’s world before travelling back in time 

to learn about how Mediterranean society was built. His ports of 

call include the ancient city of Tyre where he meets the Phoenicians, 

to whom we owe our alphabet. Next, he travels to Athens, where 

Pericles used his strong naval fleet to instil democracy. His voyage 

then passes through Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli under the Ottomans, 

and ends in nineteenth-century Marseille, when the city prospered 

thanks to technological advances and colonial conquests. Visitors to 

the exhibition will make their way in any order they wish through 

eleven stages, where boats — triremes, galleys, xebecs, or ocean liners 

— show the importance of navigation to Mediterranean civilisations. 

Between the containers used to house the exhibition, visitors 

will be able to glimpse the sea while discovering Greek and Roman 

masterpieces: bas-reliefs, oil paintings by the masters, rare manuscripts 

and ship models. Also on view are Roman mosaics, illuminated 

medieval manuscripts, and posters from maritime companies. 

These images will come alive thanks to audiovisual technology and 

images by contemporary artists. 

Design: Yolande Bacot, Catherine Mariette and Patrice Pomey. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

J1, place 

de la Joliette 

12 January 

to 18 May 

Major partner 

Main partners 

1 

Associated project partners 

With support from Air 

France, official carrier 

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1 2 

1. Suleiman the Magnificent 

Oil on canvas, anonymous 

Italian portrait, 17 th century. 

Senate Collection, Spain. 

2. Fabien, 2011 

Brian Griffin. Producer: 


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Artwork and images in dialogue 

The exhibition Mediterraneans brings together a corpus of 170 pieces 

of artwork presented as part of 11 historical periods. Each period features 

a different theme, which is presented through short animated 

films. These films were produced by a team of seven young directors 

led by Paul Bourgois. The comic book artist François Schuiten, 

working in tandem with Bourgois and the 3d animator Colin Toupé, 

put his talents to use imagining the library of Alexandria and the 

wise men it welcomed. However, the exhibition’s originality lies in 

its ability to combine and interrogate past and present. For this purpose, 

director Malek Bensmaïl has come up with a modern Ulysses 

who sets off in search of his contemporaries. Never at home, this 

man is at home everywhere — in tune with those he meets in the 

ports of these Mediterraneans. People tell him their hopes and fears 

for a constantly changing Mediterranean region. To conclude the 

exhibition, photographer Brian Griffin has recreated the transport 

hub at Fos-sur-Mer as part of a behind-the-scenes look at the globalised 

twenty-first century — its architecture, its labyrinth of containers, 

and its people.


Related events 

The exhibition also features a series of related events. Musical pieces 

in collaboration with Marseille’s Cité de la Musique echo the different 

stopovers on Ulysses’ voyage. There are theatrical pieces (Trois 

Femmes à la Mer, a performance for a storyteller and a musician, 

written and performed by Liuba Scudieri). Meetings organised by 

the association Approches, Cultures et Territoires mix conferences 

with artistic performances. There are readings from True Tales of 

the Mediterranean, a project collecting Mediterranean stories run 

by the writer François Beaune, and also projections such as the 

series of short films Je me souviens de la Méditerranée (I remember 

the Mediterranean). 

I REMEMBER THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Inspired by the concept “I remember,” defined by Georges Perec 

as writing about “things that, in such and such a year, everyone 

of the same age saw or lived through (…) which come back, a few 

years later, intact and tiny, by chance,” film students have made 

about 30 short films (3-5 minutes long) which create a mosaic of 

Mediterranean memories. 

Co-producers: Aix-Marseille Université (Satis / Astram and Telemme de la Maison méditerranéenne 

des sciences de l’homme), Cnrs, Ina Méditerranée in collaboration with the Alba (Académie 

libanaise des beaux-arts de Beyrouth) and Marseille-Provence 2013 

CANTATA OF THE WORLD 

Are you interested in travelling and bartering, in a place full of colours 

and rhythms? In the heart of the Belsunce district, a crossroads 

for travellers and migrants, Marseille’s Cité de la Musique welcomes 

the world in all its diversity: workshops, creations and concerts all 

year round with Titi Robin, Manu Théron, Tareq Abdallah and many 

other artistic explorers at the crossroads of Mediterranean cultures. 

Co-producers: Cité de la Musique de Marseille and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

J1 

12 January 

to 18 May 

MuCEM 

July 

1 

Marseille 

J1 

12 January 

to 18 May 

Cité de la Musique 

All year long 

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All year long 

At the J1 

Marseille 

J1 


11 October to 22 December 

The Seafront Factory 

Located on the top floor of the J1, the Seafront 

Factory is a venue for exhibitions and 

workshops. It is made up of several spaces, 

that can be accessed free of charge by local 

residents and visitors. Its programme is 

based on everyday knowledge, on shared 

tastes and activities (such as reading, photography, 

writing, drawing and collections) 

that use everyday objects that everybody 

has (such as mobile phones, cameras, computers, 

paper and pencils). This creates an 

original dialogue between familiar, amateur 

activities and contemporary creation. 

Living in the Midi Gallery 

All year long, photos collected in 2012 as part 

of the Living in the Midi project will be displayed 

in this gallery (see page 83). 

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The Quayside Gallery 

– Un jeu d’enfant. The artist and curator 

Vanessa Notley, in collaboration with the 

association Arts et Développement. 

– À la gitane, une façon de faire. Shared 

gypsy memories in the Arles region with 

the Petit à Petit association and the Museon 

Arlaten, an ethnography museum. 

– Nous. The photographer Guillaume 

Janot, in collaboration with les Ateliers 

de l’Image. With support from the Art 13 

initiative by the Conseil Général des 

Bouches-du-Rhône. 

– Le Temps des sirènes. A project by the 

Estaque Gare school and artists Jean- 

François Marc and Antonella Fiori in the 

factories of the Séon basin. 

– Cartocacoethes. Project launched by 

the Assistance publique — Hôpitaux de 

Marseille in collaboration with Marseille’s 

Institut Arc-en-ciel. Directed by the illustrator 

Amélie Jackowski. 

– Les Dormeurs. Artists Claire Ruffin 

and Vincent Beaume display portraits of 

Vitrolles residents. 

– La Nouvelle Vie. The Transbordeur collective, 

directed by photographer Philippe 

Conti, brings us the living memory of 

Vitrolles. 

– J’habite ici! Exhibition of photographs 

selected by the jury of the competition 

launched in 2012 by Unis (Union des syndicats 

de l’immobilier).

J1 Seafront Factory 

In the lobby 

Here, people meet, sketch and leave their 

impressions of the exhibitions they have 

visited — Méditerranées, Le Corbusier, etc. 

And, one weekend every month, the lobby 

hosts Plages d’écriture, workshops open 

to all, intended to constitute a secret road 

map for 2013. Workshops run by the Acelem 

(Association culturelle d’espaces lecture 

et d’écriture en Méditerranée). 

In the design studio 

In this small studio designed by Fotokino, 

invited artists will help create a unique logbook 

that combines text and images and creates 

a record of this extraordinary year. 

In the photography studio 

Four photography studios, designed by students 

from the École Nationale Supérieure 

de la Photographie d’Arles, explore photographic 

traditions, including decorated 

backgrounds and halos of light in the style 

of Harcourt and Nadar. Take a snap for your 

personal album or add to the gallery of portraits 

on the lobby walls. 

A Catalogue of Desires 

Thanks to a collection of animated images 

(with QR codes), get to know the members 

of a voluntary association who share the 

same passion and the same project. 

Co-producers: CycloProd and Marseille-Provence 2013 

1/2/3 

La Jetée Gallery 

Located next to the Living in the Midi 

Gallery, La Jetée Gallery presents work by 

artists who analyse photographic techniques 

before making them their own and reinterpreting 

them. Made up of solo and group 

exhibitions, the programme features several 

sections: 

– Se/ce Souvenir with artists Carolle 

Benitah, Anne Delrez, Benoît Luisière, Sylvie 

Meunier and Moira Ricci, whose work 

explores the idea of family photographs. 

– Histoire de famille or how Delphine 

Balley and Mylène Blanc present their 

respective families. 

– Déserteurs, by Stéphanie Solinas, an 

exhaustive catalogue of gravestones in Père- 

Lachaise cemetery from which portraits of 

the dead have faded. 

– Photographic artist Thomas Mailaender 

has been given carte blanche for an exhibition 

on Le Corbusier using pictures collected 

on the internet. 

La Jetée’s final exhibition is a series of photographs 

by Zineb Sedira taken at a sugar 

silo in 2012. She completed this work during 

a residency at the Grand Port Maritime de 

Marseille, organised as part of Marseille- 

Provence 2013’s Euro-Mediterranean Ateliers 

programme. 

The programme will feature regular meetings 

with artists who will discuss their work 

and photography. 

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Opening of the Tour-Panorama 

Marseille 

Friche 

la Belle de Mai 

12 January 

Tour-Panorama, 

seen from the terrace 

at the Friche la Belle de Mai, 

September 2012 

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The Friche la Belle de Mai will continue its metamorphosis for the 

European Capital of Culture year. Block 3 of this venue, dedicated 

to visual arts and live shows, will undergo an immense renovation 

programme — a real urban project. The first stage of the project 

features the Tour Jobin, a new contemporary art space that will open 

to the public in 2013. An extension will link this building and the 

rooftop of the Magasins building — this is the Panorama gallery. 

Spread across 4000 m 2 , it will host a full programme of temporary 

exhibitions. Meanwhile, the Magasins building will be converted into 

7500 m 2 of offices and workshops for resident artists and producers. 

The 8000 m 2 terrace, a true window to the city, will become a space 

the public can enjoy.


HERE, ELSEWHERE 

To celebrate the opening of this new venue, an ambitious exhibition 

will bring together contemporary artists from the Mediterranean 

region. While all works of art are original and have a unique story 

behind them, the travelling and nomadism characterising contemporary 

artists is an existential experience, one that becomes a place for 

creation in and of itself. In today’s global era, identity is constantly 

shaped by the world’s diversity and cultures. Around forty artists 

from different Mediterranean countries have been selected for their 

ability to see people as embracing multiple identities and constantly 

evolve, and their ability to critically reflect on what is real. Most were 

born in the 1960s and 1970s and are internationally renowned. Many 

of the works were commissioned for the exhibition and have never 

been shown before. Some deal with the Mediterranean landscape. 

Many question notions of identity, citizenship, the self and others. 

Several focus on the experience of emigration, exile and displacement. 

They all reflect contemporary history by telling personal stories. 

Firmly engaged with social, political and geopolitical realities, 

they tell us about the world today by exploring future mutations. 

Artists: Etel Adnan, Ziad Antar, Fikret Atay, Kader Attia, Fayçal Baghriche, Lara Baladi, Gilles Barbier, 

Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Mohamed Bourouissa, Danica Dakic, Inci Eviner, Ymane Fakhir, Mounir 

Fatmi, Lara Favaretto, Gloria Friedmann, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Mona Hatoum, 

Mouna Karray, Bouchra Khalili, Djamel Kokene, Jannis Kounellis, Sigalit Landau, Ange Leccia, Annette 

Messager, Jean-Luc Moulène, Youssef Nabil, Orlan, Yazid Oulab, Adrian Paci, Javier Pérez, Sarkis, 

Hrair Sarkissian, Zineb Sedira, Wael Shawky, Djamel Tatah, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Akram Zaatari 

Curator: Juliette Laffon. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Friche 

la Belle de Mai, 

Tour-Panorama 

12 January 

to 31 March 


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Marseille 

Friche 

La Belle de Mai 

12 January 

to 31 March 

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WORKS PRODUCED AS PART 

OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN ATELIERS 

presented in the exhibition Here, Elsewhere 

Taysir Batniji / Savonnerie Marius Fabre (Salon-de-Provence) 

For three months, the artist Taysir Batniji took up residency at the 

family-owned Marius Fabre soap factory, founded in 1900. He produced 

a sculpture in soap inspired by Article 13 of the Universal 

Declaration of Human Rights. This work, entitled L’homme ne vit pas 

seulement de pain #2 (Man Cannot Live On Bread Alone #2), evokes 

the universal scope of this article. It will be presented from 10 April 

to 16 June at Le Septier gallery in Salon-de-Provence, as part of a solo 

exhibition devoted to Taysir Batniji. 

Co-producers: Savonnerie Marius Fabre and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Mona Hatoum / Arnoux Industrie (Aubagne) and CIRVA (Marseille) 

Mona Hatoum’s atelier uses the expertise of the Cirva (international 

glass and visual arts research centre) and the family-owned company 

Arnoux, which specialises in industrial sheet metal work. This piece 

is composed of eight life-size metal cages that contain hand-blown 

glass shapes. It is raw, rough and fragile. Visitors can discover more 

work by Mona Hatoum from 12 January to 17 March at the Chapelle 

des Pénitents-Noirs in Aubagne as part of the Ulysses contemporary 

art trail (page 64) by the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (Frac). 

Co-producers: Arnoux Industrie, Cirva, Galerie Chantal Crousel and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Wael Shawky / ADEF-École de la céramique et SATIS / ASTRAM 

Lab, Aix-Marseille Université science faculty 

In 2012, Wael Shawky took up residency in the Pays d’Aubagne et 

de l’Étoile region to produce the second instalment of his Cabaret 

Crusades series. To make this film, The Path to Cairo, he called on the 

local clay industry — santon makers and ceramists, students from 

the École de céramique and sound-engineering students at the Satis 

laboratory. It was filmed at the Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs, which 

will host an end-of-year installation devoted to this unique production 

(November-December). 

Co-producers: Communauté du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Satis / Astram 

Lab, Aix-Marseille Université science faculty, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with Alcime, Festival international du film d’Aubagne

Mohamed Bourouissa / Pôle Emploi (Marseille) 

Inspired by August Sander (1876-1964) and his attempt to create an 

archetype of the German man, Mohamed Bourouissa has created 

a portrait of people on the edges of society. With the aid of the teams 

at Marseille’s Joliette Pôle Emploi (employment office), he explores 

the world of work, and in particular the status of job-seekers. This 

project consists of 3d statuettes, photographs, videos, and a collection 

of pieces documenting an ongoing process. 

Co-producers: Pôle Emploi, Galerie Kamel Mennour, École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, 

École Municipale des Beaux-Arts de Gennevilliers / Galerie Édouard Manet and Marseille-Provence 

2013. In partnership with Art-cade galerie des Bains-Douche de la Plaine 

Zineb Sedira / Grand Port Maritime de Marseille 

Zineb Sedira has produced a video installation devoted to the Grand 

Port Maritime de Marseille, the largest port in the Mediterranean, 

paying special attention to its historical archives. The video shows 

the artist’s interest in oral history, transmission, memory and the sea, 

as seen through port activity. 

Co-producers: Grand Port Maritime de Marseille and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership 

with Les Écrans du large. 

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3 

2 

1. L’homme ne vit pas 

seulement de pain #2 

(Man Cannot Live On Bread 

Alone #2) 

Work created by Taysir 

Batniji at the Savonnerie 

Marius Fabre, 2012 

2. A Path to Cairo, 

from the series Cabaret 

Crusades 

Work created by Wael 

Shawky at the Adef 

— École de Céramique 

de Provence and at the 

Satis / Astram Lab — 


science faculty, 2012 

3. Cellules (detail) 

Work created by Mona 

Hatoum at Arnoux 

Industries and the Centre 

International de Recherche 

sur le Verre et les Arts 

plastiques (Cirva), 2012 

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Opening of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Regional Contemporary Art Fund 

Marseille 

FRAC 

Opening in January 

/ February 

The future Fonds Régional 

d’Art Contemporain 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

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A new building for the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur (regional contemporary art fund or Frac) has 

been designed by Kengo Kuma. The Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur was created in 1983. It was part of the French government’s 

move to make contemporary art accessible to the country’s different 

regions by setting up regional contemporary art funds. Its goals are 

to build a public collection, ensure its exhibition and promotion, and 

support artistic creation. In late 2012, the Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur will leave the historic Panier district and take up residence in 

the heart of the Joliette district. This construction project is part of 

the new Frac development policy, which aims to provide these contemporary 

art collections with the tools to accomplish their objectives. 

It will also give them greater visibility on a regional, national 

and international scale. This project will bring Frac Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur’s activities and 900-piece collection under one roof. 

The Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain is funded by the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

and the Ministry of Culture and Communication / Direction régionale des affaires culturelles 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It is a member of Platform, a group of regional contemporary art funds, 

and a founding member of the network Marseille Expos.


THE POSSIBILITY FACTORY 

Celebrating the opening of the new Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur building, this exhibition will reflect the institution’s experimental 

and forward-looking artistic policy. It will feature artistic 

experiences that question the theoretic and scientific conventions 

shaping contemporary culture, not only in the areas of mathematics 

or science but also human sciences. The Possibility Factory will have a 

double focus. First, it will welcome projects, residencies and meetings 

between artists and researchers from research centres at the Institut 

Pythéas. Second, it will present historic works that had a lasting 

effect on artists such as Stanley Brouwn, Yves Klein, Claude Parent 

and Richard Baquié — to whom the exhibition will pay tribute. 

Artists: Bas Jan Ader, Richard Baquié, Katinka Bock, Marius Boezem, Bernard Borgeaud, Fouad 

Bouchoucha, Rémi Bragard, Stanley Brouwn, Marcelle Cahn, Guy de Cointet, Gino de Dominicis, 

Anthony Duchêne, Marc Étienne, Buckminster Fuller, Dan Graham, Yves Klein, Nicolas Floc’h, 

Bertrand Lamarche, Antti Lovag, Anthony McCall, NG, Panaramenko, Yannick Papailhau, Evariste 

Richer, Bettina Samson, Roman Signer, Kees Visser, Raphaël Zarka, Félix Ziem 

Curator: Pascal Neveux. Producer: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, in partnership with 

the Cnrs-Amu (for the Institut Pythéas) and the Centre de Recherches de l’Institut Paul Bocuse. 

YAZID OULAB 

This will be Yazid Oulab’s first solo exhibition in a French gallery 

and in Marseille, where he lives and works. It features a selection of 

new work. Oulab was born in 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, and has 

degrees from the School of Fine Arts in Algiers and the Luminy Art 

School in Marseille. Using diverse media including drawing, sculpture, 

photography, video and writing, Oulab’s work explores the 

themes of human ties and transmission. “My work is the story of 

my life. My father is a labourer and my mother an intellectual. I’m 

a result of that mix. My work has its foundations in workers’ tools; 

added to that are reflection, spirit and knowledge.” 

Curator: Pascal Neveux. Producer: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, in partnership with the Galerie 

Éric Dupont. Yazid Oulab is also part of the exhibition Peu à peu quoiqu’aussitôt (Marseille, Centre 

Richebois, May-December) and the Ulysses project, where he will present work created during his 

Euro-Mediterranean Atelier at the Centre Richebois. Co-producers of the Euro-Mediterranean Atelier: 

Centre Richebois, Voyons voir, Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

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Marseille 

FRAC 

January / February 

to April 

Marseille 

FRAC 

May to late summer 

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Ulysses. Contemporary art trail 


12 January 

to December 

In Arles and the Camargue region 

Association Asphodèle (multiple venues), Chapelle Saint-Blaise 

(Arles), Chapelle Sainte-Anne (Arles), Domaine départemental 

du Château d’Avignon (Saintes-Maries-de-La-Mer), L’Abbaye 

de Montmajour (Arles), Le Château de Tarascon (Tarascon). 

In the Aix region 

Musée Granet (Aix), Pavillon de Vendôme (Aix), La Non- 

Maison, micro centre d’art (Aix), École supérieure d’art d’Aixen-Provence, 

3bisf, centre d’art contemporain (Aix), Abbaye 

de Silvacane (La Roque-d’Anthéron), Centre culturel 

La Baume-lès-Aix (Aix), Voyons voir (multiple venues), 

Arteum (Châteauneuf-le-Rouge), Château La Coste 

(Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade), Espace Prairial (Vitrolles), 

Tilt and the Institut de l’Image (Aix). 

On the Petite Mer, Martigues region 

Musée Ziem (Martigues), Saint-Blaise archaeological site 

(Saint-Mitre- les-Remparts), chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Marins 

(Martigues), Centre Fernand-Léger (Port-de-Bouc), 

Tilt and the Cinéma Le Renoir (Martigues), chapelle Saint- 

Sulpice (Istres). 

In the Var 

Centre d’Art Sébastien (Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer), Hôtel des Arts 

(Toulon), Centre d’art Le Moulin de la Valette (La Valette- 

du-Var), École supérieure d’art Toulon Méditerranée. 

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ULYSSES 

This projects aims to create a contemporary art trail around the 

European Capital of Culture region. Ulysses’ journey is a great work 

of the imagination and a cornerstone of Western literature. Using 

an interdisciplinary approach, more than forty different partners 

— contemporary art galleries, heritage sites and outdoor venues — 

will work together on this theme to create a wide range of events. 

Throughout 2013, exhibitions, artist commissions, residencies, and 

special events will take visitors on a journey that will be just as 

exciting as the original. Over one hundred artists will participate in 

the adventure, including: Cécile Bart, Wang Bing, Mona Hatoum, 

Fabrice Lauterjung, Cildo Meireles, Hans Op de Beeck, Yazid Oulab, 

Miguel Palma, Claudio Parmiggiani, Franck Pourcel, Philippe 

Ramette, Nicolas Rubinstein and Barthélémy Toguo. 

Curator: Pascal Neveux, assisted by Karina Bianchi. Co-producers: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 


In Marseille 

Château d’If (Marseille), Ordre des avocats, Fonds Régional 

d’Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Château 

de Servières et les Ateliers Boisson, Tilt and the cinéma 

L’Alhambra, Tilt open-air cinema (Place du Refuge). 

In the Aubagne region 

Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs (Aubagne), Bouilladisse 

commune in collaboration with the Communauté d’Aubagne 

et du Pays de l’Étoile (city tour), multimedia library network. 

In the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, outside the 

Marseille-Provence 2013 region 

Château de Tourrettes-sur-Loup (Tourrettes-sur-Loup), Centre 

culturel La Coupole (La Gaude), Centre international d’art 

contemporain (Carros), Chapelle des Pénitents (Lurs), Musée 

archéologique (Vaison-la-Romaine). 

Outside the Marseille-Provence 2013 region 

Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon 

(multiple venues), Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain 

Bretagne (multiple venues).

WORK PRODUCED AS PART 


presented as part of the contemporary art trail Ulysses 

Franck Pourcel / Société nautique de Marseille 

As part of Franck Pourcel’s Constellations project, thirteen photographic 

narratives will form thirteen constellations. With these photos, 

taken around the Mediterranean Basin, Pourcel explores a new 

environment and questions modernity in places where immutability 

meets change. Pourcel will be based at the Société Nautique yacht 

club, which will serve as his workshop whenever he visits Marseille. 

Here he will discuss his many trips and take part in outreach and 

educational activities, welcoming individuals and groups. 

Co-producers: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Société nautique de Marseille and Marseille- 


Miguel Palma / Domaine de Saint-Ser 

The Portuguese artist will test a project in two stages and two locations. 

During his residency at the Domaine de Saint-Ser, a vineyard 

and partner of the Voyons Voir association, he suggested producing 

images on site, like Cézanne. Here, he creates a site-specific installation. 

Following the first stage of the project, the artist has produced 

images that he presented to the Château de Servières as part 

of an original spatial device: a kaleidoscope vision of the region. 

Co-producers: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Château de Servières, Voyons voir, Domaine 

de Saint-Ser, BatiMétal, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Constellation 1, Ithaca 

(Greece), Franck Pourcel, 

July 2004 

Arles 

Abbaye 

de Montmajour 

From November 

1 

Puyloubier 

Domaine 

de Saint-Ser 

April to December 

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Opening of the Villa Méditerranée 

Marseille 

J4, esplanade 

Saint-Jean 

15 March 

Villa Méditerranée project 

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The Villa Méditerranée is just one example of the Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur Region’s commitment to the Mediterranean region. 

This venue, open to all, hosts conferences, debates and other events 

exploring the Mediterranean area. The 2013 programme features permanent 

exhibitions, two temporary exhibitions and related events 

(such as film screenings, performances and debates). Unusual and 

educational, this programme allows visitors to better understand 

the complex issues facing the Mediterranean region. The building, 

designed by Milanese architect Stefano Boeri, has areas that are both 

underwater and in the air. 

Level 0: atrium (welcome area), cafeteria. 

Level +1: temporary exhibition areas located in the overhanging 

structures, free-access terrace. 

Levels -1 & -2: permanent exhibition (Mediterranean Journeys), Agora 

(multi-purpose space), and an amphitheatre seating 400 people


THE GREAT MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE 

The permanent exhibition The Great Mediterranean Voyage provides 

the visitor with several points of view so that they can better understand 

the complexity of this world: spaces, times and exchanges. 

It consists of two parts: 

– Beyond the Horizon presents movements affecting the Mediterranean, 

whether trade, human, energy or virtual. 

– Timelines focuses on different aspects of Mediterranean history. 

Narrators: Bruno Ulmer (Beyond the Horizon) and Jean-Luc Arnaud (Timelines). Producer: 

Villa Méditerranée. 

2031 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, OUR FUTURES! 

The future should not be left to fate — it is up to us to build it. This 

exhibition explores the possible futures affecting the Mediterranean 

in the next 20 years, encompassing issues such as demographics, 

the environment, the economy, and governance. This future 

Mediterranean is presented through the voices, images and dances 

of young people from Marseille, Tunis, Beirut, Izmir and other cities. 

Narrator: Régis Sauder. Producer: Villa Méditerranée. 

1 

Marseille 

Villa Méditerranée 

J4, esplanade 

Saint-Jean 

Beyond the Horizon: 

6 April to 2016 

Timelines: 

from September 

Marseille 


J4, esplanade 

Saint-Jean 

6 April 

to late August 

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Marseille 


Esplanade J4 

12 & 13 September 

Marseille 

& other cities 

Villa Méditerrranée 

& other venues 

28 May to 2 June 

1. Tomorrow, Algiers? 

Amin Sidi Boumédiène 

2. Cairo 678, 

Mohamed Diab, 2010 

3. Like twenty impossibles, 

Anne Marie Jacir, 2003 

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FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE INDIAN OCEAN 

Sisygambis has developed a three-screen multimedia installation, 

showing an epic cinematographic journey that takes the audience 

from Egypt to the Comoros via Tanzania, Kenya and Zanzibar. 

Visitors are taken on an intense sensory journey, carried along by 

traditional trance music mixed with electronic compositions, and 

images of ancient and contemporary cultures. 

Producer: Les 7 Portes (The 7 Doors) with Mécènes du Sud, Friche la Belle de Mai, Zinc, Le Puits 

Sonore, Centre International de Coopération Culturelle (Cicc), D.c.m.a Académie de Musique 

de Zanzibar, Egyptian Music & Art Centre (Cicc) and the Egyptian Tv Press Centre. 

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARAB CINEMA 

This festival has been organised by Aflam, an association with ten 

years’ experience in programming Arab cinema, and its national 

and international network. Films will be screened at the Villa 

Méditerranée and in several cinemas in Marseille. The programme 

includes a competitive selection of recent films, tributes and heritage 

films. It also features a Regards Croisés (different perspectives) 

section, where filmmakers of various origins explore the main issues 

and philosophical trends around the world, particularly through 

migrations and diasporas. Professional and amateur producers, 

distributors and broadcasters from France and abroad, along with 

film critics, are invited to discuss the question of the diffusion of 

Arab films in the Mediterranean and in the world in this internet 

and multimedia age. 

Producer: Aflam. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013, in partnership with the Villa Méditerranée, 

with the support of the Centre National de la Cinématographie

1 

2 

3


Centre de la Vieille Charité and Musée Cantini 

Marseille 

Centre de la Vieille 

Charité 

12 January 

to 15 April 


Marseille 

Centre de la Vieille 

Charité 

12 January 

to 15 April 


Greece. Athens. 1994 

Josef Koudelka 

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THE TREASURY OF MARSEILLE 

“500 B.C., Marseille’s splendour in Delphes” 

The Musée d’Archéologie has decided to reveal its treasury, which 

was consecrated by the residents of Massalia in Athens around 2500 

years ago. In ancient times, a treasury was a small, richly sculpted 

building, which was used to house precious objects. For this exhibition, 

29 relics considered national treasures in Greece will go on 

display for the first time outside their home country. Thanks to 

new technology, visitors will be able to visit a 3d reconstitution of 

this building. This voyage back through time will take place in the 

Chapelle Puget. 

Curator: Muriel Garsson. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Cnrs (Map) and, Marseille- Provence 

2013. In collaboration with the École Française d’Athènes 

VESTIGES 1991-2012 — Josef Koudelka 

For 22 years, Josef Koudelka, a member of Magnum Photos, has 

worked on an unprecedented photographic project. He has taken 

pictures of major ancient Greek and Roman archaeological sites in 

twenty Mediterranean countries, documenting the very foundations 

of our civilisation. Vestiges is his first retrospective exhibition on this 

subject. These panoramic images show the importance of landscape 

art in Koudelka’s work. 

Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Magnum Photos and Marseille-Provence 2013. In collaboration 

with the Instituts Français in the countries concerned. With the support of Picto, Ilford and Circad

MATTA, SURREALISM AND HISTORY 

Reopening after major renovation work, the Musée Cantini invites 

visitors to discover the work of Roberto Matta, one of the great 

artists of the twentieth century. Matta was an important figure in 

Surrealism — a movement closely linked to the history of Marseille 

and its collections — and developed an exceptional body of work. 

He was a prolific artist to the point of excess, and often produced 

paintings of monumental proportions. A painter with a complex 

and unique personality, his character was shaped by the personal and 

historical events in which he was involved. He wished to be completely 

open to the world. His work is therefore an account of reality, 

life and history. The exhibition traces the central theme of Matta’s 

work, which led him from Surrealist automatism to a metaphorical 

interpretation of history, from a representation of the conflicts of the 

unconscious to the conflicts that marked the history of the second 

half of the twentieth century. It brings together about sixty pictures 

and a collection of graphic works, from French and international 

institutions and from private collections. It also includes a film based 

on written and filmed archives. 

Curator: Christine Poullain. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Musée Cantini 

15 February 

to 19 May 


Ping Pong Mao 

Oil on canvas, 

160 x 208 cm, Matta, 1971. 

Private collection 

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Trail in Aix-en-Provence 


City centre 

& the Abbaye 

de Silvacane 

12 January 

to 17 February 

I feel, you feel, we feel through 

each other into our selves, 

cast aluminium, white 

enamel, Ugo Rondinone 

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This event, designed for Marseille-Provence 2013, uses symbolic 

buildings to highlight different aspects of civic life (the Town Hall 

courtyard or the steps in front of the Court building), urban unification 

(squares in historic neighbourhoods and the fountain marking 

the beginning of the Cours Mirabeau), cultural activities, different 

ways of approaching artwork (the Musée Granet) and individual creative 

or spiritual journeys (the Abbaye de Silvacane). Fourteen creations 

by internationally renowned artists will create a shared public 

space, an environment giving pride of place to an architectural whole 

built around an artistic presence. This whole does not belong to the 

elements it is made up of, but is the expression of their reciprocal 

ownership. The idea is not to integrate installations into the architecture 

or take over an architectural environment using site-specific 

practices. The aim is to develop the different possibilities created 

by existing architecture. 

Artists: Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Mark Handforth, Thomas Houseago, Rachel Feinstein, 

Kimsooja, Yayoi Kusama, Jorge Prado, Huang Yong Ping, Ugo Rondinone, Sofia Taboas, Xavier 

Veilhan and Franz West. 

Curator: Xavier Douroux. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of ProHelvetia


Musée Granet 

EXQUISITE CORPSE, MEDITERRANEAN SUITE 

This exhibition features the Surrealist’s “exquisite corpse” technique, 

where participants in the creative process each react to the intervention 

preceding their own without seeing the artwork as a whole. 

Artists working in different disciplines (including visual arts, choreography, 

writing and contemporary music) have been invited to take 

part in a collective creation. If this artistic freedom breaks the rules 

of the game, this is only to encourage unlikely results — reflecting 

our similar but different Mediterranean cultures, which encourage 

creativity inspired by both shores. Meetings and discussion are 

therefore central to this joint project, which is not about identity but 

creative values forged around the mare nostrum. These commissions 

were completed in 2011 and 2012. They will be presented at an exhibition 

that stands out for the cultural diversity of its artists, who all 

hail from the Mediterranean region. 

Artists: Nourredine Ferroukhi (Algeria), Lia Lapithi (Cyprus), Moataz Nasr (Egypt), Carmen 

Calvo (Spain), Philippe Favier (France), Ilias Poulos (Greece), Georgia Spiropoulos (Greece), 

Sigalit Landau (Israel), Fabrizio Corneli (Italy), Marwan Rechmaoui (Lebanon), Bouchra 

Ouizguen (Morocco), Sharif Waked (Palestine), Diana Al-Hadid (Syria), Abdelwahab Meddeb 

(Tunisia) and Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) 

Curators: Évelyne Artaud and Bruno Ely. Co-produers: Musée Granet / Communauté du Pays d’Aix, 

Association Pérégrines and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Musée de Bastia 

POLKAPALACE — Alexandre Perigot 

At the Musée de Bastia, in what used to be the governors’ palace, 

the temporary installation Polkapalace will be set up. This 160 m2 architectural work created by artist Alexandre Perigot features a 

series of partitions animated by revolving platforms. This moving 

gallery will host a contemporary art programme in several episodes 

with the walls covered by artists’ work. Programming by the 

association Artco. 

Co-producers: Musée de Bastia, Ville de Bastia, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, Association Artco, 

Solang Production Paris Brussels and Marseille-Provence 2013 


Musée Granet 

12 January 

to 13 April 

→ Guest city 

Corse / Bastia 

Musée de Bastia 

From 1 February 

1 

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Gaston-Defferre regional archives and library 

Marseille 

Gaston Defferre 

regional archives 

and library 

12 January 

to 23 March 

Bust of Julius Caesar 

Marble, 102 b.c. — 44 b.c. 

Rhône excavations 2007. 

Musée départemental 

Arles antique 

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CÉSAR AND THE SECRETS OF THE RHÔNE 

This exhibition will bring Arles’ Roman past back to life by displaying 

rare objects such as a marble bust of Caesar, magnificent examples 

of Roman statues and silverwork, votive objects, amphora vessels, 

lamps and jewellery. The most stunning examples, unearthed during 

painstaking excavations of the Rhône River, will be accompanied 

by documents from the archives. 

Co-producers: Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille-Provence 2013


Musée Départemental Arles Antique 

RODIN, THE LIGHT OF ANTIQUITY 

The exhibition Rodin, the Light of Antiquity will reveal the imprint 

of Antiquity, which has become invisible but is nevertheless always 

present in the sculptor’s work. This unique approach reveals the 

perpetual back-and-forth between ancient times and contemporary 

creation. Over 250 pieces of artwork will be displayed in an area of 

1000 m 2 to celebrate this dialogue between past and present. The 

125 sculptures, assemblies and drawings by Rodin demonstrate the 

artistic fusion central to his work. Meanwhile, 125 antique pieces 

that were central to the artist’s life and thought are presented alongside 

Le Penseur (The Thinker), L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze), 

L’Homme qui marche (The Walking Man), The Monument à Victor 

Hugo (Monument to Victor Hugo), La Centauresse (The Female 

Centaur) and others. The exhibition includes work loaned by thirty 

private and public collections, and was co-produced by the Musée 

Rodin in Paris. The exhibition will travel to Paris in November 2013. 

Curator: directed by Pascale Picard (Musée Départemental Arles Antique), in collaboration 

with Bénédicte Garnier (Musée Rodin, Paris). Co-producers: Musée Départemental Arles Antique, 

Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Musée Rodin and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Arles 

Musée 

départemental 

Arles antique 

6 April 

to 1 September 


1 

Assemblage, plaster and brick 

33 x 28,5 x 29,2 cm 

Auguste Rodin 

Musée Rodin 

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Other exhibitions 

Marseille 

Musée Regards 


12 & 13 January 

and then 

from February 


Marseille 



12 & 13 January 

and then 

from 7 February 

Marseille 



7 February 

to 17 May 

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OPENING OF THE MUSÉE REGARDS DE PROVENCE 

The Musée Regards de Provence will open in 2013 in the former sanitary 

station built by architects Champollion, Fernand Pouillon and 

René Egger in 1948. The station is closely linked with Marseille and 

its port, as it was one of the main entry and exit points for travellers 

and immigrants who arrived by sea or air. Completely renovated 

and redesigned, it now has a surface area of 2300 m 2 , including four 

exhibition spaces (displaying the Foundation collection and temporary 

exhibitions on modern and contemporary art and the history 

of the building), a restaurant with a terrace, a bookshop, a gift shop 

and a reception area. 

Sponsors of the Musée Regards de Provence. Main sponsors: Fondation d’entreprise du Crédit agricole 

Alpes-Provence and Snef. Builders: Christie’s and Société Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado Carénage. 

Designer: L’Occitane. 

MEMORY OF THE HEALTH STATION 

The permanent exhibition Memory of the Health Station features 

images, lights, and a video, sound and multimedia installation 

to demonstrate three aspects of Marseille’s history: Marseille and 

the plague, the history of quarantine hospitals in the eighteenth 

and nineteenth centuries, and the history of the health station 

and Fernand Pouillon’s architectural project for the building itself. 

Exhibition produced and funded by the Fondation Regards de Provence, with the participation 

of Marseille-Provence 2013. With the partners of Regards de Provence: Ville de Marseille, Fondation 

d’Entreprise Crédit Agricole Alpes-Provence and the Port Autonome. 

THE REGARDS DE PROVENCE COLLECTION 

Reflections of the Mediterranean 

The Musée Regards de Provence presents paintings, sculptures, 

drawings and photographs by artists who were inspired by or lived 

in Marseille, Provence or the Mediterranean region. Around two 

hundred pieces explore the theme of Mediterranean navies and ports 

in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, rural Provence in the 

nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and contemporary Provence art 

in the twenty-first century. 

Producer: Fondation Regards de Provence. With the partners of Regards de Provence: Fondation 

d’entreprise du Crédit agricole Alpes-Provence.

MARSEILLE, A MEMORY OF THE SHORES 

Maps and portolan charts of the Mediterranean 

In January 2013, the Bmvr’s Fonds Patrimoniaux (heritage fund) will 

host an exhibition on handwritten navigational maps, called portolans. 

These charts are a precious part of Marseille’s heritage, but 

for conservation reasons relating to their fragility, they are rarely on 

display. These charts show what port activity was like in 17th century 

Marseille and the extent of its Mediterranean influence, taking 

visitors to the port cities of Genoa, Venice, Messina, Istanbul, 

Cairo, Majorca and others. After a short reminder of what the world 

looked like during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this exhibition 

reveals the treasures of different cartography styles, focusing, 

of course, on the style typical in Marseille. Several French and foreign 

organisations have loaned pieces for the exhibition in order to 

present the portolan charts in a comprehensive manner, reflecting 

different Mediterranean civilisations in the 16 th and 17 th centuries. 

Curator: Brigitte Blanc. Producer: Ville de Marseille 

BERNAR VENET 

Sculptor Bernar Venet has been invited to design a monumental 

work of art for a public space.“When I discovered the Parc du Pharo, 

with its sublime esplanade that overlooks the Vieux-Port and part 

of Marseille, I was immediately convinced.” The artist wanted to 

find a way to make the long lines and precision of his work merge 

with the classic architecture of the setting. His sculpture consists of 

twelve groupings of classic arches, an emblematic expression of his 

work. The incandescent colour of the steel and the arches opening 

towards the blue Mediterranean sea pay hommage to the maritime 

history and traditions of the site, which dominates the entrance 

of the Vieux Port. 

Co-producers: Bernar Venet, L’art prend l’air (Art Goes Outside) and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

In collaboration with the Ville de Marseille 

Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

11 January 

to 27 March 

View of the western façade 

of the Musée Regards 

de Provence, 2013 

Marseille 

Parc du Pharo 

8 March 



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Marseille 


17, 18 & 19 May 


Centre Albert 

Camus, 

Cité du livre 

19 January 

to 14 April 


Atelier de Cézanne 

4 March to 12 May 


Centre aixois 

des archives 

départementales 

23 March to 15 June 

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SPRING OF CONTEMPORARY ART 

The fifth edition of the Printemps de l’art contemporain (Spring 

of Contemporary Art) is an opportunity to discover or rediscover 

a score of galleries and other venues, following an informal tour 

of the Vieux-Port, Le Panier, Longchamp, the Belle de Mai and 

La Plaine districts. Producer: Marseille Expos 

THE ALBERT CAMUS COLLECTION, 

FROM ESSAYS TO SHORT STORIES, 1937-1957 

This exhibition presents manuscripts, annotated typescripts, proofs, 

illustrated works and original editions of Albert Camus’ essays 

and short stories. This includes L’Envers et l’endroit (Betwixt and 

Between) and Noces (Nuptials) published by Charlot in Algiers; L’Été 

(Summer) and L’Exil et le royaume (Exile and the Kingdom) published 

by Gallimard in Paris), illustrated with portraits of the author 

and the places he went, on both shores of the Mediterranean. 

Curator: Marcelle Mahasela. Co-producers: Ville d’Aix-en-Provence and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

THE FACE OF VICTORY, 1914-1918 — Henry Degroux 

Often compared to Munch, Henri Degroux (1867-1930) was one 

of the greatest painters of the early twentieth century. Here, the forty 

engravings illustrating his war work will be shown in public for the 

first time, allowing this forgotten artist to be rediscovered. 

Co-producers: Atelier de Cézanne and Marseille-Provence 2013 

FRANCE-LEBANON. Regards croisés sur l’exil 

en bande dessinée 

Through the work of two Lebanese comic-book authors, one living 

in France and the other in Lebanon, this exhibition presents two perspectives 

on exile and immigration: immigration as it is dreamed, 

imagined, feared, and experienced. Lebanon was an obvious choice, 

given its connections with France and the many cartoonists based 

in the south-east Mediterranean. In counterpoint to this work, 

historian Liliane Nasser presents a selection of archive documents 

on Lebanese immigration in the Bouches-du-Rhône region. 

Producer: Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône


PAPER’ART PROJECT 

The art of paper in all its dimensions 

How do we encourage art enthusiasts or curious passers-by to enter 

galleries? How do we bring alive the connections between artists and 

the public? Paper’art Project is a series of twelve exhibitions, conferences 

and workshops, presenting the work of more than fifty artists. 

Co-producers: Gudgi and Marseille-Provence 2013 

FROM HAND TO HAND 

The exhibition covers the history of sculpture in the region. It pre- 

sents the work of Dominique Angel, Judith Bartolani, Richard 

Baquié, César, Toni Grand, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Germaine 

Richier and Arnaud Vasseux. 

Curator: Jean-Roch Bouiller. Producer: Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône 

ALBERT CAMUS, COLOURIST 

This exhibition is an immersion in the colours of Albert Camus’s 

work. Two contemporary painters use quotations by Camus to reveal 

the colour palette of his writings. Curator: Marcelle Mahasela. 

Curator: Marcelle Mahasela. Co-producers: Ville d’Aix-en-Provence & Marseille-Provence 2013. 

AUGUSTE CHABAUD 

Fascination and Nostalgia between Provence and Tunisia 

The painter’s journeys around the Mediterranean have led to images 

of a solitary shepherd and his dog, grief-stricken Provence residents, 

silent paths edged with olive trees, a sailor in Marseille, Spahi soldiers 

in red and blue, a woman in white, a snake charmer and more. 

Curator: Laïdi Chabaud. Co-producers: Musée de Région Auguste Chabaud, Communauté 

de Communes Rhône Alpilles Durance, Marseille-Provence 2013 



All year 

Graveson 

Musée Auguste 

Chabaud 

8 February 

to 2 June 

1 


Galerie du Conseil 

général des 

Bouches-du-Rhône 

5 April to 13 June 


Centre Albert 

Camus, 


4 May to 26 July 

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Photography 



Général des 


25 January 

to 17 March 

Allauch 

Musée d’Allauch, 

galerie 

du Vieux Bassin, 

L’usine électrique 

12 April to June 

Le Corbusier’s Terrace 

in Marseille, 1956 

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AGNÈS VARDA IN THE BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE 

Agnès Varda follows the likes of Raymond Depardon and Bernard 

Plossu in accepting a photography commission from the Conseil 

Général des Bouches du Rhône to present her view of the Bouches 

du Rhône region. The exhibition includes videos, films and photos, 

as well as a 1956 documentary on Marseille. 

Curator: Véronique Senez-Traquandi. Producer: Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône. 

This exhibition will tour the region until 2015. 

JUST MARSEILLE 

Just Marseille presents twenty views of the city’s impressive geography: 

from L’Estaque to Callelongue, from the slopes of La Gineste to 

those of the Massif de l’Étoile and from the sea to the plains leading 

to Aix-en-Provence and Aubagne. 

Co-producers: Association Phocal and Marseille-Provence 2013


Literary events 

LE COLLOQUE DE TANGER / CIPM 

The Centre international de Poésie de Marseille (Marseille 

International Poetry Centre or cipM), is organising a new edition of 

the Colloque de Tanger in collaboration with the Institut Français and 

the Salon du Livre de Tanger. Taking place in April 2013 in Marseille 

and Tangier, this conference was initially organised by Gérard- 

Georges Lemaire in 1975. It brought together intellectuals and artists 

such as Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. On the programme: 

concerts, readings, performances, exhibitions, films, theatre, publishing… 

So visitors can discover or rediscover the intellectual adventure 

of the Beat Generation. 

* At the Cinémathèque de Tanger, Galerie Delacroix, Les Colonnes bookshop, Les Insolites 

bookshop and galley, Palais Mendoub and the Salle Beckett. ** At the Le Miroir and Les Variétés 

cinemas, cipM, the Dock des Suds, the Galerie La Non-Maison (Aix-en-Provence) and the Galerie 

Porte Avion. 

Producer: Centre International de Poésie Marseille. Co-producers: the Institut français 

and the Tangier Institut français, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Région Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur, the Centre National du Livre (Cnl) — Ministry of Culture and Communication, the 

Ville de Tangiers, the Moroccan Embassy, the Cinémathèque de Tanger and Marseille-Provence 2013 

LOUIS BRAUQUIER 

Martigues’ first literary project is dedicated to poet Louis Brauquier. 

It is divided into two sections: a tribute to the poet in his village 

of Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, and meetings with authors. Authors 

will visit the towns of Martigues, Port-de-Bouc and Saint-Mitre-les- 

Remparts as part of a series of literary debates. The central theme 

is ‘Seeing and being seen by the other.’ The different perspectives 

will focus on six destinations — Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Sicily, 

New Caledonia and Madagascar — all places Brauquier visited during 

his career. 

Co-producers: Ville de Martigues and Médiathèque de Martigues, the Association Les Amis 

de la Médiathèque de Port-de-Bouc, Ville de Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, La Sofia and Marseille- 


Tangier 

Multiple venues* 

4 to 7 April 

Marseille 


Multiple venues** 


1 

Martigues 

Port-de-Bouc 

Saint-Mitre- 

les-Remparts 

Libraries in 

Martigues and Portde-Bouc, 

streets 

in Saint-Mitre- 

les-Remparts 

May to June 

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Living in the Midi 

AN UNEXPECTED LOOK AT THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH 

Show your photographs to someone — he will immediately show 

you his: “Look, this is my brother. And this is me as a child.” 

Roland Barthes, La Chambre claire (Camera Lucida). 

At some point, everyone has taken out their mobile phone, digital 

camera or disposable to immortalize a special moment in time: the 

autumn sky from a window, a summer picnic or a first swim in the 

pool. Almost everyone has had their picture taken by friends or family 

playing with Fido, wearing their fabulous new dress or posing in 

their new glasses. Everyone keeps photographs at home, in boxes, 

photo albums or just shoved in the bottom of a drawer. Living in 

the Midi is the opportunity to compile all these images of our life in 

a single album. 

In 2012, Marseille-Provence 2013 launched an online collection 

of images by European Capital of Culture residents. These photos 

will make up the Living in the Midi album. 

In 2013, the Seafront Factory will host four major exhibitions featuring 

these photographs. The last exhibition, People, Places, Practices, 

is a compilation of all these collections, designed to form a portrait 

of the south of France through locals’ eyes — an album of albums. 

Images will be presented alongside archive photographs on the same 

themes. In September, a photographic film will tour of the region’s 

towns. This collection is a curious and loving look at the family portrait, 

the holiday snap and the amateur photograph. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Seafront Factory 

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January 

to December 

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1. Douceur des premiers 

bains de mai, Swimming 

series, Practices collection, 

Saint-Tropez, May 1982 

2. Marseille, Marseille… 

Tout bas, Rooftop View series, 

Places collection, view from 

Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, 

November 2009 

3. Souvenirs de Dames, 

Balcony series, People 

collection, Marseille, le Bain 

des Dames, 29 July 2012 

4. Ruine, On the Edge series, 

Places collection, 

La Ciotat, September 2011 

5. Maryse, Seaside series, 

People collection, 

Le Bestouan, 1959 

6. Ocres du Roussillon, Forest 

series, Places collection, 

Roussillon, November 2009 

7. Saint-Charles, Departures 

series, Places collection, 

Marseille, winter 2006 

8. Love Kennedy, Lovers 

on Public Benches series, 

Practices collection, Corniche 

de Marseille, 28 June 2012 

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Circus in Capitals 

FOCUS ON CIRCUS ART > 24 January to 24 February 

Today’s circus arts have an eye on the future while never forgetting 

their past. They provide an innovative focus for contemporary 

artistic creation and draw inspiration from all the performing arts. 

Circus, an art for the people, unites all audiences and generations, 

and invites them to behold the most unusual of performances. 

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Casa dolce casa 

Karakasa Circus Company 

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Circus in Capitals / Focus on Circus Art 

Circus arts are practised throughout Europe. France is a geographic 

and symbolic crossroads for these shows and artists. Through highlevel 

professional training, a strong network of support and distribution 

throughout the country, the circus has created a strong 

identity for itself in France. Many excellent operators will be participating 

in the Marseille Provence programme. In 2011, a national 

circus arts centre (Pôle National des Arts du Cirque) was launched in 

the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region (Creac Marseille / Théâtre 

d’Europe at La Seyne-sur-Mer). Making circus an integral part of the 

2013 adventure, Circus in Capitals will feature events throughout the 

Marseille Provence region. It will act as an umbrella for the majority 

of the projects, operators and local authorities and offer more 

than 30 different shows with nearly 200 different performances. For 

a month, national and international circus companies will present 

circus arts, magic, clowns, flash mobs, street performances, master 

classes, exchanges, debates, mulled wine and surprises. The events for 

Circus in Capitals will have two main focuses: new magic and clowns. 

Magic invades the city 

The Merlan (Marseille national theatre) was the driving force behind 

a collaboration uniting four theatres — the Théâtre d’Arles, the 

Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de la Criée and the Théâtre du 

Merlan — to honour magic in all its forms. The art of magic, long 

relegated to the sidelines, has made its way back to front and centre 

on stages and in street performances. Close-up magic, mentalism, 

stage illusions or new magic are all part of the show. Visitors can see 

performances by Bébel, Étienne Saglio, Guillaume Vallée, Valentin, 

Thierry Collet, Kurt Demey, Carmelo, Bertrand Crimet, Scorpène, 

the magicians of the Brigade Magique and many more. 

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Communauté 

du Pays d’Aix 

Arles 

Istres 

Marseille 

Martigues 

Port-de-Bouc 

La Seyne-sur-Mer 

24 January 

to 24 February 

1. UtoPiste, Compagnie Mpta 

(les mains, les pieds 

et la tête aussi) 

2. Carnages / Le prince 

séquestré 

L’entreprise — Compagnie 

François Cervantes 

3. Rose 

Compagnie Cahin Caha 

4. Risk 

Cirk La Putyka company 

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Arles 


8, 9 & 10 March 

1. Cabanon, Compagnie 

Buren cirque 

2. 2 ½, Compagnie Morosof 

3. Tout est bien! Catastrophe 

et bouleversement 

Compagnie Pré-o-Coupé 

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Clowning around 

Clowns — emblematic figures of the circus — are no longer just 

the stooges that fill in the gaps between numbers. They have proven 

they are artists in their own right. Their performances are poetry 

in motion, expressing our humanity and the pathetic nature of our 

existence. Clowns parody, question, denounce and make fun of 

our world. We invite you to a procession of clowns, with François 

Cervantes’ Carnages (his entire clown act will be presented at 

La Criée on 4 and 5 June), Daki Ling’s Apocalypse and shows from 

Caroline Aubin, Ludor Citrik, Gilles Defacque and the Gandinis. 

Artists: Anomalie, Collectif AOC, L’Apprentie Compagnie, Balthazar-Centre des arts du cirque, 

Bébel the Magician, Camille Boitel, Compagnie les mains, les pieds et la tête aussi (Mpta) / 

Mathurin Bolze and Compagnie XY, Brigades magiques, Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois, Éric 

Burbail, Buren Cirque, Cabriole, Cahin Caha, Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac), Cheptel 

Aleïkoum, Cirkus Cirkör, Ludor Citrik, Thierry Collet, Les Colporteurs, Gilles Defacque, École 

française de cirque, Compagnie l’Entreprise / François Cervantes, La Faux Populaire, Gandini 

Juggling, Inextrémiste, Karakasa Circus, Association La Loggia, Lonely Circus, Rémi Luchez and 

Olivier Debelhoir, Mauvais Coton, Morosof, Orit Nevo, Pré-O-Coupé, La Putyka, Rouge Eléa, 

Étienne Saglio, Tendance Clown, Cirque Trottola — Petit Théâtre Baraque and Guillaume Vallée. 

Partner operators: Pôle National des Arts du Cirque Méditerranée, Théâtre Europe de La Seyne-sur- 

Mer, Creac de Marseille, Bois de l’Aune — Pôle artistique et culturel de la communauté du Pays 

d’Aix, Le Merlan — scène nationale à Marseille, Théâtre d’Arles — scène conventionnée pour des 

écritures d’aujourd’hui, Le Magic Mirror d’Istres, La Criée — Théâtre National de Marseille, Théâtre 

du Gymnase de Marseille, Le Daki Ling, Le Jardin des Muses, Friche la Belle de Mai, Théâtre des 

Salins — scène Nationale de Martigues, Théâtre le Sémaphore — scène conventionnée pour les publics 

de Port-de-Bouc, Festival Janvier dans les Étoiles de La Seyne-sur-Mer and Théatre Massalia. With the 

support of the Cité du Livre and the Israeli Consulate for the Orit Nevo project. 

HOMAGE TO PIERROT BIDON 

While people may not know the name Pierrot Bidon, they do know 

the circus he created: Archaos! The artist, who died in 2010, greatly 

influenced the contemporary revival of circus arts. Artists from the 

four corners of the world will Celebrate Pierrot with performances 

created for this unique occasion.

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CREATIVE URBAN PROJECT 

Freak show — Stefan Muntaner with Adrien Bargin 

and the Ateliers de Léo 

The Magic Mirror, recently installed in Istres, can be viewed as a 

genuine reflection of a neighbourhood and a society. By collecting 

abandoned objects and assigning them new meanings and uses, 

Stefan Muntaner encourages us to re-examine our contemporary 

curiosities. Together with the designers of the Ateliers de Léo and 

local residents, he has created a contemporary procession around the 

Magic Mirror. 

Co-producers: Ville d’Istres and Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations. 

Istres 

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Spring Stages 

> From de March 

From March 2013, a diverse and fascinating collection 

of contemporary creations will be unveiled, featuring dance, 

theatre and music. Works on the common theme of One Thousand 

and One Nights were created by great artists living in the region, 

such as Macha Makeïeff and Angelin Preljocaj. They are proof 

of the region’s diverse performing arts venues: the Théâtre 

du Gyptis, the Théâtre du Gymnase, and the Théâtre Toursky, 

among others. The Comédie-Française will also visit Marseille 

for the first time with an exceptional contemporary programme 

directed by Sulayman Al-Bassam. 

For Ever 

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1001 Nights 

Marseille 

Théâtre de la Criée 

13 to 29 March 




29 & 30 April 

& 1 to 9 October 

Marseille 

La Criée 

10 to 13 July 

Marseille 

Théâtre 

du Gymnase 

29 April to 7 May 

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ALÏ BABA 

Epic sagas, love stories, magic tales, fables and maxims, the history 

of the common man: all modes, genres and styles are represented in 

One Thousand and One Nights. Because of the incredible freedoms 

it took, this underground literature existed separately from other 

literature at the time. This “separateness”, this pleasure in storytelling, 

this delight in describing an imaginary East and its characters, 

are what now draws us to Ali Baba, the musical performed at the 

Criée Theatre. 

Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights. Adaptation by Elias Sanbar and Macha Makeïeff. 

Directed by Macha Makeïeff. Producer: Théâtre national de Marseille La Criée. Co-producers: 

Marseille-Provence 2013, Théâtre Anne de Bretagne (Vannes) and Théâtre Liberté (Toulon 

ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS 

Angelin Preljocaj continues his exploration of the beloved stories 

we all know. This time, he tackles One Thousand and One Nights, 

bringing the tales that have sparked the imaginations of whole generations 

of readers alive through dance. His sensual choreography 

echoes the heady fragrances that pervade the pages of this mythic 

collection of stories. 

Producer: Ballet Preljocaj. Co-producers: Grand Théâtre de Provence, Théâtre national de Chaillot, 

Staatsballet Berlin (Germany), Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Les Nuits de Fourvière, Théâtre 

de Caen, Cologne Opera (Germany), Château de Versailles Spectacles, Maison des Arts de Créteil, 

Amsterdam Music Theater (the Netherlands) and Marseille-Provence 2013 

RITUAL FOR A METAMORPHOSIS 

For the first time, a play entirely in Arabic will be performed by the 

Comédie-Française. This tale, written by Syrian author Saadallah 

Wannous, takes place in Damascus in the second half of the 19 th century. 

It reflects on issues that affect us today, through characters tormented 

by passion and desire, crushed by dilemmas and tragedies. 

It is directed by Kuwaiti director Sulayman Al-Bassam. 

Producer: Comédie-Française. Co-directors: Théâtre du Gymnase (Marseille), Marseille-Provence 2013

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1. Suivront mille ans de calme 

Ballet Preljocaj, 2010 

2. Odyssey for cello 

and imaginary choir, Swa 

(Sonia Wieder-Atherton), 


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Other events 


Théâtre 

du Jeu de Paume 

5 to 7 March 




26 March to 7 April 

Marseille 

Martigues 

5 to 26 March 

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ODYSSEY FOR CELLO AND IMAGINARY CHOIR 

“Ulysses, Medea, Cleopatra, Dido, Aeneas and Orpheus are all part 

of our collective consciousness. Explorers like Christopher Columbus 

leave from ports; a mosque in Cairo is the starting point for the musical 

story of Joseph and his brothers; these images will serve as my inspiration 

for an exploration of the Mediterranean Basin until something 

begins to take shape, probably a voyage through time using different 

legends.” Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s skilful direction and famous contemporary 

South African dancer Robyn Orlin’s choreography complement 

each other perfectly. 

Producer: Madamelune. Co-producers: Abbaye de Noirlac, Gaïté-Lyrique, Maison de la Musique 

de Nanterre, Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, and Arsenal de Metz. 

Co-director: Marseille-Provence 2013. 

FESTIVAL DE PÂQUES 

Classical music lovers, mark your calendars. The Festival de Pâques 

will bring together passionate composers, famous artists and promising 

young talent. This musical event, supported by the Cic, includes 

about 20 concerts over 10 days: Semyon Bychkov with the Chamber 

Orchestra of Europe, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra 

from Saint Petersburg, chamber music groups and soloists, Hélène 

Grimaud, Radu Lupu, Leif Ove Andsnes and many more. 

MARS EN BAROQUE 

The Mars en Baroque festival looks to its Italian roots this year. 

It begins with an opening concert in the Abbaye Saint-Victor, a 

tribute to Italian opera across Europe, with soprano Sandrine Piau 

and the Concerto Soave group. The festival ends with a concert in 

Martigues devoted to 17 th -century Roman oratorios with works by 

Mazzocchi and Carissimi. There will also be a series of concerts, conferences 

and films about the movement of artists and artistic forms 

between northern Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. 

Producer: Concerto Soave. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013

Spring Stages 

WITH TIME 

The annual French song festival in Marseille will feature both wellknown 

and up-and-coming artists. Exceptional concerts and discussions 

will be held on 20 March with Clueso and Arthur H as part 

of the celebration of the 50 th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. 

Producer: Centre Rencontre Animation Chanson. Co-producers: Espace Julien and Marseille-Provence 

2013. With the support of the Goethe Institute and the Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse, 

the German Embassy in Paris and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

FLAMENCO NIGHTS 

For Marseille-Provence 2013, Châteauvallon will encourage visitors to 

reflect on cosmopolitanism, migration, and what “the South” means 

with Flamenco Nights, directed by Juan Carmona and featuring 

Israel Galvan, Domingo Patricio, Juan de Juan, Diego Amador and 

Marco Flores. A bodega and sevillana will be part of the event, held 

under the stars in the open-air amphitheatre and covered theatre. 

THE RITE OF SPRING 

The Théâtre d’Arles will present a series of performances, conferences 

and workshops in celebration of the centenary of the legendary 

ballet The Rite of Spring. Using an interactive approach, Roger 

Bernat puts his own spin on Pina Bausch’s version of the famous 

ballet. Dominique Brun, inspired by Valentine Gross-Hugo’s drawings, 

presents Nijinsky’s dance with six performers, accompanied by 

a mezzo-soprano. They reinvent sacral dance in Sacre #197 (Rite #197). 

A conference about Nijinsky, De l’après midi d’un faune au sacre du 

printemps (From the afternoon of a faun to the rite of spring), and 

a public workshop will also be held. 

H2O, MEMORIES OF WATER 

Jean-Charles Gil will create a dance based on the H2O formula. 

It involves bringing together two different elements — like break 

dancers from Tangiers and European ballet dancers — to create 

a harmonious whole. 

Producer: Ballet d’Europe. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of the Institut 

Français in Tangier. 

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Marseille 

Espace Julien / Silo 



Toulon 

Châteauvallon 

24 & 25 May 

Arles 

Théâtre d’Arles 


Marseille, le Silo 

6 February 




6 March 

Martigues 

Les Salins, 4 May 

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Marseille 

Esplanade 

of the Gare Saint- 

Charles as part 

of The Amazing 

History of Street Art 

10 & 11 May 

Marseille 

La Criée 

3 & 4 May 


Marseille 

Gyptis 

Macbeth 

22 Jan. to 9 Feb. 

La Chute 


Marseille 

Théâtre 

du Gymnase 

8 to 16 February 

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CREATION 2013, FRÉDÉRIC FLAMAND 

Sport is increasingly present in contemporary art. Frédéric Flamand 

and the Ballet National de Marseille will take a closer look at the 

ties between sport, dance and images, in order to identify new ways 

of looking at bodies. 

Producer: Ballet National de Marseille. Co-producers: Logirem and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

SIWA 

As the sun rises and sets over Egypt’s Siwa Oasis in real time, Michel 

Kelemenis examines the fleeting nature of dance in the face of eternity, 

represented by a day in the desert. 

Producer: Kelemenis & Cie. Co-producers: Gmem — Centre national de création musicale (Marseille) 

and Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of the Roberto Cimetta Fund. The Fondation Bnp 

Paribas supports Kelemenis & Cie projects. 

THÉÂTRE GYPTIS 

The Théâtre Gyptis presents a new production of Shakespeare’s 

iconic Macbeth, a symbol of Elizabethan tragedy, by Françoise 

Châtot, and Camus’s La Chute (The Fall), directed by Raymond 

Vinciguerra. 

Producer: Compagnie Chatôt-Vouyoucas / Théâtre Gyptis. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

LE CID 

Comedy and tragedy collide in Philippe Car’s imaginative interpretation 

of Corneille’s great classic. 

Producer: Agence de voyages imaginaires. Co-producers: Théâtre du Gymnase (Marseille), 

Ville de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Ville d’Ajaccio, Le Cratère, Scène nationale d’Alès and Marseille-Provence 

2013. With the support of the Institut Français.

Spring Stages 

NORTH AND SOUTH IN OUR HISTORIES 

AND IN LE PREMIER HOMME BY ALBERT CAMUS 

Albert Camus’ Le Premier Homme (The First Man) comes to life in 

this theatrical adaptation by the Alzhar Company, directed by Jeanne 

Poitevin. The text is echoed in video and audio projections. 

A 2013 theatrical event by the Alzhar Company, directed by Jeanne Poitevin. Producer: Alzhar. 

Co-producers: Théâtre de Fontblanche, Théâtre du Golfe, Théâtre Comœdia, Ville de Gardanne 


SLOVAK WEEK, THÉÂTRE TOURSKY 

Košice 2013, European Capital of Culture, offers a glimpse into 

Slovak culture with concerts (Pacora Trio & Bashavel), a culinary 

programme, and the screening of a Slovak documentary film (Paper 

Heads) with director Dušan Hanák and Franco-Slovak philosopher 

Miroslav Marcelli. A contemporary dance performance by 

the Studio Théâtre Banská Bystrica and a theatrical event are also 

part of the programme, which concludes with a series of films that 

will be shown at the Cinémathèque. The CipM will kick off the first 

workshop of the Import / Export project with Slovak poets, and will 

present a review of contemporary Slovak literature. Lastly, a contemporary 

Slovak author and his translator will be present as part 

of a literary evening, made possible with support from the European 

Commission, in partnership with Košice 2013 and the CipM. 

Producer: Théâtre Toursky. Co-producers: Košice 2013 and Marseille-Provence 2013 

GROUP OF 27 

Throughout 2013, a group of Aix-based theatrical and musical organisations 

will present projects that aim to make theatre more accessible. 

The Amis du Théâtre Populaire, the Opening Nights network, 

the Théâtre du Maquis, the Théâtre des Ateliers, and the Debrid’Arts, 

La Variante, and Senna’ga companies will open up unusual imaginative 

spaces and adapt great authors, such as Homer, Novarina and 

Aeschylus, for the wider public. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

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La Ciotat 

Théâtre du Golfe 

24 May 

Gardanne, Théâtre 

des 3 Casinos 

18 October 

Les Pennes- 

Mirabeau, Théâtre 

Pierre-Martinet 

22 November 

Marseille 

Théâtre Toursky 

and other venues 

14 to 17 May 


and Pays d’Aix 


All year 

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Urban Arts 

FOCUS ON URBAN CULTURES 

> March to June 

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“Urban culture” is an umbrella term created 25 years ago 

that covers several forms of spontaneous expression found in 

urban areas. These are hybrid artistic practices, proof of the cultural 

diversity that blossoms at the heart of densely populated areas. 

These practices — tomorrow’s cultural heritage — allow cities 

to reinvent their heritage. 

From the beginning of spring 2013, the programme will showcase 

all forms of contemporary popular culture. Although hip hop, 

slam and rap earned their stripes quite some time ago, new urban 

arts have also appeared (or are making a comeback) in public 

spaces. These include a wide variety of artistic performances, 

from electronic music to sports such as skateboarding, rollerblading 

and Bmx biking. Events will take place in renovated 

industrial zones and spaces put to new uses. 

Street art may have originated in the street, spearheading 

the counter-culture movement, it is today increasingly accepted 

by the public and the contemporary art scene. Incarnated 

by rebellious artists — such as JR and Shepard Fairey, to name 

but two — this visual culture deeply penetrates the collective 

imagination, making the public space poetic and creating new 

meaning. Without breaking its strong ties to alternative culture, 

it questions the values of our contemporary world. 

Inside out, The Bronx Project 

JR, 2011 

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Marseille 

Friche 



Marseille 

Friche la Belle 

de Mai 

Tour-Panorama 




1. It's all about make up, 

visual Street Performance 

Vhils, Lisbon 

2. Electric Vehicule, 

Jay Nelson, 2009 

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THIS IS (NOT) MUSIC 

Breaking down barriers between music, visual arts and sporting 

cultures, This Is (Not) Music is a forty-day event that will take over 

40,000 m 2 at Marseille’s Friche la Belle de Mai. Targeting amateurs, 

experts, aesthetes and night owls, the programme combines contemporary 

art, modern music, street art and urban sports, breaking 

down barriers between these different artistic and sporting fields. 

Created for the European Capital of Culture, this event dedicated 

to new urban cultures is an unprecedented exploration of the disciplines 

that have emerged over the last 25 years as a result of countercultures, 

board cultures and underground movements. Bringing 

together different forms and movements, it will stretch the boundaries 

of alternative cultures. 

Producer: Cabaret Aléatoire. Co-producers: Friche La Belle de Mai and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

THIS IS (NOT) MUSIC, THE EXHIBITION 

This Is (Not) Music is not just about concerts, performances and 

conferences. It also includes an exhibition featuring video, graphic 

art, street art and photography, with a modern, unique and hybrid 

approach to all things surf, skate and custom culture. This Is (Not) 

Music — the Exhibition deals with the ways in which these sports 

have generated forms that inspire contemporary artists, and how 

artists innovate by reinventing these forms. The exhibition explores 

the connections between board sports and contemporary art from 

an iconological, formal and poetic point of view, through themes 

such as eternal youth, Diy, the Finish Fetish movement, transcending 

time, unlimited freedom and futurist experiments. 

Artists include: Vito Acconci, Kevin Ancell, Jonathan Brand, Thomas Campbell, Ed Templeton, 

Mathias Fennetaux, Jim Phillips, Benjamin Chasselon, Julien Colombier, Russell Crotty, Shaun 

Gladwell, Mike Giant, Eva Jospin, Robert Longo, Olivier Millagou, Olivier Mosset, Jay Nelson, 

Julien Prévieux, Luc Rolland, Lionel Scoccimaro and more. 

Curator: Richard Leydier. Artistic advisor: G. LeGoff. Producer: Autokab. Co-producers: Friche 

la Belle de Mai and Marseille-Provence 2013.

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Urban Arts / Focus on Urban cultures 

BABEL MED MUSIC 

An international and festive event for music professionals and the 

public, Babel Med, one of Europe’s biggest world music events, will 

set aside a stage for Marseille-Provence 2013. Babel Med presents a 

musical programme that includes concerts, projections, conferences 

and more, where traditional music fuses with hip-hop, rock and electronic 

music. Babel Med 2013 echoes the newfound independence 

of the Arab world by bringing to the stage artists that, because they 

were often stifled, played a pivotal role in the transformation of the 

societies they live in. Babel Med is thus a showcase of contemporary 

music, with a bigger place than ever in our modern history. 

Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

WATT! A Babel Med Music event 

Watt! amplifies music and sounds produced around the Mediterranean 

region by young people who are connected to the web and 

today’s music — hip-hop in particular. In 2012, five nomadic artist 

residencies link cities with symbolic ties to rap and newly independent 

venues in the Arab world, from Cairo to Tunis, where rappers 

represent new freedom movements. In some places, this leads to a 

blend of hip hop, electro chaabi, brass bands, beatboxing and flow 

by Tunisian, Algerian, Syrian and North American rappers. In others, 

music has been reunited with the texts and artistic discourse 

that give it meaning following the Arab revolutions. Each step of 

the five-stage musical journey is an incarnation of this new geography 

of sound, inspired by American rap culture and events in the 

Arab world. At the Babel Med Music festival, a stage will be set aside 

for this new music from the Mediterranean region and elsewhere. 

Professionals and the public will be treated to a lineup of around 

fifty artists, including Raashan Ahmad, Ahmad Compaoré, Creestal, 

Imhotep, The Narcicyst, Omar Offendum, Under Kontrol, Watcha 

Clan and more. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 with support from L’Affranchi, Bois de l’Aune — Pôle artistique 

et culturel de la Communauté du Pays d’Aix, Cabaret Aléatoire, Château de l’Horloge, Dock 

des Suds, Nomad’Café and the Instituts Français in Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. With support from 

Mécènes du Sud. 

Marseille 

Dock des Suds 



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Marseille 

Cabaret aléatoire 

Dock des Suds 

Nomad Café 



Théâtre du Bois 

de l’Aune, Château 

de l’Horloge 

Tunis 

Cairo 

Oran 

October 2012 

to March 2013 

Festival Babel Med 

Marseille 

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Ateliers SNCF 


Arles 

Ateliers SNCF 


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VITANONNOVA 

Vitanonnova is the generic title of a series of artistic creations 

exploring different disciplines developed by Jean Michel Bruyère 

and the Lfks collective. Focusing on the themes of urban ghettos, 

neighbourhoods, identity and urban violence, these works will be 

presented to the public in 2013. The Lfks collective explores issues 

affecting contemporary society. It uses these subjects to develop 

important artistic series, including shows, films, operas, books and 

performances. Vitanonnova’s approach to urban ghettos is heavily 

influenced by urban American society in the 1960s and 1970s, in 

particular, the Afro-American movements that emerged in the ghettos 

of large American cities after four years of rioting (1964-1967). 

The most famous of these movements was the Black Panther Party, 

founded in Oakland in 1966. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-producers: La Fabriks and Epidemic. Project co-financed 

by the EU’s European Regional Development Fund with support from the Center for the Study 

of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, and the Cultural Services of the French 

Embassy to the United States. 

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN ATELIER 

It’s now baby — Jean Michel Bruyère / LFKs / École nationale 

supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne at Gardanne 

This joint project, led by Jean Michel Bruyère’s artistic team and 

a group of teachers from the Georges-Charpak school, aimed 

to develop a tablet computer allowing users to read a multimedia 

database in non-chronological order. This tool uses the latest 

touch screen, geolocation and movement technologies. The programme 

gave several groups of students the opportunity to get 

involved in a two-year-long artistic project that was part of the Vitanonnova 

programme. 

Co-producers: École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne at Gardanne — Site Georges- 

Charpak, Lfks and Marseille-Provence 2013


CAMUS — ABD AL MALIK 

Like Camus, Abd Al Malik aspires to relate to people from all walks of 

life. By turns a rapper, a poet and a writer, a freedom artist awarded 

the Prix Constantin and four Victoires de la Musique, winner of the 

Prix Edgar-Faure de Littérature Politique, a Chevalier des Arts et des 

Lettres, Abd Al Malik demonstrates the force and convictions of 

French music. He skilfully avoids clichés to blend traditional song 

and urban music. At the crossroads of rap, poetry and jazz, this talented 

musician will present an opus inspired by the texts and major 

themes of Camus. 

Co-producers: Grand Théâtre de Provence and Marseille-Provence 2013 

LES RENCONTRES DU 9 e ART 

This year marks the 10 th anniversary of the Rencontres du 9 e Art festival 

in Aix-en-Provence. Since its launch in 2004, this festival, dedicated 

to comics and related arts, has become renowned throughout 

France. Ever faithful to its roots, it calls for recognition of the art of 

comics and graphic novels. The 9 th art is exhibited in museums, art 

galleries and libraries. Invited authors are central to the programme. 

They will take part in conferences, round tables and workshops and 

their work will be compared to that of contemporary artists. The 

art of comics and graphic novels stands alongside visual arts, film, 

literature, theatre, dance and music where viewers can contemplate 

the many links between all the disciplines. 

Producer: Office du Tourisme d’Aix-en-Provence. Co-producers: Communauté du Pays d’Aix, 

Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur, Marseille-Provence 2013, Centre National du Livre (Cnl), Ministry of Culture 

and Communication, Caisse d’Épargne Provence-Alpes-Corse and Arte 

WORDS AND WONDERS 

This invasive city-wide artistic project will bring together writers, 

graphic artists and typographers in a mission to invade space 

by writing words, scraps of poetry and other Mediterranean haikus 

on walls, gables, undeveloped land, recesses and other unexpected 

locations. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-directed by the Ville d’Aix-en-Provence 





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March & April 

Week-end de 

la Bande Dessinée 

[Comics Weekend] 


12, 13 & 14 April 


Public areas 

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Marseille 


de Mai, GMEM 

Festival 

Les Musiques 

5 April 

Marseille 

Espace Julien 

13 April 

Marseille 

Le Merlan 


Preceding page: 

L’art comme miroir de l’âme, 

(Art as a Mirror of the Soul), 

Remed, part of This 

Is (Not) Music 

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LES MONDES DE RORÉ 

This musical and sound creation by Jonathan Ponthier, Lucien 

Bertolina and Lionel Kasparian was designed with the residents of 

the Belle de Mai and St Lazare neighbourhoods, as well as students 

from the Collège Versailles. Narratives and testimonials create a polyphonic 

chorus of simple stories and sounds. The intimate and the 

universal intertwine to invent a new legendary land, the Pays de Roré. 

Producer: Art — Temps Réel. Co-producers: Euphonia / Grenouille, Gmem and Marseille-Provence 

2013. With support from the Ateliers Résidences Territoires 13, the Conseil Général des Bouches- 

du-Rhône, the Fondation de France, Drac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the Préfecture 

des Bouches-du- Rhône and the Ville de Marseille 

BUZZBOOSTER 

The grand finale of the BuzzBooster showcase is hosted by 

L’Affranchi, a major venue for hip-hop in Marseille and the leading 

national discovery and distribution network for hip-hop artists 

and urban music. Finalists include solo artists, groups and Djs who 

champion an energetic, cosmopolitan sound that is resolutely urban 

and rapidly changing, just like Marseille. 

Producer: L’Affranchi. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 with the support of the Portail Coucou 

and the Escale Saint-Michel 

OPERATOUR 2013 

Night or day, alone or in a group, visit Operatour for a walk with 

eyes closed, an all-night city, an unreported bivouac, a moment 

of opera, a sound infusion, a line to follow at all costs, a hospitality 

to negotiate or an extreme slowdown. Displaced bodies looking 

for their place. 

Artistic director: Corinne Pontier. Co-producers: Le Merlan — scène nationale à Marseille, Ici-Même 

[Gr.] and Marseille-Provence 2013.


SHOWCASING ART 

Showcasing Art gives carte blanche to artists to take over, inhabit, 

dress, and decorate shop windows in the city centres of Marseille and 

Aix-en-Provence. This fun and poetic art trail gives new perspective 

to these ancient cities. 

PLAYGROUND 

Street basketball and block parties are just some of the highlights of 

Playground, a vibrant meeting of music and sport in the heart of the 

city. This event, a real melting-pot of artists, graphic designers, musicians, 

Vjs, Djs and dancers, will end with a huge free urban festival. 

Co-producers: EJ13, Aix’Qui and Marseille-Provence 2013 

SECTEUR 8 

Marseille hip-hop makes a daytime appearance with major artists 

who come out to play side by side with the winners of the 

Secteur 8 competition for an afternoon of free concerts in the Parc 

François-Billoux. 

Co-producers: Secteur 8 and Marseille-Provence 2013 

HIP HOP CONVICT IN PRISON 

As part of the This Is (Not) Music project, major French hip-hop artists 

will perform at a three-hour concert in the courtyard of Luynes 

prison — just like in the outside world. A group of inmates who participated 

in year-long workshops on the inside will open the concert. 

Producer: Fu-Jo. In partnership with M6. Supported by the Conseil Régional, the Direction 

Interégionale de l’Administration Pénitentiaire and the Spip. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

PARKOUR DAY 

Parkour is a discipline in which participants move around and over 

obstacles by running, jumping, and climbing. The public can witness 

the technical feats of traceurs from nearby towns. 

Marseille 


Public areas 

2 to 27 April 


Public areas 

& Multiple venues 

16 to 21 June 

Marseille 

June 

Luynes 

Luynes prison 

June 

Miramas 

June 

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LE 17 e ARRONDISSEMENT 

The Générik Vapeur collective will create a seaside city made of containers 

— a temporary village of houses, concert halls and artists. A 

speaking clock will mark the striking of the hour, while performers 

act out scenes from daily life to pass the time. The week will end with 

Waterlitz, an acrobatic light show performed on a metal totem pole 

19 metres high. 

Producer: Générik Vapeur. Co-producers: Karwan and Marseille-Provence 2013. Presented as part 

of The Amazing History of Street Art festival 

ANAPOS, LAKSIDE CITY 

The Ilotopie Company was born on the banks of the Rhone River, 

on an island in the Camargue. Since it was set up, the group has 

taken part in investigative activities in public spaces. Its field of 

experience incorporates theatre, but also social issues, urban planning, 

architecture, leisure activities and sociology as seen through 

gestures, actions, images, constructions and performance. After performing 

nocturnal aquatic shows throughout the world, the company 

developed the Lakeside City project, which focuses on a key 

aspect of the water paradox: water is rising / water is running out. 

Alternating between flooding and drought, this project will reconcile 

land and water. Anapos, Lakeside City will make us dream, but not 

only dream. This imaginary city is the reflection of our terrestrial 

adventures: Jules César en mobylette (Julius Caesar on Moped), the 

Carnaval de Martigues (Martigues Carnival), Craponne et les fous de 

l’eau (Craponne and the Water Lunatics), Rivières sous la mer (River 

Under the Sea) and Jouteurs des champs (Jousters of the Fields). 

Co-producers: Ilotopie, Ville de Martigues and Marseille-Provence 2013 

HARMONIC FIELDS 

Windblown Marseille Provence was the inspiration for Pierre 

Sauvageot’s Harmonic Fields. The composer-director at Lieux Publics 

has developed a symphonic journey which immerses the listener in 

the sound of a thousand musical instruments played by the wind. 

Through its playful use of continually renewed sounds set against 

a magical landscape, Harmonic Fields invites us on a journey to the 

heart of music and nature. 

Producer: Lieux Publics, Centre national de création. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013 

with support from Oerol Festival and Sacem 

Marseille 

J4 esplanade 

10 to 15 May 

Martigues 



1. Anapos, Lakeside City, 

Compagnie ilotopie 

2. Harmonic Fields, 

Pierre Sauvageot 

— Lieux publics & Cie, 

Pointe de Bonnieu, 

Martigues, June 2010 

Marseille 

Plage des Goudes 

5 to 28 April 


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Marseille 


de Mai 

Opening 

on 30 & 31 March 

Opening for 

This Is (Not) Music 

Opening for the 

Belle Fête de mai 

Opening for the 

Belle Fête de mai 


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CREATIVE URBAN PROJECTS at the Friche la Belle de Mai 

The Friche la Belle de Mai, an arts centre currently undergoing largescale 

urban transformation, has invited four teams of artists, architects 

and designers to support this dynamic process. 

Producer: Friche la Belle de Mai. With support from the public interest grouping Politique de la Ville, 

the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole and Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the patronage of the Société 

Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado-Carénage and the support of the Ville de Marseille (Service Éclairage 

Public and Espace Public) for Le Tunnel des mille signes 

The Tunnel of a Thousand Signs — Frédéric Clavère 

The artist will install a series of painted panels in the Benédit- 

Jobin tunnel to create a kind of hieroglyphic cave. The images are a 

mosaic of pictograms from his imagination and the imaginations of 

local residents. 

JR at the Belle de Mai 

Globe-trotting photographer JR investigates the identity of 

Marseille’s Belle de Mai district. He will invite locals to study the 

history of the area and explore their personal archives. Photos, old 

and new, will be used to create a mural at the entrance of the Friche 

and a collective exhibition in the Belle de Mai district. 

The train… A play area for children — Encore Heureux 

This project creates a series of collective and experimental gardens 

which, little by little, will colonise a crack, a balcony, and so on, until 

they have completely invaded the Friche. This is your chance to let 

out your inner gardener. 

The Railway Garden — Jean-Luc Brisson & David Onatzky 

This project creates a series of collective and experimental gardens 

which, little by little, will colonise a crack, a balcony, and so on, until 

they have completely invaded La Friche district. This is your chance 

to let out your inner gardener.


Ex-voto. The Laboratory — Maryvonne Arnaud & Philippe Mouillon 

“I would like, I hope, I want to be happy, joyful, rich, loving, to have 

a garden, a grey cat and a swimming pool, to have only what I really 

need, to never feel alone again, to go back, to move forward, to better 

myself every day, to dare to have children. To rediscover the shooting 

star which I’ve lost here, to breathe underwater, to see the end of the 

tunnel (…).” These are some of the wishes collected from locals and 

others. Granting them is not possible, but giving them form, making 

them visible, is. They will be transformed into luminescent objects 

in an installation in the Tunnel National and will accompany each 

passer-by as they travel on through. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Groupe Logirem and the Fondation Logirem 

as part of the Ilot National site renovation, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille 

Provence Métropole, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and Ville de Marseille (Service Éclairage 

Public and Espace Public) 

Marseille 

Tunnel National 

Opening 

on 30 & 31 March 

The Railway Garden 

Creative Urban Projects, 

Jean-Luc Brisson 

and David Onatsky 

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GR ® 2013 

> From March 

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The Marseille-Provence 2013 region is unique. The array of nature 

parks and urban and industrial zones is endless. From east to west, 

this combination of nature and industry takes many forms: 

the “naturally artificial” Camargue area, the “industrial coastline” 

of the Étang de Berre, the train running along the hillsides 

of the Côte Bleue, a thousand-year-old city encompassing a national 

natural park and the peri-urban zones surrounding Marseille and 

Aix-en-Provence. This continuous interplay creates pressing societal 

concerns along with contemporary artistic potential. 

More importantly, it brings us deep into the heart of the key issues 

affecting the Mediterranean region today — between land and sea, 

city and countryside. Walking artists, with Marseille-Provence 2013 

and the Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre (Ffrp), 

have taken up the challenge to create a new style of hiking trail 

linking all the areas making up the Marseille Provence region. 


GR®2013 hiking trail 

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Towns and cities 

of the GR ® 2013: 

Vitrolles 

Saint-Victoret 

Marignane 

Châteauneuf- 

les-Martigues 

Port-de-Bouc 

Martigues 


Istres 

Miramas 

Grans 


Pélissanne 

Lançon-de-Provence 

La Fare-les-Oliviers 

Berre-l’Étang 

Velaux 

Rognac 

Cabriès 

Les Pennes-Mirabeau 

Septèmes-les-Vallons 

Marseille 

La Penne-sur-Huveaune 

Aubagne 

Gemenos 

Plan-d’Aups-Sainte- 

Baume 

Auriol 

Roquevaire 

Allauch 

Peypin 

Cadolive 

Saint-Savournin 

Mimet 

Gardanne 

Meyreuil 

Beaurecueil 

Le Tholonet 



From March 


of Groupe La Poste 

1. Corniche de Rognac, 2012 

2. L’Insomnante’s Open-Air 

Hotel, a project for 

the GR®2013 on the plateau 

of Vitrolles, in May 

and July 2013 

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The area surrounding the Etang de Berre and the Etoile mountain 

range is a great metropolis, made up of urban and natural areas. 

This little known region is full of histories, secrets and surprises. This 

hiking trail with a difference aims to showcase our unique region, 

promoting its knowledge, discovery, appropriation and identification. 

All year long, residents and visitors will create a physical and 

poetic image of the region by taking part in guided tours, collecting 

impressions and developing artistic and innovative mapping 

systems. Hiking — an artistic discipline? Absolutely! This has been 

the case since the beginning of the 1960s. From the early 2000s, city 

walks began to grow popular in Marseille. They created new ways of 

looking at residential areas and industrial and business zones. Now, 

with map in hand, you can walk the GR®2013 alone or in groups. 

However, in 2013, the trail will be more collective and more festive. 

Meet Baptiste Lanaspèze and the walking artists who chose the route 

at events celebrating hiking, poetic and artistic walks, picnics with 

views and mapping games. 

Project developed and coordinated by Wildproject. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Partners: 

Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre, the Comité Départemental de la Randonnée Pédestre 

and the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône 


Official opening of the GR ® 2013 

Take part in a major participative relay race to discover the 360 km 

GR®2013 in a single weekend. 

Pays de Martigues — 13 & 14 April 

Salon-de-Provence — 27 & 28 April 

Miramas — 4 May 

Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile — 7 to 12 May 

For the Festival de la Randonnée 

Vitrolles and Pays d’Aix — 24 to 26 May 

For the Fête du Plateau 

Istres — 28 to 30 June 

For the Fête de l’Eau 

Marseille — 12 to 15 September 

For the European Heritage Days

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Throughout 

the region 

All year 

Marseille 


March & April 

GR®2013 route 

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LES ICITUDES (provisional title) 

Cartographic feuilleton 

Les Icitudes is not about making maps of the entire region. According 

to author Umberto Eco, all maps on a scale of 1:1 are inaccurate. 

With this project, Guillaume Monsaingeon and Thierry Kressmann 

have developed a cartographic feuilleton with performances during 

the GR®2013 highlights. 


THE GR ® 2013, OR THE ART OF A REGION 

This project will show how a region is constructed, develops and how 

it observes and talks about itself. From the first photographs taken by 

the Excursionnistes Marseillais to the landscape observatory set up in 

2012 by Les Panoramistes, from the collection of scents and flavours 

proposed by the Safi collective to the contemplation of a concrete 

colour chart commentated by Nicolas Mémain, this exhibition will 

take you on a journey through our peri-urban region. 

Co-producers: Ccimp, Cnap, Marseille-Provence 2013



Oiseau(x) tonnerre — Célia Houdart & Sébastien Roux 

/ Puits Morandat 

After examining the link between Gardanne and Sainte-Victoire, 

as well as Gardanne’s history as a mining town from 1980 to 2000, 

writer Célia Houdart and composer Sébastien Roux have created a 

sound trail on Mount Sainte Victoire and a sound installation in the 

Puits Morandat’s cloak room. These two pieces are a diptych, which 

fits together like the sides of a mountain. The project grew out of a 

desire to link two sites that are emblematic of the Marseille Provence 

region, and which were already linked by their close geographical 

proximity. The artists have written a libretto and a score in which 

human voices dialogue with plants, animals, the wind, the geomorphology 

and the movements of the subsoil. “Something like a little 

rustling mineral opera…” 

Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013, Entreprises du Puits Morandant and the Gmem — 

Centre national de création musicale. 

SOUNDWALKS 

Experience Marseille Provence in a different way: “walk” with your 

ears. How else do you make visible the invisible aspects of the city? 

How do you reach a diverse audience with people from here as well 

as from far away? Which stories do you share? The 2013 Soundwalk 

project by Radio Grenouille presents forty audio walking tours, 

some of which have been composed by artists, and others by journalists 

or local residents. They include not only the GR®2013, but 

Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Aubagne, Salon-de-Provence 

and many others. 

Producer: Radio Grenouille. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the French 

Ministry of Culture and Communication, as part of the 2012 call for tenders, Innovative digital 

cultural services 

Sound installation 

Gardanne 

Puits Morandat 


Start of trail 

Saint-Antonin- 

sur-Bayon 

Maison de 

la Sainte-Victoire 

Late March 

to late December 

Marseille 

and region 

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The Amazing History 

of Street Art 

FOCUS ON STREET ARTS 

> May 

Karwan has set itself several goals for Marseille-Provence 2013’s 

zoom on street art. It will highlight contemporary street art 

in Europe and the Mediterranean; question the relationship 

between art and public spaces; seek out quality examples 

of exceptional contemporary creation; find different ways 

of involving the public in shows by moving from small 

performances to major events; and finally, raise awareness 

of the discipline by developing a loyal regional audience. 

Machine Dance 

Compagnie Motionhouse 

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Marseille 

Vieux-Port 

3 & 4 May 

Fire installation 

Compagnie Carabosse 

December 2008 

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THE VIEUX-PORT, BETWEEN FLAMES AND WAVES 

Inaugural event at the Vieux-Port by Carabosse, 

opening for The Amazing History of Street Art 

The recently renovated Vieux-Port will be bathed in light this weekend. 

Led by Karwan, the Carabosse company will deploy its entire 

repertoire of dancing flames, from simple fire pots to a myriad 

of scenographies on land and at sea. At nightfall during two evenings, 

the public can use the newly installed floating docks to wander 

around the Vieux-Port, set up at the site of the famous aerial 

ferry bridge that you can find depicted on vintage postcards of the 

city. Carabosse is a company famous throughout the world for the 

poetry of its fires which, unlike fireworks with their flaming heavenly 

bouquets, magnify terrestrial sites with candles or flame. Fire 

pots are the company’s principal tool, and there will be thousands 

of them. Using this humble object, the company will create flamboyant 

scenes: creepers, balls, fountains, swings, gyroscopes, arches, 

giant flowers and more. The lighting of the pots in successive waves 

is part of the performance. The entire Vieux-Port will be under the 

spell, illuminated as if by candles and presenting a mobile sequence 

of living flames on both harbour and quayside. As always, visitors are 

welcome to take a leisurely evening stroll through the area. And yet 

this time, everything will be different… 

Producer: Karwan. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Financial partners: Marseille Provence 

Métropole (principal partner), Ville de Marseille and Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, principal 

partner of The Amazing History of Street Art.

The Amazing History of Street Art / Focus on Street Arts 

THE AMAZING HISTORY OF STREET ART 

Special Edition 2013: Europe and Mediterranean 

Following three years of cooperation with the register of companies, 

the Amazing History of Street Art special 2013 event, created 

by Karwan and with the support of the Conseil Général des 

Bouches-du-Rhône, takes place in six towns where local companies 

share the spotlight with European and Mediterranean artists. 

From town to town, the Amazing History 2013 will present a panorama 

of the current state of street arts with fifty performances, the 

majority being creations or premiers. The various ways of invading 

public spaces will be represented: made-to-measure creative 

projects (Machine Dance, Motionhouse Company; L’Intégrale des 

Trois Mousquetaires, Compagnie Les Batteurs de Pavés); original 

duets (Gari Grèu / Tartar(e)); mobile projects (The Color of Time, 

Compagnie Artonik), urban trails (À vendre, Compagnie Thé à la 

Rue) and end of residency performances (Compagnie Eekuipoiz) 

and Finnish contemporary dance (Dance Theatre Minimi). And 

since extravagance is essential: a poetic and spectacular installation, 

The Vieux-Port Between Flames and Waves by Compagnie Carabosse, 

as an opening to the event; a special 2013 edition of Dream City, the 

biennial of contemporary art in public spaces; and not to forget an 

evening at the heart of the Cité des arts de la rue, transformed into 

a festive and creative base camp. The special edition of The Amazing 

History of Street Art invites you to leave Marseille after the weekend 

to visit the other towns in the department during the week. 

Audiences set off to meet local companies associated with the first 

edition of the event in 2008 (Agence Tartar(e), Artonik, Ex Nihilo, 

Générik Vapeur, ilotopie, No Tunes International) and companies 

from Europe and the Mediterranean (Spain, Greece, Finland, the 

United Kingdom, Switzerland, Tunisia etc.). With one gleaming 

guiding thread — imposing, unique and multilingual (French, 

English, Arabic) — the Porte-Folie: a mobile exhibition of street 

arts in Europe and the Mediterranean and an ambassador for travel, 

to be visited again and again. 

Producer: Karwan (creator of regional street and circus art). Coproducer: Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With the support of the Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône. 

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Marseille 

Charleval 

Lambesc 

Marignane 

Aureille 

Port-Saint-Louisdu-Rhône 

3 to 20 May 


The color of time 

Dream City, The wishes Tree, 

Raeda Saadeh, 2012 

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And also 

Exhibitions 

Ville de Marseille 

/ Marseille Provence Métropole 

Marseille 

Hall Castel DDTM / DREAL 

24 November 2012 to 9 March 2013 

MARSEILLE, DE LA VILLE 

À LA MÉTROPOLE 

Fifty years of urban history 

This exhibition provides insight into how 

Marseille grew into the metropolitan area 

it is today by examining its town planning, 

economic attractiveness and development. 

Agence d’urbanisme de l’agglomération marseillaise 

Façade du Palais de la Bourse 

January to December 

DÉTOURNEMENT DE LA CANEBIÈRE 

Artist Pierre Delavie executes a monumental 

trompe l’oeil on the façade of the Palais 

de la Bourse. This spectacular “reimagining” 

of Marseille’s most recognisable district 

provides an exciting backdrop to the events 

of this exceptional year. 

Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

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12 January to March 

L’AFFICHE SORT DE SA RÉSERVE 

The Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry has one of the largest 

and finest collections of posters and advertisements 

in Europe. This heritage will go on 

display as part of a magnificent exhibition 

targeting audiences of all ages. 

Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

Galeries Lafayette, Saint-Ferréol, 

Galerie du V e 


VOLUPTÉ 

A novel invitation to travel, Volupté proposes 

a poetic narrative based on the idea of 

multiple meanings, creating pleasure for all 

of the senses. Galeries Lafayette, Marseille expos 

Galerie Gourvennec Ogor 


CAPITALE(S) 

The concept for The Capital Invites the Capital: 

twelve major Parisian galleries present 

a work by the artist of their choice. 

Galerie Gourvennec Ogor

And also: exhibitions 

Galerie du jour Agnès b. 


DÉPAYSEMENT, ESCALE 1 

— Malik Nejmi & Lola Reboud 

This first port call lies somewhere between 

Africa and Europe. It is an invitation to disorientation, 

comparing two opposing realities: 

self-imposed exile and forced exile. 

Agnès b. 

Galerie Detaille 


AMBROTYPES, MATTHIAS OLMETTA 

People and things drift along without a past 

and without aim in a closed world, prisoners 

of an alloy, trapped in a thin sheet that 

“vibrates” with the light. Galerie Detaille 

La Compagnie 


HEUREUSES LUEURS 

(ALLUSIONS D’OPTIQUE) 

Flop ventures into the poetic territory of 

optical machines that create a link between 

the ancient world of magic lanterns and 

mechanically animated images, using a vast 

array of electric light bulbs. La Compagnie 

Atelier de Visu 


ALLER AUX JARDINS 

Brigitte Bauer’s photographs convey both 

her preoccupation with architecture and her 

interest in landscape, or more exactly, in the 

hidden traces and stories places have to tell. 

Atelier de Visu, Brigitte Bauer, with the support of the Conseil 

général des Bouches-du-Rhône 

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Centre Edmond Fleg 


LE SPORT EUROPÉEN À L’ÉPREUVE 

DU NAZISME 

The exhibition presents various objects and 

original audiovisual and audio documents 

on sport in Europe under Nazism. Meetings, 

conferences, screenings, and literary cafés 

will be held, as well as performing arts for 

younger visitors. Mémorial de la Shoah 

Maison de l’Artisanat 

February to March 

SOUS LE SIGNE DES POISSONS 

The fish is the symbol of Marseille’s cultural 

identity, the Mediterranean Sea, and more 

broadly the countries of southern Europe, 

and is an element constantly revisited by art 

in all its forms. Maison de l’Artisanat 

Alcazar, BMVR 

5 February to 16 March 

LA BIBLE, patrimoine de l’humanité 

The diverse facets of the Bible — cultural, 

historical and literary — are presented 

through original scenography, interactive 

educational presentations and multimedia 

resources. 

Les Églises chrétiennes de Marseille / Expo Bible Marseille 2013 

Galerie des Bains-Douches de la Plaine 

14 February to 9 March 

ARCHITECTURE, 

AVEC STEPHANO MOORE 

Guillaume Calas and Thibault Maupoint 

de Vandeul exhibit the work of architect 

Stephano Moore and that of students at the 

École nationale supérieure d’architecture in 

Marseille who have studied the cube. art-cade 

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March to June 

ENFANCE DE L’ART 

This artistic event coordinated by artist 

Patrick Moquet is presented in local elementary 

schools. The event will result in the production 

of eight works on Marseille and its 

architectural, cultural and culinary heritage. 

Fondation Regards de Provence, Sodexo 


March to June 

LE RETOUR DE L’AMBROTYPE 

À MARSEILLE 

For a two-month period, Matthieu Parent 

and his lab truck will be parked along Cours 

Belsunce to immortalise the local residents 

in their everyday environment through 

images made on photosensitive plates. 

MP photographie 

Fort d’Entrecasteaux 

From March 

VISITER LE CHANTIER 

A set of photographic images on concrete 

commemorates the men responsible for the 

European Capital of Culture’s structural 

projects. Atelier Christine Bardy 

Espace Culture 

6 to 30 March 

Cassis 

Salles voûtées 

7 to 21 April 

MÈRE MÉDITERRANÉE 

Bernard André de Mersseman celebrates the 

diversity and unity of the Mediterranean 

heritage through scents, video, photomontage 

and totemic sculpture. 

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— Éric Bouttier & Danica Bijeljac 

This second port call unites two photographers 

who share the same idea of 

a voyage: a wandering that leads to self-discovery. 

They present their travels like cinematographic 

fiction. Agnès b. 



CARTE BLANCHE À RÉMY RIVOIRE 

ET PIERRE LABAT 

The two artists take over the gallery’s spaces. 

In 2010, they were invited to participate in 

the group exhibition La clarté du labyrinthe 

by Laurence Kimmel. art-cade 

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde 

Spring 

MUSÉE ET ATELIER 

DES DÉCOUVERTES 

The basilica opens its doors to the public, 

offering the chance to discover its eight hundred 

years of history through long-forgotten 

collections and fun, educational activities. 

Association du Domaine de Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde 

Bibliothèque départementale 

des Bouches-du-Rhône 

Early April to 10 August 

MARSEILLE VUE PAR 100 

PHOTOGRAPHES DU MONDE 

Photographers from around the world have 

exhibited at the Atelier de Visu or participated 

in workshops led by Antoine d’Agata. 

A selection of their images provides a portrait 

with 100 different views on the city. 

Bibliothèque départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, 

in partnership with Atelier de Visu.



April to May 

LES TRENTE ANS DE LA MAISON 

DE L’ARTISANAT ET DES MÉTIERS 

D’ART DE MARSEILLE 

To celebrate this 30 th anniversary year of the 

Maison de l’Artisanat et des Métiers d’art, 

Christine Fabre, book artist, has created a 

double event relating to books. 




ARBRES ET REFLETS SYLVESTRES 

— Jean-Christophe Ballot & Joseph Rottner 

One artist grasps the ephemeral essence 

of the elements and contrasts it with the 

power of nature, the other delivers mysterious 

impressions; unsettled insights gathered 

in a woodland environment. Galerie Detaille 

Le Panier 

12 & 13 April 

LA NUIT DE L’INSTANT 

La Nuit de l’Instant is a series of self-guided 

walks punctuated by meetings with artists, 

artworks and places, in the most authentic 

streets of Marseille. Les Ateliers de l’Image 

Espace Culture 


QUATRE RIVES ET UN REGARD 

A photographic and literary exhibition 

of Antwerp, Barcelona, Marseille, Rabat and 

their ports. Serge Assier Photographe 


May 

JOUONS & CRÉONS ENSEMBLE 

12 th edition 

1 

La Fondation Regards de Provence and 

Handicap International Marseille join forces 

for this event promoting awareness of culture, 

sport and issues relating to disability, 

aimed at a younger audience. 

Fondation Regards de Provence 


May to June 

L’ART D’ENTREPRENDRE 

This original “Hall of Fame” pays homage 

to thirteen visionary businessmen who had 

ideas for the Marseille Provence region’s 

future — and made them reality. 

Chambre de commerce et d’industrie Marseille Provence 

Alcazar, BMVR 


MARSEILLE-KOŠICE: REGARDS 

CROISÉS. Second Cities 2010 

Two countries, two cities. Since 2010, two 

photographers in residence have been 

exploring subjects such as humanity, architecture 

and archives. Creative production, 

public meetings and workshops are on the 

agenda. 

Les Ateliers de l’Image and Photo Art Centrum, Institut français 

/ Ville de Marseille, Košice 2013 and the Slovak Ministry of 

Culture 

L’Estaque 

24 May to late October 

5*3, FRANÇOIS MORELLET 

This exhibition designed by François 

Morellet for Le Box presents five series 

of three works each and features sculptures, 

acrylic paintings, reliefs, metallic plaques 

and works in adhesive tape. 

Production: M-Arco 

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1 May to 31 May 

MUSÉE MINOTS 

Students ages nine to eleven from the seventeen 

class sections in Marseille will be 

museum guides for a day and show visitors 

around 17 different museums and cultural 

sites. Institut méditerranéen du Littoral 

Espace Fernand-Pouillon 


BOOKS AS WITNESSES 

Özlem Sulak continues her work on the 

political memory of books as witnesses of 

a society’s upheavals. The exhibition presents 

a video produced during the artist’s 

residency at the Espace Fernand Pouillon at 

Aix-Marseille Université as part of a Euro- 

Mediterranean Atelier. 

In partnership with La Compagnie. 

Bruno Perroy 


LIENS FRAGILES — Leszek Skurski 

Leszek Skurski represents timeless scenes 

from daily life, with sketched figures that 

border on abstraction. 

Alexandra Chiari 




— Lek et Sowat 

Third port call. Lek and Sowat reuse boat 

sails — symbols of the port of Marseille — 

to create an original street art installation. 

Agnès b. 

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La Compagnie 

16 May to 31 August 

Özlem Sulak’s video shown in the Espace 

Fernand Pouillon is just one part of a 

broader monographic exhibition by La 

Compagnie, in partnership with the Fid- 

Marseille. This work will also feature in the 

Le Pont contemporary art trail. La Compagnie 



CARTE BLANCHE À MAYURA TORII 

AND CÉCILE BEAU 

Mayura Torii questions the domestic, and 

Cécile Beau the cosmos. As part of the 

Archist Paysage series, art-cade gives them 

carte blanche to create a dialogue between 

their projects. art-cade 

Parc Bagatelle and public spaces 

in the 6 th and 8 th arrondissements 

All year 

L’ART DANS LE PARC 

What could be more captivating than an 

artistic promenade to discover all a territory 

has to offer through its galleries and creative 

spaces? And what could be more startling 

than the Rendez-vous au David competition 

that supports contemporary creation? 

Mairies des 6 e et 8 e arrondissements de Marseille


Allauch 

Salle du Vieux-Bassin 


AMERICAN PUZZLE 

— Jean-Christophe Béchet 

Jean-Christophe Béchet juxtaposes blackand-white 

and colour, Western and jazz, 

Faulkner and Kodak in this stunning exhibition: 

the American puzzle. Phocal 

Gémenos 

Usine Pébéo 


PÉBÉO, FABRICANTS DE COULEURS 

Marie Angeletti exhibits photographs from 

a Euro-Mediterranean Atelier hosted by two 

sites belonging to the Pébéo company in the 

cities of Gémenos and Shanghai. 

Ville de Géménos 

Salle municipale Jean-Jaurès and Lavoir 

May to June 

RENCONTRES EUROPÉENNES 

D’ART ET D’ARTISTES / STRATOS, 

SCULPTURES MONUMENTALES 

ET POÉSIE 

This new edition will take place in the centre 

of Gémenos. The city will also be home to 

the monumental works of sculptor Stratos. 

Ville de Géménos 

La Ciotat 

1 

Salle Paul-Éluard 


PORTRAITS DE CIOTADENS 

Following a photo campaign in La Ciotat, 

this exhibition pays homage to its residents. 

Ville de La Ciotat 

Chapelle des Pénitents-Bleus 


INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE 

MÉDITERRANÉENS 

Collector André Gabriel presents an exhibition 

of musical instruments — rare, unique 

and often extremely old — from the many 

countries around the Mediterranean. 


Quartier de l’abeille 

March 

PEINTURE MONUMENTALE 

BY GUILLAUME BOTTAZZI 

At the entrance to the Quartier de l’Abeille, 

visitors are greeted by an abstract, monumental 

painting (36m²) by Bottazzi. The 

work is part of the La Ciotat urban renewal 

programme. Médiation Culturelle pour les Arts Visuels 


4 to 14 April 

LA REPRÉSENTATION DU PORT 

DE LA CIOTAT 

Artothèque Exhibition 

This exhibition deals with how the port of 

La Ciotat has been represented throughout 

the history of art and painting. It is the fruit 

of a two-year educational and artistic project 

by the students of the Lycée Méditerranée. 


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LES NAVIRES DES MESSAGERIES 

MARITIMES 

Photographs, illustrations, paintings, maps, 

furniture, models, screenings of early maritime 

films and themed conferences present 

ten emblematic vessels produced by the 

naval boatyards of La Ciotat. 

Association French Lines, Ville de La Ciotat 

Aix-en-Provence and Pays d’Aix 


Book in Bar 


LA CALLIGRAPHIE S’AIXPOSE! 

Calligraphy: the art of giving form to letters. 

Book in Bar invites you to rediscover the 

civilisation of Marseille through an exhibition 

of several artists. Two free calligraphy 

courses open to the public are also on the 

agenda. un Collectif 

Parc Jourdan 

2 to 6 May 

LE SM’ART 

The Salon méditerranéen d’art contemporain 

(Sm’art) plays host to the region’s artistic 

and cultural organisations: Fondation 

Vasarely, Fondation Blachère, the Seconde 

Nature video space, and more. Art-Tension 

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Les Milles 

Camp des Milles 

All year 

ÉDITION / EXPOSITION, 

MÉMORIAL DU CAMP DES MILLES 

As viewers look at photographer Yves 

Jeanmougin’s powerful images of the former 

Les Milles tile factory, they can almost hear 

the voices of those interned at and deported 

from the factory. Métamorphoses arts & communication 

Puy-Sainte-Réparade 

Château La Coste 

All year 

ART & ARCHITECTURE 

Discover the works and installations of 

renowned artists and architects such as 

Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Tadao 

Ando etc., in a unique venue uniting wine, 

art and architecture. Château La Coste 

Saint-Victoret 

Musée de l’aviation 

From January 

CULTURE ET AÉRONAUTIQUE 

Visitors can get an up-close look at this collection 

of aircraft manufactured mostly in 

France and the region. The museum acts as 

the guardian of the local aeronautical tradition. 

Musée de l’aviation


Arles Crau Camargue Montagnette 

Arles 


All year 

LES SENTIERS NUMÉRIQUES 

Themed walks are marked via a system of 

signs and informational displays to create an 

original and innovative urban community 

medium. Ville d’Arles / Vide (VIbrant DEsign) 

Façades of the Museon Arlaten 

23 March to mid-October 

VOL DE NUIT SANS EFFRACTION 

By means of a drone, passers-by can see the 

museum’s courtyard from the street, and can 

join a mission — as if in a video game — in 

search of the future Museon. 

R. Sabouraud, agence Goût d’idées and the Museon Arlaten, 

Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, in partnership with the 

Pôle Industries Culturelles et Patrimoines and with the support of 

the ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. 

Chapelle du Méjan 


LE SALON NOIR 

French painter Gilles Marrey invites us into 

Le Salon noir in which interiors are blended 

with urban and nocturnal landscapes. 

Poetry, realism and intensity emanate from 

these canvases delete. Association du Méjan 

Arles and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 

All year 

VAN GOGH EUROPE 

An art trail put forward by Arles, Saint- 

Rémy-de-Provence and Auvers-sur-Oise, 

relating to Vincent van Gogh, the places in 

his life and those which inspired him, and 

the museums that exhibit his works. Ville d’Arles 

Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile 

Aubagne 

1 

Musée de la Légion étrangère 

From April 

OUVERTURE MUSÉE DE LA LÉGION 

ÉTRANGÈRE 

The newly renovated and extended space 

houses the museum’s collections and documentation 

centre that give visitors the 

opportunity to learn about this elite force 

established in 1831, together with the daily 

life of the legionnaires and the traditions 

that regulate their routine. 

Commandement de la Légion étrangère 

Associated regions 

Vallée des Baux — Alpilles 


Cathédrale d’images 

From March 

MONET, RENOIR… CHAGALL. 

VOYAGES EN MÉDITERRANÉE 

At the heart of the Alpilles mountain range, 

the monumental Carrières de Lumières 

host the multimedia event Monet, Renoir… 

Chagall. Voyages en Méditerranée, which 

immerses visitors in the universe of these 

painters who were fascinated by the vivid 

colours of the French Riviera. Vallée des Baux 

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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 

Musée des Alpilles 

May to November 

ARBRES 

Anyone who thinks of the Mediterranean 

landscape will most certainly imagine olive, 

cypress, fig, and almond trees. This exhibition 

presents this natural heritage so important 

in Provençal culture. Musée des Alpilles 

Hyères, Guest city 

Villa Noailles 


28 e FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL 

DE MODE ET DE PHOTOGRAPHIE 

This festival brings together and exhibits ten 

fashion designers and as many photographers, 

under the patronage of a jury with 

representatives from both industries. 

Villa Noailles 

Sanary / Bandol 

Île de Bendor 


PHOTOMED 

For its third edition, Photomed sets off to 

discover the Mediterranean soul and its 

many identities through the universal language 

of photography. Photomed 

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Performing arts, 

festivals, conferences 



Marseille 

Hôtel du département 


October 2012 to May 2013 

ESPACES ET TEMPS 

DE LA MONDIALISATION 

Échange et diffusion des savoirs offers a series 

of eleven conferences involving shared 

reflection on globalisation, which reveals the 

complexity and diversity of our world. 

Échange et diffusion des savoirs 

Centre Edmond Fleg 

21 January: 

Tour on the Second World War 

26 May: Five other tours 

ITINÉRAIRE JUIF 

Flashcode technology is used to recount 

the thousand-year history of a community 

of which very few historical traces 

remain. Discover six cultural and historical 

tours presenting the Jewish community of 

Marseille. Centre Edmond Fleg 

Maison de la Corse 


SALON DU LIVRE CORSE 

The Association des Editeurs de Corse strives 

to promote the island’s literary production 

around the Mediterranean through exhi-

And also: performing arts, festivals, conferences 

bitions, salons and conferences led by the 

authors involved. Maison de la Corse 

Espace Julien 

16 February 

FESTIVAL DES MASSILIADES 

This music festival gives the public a chance 

to discover groups with a variety of musical 

styles. 

Association artistique et culturel de l’École centrale de Marseille 

— 

February & May 

CONNECTING CITIES NETWORK 

The Connecting Cities Network unites the 

great European players active in the design, 

production and dissemination of video and 

multimedia art content in the public space. 

Videospread for connecting Cities Network 

Cinémathèque 

March 

MADE IN HAMBOURG 

For the 55 th anniversary of the twinning 

ceremony, Made in Hambourg presents 

Hamburg film creation in Marseille. This 

programme will include exchanges between 

professionals and students. 


March to September 

MIX EN BOUCHE PREND LE LARGE 

True to its slogan “Chefs, nibbles and music”, 

Mix en Bouche takes to the seas in 2013 with 

a series of evening boat trips throughout 

the summer season. In addition to these 

summer boat parties, Mix en Bouche will 

organise four evenings in off-beat venues in 

Marseille and nearby. 

Soul Food Association / Mix en Bouche 

1 

Parc Borély 

1 March to 30 September 

JARDINS ÉPHÉMÈRES BORÉLY 

The lake in Parc Borély will be the setting for 

several unique and temporary floating gardens. 

This new landscape aesthetic offers a 

colourful, fun event created by the gardeners 

from the service des Espaces verts et de la 

Nature urbain. 

Direction de l’Environnement et de l’Espace Urbain 

Le Silo 

15 March 

HAFENSINFONIE “HAMBURG 

HARBOUR” 

To celebrate the 55 th anniversary of the twinning 

of Hamburg and Marseille, Hamburg’s 

Ndr radio symphony orchestra will perform 

a unique musical and audiovisual production 

on the history of Hamburg. 

Goethe Institut / Ofaj 

Alcazar, BMVR 

19 March, 13 June & 17 October 

L’INFORMATION: UNE NOUVELLE 

CULTURE? 

A series of conferences on the culture of 

information and the impact of digital technologies 

on space, time, organisation and 

artistic creation; in other words, the markers 

of a society’s development. 

Adbs Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

— 

21 & 22 March 

SÉMINAIRE BIOTECHNOLOGIES 

MARINES 

The Atelier Baltique Méditerranée seminar 

brings together fifteen experts in marine 

biotechnologies from nearly ten different 

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countries from the shores of the Baltic and 

Mediterranean. 

Palais des congrès 

28 & 29 March 

ORME 2.13 

An event for professionals in the digital and 

education sectors, Orme 2.13 places the focus 

on artistic creation and mediation in cultural 

and educational structures. Crdp 

— 

April 

HISTOIRES DE BARQUETTES 

1913-2113 

This project offers an original view of 

Marseille as seen from the sea and its rich 

heritage by means of stories narrated aboard 

small traditional fishing boats. Perfect for all 

ages. Association Boud’mer 

Maison de ventes Damien Leclère 

April to December 

SANS TITRE — Caroline Duchatelet 

A new capsule — enabling visitors to shut 

out light and sound — installed in the 

Maison des Ventes will broadcast videos by 

Caroline Duchatelet, together with a new 

work on time and light commissioned by the 

company. Maison de ventes Damien Leclère 

— 

4 to 7 April 

FESTIVAL EUROPÉEN DE THÉÂTRE 

POUR LYCÉENS 

For this sixth festival of theatre, visitors can 

see nine plays in a foreign language produced 

with students from Bulgaria, Spain, 

France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Malta, Norway 

and Romania. Institut supérieur Marseille Cadenelle (Ismc) 

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Friche la Belle de Mai 


COLIBRIS 

Rencontres littéraires internationales 

In 2013, CoLibriS will invite some twenty 

guests to participate in geographical, historical 

and cultural exchanges on the Latin 

and Arab worlds, meant to establish links 

between these otherwise distant universes. 

La Marelle — Villa des projets d’auteurs 

Cours Julien, place Lulli 

Jardins de Bagatelle 

May 

POÉSIES URBAINES 

Nine internationally-renowned designers 

have created seating to enrich Marseille’s cultural 

heritage. This project also furthers the 

Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce 

initiative to promote design among regional 

companies and industries. 

Marianne Cat et Suzette Ricciotti 

— 

May 

MARSEILLE VU PAR 

This film, created by directors who live and 

work in the city, is a collaborative effort: a 

feature-length film joining seven stories that 

take place in Marseille. 

Collectif des cinéastes associés marseillais 

— 

May and June 

SLAM SOLIDARITÉ 

The aim of this project is to work with high 

school students on the ills of society to 

encourage new ways of dealing with those 

pushed to the margins of society. It also 

looks to foster positive, open outlooks in


teens and encourage them to let go of attitudes 

of rejection or exclusion. 

Ville de Marseille — Samu Social 

Kiosque à Musique des Réformés 

May to July 

LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU KIOSQUE 

These free local musical events are not to 

be missed. Held in a welcoming and relaxed 

atmosphere, they represent the spirit of 

diversity and openness of the symbolic 

Marseille crossroads that is the Kiosque à 

musique des Réformés. 

Bureau Intermédiaire de Production 

— 

May 

GRAND PRIX DE L’ILLUSTRATION 

The public can discover the work of 16 artists 

who have received Biennial of Illustrations 

Bratislava awards, along with exhibitions, 

animated films and workshops in various 

venues around the city. Les Petits Débrouillards 

Pastré, Palais de Justice, Borély, Félix- 

Barret, Cours Julien, Toit du Corbusier, 

Parc de Bagatelle 

May to September 

PLACE À LA DANSE 

Features six outdoor dance events with 

classical, neoclassical, contemporary and 

Argentinian tango styles. There will also be 

a day dedicated to Corsica with a variety of 

artistic disciplines. 

Ville de Marseille, Mairie des 6 e et 8 e arrondissements 

Basilique Saint-Victor 

9 & 10 May 

LE FESTIVAL DES POLYPHONIES 

CORSES DE MARSEILLE 

1 

Corsican chant is showcased at the Basilique 

Saint Victor, with the Barbara Furtuna 

ensemble and La Cunfraterna di a Serra, a 

Christian community of lay members from 

villages in the Corsican Piève municipality 

who perform traditional religious chants. 


Le Dôme 

18 May 

URBAN BOXING UNITED 

Urban Boxing presents a unique boxing 

match that re-examines the artistic nature 

of this dramatic discipline. Urban Boxing 

reveals an original vision of this noble art in 

which dance, photography and film blend in 

and around the ring of the Dôme, alongside 

the athletes. Asptt 

Cours Julien, îles du Frioul 


LES ORALIES, FESTIVAL DE CONTE 

For one month, popular stories from all over 

the world — and from just down the street 

— take centre stage. Hear tales told at the 

Cours Julien, at the Salon du Livre de Conte, 

on the terrace of a café, or the whole night 

under the stars on the Frioul islands. 

La Baleine qui dit vagues 

Quai de la Joliette, U Marinu 

23 May: Les Voix de la mer 

Archipel du Frioul 

28 May: Les Voix du Frioul 

Théâtre Silvain, Rencontres Vocales 

31 May: Les Voix du Silvain 

Fête du Panier 

21 June: Les Voix du Panier 

ORIGINES: VENU D’ICI OU D’AILLEURS 

Concerts by children, amateur choirs and 

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orchestras associated with professional artists 

with a repertoire mixing traditional 

songs from the Mediterranean with contemporary 

creations. Ligue de l’enseignement Fail 13 

— 

26 May to 1 September 

LES APÉROS DU BATEAU 

/ POOL PARTY BORDERLINE 

Borderline cooks up original musical events 

in off-beat venues: live events, Dj sets, cocktail 

parties, tapas evenings on boats, coaches, 

beaches, a swimming pool deep in a pine 

forest… Rendez-vous at the Vieux-Port 

every Sunday evening in the summer for 

a musical aperitif in the Marseille harbour. 

Borderline 

Rade de Marseille 

Fort de Niolon, Côte Bleue, Le Rove 

All year 

VÉ! LE PHARE BLEU N°1. 

A new beacon in the Marseille harbour 

Vé! le phare bleu n° 1 is an Ibfo: an identifiable 

blue flying object. The flashes of blue 

light it emits create letters, words, poems to 

form silent words that cross the night sky to 

the rhythm of the dashes and dots of Morse 

code. Id Phare 

ABD Gaston Defferre 

All year 

TAROT.MOVE DE MARSEILLE 

The fun, interactive and introspective Tarot. 

move installation offers visitors a random 

film: four sequences, 175,560 possible films 

echoing the Marseille tarot card game 

spread. Visitors become active participants, 

“seers” creating their own film step by step. 

Cailloux 

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— 

All year 

Y-2013 

Y-2013 is an interactive multi-language 

video platform that can search for people, 

places, objects and brands in videos. Specific 

sequence clips can also be shared on social 

networks. Université Aix-Marseille 

Parvis de l’Opéra 

All year, first Wednesday of the month 

SIRÈNES ET MIDI NET 

On the first Wednesday of each month at 

midday, the cities of France test their siren 

alarm systems. This year, Lieux publics puts 

a new spin on the ritual with Sirènes et midi 

net. A different artist or company will present 

a 12-minute performance between the 

two siren tests. Lieux publics, centre national de création 

— 

All year 

RÉSEAU DE BIBLIOTHÈQUES 

NUMÉRIQUES 

The MedPaan network ensures the preservation 

and dissemination of an exceptional 

cultural heritage; digital resources are held 

by libraries both north and south of the 

Mediterranean. 

The Mediterranean Preservation and Aggregation Network 

(MedPaan), Austrian Institut of Technology 

CRDP 

All year, first Wednesday of the month 

LES RENCONTRES CULTURELLES 

Once a month, the Crdp will hold conferences, 

lectures and screenings on the history 

of art, literature and theatre, in partnership 

with the Rectorat. 

Centre régional de documentation pédagogique de l’académie 

d’Aix-Marseille


— 

All year 

ESCAPADES CULTURELLES 

The city of Marseille organises transportation 

for families from different parts of the 

city to cultural sites on a weekly or monthly 

basis and offers guided tours. 

Ville de Marseille — Direction de l’Action Sociale et de la Solidarité 

— 

All year 

TELL ME TOURS — literary walks 

Discover Marseille on literary walks that 

present texts by famous writers and poets 

written during their stay in the city, with a 

special “places and memories” 2013 walk. 

Passage & Co. 

Équipements sociaux et de proximité 

de la Ville de Marseille 

All year 

QUARTIERS TOUR 

Quartiers Tour is a tour of theatrical performances 

and musical concerts by professional 

artists held in the local social facilities 

belonging to the city of Marseille. Ville de 

Marseille 

2 nd and 3 rd arrondissements 

All year 

QUARTIERS LIBRES 

A cultural investigation in the city’s historical 

districts: le Panier, la Joliette, la Belle de 

Mai and Saint-Mauront. Visitors can also 

view an approach to construction shared by 

both inhabitants and artists at the following 

venues: Mucem, Cirva, Cicrp, Zinc and 

Klap. En Italique 

1 

— 

All year 

GRANDES CONFÉRENCES 

Outside its normal sessions, and in addition 

to the Entretiens de l’Alcazar, the Académie 

des Lettres, des Arts et des Sciences de 

Marseille will hold a series of Grandes 

Conférences (major conferences) and exhibitions. 

L’Académie de Marseille en 2013 

— 

All year 

L’ESPRIT DES CAFÉS, 

L’ÂME DES POÈTES 

L’esprit des cafés, l’âme des poètes offers a 

musical and visual voyage in which four 

actors accompanied by a musical troupe perform 

twelve poems in French, Hungarian, 

Italian and Czech as part of a video installation. 

Arteco 

Friche la Belle de Mai, 

Les Grandes Tables 

Four events throughout the year 

LA PECHA KUCHA NIGHT 

Pkn brings together architects, designers 

and graphic artists during festive evenings 

for a series of dynamic, creative presentations. 

Association Minami Design 

Gémenos 

Salle municipale Jean-Jaurès and Lavoir 

May to June 

RENCONTRES EUROPÉENNES 

D’ART ET D’ARTISTES & STRATOS 

The city of Gémenos, as part of its policy to 

support the visual arts, hosts the Rencontres 

Européennes d’Art et d’Artistes together with 

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Stratos and his monumental sculptures for 

an exhibition in the town centre. Ville de Gémenos 

La Ciotat 

Vieux-Port and town centre 


FESTIVAL HISTORIQUE 

EUROMÉDITERRANÉEN 

During the plague epidemic of 1720, La 

Ciotat was spared and became a refuge 

and a major commercial port. The Festival 

Historique retraces this event by means of 

the reconstruction of great frescos on land 

and sea, crafts, parades and processions, 

together with exhibitions and conferences. 

Association Il était une fois 



Musée Granet and the museums 

of partner towns 

September 2012 to April 2013 

LES LYCÉENS AU MUSÉE 

This partnership programme between the 

Friends of the museums of the Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and area high 

schools aims to introduce students to their 

local museums and raise their awareness of 

art. Amis du Musée de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Lycée Vauvenargues 

25, 26 & 27 January 

CULTURE(S) À L’ÉCOLE, UN ENJEU 

POUR L’ÉGALITÉ. Conference 

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Éducation et Devenir is an association that 

acts as both think tank and a project proposal 

group. It will hold a conference on the 

theme of culture in schools, considered as 

an essential challenge for equality in schools. 

Éducation et Devenir 

Théâtre Antoine Vitez 

29 January 

TRIPTYQUE DE COPI 

“Through his writing, Copi creates an alternative 

to space and time and shows a relentless 

desire to explore the world’s politics 

and social organisation through theatre.” 

Christophe Chave, director, Aubagne. 

Compagnie Les Gens d’en Face 

Le Pavillon Noir — Ballet Preljocaj 

31 January & 1 February 

CE QUE LE JOUR DOIT À LA NUIT 

Following auditions in Algiers, Hervé Koubi 

has formed a group of twelve Algerian and 

Burkinabé dancers, the majority with a 

background in hip hop. Even the title of this 

piece (What day owes to night), inspired by 

Orientalist paintings, reflects a disruption of 

time and a history of common ties. 

Compagnie Hervé Koubi 

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Médiathèque 

April 

LES DISEUSES DE BELLAVENTÜR 

A storyteller and a cellist draw their inspiration 

from Gypsy stories and melodies, thus 

perpetuating the ritual of oral transmission. 

Compagnie Après la Pluie


4 to 6 April 

LA POÉSIE EN MÉDITERRANÉE 

MULTILINGUISME 

ET INTERCULTURALITÉ 

Through meetings with poets, translation 

and writing workshops, readings, a performance 

and exhibitions, poetry enters into 

dialogue with the Mediterranean. 

Fondation Saint-John Perse 

18 to 20 May 

L’ART EN VIGNE 

L’Art en Vigne presents a contemporary art 

trail through the vineyards of Aix. Discover 

fifteen contemporary artists, including 

painters, sculptors and photographers, 

among the wine cellars, warehouses, buildings 

and vines. L’Art en Vigne 

Usine de la Fondation du Roy René 

May 

ŒUVRE DE VINCENT BEAURIN 

Artist Vincent Beaurin, who takes inspiration 

from the thousand-year-old technique 

of marble marquetry was commissioned to 

create a piece in situ. Fondation du Roy René 

— 

24 & 25 May 

L’HOMME ET LA NATURE 

DUO OU DUEL? Conference 

The best specialists in the field will participate 

in philosophical and ethical debates on 

humans and their environment. 

Association Santé Environnement France 

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24 to 26 May 

JOURNÉES NATIONALES 

DE L’AUTOBIOGRAPHIE 

This event will include workshops, round 

tables, performances, and presentations of 

students’ work about ordinary lives that 

deserve to be told and heard, on the theme 

of “masculine / feminine gender”. 

Association pour le patrimoine autobiographique 

La Cave aux Huiles 

From spring to autumn 

ITINÉRAIRE AUTOUR DU PATRIMOINE 

CULTUREL ET RELIGIEUX 

This itinerary promotes the Enclos Saint- 

Césaire d’Arles, an important Gaulish 

Paleochristian site, and presents the history 

and archaeological discoveries from late 

Antiquity in Provence (books, comic books, 

conferences, events). For visitors of all ages. 

Association Aux Sources chrétiennes de la Provence 

— 

The first Monday of every month, 

from 4 February 

CRISIS ON A CAKE 

This Theater Web Serie explores the theme of 

the crisis. The actors of the Maquis prepare 

a short 10-minute funny, satirical or cheeky 

theatrical performance and act it out live 

online at 8.30 pm. 

Théâtre du Maquis, en collaboration avec Seconde Nature 

d’Aix-en-Provence 

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Arles 

Chapelle du Méjan & cloître Saint-Trophime 

14 January to 7 June 

LECTURES EN ARLES 

The Association du Méjan will hold ten 

readings in Arles: five open readings from 

January to May at the Chapelle du Méjan, 

one event per month with an actor, and 

a Mediterranean week. Association du Méjan 

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XXVIII e SEMAINE SAINTE EN ARLES 

Sacred and baroque music are on the programme 

with performances of Monteverdi’s 

most superb pieces by the Concerto Italiano 

and Rinaldo Alessandrini; an exceptional 

recital of L’Europe du Clavecin; Campra’s 

Messe ad majorem Dei Gloriam perfomed by 

the Concert Spirituel and Hervé Niquet. 

Association du Méjan 

Salles de l’Archevêché 


TOROS REGARDS CROISÉS 

Visitors can discover 150 photographs by 

Lucien Clergue taken in various bullrings, 

selected for exhibition by journalist Jacques 

Durand. Ville d’Arles 

— 

All year 

GALERIE À CIEL OUVERT 

The Galerie à ciel ouvert offers exhibitions 

of works by adult and child amateurs in the 

Griffeuille district in Arles. A new exhibition 

is planned every two months. Les Passeurs de rêves 

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— 

All year 

PAYSAGES DE CRAU FAÇONNÉS 

PAR L’HOMME 

Three different artists present their views of 

La Crau. Photographers Jean-Luc Maby and 

Lionel Roux, and sculptor Philippe Hamant 

will exhibit their creations throughout the 

seasons and the festivals that mark the landscapes 

and the irrigated plains of La Crau. 

Ville d’Arles 

Martigues and Pays de Martigues 

Martigues 

Théâtre des Salins 

19 January 

MARSIHO 

The Théâtre des Salins is pleased to present 

once more Philippe Caubère, the great actor 

and lover of words — and of Marseille — 

in the theatrical adaptation of Marsiho by 

André Suarès. Théâtre des Salins, Martigues 

15 & 16 February 

NIGHTCLUBS! 

Nightclubs!, which has already been featured 

at numerous festivals across the world, is at 

once funny and enthralling. This black 

light event will take your breath away. 

Théâtre des Salins, Martigues 

27 February 

CONFÉRENCE DANSÉE 

The Théâtre des Salins and the Conservatoire 

de Musique et de Danse join for the closing


of the urban dance event, Peace Love Unity 

& Havin’ Fun. Brahim Bouchelaghem will be 

the guiding thread for this evening featuring 

semi-professional groups from the region. 


5 March 

INTERZONE “EXTENDED” 

An amiable encounter between electric 

guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay and oud player 

Khaled Al Jaramani was the start of the 

duo Interzone. When a clarinet, trumpet 

and zarb are added, Interzone becomes 

“extended”, for a culturally diverse performance. 


16 March 

RENAUD GARCIA-FONS — SOLO 

With Solo, Renaud García-Fons, the 

world-renowned double bassist, achieves his 

dream of making the double bass a universal 

instrument that can produce a thousand and 

one “voices”. Théâtre des Salins, Martigues 

Town centre 

23 & 24 March 

CARNAVAL DE MARTIGUES 

The Martigues Carnival is an artistic and festive 

event created by a street arts company 

working with locals to organise a parade 

with floats and more than 1500 people in 

costume. Ville de Martigues — Direction des Services culturels 


26 March 

HISTOIRES SACRÉES 

The Jacques Moderne and Concerto Soave 

ensembles unite forces in this unique performance 

of Jephté, Michel Pignolet de 

Montéclair’s immortal and poignant mas- 

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terpiece, together with a selection of sacred 

stories by Mazzocchi. Théâtre des Salins, Martigues 

Église de la Madeleine 

21 May 

DE LA TERRE AU CIEL 

This typically Roman preoccupation will be 

illustrated by De la Terre au Ciel through the 

use of profane and sacred works. It will be 

presented outside the city walls of Martigues, 

in the Eglise Sainte-Madeleine-de-l’Île. 


Halle de Martigues 

4 days in May 

SALON DES JEUNES 2013 

The Salon is an opportunity for encounters 

and entertainment for young people in 

which the creative potential of both the partners 

and the youngsters is expressed through 

an emblematic and unifying theme. 

Ville de Martigues — Service Jeunesse 

Port-de-Bouc 

Théâtre Le Sémaphore 

8 March 

VA JUSQU’OÙ TU POURRAS 

— Dynamo théâtre 

Va jusqu’où tu pourras is a European creation 

highlighting the role of women in immigration. 

It is a Cubist portrait of a woman who 

represents multiple generations, plays multiple 

roles and stands for all those who write 

their own destinies from Orient to Occident. 

Théâtre Le Sémaphore 

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Site archéologique de Saint-Blaise 

13 to 17 May 

SAINT-BLAISE, UN SITE EN PARTAGE 

The project is a week of events and discoveries 

at the Saint-Blaise archaeological site. 

It is aimed at all audiences interested in the 

history of the Mediterranean. 

Capm and Ville de Martigues, service Archéologie, ArchéoMéd 

(Archaeology in an educational environment) 

Istres 

Halle polyvalente and Magic Mirrors 

15 & 16 March 

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY 

Since 2000, this family event has become the 

most important St. Patrick’s festival in the 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, with 

more than 6,000 participants. Mairie d’Istres 

Chapelle Saint-Sulpice 

3 to 7 April 

RACINES ET MÉMOIRES 

A multimedia exhibition (photographs, 

texts, screenings) presents the diversity of 

the individuals who help forge the town’s 

identity, whether native Istreans or those 

from other origins. Association Chems, Ville d’Istres 

Écoles de toute la ville 

April 

IVRES DE LIVRES 

This event on the theme of children’s books 

is the opportunity to meet authors and illustrators, 

who will be visiting schools before 

the event. Ville d’Istres 

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— 

25 & 26 May 

60 e ANNIVERSAIRE 

DE LA PATROUILLE DE FRANCE 

ET JOURNÉES DES BASES 

AÉRIENNES (JBA) 

The mission of the prestigious Patrouille de 

France unit of the French Army is to represent 

the French Airforce at national and 

international aeronautical events. This year 

marks the unit’s 60 th anniversary. 

Base aérienne 701 

Château de l’Empéri, salle des Écuries 


TRANSHUMANCE D’AUJOURD’HUI, 

TRANSHUMANCE D’HIER 

The Musée de Salon et de la Crau examines 

the pastoral practices of yesterday and 

today, in Provence and the Mediterranean. 

The exhibition of saddles and harnesses presented 

by the Musée de l’Empéri is a voyage 

through time. Ville de Salon-de-Provence 

Gardanne 

Town centre 

23 March 

CARNAVAL DE L’EAU 

The Carnaval de l’eau showcases the participative 

projects involving schools and organisations 

from Gardanne. A moment of sheer 

fantasy, it is part of a major “water weekend”, 

with the inaugurations of the H 2 O and 

GR®2013. trails.Ville de Gardanne


Puits Yvon Morandat 

April to late July 

VISITE DU PUITS MORANDAT 

Visitors can get a guided tour of the last 

active coal extraction site in Provence. 

Former miners talk about their daily route, 

from the changing rooms to the descent into 

the mine shaft. 

Puits Yvon Morandat 

4 to 6 April 

FORUM DES ÉNERGIES NOUVELLES 

ET RENOUVELABLES 

The forum on new and renewable energies 

is organised by la Ville de Gardanne to promote 

scientific culture by means of workshops, 

visits, and public debates to inform 

about the energy challenges we face today. 

Ville de Gardanne 

Médiathèque Nelson-Mandela 

October 2012 to October 2013 

ART ET ASTRONOMIE 

Researchers from the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique 

de Marseille offer visitors to the 

Médiathèque Nelson-Mandela, students at 

the École d’Art de Gardanne and students at 

other schools the opportunity to create links 

between astronomy and the arts. 

— 

All year from 22 March 

H2O-GARDANNE 

This urban trail gives walkers a chance to 

learn about water in all its states. Hikers 

can use thier smartphones to get multimedia 

information for fifteen sites on the uses, 

heritage, town planning and management 

related to water. 

Regional programming 

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The entire Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

region, museums of the region 

September 2012 to April 2013 

LES LYCÉENS AU MUSÉE 

This partnership programme between the 

Friends of the museums of the Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and area high 

schools aims to introduce students to their 

local museums and raise their awareness of 

art. Amis des musées de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 


20 September 2012 to 20 September 2013 

LA ROUTE GOURMANDE 

The Route Gourmande is a flavourful journey 

around the region to discover original and 

traditional sweet specialities from local pastry, 

chocolate, sweets and ice cream makers. 

Chambre de métiers et de l’artisanat des Bouches-du-Rhône 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region 

March 

GÉOCULTURE: LA FRANCE VUE 

PAR LES ÉCRIVAINS 

La France vue par les écrivains is a free, interactive 

digital service that provides a sort of 

literary map of the region. Both application 

and website, this project combines heritage 

and contemporary creation through the 

geolocation of excerpts of literary works. 

Agence régionale du Livre Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 


April to October 

LA ROUTE DES MÉTIERS D’ART 

Throughout the department, the public can 

follow the Route des Métiers d’Art and get 

a glimpse of where remarkable artisans to 

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their work, observe them in action and talk 

with them about their crafts. 

Chambre des métiers et de l’artisanat des Bouches-du-Rhône 

Aix-en-Provence, 

Théâtre Vitez, 15 May 

MPGT, 17 May 

Marseille 

La Criée, 18 May 

ARCHITECTURES CONTEMPORAINES 

OPUS 6. Festival universitaire 

des Jeunes créations musicales 

This event is intended to showcase the 

musical creations of students in the arts 

department of Aix-Marseille Université, 

co-produced with the Festival Architectures 

contemporaines. 

Aix-Marseille université et Association Architectures 

contemporaines 

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Region, Maroc, Tunisie 

2012-2013 school year 

PARCOURS MIGRATOIRES 

Groups of young people from north and 

south of the Mediterranean, guided by 

researchers from the Ird, strive to obtain a 

better understanding of the complexity of 

migration, and meet to debate the subject. 

Arles, Salon-de-Provence, Marseille, 


All year 

JEUX DE PISTE EN FAMILLE 

A family treasure hunt to learn about the 

heritage of Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Marseille 

and Salon-de-Provence, aimed at the 6-12 

age group. Tourisme en Famille 

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— 

All year 

LIVRES DANS LE WOK 

Livres dans le wok is a database of literary 

criticism, updated and managed by bookshops 

and librarians, which will later be 

opened to public participation. 

Agence régionale du livre Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Arles 

All year 

JOURNÉES DE L’ANTIQUITÉ 2013 

The Journées de l’Antiquité are planned each 

year from March to June. The events take 

place throughout 2013: conferences, visits to 

museums and archaeological sites, Roman 

games and more. 

Association pour les Journées de l’Antiquité 

Marseille 

CICRP 

All year 

VILLES ET CAMPAGNES 

EN MÉDITERRANÉE 

As part of its inter-institution educational 

projects, the Cicrp offers workshops to 

explore how humans control water and the 

importance water held in human culture 

from Antiquity to the 19 th century. 

Centre interrégional de conservation et de restauration du 

patrimoine 

Provence Verte 

Correns 

18 & 19 May 

LES JOUTES MUSICALES DE CORRENS 

Thirty concerts over the Pentecost weekend 

at Correns, at the heart of the Provence


Verte area, let visitors experience traditional 

world music: a unique and convivial festival 

in a fabulously green setting. 

Le Chantier — Association Cimo & To 

Saint-Maximin et Plan-d’Aups 

— 

January to June 

ECHO-IN SAINTE-BAUME 

The open space of Sainte-Baume provides 

a wonderful backdrop to the exciting new 

staging and interesting sound design of this 

original concert. Les Sept Couleurs du vent 

Manosque 

Février 

RENCONTRES CINÉMA 

DE MANOSQUE. Du réel à l’imaginaire 

From documentary to fiction, each year the 

Rencontres Cinéma du Réel à l’Imaginaire 

invites film-makers from all over the world 

for intercultural exchanges on film, with an 

emphasis on productions from the countries 

of the South. Association Œil Zélé 

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> August 


EPISODE 2 


Open Sky

EPISODE 2 


→ 

“In this measured, happy countryside where the hills move to the timeless rhythm 

of nymphs dancing with fauns, the immense body of water is a display of the gods’ will 

and intelligent force. […] Here, the natural and the spiritual worlds collide. […] More 

sea than pond, the Étang de Berre is an entire Mediterranean served in a sunlit goblet.” 

André Suarès, Marsiho. 

In the summer of 2013, we will go outside more than usual, leave our cities behind 

and venture off the beaten path. Dozens of festivals sharing common themes will intersect 

and play off each other. This sharing of talents and meeting of minds will make 

for an exceptional season of festivals under the rays of the summer sun. 

For example, the Campus project will be a learning experience bringing together all the art 

schools in the region, with workshops, debates and exchanges, in collaboration with many 

Mediterranean schools. Nomads and Deltas will focus on cities and their rivers, 

and the Bouches-du-Rhône region will resonate with the sounds of the Po, the Nile, 

the Danube and the Guadalquivir. 

The second series of European Capital of Culture exhibitions focuses on dreams 

and connections through two ambitious projects. The first takes place at the Mucem, 

located at the entrance to Marseille’s Vieux Port, and explores the idea of the Mediterranean 

as a bridge between East and West. The second, the summer’s key exhibition, deals with 

Van Gogh’s dream of founding a workshop for artists in the south of France. It takes place 

in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, with events in Aubagne, Martigues, Cassis and Saint- 

Rémy-de-Provence. On the one hand, there is the colourful dream of the Midi as Arcadia, 

a rediscovered antiquity and Picasso’s Mediterranean of animals and ceramics; 

on the other hand, there is Cézanne’s dream of a “promised land” for painters 

and the windows of Matisse and Dalì.


June July August 

May to June TRANSHUMANCE — p. 155 

Spring THE GENDER BAZAAR, FEMININE / MASCULINE 

Marseille, MuCEM — p. 161 

Spring to December BLUE AND BLACK. A MEDITERRANEAN DREAM 

Marseille, MuCEM — p. 162 

13 June to 13 October Le Grand Atelier du Midi — p. 168 

FROM VAN GOGH TO BONNARD 

Marseille, Palais Longchamp 

FROM CÉZANNE TO MATISSE 

Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet 

Le Grand Atelier du Midi: related exhibitions — p. 172 

27 April to 13 October PICASSO, CERAMIST, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Aubagne, Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs 

13 June to 13 October RAOUL DUFY, FROM MARTIGUES TO L’ESTAQUE 

Martigues, Musée Ziem 

16 May to 31 October CLOUD — p. 178 

Arles, Musée Réattu 

Late May TERRACES — Kader Attia — p. 188 

to late September Marseille, Sea Wall 

June to August OFF THE BEATEN TRACK — p. 189 

June to August SUMMER OF DANCE — p. 214 

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TransHumance 

> May to June 

“The clouds of dust we raise will incorporate dust from other 

movements and migrations, both past and future. It will be about 

you, it will be about me, but actually it will be about us. Yes, I want 

to be a herd of animals — moving, swept along, united.” 

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TransHumance, a participative and regional project, will be a unique 

artistic, political and human experience. More than just a show, 

it is a unique adventure featuring multiple cities, three countries 

and two continents. A personal experience to share with others. 



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official carrier 

Centaur in the salt mines 

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Throughout 

the region 

With support from 

the following towns 

and cities: 

Auriol 

Beaurecueil 


Cuges-les-Pins 

Eyragues 

Fontvieille 

Gémenos 

Istres 

La Barben 

La Bouilladisse 

La Roque-d’Anthéron 

Lambesc 

Lançon-de-Provence 

Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade 


Marseille 

Martigues 

Maussane-les-Alpilles 

Miramas 

Moulès 

Mouriès 

Noves 

Paradou 

Pélissanne 

Peynier 

Plan-d’Aups- 

Sainte-Baume 

Port-de-Bouc 

Puyloubier 

Roquevaire 

Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon 

Saint-Étienne-du-Grès 


Saint-Mitre-les Remparts 

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 


Tarascon 

Trets 

Vauvenargues 

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TRANSHUMANCE 

TransHumance is a shared artistic experience that will leave a temporary 

imprint on the landscape as we travel together through towns 

and villages at a leisurely pace. The word itself calls up images of 

cross-border journeys, changing seasons and the ties between people 

and animals. It is about migration, memory, mobility and multiplicity. 

These ideas have all contributed to a poetic and metaphoric 

project. By travelling together for a while, we can break down the 

barriers that divide us. This unprecedented movement of people and 

animals will be an artistic and poetic event with many implications. 

TransHumance will create its own map based on the region’s Euro- 

Mediterranean heritage. Morocco and Italy will be the guests of honour. 

In addition, walkers, riders and carriages will travel to the region 

from the rest of Europe. 

At each stage of the journey, animaglyphes — choreographed movements 

of animals in the landscape — will be photographed from the 

air. These aerial views will be used to create a patchwork image of the 

region as TransHumance follows its course. This raw piece of artwork 

will be both a personal and a shared experience. Featuring the latest 

technologies, the images created will be used to develop different 

poetic voices on a “global stage”, which includes social networks, the 

internet, film and multimedia initiatives. 

The Centaur, an imaginary, utopian creature incarnating the meeting 

of man and animal, society and wilderness, humans and nature, 

will lead this mythical journey. 

Camille & Manolo, artistic directors for TransHumance. 

A project by the Théâtre du Centaure with support from Equi’Créa. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013

TransHumance 

To get the route map, camp site locations, calendar events and find 

out how you can participate, go to: www.mp2013.fr/transhumance 


The TransHumance experience 

Take part in a poetic and philosophical experience: walk the route 

together, either on foot or on horseback, for a few hours or a few days 

and take in the exceptional sights. Afterwards, gather at the camp 

sites for cultural celebrations. 

From March 

TransHumance transmedia 

From March 2013, TransHumance invades the digital world, inviting 

netizens to take part in the TransHumance story. 

June to October 

An observatory at the edge of the world 

Open from June to October 2013, at the Théâtre du Centaure in Marseille, 

the observatory will be both an exhibition space for artistic 

and multimedia projects as well as a venue where participants in the 

TransHumance project (shepherds, astrophysicists, philosophers, 

biodiversity researchers etc.) can exchange ideas with the public. 

Partners: Morocco (El Jadida Horse Show), Italy (with the patronage of the Presidency of the Italian 

Republic — Ministry of Agriculture, and the collaboration of Roma Capitale). 

With support from: Local and regional authorities, Domaines départementaux des Bouches- 

du-Rhône, Conservatoire du Littoral, Parcs, sites protégés et réserves naturelles: Camargue, Alpilles, 

Coussouls de Crau, Marais du Vigueirat, Grand Site Sainte-Victoire, Onf (Office National 

des Forêts), Arpe (Agence régionale pour l’environnement), Chambres d’Agriculture, Régie 

Culturelle Provence- Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Osu Institut Pythéas (Cnrs, Amu, Ird) / Astronomie 

(Lam) et Biodiversité (Imbe), Néon Production, Le Hall de la Chanson, Compagnie du Lamparo, 

Culturespaces, Loisirs Arts et Cultures / Ce Eurocopter, Musée départemental Arles Antique, 

Fédération Internationale de Tourisme Équestre, Comité National de Tourisme Équestre, Comités 

d’équitation et de tourisme équestre de Provence et de Côte d’Azur, Filière Cheval Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur, Association des Chevaux Camargue, Cheval Passion / Avignon 

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Dreams from Both Shores 

> June to August 

The summer exhibitions will celebrate dreams, hopes and stories 

inspired by beauty, heat and the region’s unique heritage. 

Marseille Provence has been home to many artists. Van Gogh 

considered creating a workshop for artists in the south of France. 

Cézanne dreamt of a promised land for painters. Picasso drew 

fauns, while Dalí painted windows. 

Fort Saint-Jean, 

Marseille, 3d image 

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Opening of the Musée des civilisations 

de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée 

Marseille 

MuCEM 

Spring 

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The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Musée 

des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée — Mucem) is a 

ground-breaking project for the Mediterranean region of the 21 st 

century. With an exceptional location overlooking the entrance to 

the Vieux-Port, the 30,000 m² Mucem incorporates the historical 

site of Fort Saint-Jean, which dates from the 12 th century, and a new 

building constructed by architect Rudy Ricciotti on the J4 pier. Both 

sites will be linked by a pedestrian bridge. The museum is a cultural 

centre which draws on all aspects of the humanities to promote 

artistic endeavours from both shores of the Mediterranean. It seeks 

to show the Mediterranean as a starting point for creating a shared 

history, promoting dialogue between societies, increasing awareness 

of current phenomena, and creating a new public space. Nearly 

5000 m² are set aside for exhibitions. On the ground floor of the 

new J4 building, a permanent exhibition explores the historical significance 

and diversity of Mediterranean civilisations. Temporary 

exhibitions (four per year) will be held on the next level and will 

deal with the societies, cities, places and people who shape the 

Mediterranean. The items on display will come from the Mucem’s 

collections and some of the most renowned French and foreign 

museums. At the Fort Saint-Jean, visitors can view a magnificent 

collection of art and everyday objects displayed in the context of 

festivals along a labyrinth-like art trail that exposes the mystery of 

this area and its peoples. Exhibitions on photography or relating to 

current Mediterranean affairs will also be on show here. Debates, 

films, concerts, shows, Mediterranean cooking workshops and festive 

events will also be held here. The Mucem boasts an auditorium, 

a cafe, a bookshop / gift shop, two restaurants run by chef Gérald 

Passédat, a garden where visitors have panoramic views of the city 

and sea, and a space dedicated to children. The Mucem’s collections 

and documentary resources not displayed at the J4 or the Fort Saint- 

Jean, some of which will be accessible to the public, will be held at 

the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources (Conservation and 

Research Centre), designed by architect Corinne Vezzoni, located 

in the La Belle de Mai neighbourhood.

THE GENDER BAZAAR, MASCULINE / FEMININE 

This exhibition deals with one of the most important questions 

in society today: the relationships between men and women 

and, more broadly, the upheavals affecting gender. It is a journey 

that explores the different ways of being male and female in 

Mediterranean countries today. The objects in the Mucem’s collections 

are accompanied by statements from men and women, films 

and contemporary art installations. They demonstrate the changes 

affecting gender relations in Mediterranean countries: demographic 

changes tied to women having access to family planning; rights for 

women and sexual minorities; and the impact of new communication 

tools on how people meet, flirt and start relationships and 

families. Finally, the exhibition questions the different ways gender 

norms, which touch on the very foundations of our societies (religious 

doctrine, laws, written and non-written rules, customs, etc.), 

are today coming into contact with many different, ever-more-widely-spread 

models. The exhibition will include a series of debates, 

films and events, at the museum. 

Curator: Denis Chevallier. Co-producers: Mucem, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

MuCEM 

J4 

Spring 

View from inside 

the Mucem, 3d image 

Marseille 

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Marseille 

MuCEM 

J4 

Spring 

to December 


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BLUE AND BLACK, A MEDITERRANEAN DREAM 

This exhibition, which will attempt to share a “Mediterranean 

dream” with the public, is both a tale and a journey. It will be a space 

for telling the numerous stories that feature the Mediterranean and 

those attracted to and fascinated by this sea. On this journey through 

the layers of time, visitors will pass through twelve movements, starting 

with the 18 th century and the prelude to Napoleon’s dream of 

Egypt. They will come across “dream weavers” such as Bonaparte 

and Volney, Abd El-Kader, Tahtawi and the Saint-Simonians, Élisée 

Reclus, Lord Byron and Winckelman, Cavafy, Taha Hussein and 

Garcia Lorca. The Mediterranean dream has long been a unilateral 

dream, a dream of artists, conquerors and travellers from one 

shore — the European shore — with the goal of “civilising” those on 

the other side. But what dreams were taking place at the same time 

on the other shore? This exhibition’s unique approach is to shift the 

focus, pass through the looking glass and explore other tales and stories. 

The exhibition will marry unique works of art, paintings, photographs 

and sculptures with original documents, manuscripts, rare 

books, magazines, posters and newspapers, not to mention archival 

images, documentaries and fictions, weaving a path of tales that 

reveal the diversity of representations of the Mediterranean. Blue and 

Black will explore what makes and unmakes civilisations, the tension 

between them like two sides of a coin which cannot be separated. 

General curator: Thierry Fabre. Associate curators: Anissa Bouayed, Patrick Javault


Photography exhibitions 

at the Fort Saint-Jean 

THINGS ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD 

This collaborative exhibition presents contemporary artists’ visions 

of the Mediterranean. Eight videographers and photographers offer 

architectural and topographic studies, as well as political and poetic 

viewpoints on the subject: Patrick Tosani, Claire Chevrier, Waël 

Shawky, Ange Leccia, Jean-Luc Moulène, Stéphane Couturier, Servet 

Kocyigit and André Mérian. 


Odyssées (Odysseys) — Antoine d’Agata 

Antoine d’Agata, member of Magnum Photos, follows migrants on 

their journeys. Using photography and video, his work explores the 

heroic dimension of their individual voyages: their daily lives filled 

with travelling, temporary living arrangements, immigration detention 

centres and port areas. 

Project carried out in residency at the Archives et Bibliothèque départementales de prêt des 

Bouches-du-Rhône as part of Marseille-Provence 2013’s Euro-Mediterranean Atelier programme. 

Euro-Mediterranean Atelier co-producers: Košice 2013, Archives et Bibliothèque départementales de 

prêt des Bouches-du-Rhône, Atelier de Visu, Marseille-Provence 2013. The Odyssées exhibition will be 

presented again in Košice in late 2013. 

— 

Exhibitions Things on This Side of the World and Odyssées. 

Curator: François Cheval. Co-producers: Mucem, Marseille-Provence 2013. Project partners: 

Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Ville de Chalon-sur Saône 

Marseille 

MuCEM 

Fort Saint-Jean 

Spring to 29 July 



Marseille 

MuCEM, 


9 August 



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Migrants, Antoine d’Agata, 

Tripoli, 2011 

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Opening of the Musée des arts décoratifs, 

de la faïence et de la mode, Château Borély 

Château Borély, Marseille 

Marseille 

Musée Borély 

From May 

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In 2013, an important new cultural venue is opening its doors to 

the public: the Musée Borély, which is dedicated to lifestyles and 

the decorative arts. Its collection features ceramics, artistic objects, 

furniture, textile, fashion and accessories. The museum brings 

together collections from Marseille’s different museums: the Musée 

de la Faïence (Ceramics Museum), the Musée Cantini’s collection 

of furniture and artistic objects, Marseille and Moustiers’ ceramic 

collections, the Feuillet de Borsat’s graphic design collection and 

the Zarifi collection. As for fashion, the museum boasts an exquisite 

100-piece Chanel collection, several haute couture pieces and 

numerous creations illustrating contemporary fashion design. The 

8300 m 2 museum space has been entirely redesigned. Some 1400 m 2 

of exhibition spaces will be open to the public over two levels, and 

will include furniture, decorative art, ceramics, glass, perfume bottles, 

fashion design and accessories. 

La Maison méditerranéenne des métiers de la mode 

Since 2010, the Maison Méditerranéenne des Métiers de la Mode has hosted three sessions 

and 21 designers working on themes central to Europe and the Mediterranean. 

By highlighting several approaches to contemporary Euro-Mediterranean creation in different 

fields, this project also showcases fashion.


Opening of the new Musée d’histoire 

et du port antique, centre Bourse 

During renovations to the Bourse district in 1967, many finds from 

the ancient port of Marseille were uncovered: the Jardin des Vestiges, 

a necropolis and ramparts from Greek times, the quay, a freshwater 

basin and a paved Roman road. But the educational museum 

had insufficient space to display its entire collection. After several 

years of renovations and extensions (6 500 m 2 ), the new museum 

will open its doors to the public. This spectacular transformation is 

the result of an ambitious restructuring programme undertaken by 

the Ville de Marseille for the European Capital of Culture year. The 

museum aims to present Marseille’s maritime and port history in 

13 different stages, from 600 B.C. to today. By way of introduction, 

an overview will present the 30,000 years that humans have lived in 

the area, beginning with the Cosquer Cave. The adjoining open-air 

archaeological site and other areas will allow the museum to display 

its collection of 44,000 objects and documents. Exhibitions will also 

feature multimedia and 3d technology. 

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Marseille 

Musée d’histoire 

et du port antique, 

centre Bourse 

From June 

Musée d’histoire de Marseille 

et du port antique, seen 

from the Jardin des Vestiges 

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Renovation of the Palais Longchamp 

Marseille 

Palais Longchamp 

Opening on 13 June 

Palais Longchamp, Marseille 

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The Palais Longchamp: a central historic monument 

for the finest exhibitions 

The Palais Longchamp was constructed in the 19 th century based 

on plans by architect Henry Espérandieu, who also designed 

Marseille’s Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde and Cathédrale de la Major. It 

is a monumental fountain meant to celebrate the arrival of water 

to Marseille via the Canal de la Durance. Classified as an historic 

monument in 1999, it has been entirely renovated, including its 

gardens. Home to the Musée des Beaux-Arts, it will also host major 

international exhibitions, such as Marseille-Provence 2013’s stellar 

exhibition, Le Grand Atelier du Midi, held in collaboration with the 

Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence. The Palais Longchamp’s central 

location makes it easily accessible via public transport (underground 

and tram). The small, ornamental buildings in the gardens have also 

been restored to house the “Funny Zoo”, where visitors can see virtual 

representations of the animals that once lived in the Longchamp 

Zoo. A key element of the Ville de Marseille’s new museum offering, 

the Palais Longchamp is both a place where the public can walk 

and relax and a superb cultural space that reflects the ambitions 

of Marseille-Provence 2013.


Musée Granet expansion 

The Musée Granet has housed masterpieces from the Fondation Jean 

et Suzanne Planque for the past fifteen years, but lacked the space to 

show them. To make their exhibition possible, the Communauté du 

Pays d’Aix is refurbishing the Chapelle des Pénitents-Blancs near the 

Musée Granet. The chapel was built in 1654 and underwent numerous 

transformations before finally becoming property of the city of 

Aix-en-Provence in 1866. In 1971, the town turned the chapel into 

a conference centre, but closed it in 2001 for renovation work. The 

chapel renovation demonstrates the Communauté du Pays d’Aix’s 

commitment, in collaboration with the Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, 

to provide the Musée Granet with new exhibition spaces worthy 

of the masterpieces in its collection. This project will free up more 

than 700 m 2 of additional exhibition space. The chapel is scheduled 

to open in spring 2013. 


Musée Granet 

Spring 

3d image of the Chapelle 

des Pénitents-Blancs 

expansion 

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Le Grand Atelier du Midi 

Marseille 

Musée 

des Beaux-Arts 



Musée Granet 

13 June 

to 13 October 


of Air France, 

official carrier 

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A JOINT EXHIBITION 

Since Renoir and Signac first travelled here, the south of France has 

been a source of inspiration for painters — a great open-air studio 

open to other Mediterranean countries. This joint exhibition will 

present chronologically the various movements that have marked 

the 20 th century. It features Impressionism, post-Impressionism, 

Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstraction. The two instalments 

of this exhibition, which features some 200 masterpieces, will be presented 

simultaneously in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence. 

The artists of Le Grand Atelier du Midi: Jean-Francis Auburtin, Francis Bacon, Max Beckmann, 

Hans Bellmer, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Victor Brauner, Charles Camoin, Paul Cézanne, 

Auguste Chabaud, Henri-Edmond Cross, Salvador Dalí, Nicolas De Staël, Maurice Denis, André 

Derain, Jean Dubuffet, Raoul Dufy, Paul Gauguin, Armand Guillaumin, Auguste Herbin, Moïse 

Kisling, Georges Leroux, André Lhote, Aristide Maillol, Man Ray, Henri-Charles Manguin, Albert 

Marquet, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Emile Othon Friesz, 

Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Ker-Xavier Roussel, 

Paul Signac, Chaim Soutine, Leopold Survage, Graham Sutherland, Félix Vallotton, Louis Valtat, 

Vincent Van Gogh, Théo Van Rysselberghe, Bram Van Velde, Geer Van Velde, Claude Viallat, 

Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva 

— 

Curator: Bruno Ely, Marie-Paule Vial. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Communauté 

du Pays d’Aix, Réunion des musées nationaux — Grand Palais, Marseille-Provence 2013

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Le Cannet 

Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm 

Pierre Bonnard, ca. 1930. 

Fondation Bemberg, 

Toulouse 

The Red Rock 

Oil on canvas, 91 x 66 cm 

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1895. 

Musée de l’Orangerie 

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Marseille 

Musée 

des Beaux-Arts, 


13 June 

to 13 October 


Le fond du Golfe de Saint- 

Tropez, vu de l’Oustalet 

Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm 

Henri-Charles Manguin, 

1931. Musée Antoine Lecuyer, 

Saint-Quentin 

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FROM VAN GOGH TO BONNARD 

In Marseille, the exhibition will look into the vivid, arbitrary colours 

applied by artists including Van Gogh, Bonnard, and the Fauves. 

It will also touch on imaginary realms, the pursuit of hedonist 

dreams and the quest for a new Golden Age. The south of France 

— a new Arcadia with ties to the classical era, a dreamlike elsewhere 

where the landscapes and light bring myths back to life — became 

home to fauns and dryads. Some 100 masterpieces from the greatest 

painters of the 19 th and 20 th centuries will be on display in Marseille.

FROM CÉZANNE TO MATISSE 

In Aix-en-Provence, the focus will be on form, which naturally leads 

to Cézanne, the “father” of modern art for Braque, Matisse and 

Picasso. The terms “form” and “colour”, which may seem to be opposites, 

are closely related in Cézanne’s eyes: “When the colour achieves 

richness, the form attains its fullness also.” The south of France also 

welcomed artists from the Dada and Surrealist movements. The 

exhibition concludes with a section on writing, which led to different 

forms of lyrical and geometrical abstraction, as seen in the work of 

Miró, Staël and Van Velde. The exhibition in Aix-en-Provence presents 

over 100 masterpieces from French and international collections 

— both public and private. 

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Paysage de Céret 

Oil on canvas, 94 x 91,5 cm 

Auguste Herbin, 1913. 

Musée d’art moderne, Céret 


Musée Granet 

13 June 

to 13 October 

Major project partners 

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Masque de Faune 

Long earthenware dish, 

decoration painted 

in blue enamel on pale 

yellow enamel crackle glazed 

background, original 

and unique work, 

32 x 38 x 3.5 cm. 

Pablo Picasso, 1947. 

Fondation Picasso 

Aubagne 

Chapelle 

des Pénitents Noirs 

27 April 

to 13 October 


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PICASSO, CERAMICS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 

This exhibition will be held in the gallery created in the beautiful 

Chapelle des Pénitents Noirs. In the 1950s, Picasso explored 

Mediterranean civilisations using all kinds of media, including paintings, 

engravings, lithographs and ceramics. He put as much genius 

and energy into ceramics as he did into his sculptures and paintings. 

The exhibition will feature around 25 pieces that have never been 

shown together, and some that have never been shown at all. 

Curator: Joséphine Matamoros, Bruno Gaudichon. Co-producers: Communauté d’Aubagne et du Pays 

de l’Étoile, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Aubagne: Argilla, third weekend in August. 

Argilla is the biggest ceramics market in France. The two-day market in Aubagne, which 

features 170 artisans from France and abroad, welcomes more than 70,000 visitors. 

It is a festive, colourful event that is all about culture and learning. Be sure to put this 

year’s not-to-be-missed event on your calendars. There will be performances by Tunisian 

choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi, while visitors can participate in dance ateliers. 

Residencies for Mediterranean ceramic artists will also be held here.

RAOUL DUFY, FROM MARTIGUES TO L’ESTAQUE 

This exhibition explores the work Dufy completed in the south 

of France — from his first stay in Martigues around 1903, to the 

paintings he did in Marseille just after the First World War. The 

Musée Ziem highlights the various directions taken by Dufy over the 

course of 20 years, giving visitors the opportunity to view previously 

unseen paintings and drawings by the artist. His first Impressionistic 

paintings are on display, as are later works showing his explosive 

use of colour — his vision of southern France. The exhibition then 

moves on to his Cubist period in L’Estaque in 1908, heavily influenced 

by Cézanne. The exhibition ends with the painter’s final stylistic 

changes, which foreshadow the forms and colours that later 

became central to his work. 

Martigues 

Musée Ziem 

13 June 

to 13 October 


Curator: Lucienne Del’Furia. Co-producers: Ville de Martigues, Communauté d’agglomération 

du Pays de Martigues, Marseille-Provence 2013 Landscape in Martigues 

Raoul Dufy, 1903 

Musée Ziem, Martigues 

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Les-Baux- 

de-Provence 

Musée Yves Brayer 

29 April 


Marseille 

Préau des Accoules 

17 July 

to 31 May 2014 

Marseille 



Cassis 

Musée d’art 

et traditions 

populaires, 

Les Salles voûtées 

6 June to 6 October 

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MEDITERRANEAN CAPITALS, FROM SIGNAC TO BUFFET 

The exhibition pays homage to the towns in the Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur region which have most inspired 20 th -century painters. 

It groups together works portraying Arles, Salon-de-Provence, 

Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Toulon. A variety of artists put their 

perspectives on these “capitals”, painted not only from well-known 

viewpoints, but from unexpected and surprising locations as well. 

Producer: Musée Yves Brayer 

THE LITTLE WORKSHOP: HOW TO PAINT THE SUN 

For children ages 5 and up. 

At the Préau des Accoules, children can learn about art and how 

to paint the sun by examining twelve landscape paintings from the 

collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille. In painting, 

the effects of light influence volume, space and colour, and create 

particular atmospheres and emotions. Children will be encouraged 

to look at both the visual and expressive aspects of these paintings 

from chosen from the 18 th to early 20 th centuries. A special programme 

is available for younger children. 

Producer: Ville de Marseille 

CASSIS, PORT OF PAINTING 

AT THE TURN OF MODERNITY (1845–1945) 

This exhibition, which will be held in two museums, compares 

Provençal painters from the Marseille school with Cubists and 

Fauves who spent time in Cassis. It also features English, German, 

Russian and American artists from the Roaring Twenties up until 

the Second World War. 

Curators: Pierre Dumon, Pierre Murat. Exhibition produced and funded by the Fondation Regards 

de Provence, with the participation of Marseille-Provence 2013 With the partners of Regards 

de Provence: Fondation d’entreprise du Crédit Agricole Alpes-Provence, Cic-Lyonnaise de Banque. 

Project partner


Sea Wall 

TERRACES — Kader Attia 

Part city, part island and part Mediterranean, the sea wall is both 

near and far away — a symbolic strip of land separating the port 

from the open sea. This space where we see and are seen is a combination 

of inside and outside. The southern part of the sea wall will 

open to the public for weekend walks. Kader Attia, an artist with 

multiple identities, has been invited to create artwork for this event. 

“Marseille’s port has always been a symbol for me, and a synonym 

of travelling. I imagine a project that is open to all horizons: the horizon 

of the city, the horizon of the open sea, and the coastline.” 

Artistic manager: François Barré. The Sea Wall project is supported by Marseille’s Grand Port 

Maritime, public commissioning by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, 

EuroMéditerranée and Marseille-Provence 2013. Contract supervisor: Arter, Art Public Contemporain 

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Marseille 

Sea Wall 

Late May 

to late September 


The Sea Wall, Marseille 

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Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) 

Marseille 

Musée d’art 

contemporain 

(MAC) & Multiple 

venues 

25 May 

to 20 October 

The Bridge. Image inspired 

Daniel Knorr’s work carried 

out in Marseille’s port in 1998 

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THE BRIDGE 

The ancient Greeks believed that the Mediterranean was a link 

between civilisations, and that crossing it was an adventure. During 

this journey, familiar feelings of belonging come head to head with 

new sensations as those who cross the bridge enter a new world. 

Featuring artists from different generations who have all moved, 

migrated, and created new worlds for themselves, this collection 

shows the universal character of the Mediterranean experience. Some 

of these artists were discovered in Marseille before embarking on an 

international career. These encounters are another way of showing 

Marseille’s hospitality and the city’s vibrant art scene. Marseille is a 

crossroads for travellers from north and south, east and west. The 

exhibition starts at the Contemporary Art Museum and continues 

throughout the city with exceptional works in remarkable venues. 

Among the featured artists: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Maria-Thereza Alves, 

Francis Alÿs, Matthew Buckingham, Marie-José Burki, Giuseppe Caccavale and Erri de Luca, Janet 

Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Marlène Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Peter Friedl, Douglas Gordon, 

Mona Hatoum, William Kentridge, Yan Pei Ming, Gabriel Orozco, Dan Perjovschi, Robin Rhode, 

Yinka Shonibare, Simon Starling, Fiona Tan, Ozcar Tuazon, Huang Yong Ping, Chen Zhen. 

Curator: Thierry Ollat. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Marseille-Provence 2013


Centre de la Vieille Charité 

and Parc de la Maison-Blanche 

LES ARCHIPELS RÉINVENTÉS / 2 

Ricard Foundation Prize 

In the summer of 2013, the Centre de la Vielle Charité will host 

Les archipels réinventés / 2, an exhibition featuring the Ricard 

Foundation Prize winners since its creation in 1999. These artworks 

have since been added to the collections of the Musée National d’Art 

Moderne (National Modern Art Museum). The exhibition, curated 

by Emma Lavigne, provides a sketch of work by a generation of 

emerging French artists. It is also an illustration of the unwavering 

support of the Centre Georges Pompidou, which has been able 

to enrich its own collection thanks to its close collaboration with 

the Ricard Corporate Foundation. Pieces include an installation 

by Tatiana Trouvé; the fantastical universe of Loris Gréaud; artworks 

by Vincent Lamouroux and the duo Christophe Berdaguer 

and Marie Péjus; ironic sculptures by Boris Achour; and the pictorial 

explorations of Ida Tursic and Wilfried Mille. This exhibition will 

be an opportunity to simultaneously showcase the Vieille Charité’s 

historic architecture and the vibrant contemporary art scene. 

Co-producers: Ricard Corporate Foundation, Ville de Marseille 

FESTIVAL DES ARTS ÉPHÉMÈRES 

The Mairie of the Maison-Blanche district hosts its 5 th annual festival 

of contemporary art in the town hall building and park. This 

year showcases artists whose original work, inspired by nature, public 

space and the temporary nature of art, does not normally find 

a means of expression through the usual spaces provided by museums 

and galleries. The works presented are produced under the 

artistic direction of the Contemporary Art Museum (Mac), in 

partnership with the École supérieure d’art et de design Marseille- 

Méditerranée, the Ballet national de Marseille, the Cité de la Musique 

and the École supérieure d’art de Toulon. 

Curators: Lyse Madar, Jean-Louis Connan, Thierry Ollat. Producer: Mairie des 9 e et 10 e arrondissements 

de Marseille 

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Marseille 

Centre 

de la Vieille Charité 

28 June 


Marseille 

Parc de 

la Maison-Blanche 

May to November 

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Artistic installations 

in Salon-de-Provence and Istres 


Château de l’Empéri 

24 May 

to 1 December 


Istres 


5 July 

to 31 December 

Musée Réattu 

Arles 

Musée Réattu 

16 May 

to 31 October 

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DOUBLE DISQUE ÉVIDÉ PAR LES TOITS, FELICE VARINI 

In Salon-de-Provence, Felice Varini will create a monumental painting 

to be viewed from the terrace of the Château de l’Empéri. This 

Franco-Swiss painter, based in Paris since 1978, has an affinity for 

playing with architectural spaces. Seen from one point in space, the 

work appears to be a simple geometric shape on one plane. However, 

as visitors move further away, the paintings become fragmented into 

an infinite number of viewpoints. 

Curator: Juliette Laffon. Co-producers: Ville de Salon-de-Provence, Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With the support of ProHelvetia. 

DANIEL BUREN 

The artist makes the city of Istres his canvas to exhibit, question and 

transform. 

Curator: Juliette Laffon. Co-producers: Ville d’Istres, Marseille-Provence 2013 

CLOUD 

As subtle yet impressive representations of the life cycle, clouds 

are an endless and fantastic source of fascination: they are intangible, 

changing and weightless. This exhibition will take a new look 

at clouds, which are omnipresent in both Eastern and Western art. 

Featuring works by René Magritte, Man Ray, Jean Arp, Andy Warhol 

and Javier Perez, it will pair sculptures, installations, paintings, sound 

art, photographs, film and fashion with elements from nature and 

ancient treasures, such as an exceptional collection of 13 th -century 

cloud-shaped pillows from China. 

Curator: Michèle Moutashar. Co-producers: Ville d’Arles, Marseille-Provence 2013

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Exhibitions at the Chapelle du Méjan 

ENTRE LES LIGNES — Giuseppe Penone 

Giuseppe Penone’s work is an integral part of the Arte Povera movement. 

His performances, sculptures, installations and photographs 

demonstrate his empathic relationship with nature. A retrospective 

of his work will be held at the Chapelle du Méjan. Other works by 

Penone, including a monumental tree in bronze produced specially 

for this exhibition, will be installed in the town of Arles. 

Curator: Pascale Le Thorel. Co-producers: Association du Méjan, Marseille-Provence 2013 

TENSION PRÉCAIRE — Lee Ufan 

The exhibition gathers together new, never-before-shown works 

by artist Lee Ufan. He represents the avant-garde artistic movement 

Mono Ha (The School of Things), considered to be very similar 

to the European Arte Povera movement. His sculptures are juxtapositions, 

where stone and wood from natural sources are combined 

with industrial materials. As a painter, he tends to use very few 

brushstrokes to encourage meditation and evoke emptiness. 

Curator: Michel Enrici. Co-producers: Association du Méjan, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Opposite: 

Idee di pietra, 

Giuseppe Penone 

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Arles 

Chapelle Saint- 

Martin du Méjan 

July to September 

Arles 

Chapelle Saint- 

Martin du Méjan, 

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1. Ellipse dans le trapèze, 

rouge, Felice Varini, 

Strasbourg, 2010 — 

Actualisation n°1. Exhibition: 

De leur temps (3) 10 ans 

de création en France: le Prix 

Marcel Duchamp — Musée 

des Beaux-Arts de la ville 

de Strasbourg. Odile 

and Eric Finck-Beccafico 

Collection, Versailles. 

2. Cloud Exhibition, 

Metal, resin, paper. Courtesy 

of Galerie Dix9, Paris 

3. .Architecture, counterarchitecture: 

transposition, 

Daniel Buren, site-specific 

work (detail), Mudam, 

Luxembourg, October 2010 

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Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

23 July 

to 5 October 



Galerie Zola 

22 June 




général des 


28 June 


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MARSEILLE THROUGH MANUSCRIPTS, 

THE CROSSING OF THE CENTURY 

With texts by Suarès, Pagnol, Giono, Brauquier, Audisio and Izzo. 

Featuring a manuscript by each of these six authors, the exhibition 

highlights a century of Marseille history. 

Curators: Christian Laget, Laurence Vincent. Producer: Ville de Marseille 

A TASTE OF THE MIDDLE EAST 

Collections and art collectors of Provence 

This exhibition is an invitation to travel to the Middle East: share 

in the adventures of the scholars, botanists, linguists and artists 

who all brought back manuscripts, art objects and paintings from 

their travels. As varied as the cultural and religious areas around 

the Mediterranean from which they originate, these rarely exhibited 

items were selected from public collections in the Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. They are closely linked to the research 

of Provençal locals such as Peiresc, Pitton de Tournefort, Garcin 

de Tassy, Venture de Paradis, Jules Laurens and others and provide 

insight on Orientalism from the late 16 th century through the 1920s. 

Curators: Aurélie Bosc and Mireille Jacotin. Co-producers: Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, Marseille- 


IN LILY PASTRÉ’S LIVING ROOM 

This exhibition explores the personality of Lily Pastré, a great lady 

who was a friend to both the arts and artists. She was also a founding 

member of the Aix-en-Provence Festival. 

Curator: Michel Enrici. Producer: Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône


LÉO MARCHUTZ (1903–1976) 

Born in Nuremberg in 1903, painter and lithographer Léo Marchutz 

became passionately interested in Cézanne’s work at an early age. 

He left Berlin in 1928 and spent a large part of his life near Aix-en- 

Provence, at the heart of Cézanne’s landscapes. He would become 

one of the greatest authorities on the painter. 

Co-producer: Atelier de Cézanne, Marseille-Provence 2013 

THE ISLAND OF MONTMAJOUR 

By Christian Lacroix, with the CIRVA 

As a young boy growing up in Arles, the Abbey of Montmajour 

was a treasure island to Christian Lacroix. Today, the Centre des 

Monuments Nationaux gives the designer free rein of the abbey 

to put together an exhibition from the Cirva’s exceptional collection 

(International Centre for Research on Glass and Contemporary Arts, 

located in Marseille). It will feature precious religious objects, sculptures, 

photographs, costumes, light installations and enamel work. 

Éditions du Patrimoine will also publish a book made during the 

installation of the exhibition. 

Curator: Christian Lacroix. Producer: Centre des monuments nationaux 

RAYMOND REYNAUD 

This exhibition is devoted entirely to the self-defined “outsider artist” 

Raymond Reynaud (1920-2007), who spent most of his life near 

Salon-de-Provence. It will feature nearly 50 of his paintings and 

sculptures. A former house painter, Reynaud developed a very personal 

body of work, which was supported by the Outsider Art movement. 

He mixed figurative gouache painting and totems constructed 

of various materials and objects. 

Curator: Juliette Laffon. Co-producers: Ville de Salon-de-Provence, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Arles 

Abbaye 

de Montmajour 

5 May 

to 3 November 

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Atelier de Cézanne, 

Office de Tourisme, 

Galerie Vincent 

Bercker, 

École Léo Marchutz, 

Institut américain 

1 July to 15 Sept. 


Salle Robert 

de Lamanon 

Le Septier 

6 July 


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Photography 

Marseille 

Place Bargemon 



Arles 


1 July 


Arles 

Galerie Voies Off 


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MARSEILLE AS SEEN BY PHOTOGRAPHERS 

Set up in Place Bargemon, an album composed of fifty large format 

photographs recounts 150 years of Marseille’s history as seen 

through the lenses of famous and anonymous photographers who 

have walked its streets. 

Co-producers: Terre Bleue, Marseille-Provence 2013 

LES RENCONTRES D’ARLES 2013 

With over 20 exhibition spaces and 60 shows, the Rencontres d’Arles 

photography festival has a special programme lined up. The festival’s 

main focus is black-and-white photography, long considered 

the only technique that could be called art photography. Over the last 

20 years, the medium has largely given way to colour, but visitors can 

now rediscover this world through a monochromatic eye. As always 

at the Rencontres, the artists and guest curators are free to choose 

their own direction. 

Artistic manager: François Hébel. Producer: Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles. Marseille- 

Provence 2013 is co-producer of the exhibition dedicated to Middle Eastern painted photographs. 

STAYING LEAVING 

The film Three of us by Brigitte Bauer was the starting point for 

this edition of the Voies Off Festival. This year is dedicated to the 

Mediterranean, and more particularly, to the phenomenon of migration. 

How do we identify and make sense of the inner conflict of the 

men and women who feel impelled to leave their native countries? 

Co-producers: Festival Voies Off, Marseille-Provence 2013

Marseille as Seen 

by Photographers Exhibition. 

Marseille, Willy Ronis, 1938 

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Nîmes, Roman and contemporary: 

the taste for architecture 


Nîmes 

Carré d’Art, Musée 

d’art contemporain 

2 May 


Galerie d’actualité 

du Musée 

archéologique 

15 March 


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While Nîmes is known internationally for its exceptional ancient 

monuments, the town has affirmed its passion for architecture 

throughout its history. From the Renaissance onwards, each period 

has initiated a startling architectural dialogue with the ancient monuments 

punctuating the landscape. Nîmes simply loves architecture. 

In 2013, the town will be celebrating the 20 th anniversary of one of its 

most exquisite jewels: le Carré d’Art. Also this year, the town will lay 

the foundation stone for its future Musée de la Romanité, which will 

be constructed opposite the Arenas, in the town centre. 

THE UMPREDICABLES 

Norman Foster and contemporary art 

In celebration of the Carré d’Art’s 20 th anniversary, British architect 

Norman Foster has been invited to curate the exhibition that will 

open 2 May 2013. This exhibition is doubly special, as it is Norman 

Foster’s debut as curator, and because the exhibition will take place 

in a building that he designed. A second exhibition, The museum collection: 

the choices of Lord Norman Foster, which Foster is also curating, 

will run at the same time. 

Curator: Norman Foster. Producer: Carré d’Art — Musée d’art contemporain 

EXHIBITIONS AT THE ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM 

Discover the future Musée de la Romanité 

This exhibition presents the project designed by the team of Elizabeth 

and Christian de Portzamparc that won the 2012 international 

request for tenders for the construction of the Musée de la Romanité. 

The architects have taken up the challenge of designing an architectural 

structure worthy of its exceptional location opposite the 

Roman amphitheatre, making the new dialogue with the old. 

Curator: Ville de Nîmes. Producer: Ville de Nîmes

LES ARÈNES DE NÎMES: a Roman amphitheatre 

Through an impressive collection of images spanning several centuries, 

visitors can learn about the history of the Nîmes amphitheatre. 

The exhibition goes from its construction to its current restoration, 

and puts the monument in context compared to the other Roman 

amphitheatres preserved in France and throughout the former 

Roman provinces. 

Curator: Dominique Darde. Producer: Musée archéologique de Nîmes 

IN THE JARDINS DE LA FONTAINE / PERFORMANCE 

La Féerie des eaux 

The Jardins de la Fontaine is a historical site built in the 18 th century 

on the site of an ancient sanctuary. The sanctuary was dedicated 

to the spring around which the city of Nîmes grew up. The 

École-Atelier Rudra Béjart presents La vie d’artiste, a unique dance 

performance against a backdrop of water, fire and light, set to The 

Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). 

Producer: Ville de Nîmes 

Chapelle 

des Jésuites 

15 June 

to 27 October 

Jardins 

de la Fontaine 

12 to 15 August 

Carré d’Art 

and Maison Carrée 

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Off the Beaten Track 


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From June to August, nature will be the muse of “Marseille 

Provence, Open Sky.” In Off the Beaten Track, it inspires all art forms 

in a programme that includes numerous music festivals, open-air 

screenings and specially created performances. Young resident 

musicians, guest artists and stars will interact in perfect harmony 

while discovering neighbourhoods and the region. 

Path to the village 

of Courbons 

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Major summer events 


Marseille 


28 & 29 June 


Bois de l’Aune 

1 to 6 July 

(Subject to change) 

Marseille 

Opéra de Marseille 

12 & 15 July 

Marseille 


21 June 

Partenaires média 

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PHAEDRA THE BIRDS 

Phaedra, the European production of a new contemporary text that 

has been translated into several languages, has appeared on stages 

around the world. Two Frenchmen Jean-Baptiste Sastre, director, 

and Frédéric Boyer, writer, are joined by renowned actresses Hiam 

Abbas (France) and Elisabetta Pozzi (Italy) to bring this new version 

of Phaedra to the world’s most prestigious theatres. As part of the 

European Capital of Culture programme, the show will take place 

around the region (outdoors, in unique venues) over one summer’s 

day and night, accompanied by a large participative choir. 

Original text by Frédéric Boyer, directed by Jean-Baptiste Sastre, with the participation 

of an Emmaüs community choir. Co-producers: Compagnie Aïe, Bois de l’Aune — Pôle artistique 

et culturel de la communauté du Pays d’Aix, Cddb — Théâtre de Lorient Centre Dramatique 

National, Châteauvallon — Centre National de Diffusion et de Création Culturelle, Lieu Unique 

— Scène nationale de Nantes and Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of the Institut Français 

— Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes, and overseas partners: Baryshnikov Arts Center 

(New York), CalArts (Los Angeles), LuganoInScena (Lugano, Switzerland) / Teatro degli Incamminati 

(Milan, Italy), Teatro Matadero and Festival de Otono en Primavera de Madrid (Spain), Balhaus 

Ost (Berlin, Germany) 

THE TROJANS 

The Opéra de Marseille and Roberto Alagna are proud to present 

Hector Berlioz’s The Trojans. 

Co-producers: Opéra de Marseille, Marseille-Provence 2013 

FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE 

France Télévisions will provide live coverage of the Fête de la Musique 

in Marseille as part of a special programme celebrating the 

Mediterranean region. In addition, La Criée theatre and René Martin 

will follow in the footsteps of Nantes, Bilbao and Tokyo by organising 

Une Folle Journée Marseillaise. This project features a series 

of exceptional and affordable concerts, which will take place in the 

theatre’s different rooms.


YOUTH ORCHESTRA RESIDENCY 

As it does every year, the French National Youth Orchestra will take 

up residence at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in August 2013. In 2013, 

it will be joined by national youth orchestras from several European 

countries. The guest of honour will be the National Youth Orchestra 

of Iraq. In addition, four orchestras will take turns at organising the 

residency: the youth orchestras of Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Turkey. 

Producer: Grand Théâtre de Provence. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE PIANO 

LA ROQUE-D’ANTHÉRON 

At this year’s festival, an outstanding international event in the 

world of piano, L’Orchestre du Divan occidental-oriental, conducted 

by Daniel Baremboim, will hold two exceptional concerts, one at 

La Roque-d’Anthéron and a second in Marseille. 

Producer: Festival International de La Roque-d’Anthéron. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013 

EARLY SUMMER 

Early summer is the ideal moment to enjoy nature. Le Bois de 

l’Aune has chosen original or unexpected locations for the performances 

of three theatrical creations. Phaedra (Jean-Baptiste Sastre), 

Les Antigones (tgStan) and Uncle Vanya (Collectif Les Possédés) 

are three great works that have been revisited by internationally 

renowned contemporary artists. Enjoy these three audacious performances 

made all the more astonishing because they take place 

“under the stars” in genuinely close proximity to the audience. 

Co-directors: Marseille-Provence 2013, Bois de l’Aune, Pôle artistique et culturel de la communauté 

du pays d’Aix. In partnership with Emmaüs. 

MARSEILLE-MARSEILLE 

By freely combining jazz, flamenco, slam and Arab-Andalusian 

music, Louis Winsberg and his musicians reflect a young multi- 

cultural Provençal musical scene that embraces a willingness 

to break down stylistic barriers. Workshops and concerts with students 

from the Institut Musical de Formation Professionnelle (Imfp) 

in Salon-de-Provence. 

Co-producer: Marseille-Provence-2013. With support from the Impf and Ville de Salon-de-Provence 

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7, 9, 13 & 14 August 

Marseille 

La Roqued’Anthéron 

August 


& Pays d’Aix 

28 June to 13 July 


29 May 

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Théâtre 

de l’Archevêché 

7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 

17 & 19 July 

Martigues 


25 & 27 July 




8 June, 

26 & 27 July 

Marseille 

Théâtre Silvain, juil. 

La Criée, automne 


Grand Saint-Jean 

10 July 

Festival d’Aix: 


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FESTIVAL D’AIX 

Elena 

The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Marseille-Provence 2013 are 

proud to present Elena, an opera by Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676). 

This is the first staged production since the opera was created in 

Venice in the 17 th century. It features both tragic and comic characters 

— including Helen of Troy. This colourful piece was written for 

the Carnival, like most Venetian operas, where cross-dressing scenes 

alternate with some of the Baroque era’s most beautiful lamenti. 

Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón and director Jean-Yves Ruf will 

work with the Académie du Festival’s singers. 

Producer: Festival d’Aix and Academie européenne de musique. Co-producers: Opéra de Lille, 

Opéra de Nantes, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy, and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

Romeo and Juliet 

Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is an educational artistic project that 

was launched in 2010 by the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with assistance 

from Josette Baïz and the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, conducted 

by Kristian Järvi. This exceptional project, bringing together 

around 100 young dancers and more than 80 young musicians, will 

be completed in 2013. 

Producer: Festival d’Aix. Co-producers: Ojm, Compagnie Grenade and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

Alefba 

The shock waves produced by the events in Tahrir Square have not 

yet finished spreading from Cairo to the rest of the planet. For the 

musicians of Cairo and their audience, it is now essential to decipher 

what took place in this Egyptian square that became a forum for the 

world. A new alchemy between musical structures and human emotions 

is in progress. New musical forms are being developed; a mixture 

of electro, oud, buzuq, chaabi electro and mahragan. Fabrizio 

Cassol has listened intently to this new sound, and developed a “street 

oratorio”; a musical and poetic suite in Arabic languages composed 

in the present, performed by twelve artists, six from Europe and six 

from Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. 

Artistic manager and composer: Fabrizio Cassol. Artistic advisor and designer: Fawaz Baker. Executive 

producers: Fondation Royaumont. Co-producers: Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, 

Royal Flemish Theatre (Kvs) — Belgium, Bozar — Belgium, Hangar 23, Marseille-Provence 

2013. With the support of the Institut Français d’Égypte, Sacem and the Ehess

Other programming 

The Festival d’Aix will also present two projects in collaboration with 

the London Symphony Orchestra: 

– Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. Musical director: Gianandrea 

Noseda. Director: Robert Carsen. 

– Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Musical director: 

Marc Minkowski. Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov. 

It will also feature the following two performances: 

– Elektra by Richard Strauss. Musical director: Esa-Pekka Salonen. 

Director: Patrice Chéreau with the Orchestre de Paris. 

– La Casa Tomada by Vasco Mendonça. Musical director: Étienne 

Siebens. Director: Katie Mitchell. Asko Schönberg Ensemble. 

Festival d’Aix, free screenings 

Main screen, The Marriage 

of Figaro, 2012 

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Marseille 


17 to 27 July 


Vitrolles 

Charlie Jazz Festival 

Domaine 

de Fontblanche 

5 to 7 July 

1. Charlie Jazz Festival, 

concert by Haïdouti Orkestar 

2. Festival 

de La Roque-d’Anthéron 

Arles 

Théâtre antique, 

Alyscamps 


8 to 14 July 


Istres 

Pavillon de Grignan 

July 

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FIVE CONTINENTS JAZZ FESTIVAL (FJ5C) 

A forum for world music and jazz, this festival is a summer highlight 

in Marseille. The 14 th edition of this musical event continues to be 

a standard for encounters between world music and jazz. In 2013, 

the festival will last ten days and welcome up to 3500 concert-goers. 

Some of the world’s most renowned musicians will take the stage at 

the Palais Longchamp, while performances take place in the old zoo 

enclosures. 

An event co-produced by Marseille-Provence 2013 

MEDITERRANEAN CHARLIE ORCHESTRA 

Behind the name of the Mediterranean Charlie Orchestra can 

be found an original collaboration between professional jazz musicians 

and 24 music students from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

region and the Mediterranean. An original piece will be presented 

on 5 July at the historical site Domaine de Fontblanche. As in previous 

editions, in 2013 the Charlie Jazz Festival will honour various 

emblematic jazz figures. 

Musical director: Raphaël Imbert. Producer: Charlie Free. Co-producers: Orchestre des Jeunes 

de la Méditerranée, Compagnie Nine Spirit and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

LES SUDS À ARLES 

Each summer, a week-long festival celebrating world music takes 

place in the beautiful town of Arles. Young talents and international 

artists are invited to the Théâtre Antique, the Cour de l’Archevêché 

and other sites in the town for a range of musical performances: 

acoustic, electric, close-up and high spirited. [La Nuit] closes 

this 18 th edition with night-long concerts in charming venues around 

the old town. 


NUITS D’ISTRES 

The biggest names in contemporary music have been invited to participate 

in the Nuits d’Istres each summer since 1992. The exceptional 

17 th -century Pavillon de Grignan and lush gardens will be a haven 

of musical expression.

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2


Martigues 

Port-de-Bouc 

31 August 


Image distillery, 

Pflasterspektakel, Linz, 

Austria, July 2009 

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INDUSTRIAL NIGHT 

On the last night of August, this event will give the general public 

a new way of looking at Martigues’ industrial zones. Industrial Night 

includes enormous projections, mapping and visual installations 

on the sides of factories. It also features a walking tour, plays and 

concerts showcasing the musical heritage of major industrial cities 

including Detroit, Manchester and Berlin. In association with Portde-Bouc’s 

Cinéma Le Méliès and Martigues’ Cinéma Jean Renoir, 

a drive-in cinema will screen films, with special performances held 

throughout the night. Some play on a loop; others move around. 

Pedestrian trails alternate with bus tours, ferries and bike rides. 

Industrial Night will be full of unique discoveries and unusual 

encounters on every street corner. 

Based on an original idea by Bertrand Bossard. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-producers: 

Théâtre des Salins. With the support of the Théâtre du Sémaphore.


MARSEILLE RETROUVE LE NORD 

Digital Africa 

This project identifies and promotes original forms of art and creation 

making use of digital technology in Africa. It advances the 

innovative work of artists at the forefront of technical, social and 

aesthetic art. 

Co-producers: Planète Émergences, Mcd and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Musicales Actuelles 

Musicales Actuelles has planned a “trip” from Marseille to Marseille 

with stops along the way in Cairo, Bamako, Kingston and Moroni. 

The Comoros islands will get special attention, with two original creations: 

Kara’ une épopée comorienne and Heza, le chemin du Twarab. 

Producer: Planète Émergences. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. In collaboration with 

The HandCart, Weedoo Publishing, the Cnv, companies Le Vivier, Geneviève Sorin, Heart Color 

Music, and Bancs Publics, L’éolienne; La Fabrik, ArtStock. 

KUDU 

The inspired compositions of trumpet-player Erik Truffaz meet the 

elegance of the South African dancers of talented Gregory Maqoma’s 

Vuyani Dance Theatre. Nine dancers and four musicians shine in 

this original musical performance of contrasts and movement. This 

piece is an ode to unhurried stillness, where elongated movements, 

closeness and opposing currents all come together. 

Co-producers: Vuyani Dance Theater — Two Gentlemen, Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support 

of the Institut Français and the National Arts Council of South Africa, for the France-South Africa 

Seasons. Co-directors: Festival de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*. In partnership with Klap — Maison 

pour la danse 

LES GRANDS CHEMINS D’ENVIES RHÔNEMENTS 

A nomadic festival in the Rhône Delta area 

This year will be a very special edition: artistic, scientific, poetic and 

open-air events, on-site creations, artistic-scientific collaborations, 

contemporary art installations, performances, music, visits, storytelling, 

and nocturnal walks are all on the agenda. 

Producer: Citron Jaune. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of the Région 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, and the towns of Port-Saint-Louis and Arles 

Marseille 

Bastide 

Saint Joseph 


Marseille 

Parc du Grand 

Séminaire 

13 to 29 June 

Marseille 

Festival 

de Marseille 

F/D/Am/M* 

July 

Camargue 


19 to 28 July 

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FESTIVAL MIMI 

The Mimi Festival (Mouvement International pour les Musiques 

Innovantes or International Movement for Innovative Music) is 

one of France’s most important and innovative contemporary 

music events. Based at the Hôpital Caroline on Marseille’s Îles du 

Frioul, the 2013 edition of this festival invites artists and music lovers 

from around the world to take part in a unique and groundbreak- 

ing programme. 


AIRES LIBRES 

Aires Libres, which features daytime outdoor events, is a two-day 

programme of free electronic music concerts, performances, artistic 

installations and children’s activities. Held in the Parc Borély, 

it’s perfect for a lazy weekend between city and sea in the middle 

of summer. 


LA NUIT PASTRÉ 

La Nuit Pastré, the closing event of Les Musiques 2013, takes place in 

the magnificent surroundings of the Campagne Pastré in Marseille, 

with classical and contemporary musicians, improv artists, choreographers, 

dancers, circus performers, storytellers, and sound and 

visual installations. Spread throughout the park, they offer a creative 

and musical trail for the duration of one magical night. 

Co-producers: Gmem — Centre National de Création Musicale / Marseille, Lieux Publics, Festival 

de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*, E1: 1 and Marseille-Provence 2013 

FESTIVAL DE MARTIGUES 

For the European Capital of Culture year and France-South Africa 

Seasons — 50 years almost to the day after Miriam Makeba’s historic 

speech at the Un — the Festival de Martigues will dedicate an entire 

weekend to South Africa. Outstanding singers, musicians, Djs and 

dancers will share in this exceptional event at the heart of Martigues. 


Marseille 

Îles du Frioul 

5 to 7 July 

Marseille 

Parc Borély 

1 & 2 June 

2 

Marseille 

Campagne Pastré 

12 July 

Martigues 

22 to 30 July 

1. Envies Rhônements, 

Tricyclique Dol, an open-air 

visual and sound trail 

2. Aires Libres Festival 

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Arles, Communauté 

d’agglomération 

ACCM, Saint-Rémy- 



June to December 


Hyères 

July 



Église Saint-Michel 

et Multiple venues 

28 July to 8 August 

Arles 

June 

Marseille 

October 

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NOS PAYSAGES SONORES 

This event features a collection of sound installations in the Pays 

d’Arles as part of an artistic, civic and historic project. Discover creations 

in various towns and emblematic sites of the region, such as 

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Boulbon or the Château royal de Provence 

in Tarascon. 

Producer: la Compagnie des Patrimoines. Co-producers: Conservatoire de Musique du Pays d’Arles — 

Accm and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

MIDI FESTIVAL 

More than 12,000 people are expected to attend the Midi Festival over 

three days at the end of July 2013. In its 9 th year, events will be held 

in the north gardens of the Villa Noailles, on the beach of Almanarre 

and at the Hippodrome de la Plage in Hyères on the French Riviera. 

MUSIQUE À L’EMPÉRI 

The 21 st international music festival in Salon-de-Provence, Musique 

à l’Emperi, invites you to travel around the Mediterranean, from 

shore to shore, island to island, over waters lived, dreamed and 

imagined in music. United by friendship and a desire for shared 

experiences, musicians Éric le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud and Paul 

Meyer join some thirty international soloists for a series of concerts 

in the courtyard of the Château de l’Emperi. Most of the soloists 

hail from such renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic 

Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Opéra de Paris. 


VOIX-CI, VOIX-LÀ 

Under the artistic direction of Samuel Coquard and accompanied 

by a Corsican instrumental ensemble with Marc Spitoru, the young 

voices of the Maîtrise départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône blend 

with the senior choirs of Entraide Solidarité 13 for a survey of French 

chanson. 

Producer: Entraide Solidarité 13. With the support of the Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône 

and the Caisse d’Épargne. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013


LA RONDE 

A park, some storytellers, a sleepy corner, a rain tree, a real vegetable 

garden created by hundreds of families from Huveaune… Caressez 

le potager offers a restful break and performances by the Didier 

Labbé Quartet, the Fantasia Orchestra and their guest dancers and 

filmmakers on the writings of Orhan Pamuk. 

NUITS MÉTIS 

The Nuits Métis festival celebrates the arrival of summer and its 

20 years of festivities and music in Miramas. This year festival-goers 

can attend nearly forty free events in a laid-back, family-friendly 

atmosphere around the lovely Saint-Supsi lake. This exceptional festival 

will take visitors on a journey to the four corners of the earth 

with world music, visual arts and street theatre. Also on the programme 

are concerts for all generations, a special guest, a children’s 

dance, and musical tales. 

MARSEILLE WELCOMES EUROPRIDE IN 2013 

Slated for 20 July 2013, Europride is an international event that 

attracts hundreds of thousands of marchers in a different European 

city every year. In 2012, it was in London, host to the Olympic Games, 

and in 2013 it will be in Marseille, European Capital of Culture. 

This is Marseille’s chance to assert itself as a Mediterranean capital 

that supports diversity, and an opportunity for Marseille-Provence 

2013 to fight for equal rights for the Lgbtqi* community. It will be 

preceded by ten days of cultural events for visitors from all over the 

world: at Friche la Belle de Mai, Dock des Suds and other venues 

around town, there will be films, music and entertainment in partnership 

with the many festivals that take place in the region at this 

time of year. The artists present in Marseille will make sure there 

will be no shortage of support for this fight for equality by offering 

a number of impromptu events. 

* Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer, Intersex. 

Marseille 

20 July 

2 

Marseille 

Parc de la Mirabelle 

4 to 6 July 

Miramas 

17 to 22 June 

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Arles 

3 August 

Aubagne 

4 May 

Gardanne 

18 & 19 May 

Istres 

25 May 

Port-de-Bouc 

21 to 23 June 


7 July 

Saint-Rémy- 


13 October 


Port-de-Bouc 

22 June 

Chateauneuf- 

le-Rouge 

July 

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MEDITERRANEAN BANQUETS 

Culinary history in seven chapters 

Discover seven culinary traditions reflecting Mediterranean lifestyles 

— on the slopes of the Garlaban, the shores of a lake, the quays 

of a port, the banks of the Rhône or in the city centre. At each banquet, 

500 guests will savour a meal prepared by the region’s top chefs, 

including Armand Arnal (Arles), Sébastien Richard (Istres), Francis 

Robin (Salon), Fabien Morreale (Martigues), and Marc Veyrat 

(Aubagne). Each meal will revolve around a central Mediterranean 

recipe and product. Discover regional producers, local artisans and 

colourful stands with juices, water, wine and olive oil. Associations 

and cooks await with an array of savoury and sweet appetisers, recipes 

from here and elsewhere. Depending on its local specialties and 

traditions, each town will offer workshops and discussions about 

today’s food habits. Mediterranean Banquets is also about the full 

Mediterranean experience: taking a siesta under the plane trees, 

walks under the starry night sky, and listening to fado music for 

a perfect end to a perfect night. 

Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with the towns of Aubagne, Arles, Gardanne, 

Port-de-Bouc, Istres, Salon-de-Provence and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 

YOUTH NINE SPIRIT BAND 

As part of the Mediterranean Banquets event, on 21 June at Port-de- 

Bouc, the Youth Nine Spirit Band comprising students of the Collège 

Paul-Éluard will perform under the artistic direction of Raphaël 

Imbert. 

“Orchestre au collège” programme of the Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, with the support 

of Cucs Port-de-Bouc. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

LES GASTRONOMIES PARTAGÉES 

An authentic and friendly food festival in a small municipality near 

Aix-en-Provence which aims to reveal the secrets of southern French 

cuisine with help from a guest chef.


Summer festivals 


July 

Festival d’Aix 


Youth Orchestra Residency 

Arles 


Les légendes de l’art équestre 

Early July to late September 

Les rencontres d’Arles 

8 to 14 July 

Les Suds à Arles 

Camargue 

19 to 28 July 

Les Grands Chemins d’Envies Rhônements 

Gardanne 

18 to 20 May 

Festival Arts et festins du monde 

La Roque-d’Anthéron 


Festival international de piano 

Marseille and other venues 

15 & 16 June 

The World Is With Us 

4 to 6 July 

Caressez le potager 

Marseille, Paris, Miramas, Monaco 

and Castellina 

14 July 

La Nuit Léo Ferré at the Théatre Toursky 

Marseille 


Festival de danse et des arts multiples 

de Marseille 

21 June 

Divertimento — L’Arlésienne de Bizet 

17 to 27 July 

Five Continents Jazz Festival (FJ5C) 

July 

Festival international du documentaire 

(FID) 

5 to 7 July 

Festival Mimi 

Martigues 

22 to 30 July 

Festival de Martigues 

Miramas 

20 to 23 June 

Nuits métis 



Musique à l’Empéri 

Vitrolles 

5 to 7 July 

Charlie Jazz Festival 

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Literary events 


Grand Saint-Jean 

July 

Marseille 

Théâtre Silvain 

16 July 

Marseille 

Fort Ganteaume, 

palais de la Bourse 

& Alcazar, BMVR 

23 July 

& 5 October 

Throughout 

the region 

6 & 7 July 

Books from the Library Boat, 

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SUMMER READING 

Outdoor readings of major regional and Mediterranean authors for 

those warm summer days. 

Homer 

Denis Podalydès reads excerpts from the Illiad for the Festival 

International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, in echo of the myths 

touched upon by the Festival programming. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-producer: Festival International d’Art Lyrique 

d’Aix-en-Provence 

Rimbaud 

An outdoor reading at the Théâtre Silvain of poet Arthur Rimbaud’s 

last letters and his visit to the town. 


Marseille through Manuscripts, the Crossing of the Century: 

readings 

With texts by Suarès, Pagnol, Giono, Brauquier, Audisio and Izzo. 

Featuring a manuscript by each of these six authors, the exhibition 

highlights a century of Marseille history and includes readings 

of the authors. 

Curators: Christian Laget, Laurence Vincent. Producer: Ville de Marseille 

Lectures sous les arbres / FNCTA 

Hear great texts from Provence and the Mediterranean read by 200 

amateur actors in ten European Capital of Culture cities and towns, 

in the most unexpected places, including courtyards, metal workshops, 

meadows or windmills. 

Producer: Fncta. With the support of the Théâtre de Lenche and the Théâtre du Gymnase. 

Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013


Film 

Marseille 

Vieille Charité, 

FID & other 

venues* 


Marseille 

Théâtre de la Criée 

Escalier de la gare 

Saint-Charles, 

Cinéma l’Alhambra 

Espace Mistral 

19 to 30 June 

Marseille 


18 & 19 July 

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PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, the Shocking Power of the Past 

Generous and versatile, the work of this poet, novelist, playwright, 

essay writer, polemist, reporter, filmmaker and painter is rooted in 

modern Italy, an Italy with strong ties to the Mediterranean as far as 

Palestine — and even Africa. Pasolini’s work echoes Greek mythology 

(Medea, Oedipus), Arab literature (One Thousand and One 

Nights) and European literature (Giovanni Boccacio, Chaucer), and 

the Gospels, which can be seen throughout. The event (exhibitions, 

debate and screenings) starts at the Centre international de la poésie 

at the Vieille Charité and ends with a retrospective of Pasolini’s films 

during the Fid. 

Co-producers: Alphabetville, le CipM, FidMarseille and Ina Méditerranée, and Marseille-Provence 


* Italian Cultural Institute, Cddp de Marseille, Vieille Charité, Fid venue, Friche la Belle de Mai, 

Mucem, Théâtre de la Criée, Villa Méditerranée, Pavillon M. 

ROBERT GUEDIGUIAN, L’INTÉGRALE 

For the first time, a complete retrospective of the work of this 

Marseille filmmaker will be presented: 17 films describing the development 

of a town and the life of its inhabitants, through the dreams 

of the director and his entourage of actors and technicians who have 

joined him on this 30-year film adventure. 

A project by Marseille-Provence 2013 in partnership with La Criée, théâtre national de Marseille, 

and the Cinéma l’Alhambra 

MONTE-CRISTO, the ghost of the Château d’If 

The cinema programme for the European Capital of Culture year 

celebrates the mythical hero of Alexandre Dumas with a concert/ 

movie event at the Théâtre Silvain for two nights running: a screening 

of Monte-Cristo by Henri Fescourt (1929), a masterpiece of the 

silent movie era, set to music by Marc-Olivier Dupin, who directs the 

Orchestre National d’Île-de-France. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013


Le FID (International documentary film festival) 

The Fid has earned its place in the very exclusive club of leading 

international festivals. Since 2009, Marseille-Provence 2013 has supported 

the Fidlab, an international hub for industry professionals — 

directors, producers and financial backers. Each year, students from 

various film schools and the organisers of several festivals are invited 

to participate to promote the discovery of emerging talents and better 

distribution of their films. In 2013, as part of the Campus initiative, 

an interdisciplinary programme aimed at young artists, the Fid 

will be organising master classes. The short films produced during 

this ten-day workshop will be screened during the festival. 

Co-producers: Festival international de cinéma (Fid) and Marseille-Provence 2013 

ALHAMBRA 

The beautiful Saint-Henri cinema, built in the 1920s, has had a facelift 

and offers a wide variety of choice in its programme, including 

Robert Guediguian, René Allio, and films on Romani culture or the 

theme Marseille in film. 

DIVINES DIVAS 

A three-part series dedicated to the great leading ladies of film, held 

at the Château de La Buzine, the Cinémathèque de Marseille, and 

during the Horizontes del Sur festival. With appearances by special 

guest stars. 

Co-producers: Horizontes del Sur, La Buzine, Marseille-Provence 2013 

CINEMA UNDER THE STARS 

Ten evenings of open-air screenings in the city’s most beautiful 

parks. The theme is Marseille and the capitals of the Mediterranean, 

with a selection of films by Cannes-award winning directors. 


Marseille 

June & July, 

September 

& November 

2 

Marseille 

La Criée 

Cinéma les Variétés 

Théâtre 

les Bernardines 

Alcazar, BMVR 


Provence Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur 

3 to 8 July 

Marseille 

L’Alhambra 

All year 

Marseille 

Parcs de 

la Campagne 

Pastré, Longchamp, 

Maison-Blanche, 

La Moline, 

La Bastide Saint- 

Joseph 


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CINEMA FESTIVALS 

In 2013, a number of regional festivals play host to their choice 

of Mediterranean film festivals. 

Marseille 


Rencontres du cinéma sud-américain 

12 to 18 June 

Regards sur le cinéma israélien 

September to December 

Cinépage / Rencontres du cinéma 

européen 


Films Femmes Méditerranée 


12 th Festival of Spanish film Las chicas 

de la movida 

Marseille 

and the Marseille-Provence 2013 region 


Rencontres Internationales Sciences 

et Cinéma (RISC) 



Images de ville 


Festival Tous courts and its programme 

Le court d’abord 

July / August 

Les Instants d’été 



23 rd Rencontres cinématographiques 

Aubagne 


Aubagne International Film Festival 

Gardanne 

25 October to 5 November 

25 th Gardanne Autumn Film Festival 

1. À la vie à la mort 

Robert Guédiguian, 1995 

2. La ville est tranquille 


3. L’argent fait le bonheur 


2 

Following pages: 

1. Défilé, video projection on 

tulle, Samar Elbarawy, 2012 

2 & 3. Liberté? Video 

installation 2 channels, Samar 

Elbarawy, 2012 

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Campus 2013 


1 to 13 July 


Marseille 

Théâtre 

des Bernardines 

11, 12 & 13 July 

Marseille 

KLAP 

11, 12 & 13 July. 

Marseille 

Galerie ESADMM 

Opening: 5 July 

Marseille 

ENSAM 

Open house: 

12 & 16 July 


ESAAP 

Open house: 

12 July 

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UN LABORATOIRE DE LA TRANSMISSION 

Art is about conveying a message. But what should we convey? 

What do today’s young upcoming artists need? Which is more 

important: exchanges with experienced creators who can their share 

their experience, theoretical approaches or practical approaches? 

The ambitious Campus 2013 programme will enlist major art schools 

in the region for its projects. 

Co-producer : Marseille-Provence 2013 

Europia 

Theatrical creation with director Gérard Watkins and 14 young 

actors — École régionale d’acteurs de Cannes (Cannes Regional 

Acting School, Érac). 

MotherTongue 

Choreographical research laboratory/Euro-Mediterranean master 

class led by Edmond Russo and Shlomi Tuizer with twelve dancers/ 

Coline — contemporary dance training. 

Pilab Création 

Exhibition as part of the Pisours programme (for deaf or hearing-impaired 

students) after three workshops with artists Guillaume 

André, Pascale Houbin and Imogen Stidworthy/Esadmm — École 

Supérieure d’Arts et de Design Marseille Méditerranée. 

Ateliers d’été: le temps des territoires 

Workshops on architecture, towns and landscape based on the projects 

Mer-Port-Ville, Atlas métropolitain and the Mediterranean Cities 

Program — École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille 

(Ensam). 

Labo Fictions 

Video workshops in collaboration with the universities from northern 

Africa — “Summer Camp” with workshops, open house day 

and evening at the École supérieure d’art d’Aix-en-Provence (Esaap).

Digital photography 

Digital photography workshops with artist Gwenola Wagon — exhibition 

for the opening week of the Rencontres internationales de la 

photographie (Arles)/École nationale supérieure de la photographie 

(Ensp), Arles. 

Observatorium 

The Fai ar — Formation Avancée et Itinérante des Arts de la Rue and 

the Festival Oerol (Netherlands) will hold a course to explore the new 

practices of art in public spaces and their relationships with architecture 

and the social sciences in the context of GR®2013. 

FestMed Campus 

Master classes for young student directors from the Mediterranean 

and the filming of short films on the theme of the portrait. 

1 

Arles 

Rencontres 

internationales 

de la photographie 

From 2 July 

Vitrolles 

July 

Marseille 

FID (Festival 

international 

de cinema) 

3 to 8 July 

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Marseille 

14 th arrondissement 

Grand 

Saint-Barthélèmy 

14 to 23 June 

Arles 

Griffeuille 

Summer 

Marseille 


Hauts- 

de-Mazargues 

7 to 16 June 


Quartiers créatifs 

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Jardins possibles — Collectifs Safi et Coloco 

Through gardening projects in the often forgotten public spaces 

of the neighbourhood, participants practice urbanism by hand on 

a small scale in counterpoint to the major transformation the area 

will undergo over the next few years. It is a way to build a city based 

on human relationships and the shared discovery of the region 

and its natural resources. Jardins Possibles (Possible Gardens) hosts 

a mini cultural season by Le Merlan — Scène Nationale Marseille 

as part of its major event En Corps Urbains, and culminating in 

a banquet open to all. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Gip Politique de la Ville, Marseille 

Rénovation Urbaine, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole 

and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. In collaboration with the Théâtre du Merlan — 

Scène Nationale à Marseille. We extend our appreciation to Logirem. 

Le mastoc: un batiment décoiffé — Les Pas Perdus 

After a community project led with the residents of the Griffeuille 

neighbourhood in Arles, in June 2013 Les Pas Perdus will deliver a 

building-sculpture built from huge white limestone blocks used for 

the construction of all of the historic buildings in Arles. Architectural 

details grow out from the windows, doors and roof. The organic and 

imaginative explosions offer a stark contrast with the sleek horizontal 

lines of the adjoining austere buildings. 

Co-producers: Ville d’Arles, Communauté d’agglomération “Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette” 

and Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations 

PA C! — Stefan Shankland with raumlaborberlin (Benjamin 

Foerster Baldenius), Erik Göngrich and Boris Sieverts 

What if the Hauts-de-Mazargues neighbourhood, made up of social 

housing, closed residential estates, fortified properties and shopping 

areas, was considered a gigantic Parc? Parc is both a utopian vision 

and a multitude of real phenomena that already exist. Parc invites us 

to peruse and rediscover Hauts-de-Mazargues through exhibitions 

and installations in public space. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Gip Politique de la Ville, Marseille 

Rénovation Urbaine, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole, 

the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and the Goethe Institute.

L’archipel des Canourgues — Cabanon Vertical 

The Cabanon Vertical is an artists’ collective midway between applied 

and visual arts. How can we learn to know a region, understand 

it, read it, then construct it and make local residents a part of it? 

By exploring landscape, progress and the idea of conviviality, six 

temporary projects on different scales and with various objectives 

aim to meet the needs of the Canourgues neighbourhood. 

Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013, Ville de Salon-de-Provence, Contrat Urbain de Cohésion 

Sociale de Salon-de-Provence, the Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône and the Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations 

Festival d’architecture expérimentale — Bellastock 

Every year, Bellastock organises a festival of architecture in Europe 

based on a simple concept: unite hundreds of participants from 

European architecture schools and construct a temporary town with 

local residents. In July 2013, festival participants will turn the dreams 

of Vitrolles’ residents into reality. 

Co-producers: Ville de Vitrolles, Communauté du Pays d’Aix, Marseille-Provence 2013 and the Caisse 

des Dépôts et Consignations 

Jardins Possibles, 

Collectifs Safi et Coloco, 

Creative Urban Projects 

Grand Saint-Barthélémy 

— Marseille (14 th ) 


Les Canourgues 

5 to 31 July 

Vitrolles 

July 

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Dance in Summer 

FOCUS ON DANCE 


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In the Marseille-Provence 2013 programme, dance is ever present: 

it starts January, when the Grand Théâtre de Provence presents 

Abou Lagraa’s Franco-Algerian piece, and goes through November 

with the Dansem Festival. Featured choreographers include 

Angelin Preljocaj, Frédéric Flamand, Georges Appaix, 

Christophe Haleb, Michel Kelemenis and many more: summer 

will be packed to the brim. An exceptional edition of the Festival 

de Danse et des Arts multiples de Marseille (F/D/Am/M*) kicks off 

the season, while the August in Dance event, in which 

many organisations work together in a showcase of Mediterranean 

creation, will bring the summer period to a close. 

H 2 O, Memories of Water 

Compagnie Ballet d’Europe 

— Jean-Charles Gil 

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Marseille 

Cité des Arts 

de la Rue / Gardens 

Fama 

29 August 


Limbus Limbo 

Dates TBA 

Marseille 



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FESTIVAL DE DANSE ET DES ARTS MULTIPLES 

DE MARSEILLE 

The Festival de Danse et des Arts multiples de Marseille (F/D/Am/M*) 

highlights modern avenues of creation, explores new creative possibilities 

and seeks to further dialogue between artists and the public. 

In 2013, the festival will take over new locations, presenting shows 

such as 80 000 000 de vues, Nathalie Négro’s Opéra-Slam, Gmem’s 

celebration of Percussions de Strasbourg’s 50 th anniversary, and 

Fama by Christophe Haleb, a live exhibition on the interaction 

of choreography, languages and art forms (including sound, visual 

and multimedia arts). Also on the programme are Kudu, a joint 

project by musician Erik Truffaz and South African choreographer 

Gregory Maqoma, and an event by Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda. 

Fama / La Zouze — Compagnie Christophe Haleb. Producer: La Zouze, Compagnie Christophe 

Haleb. Co-producers: Festival de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*, Mécènes du Sud, Zinc and 

Marseille-Provence 2013. Limbus Limbo / Percussions de Strasbourg. Producer: Les Percussions 

de Strasbourg. Co-producers: Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, 

KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Opéra Comique, Festival de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*, Gmem 

— Centre National de Création Musicale / Marseille, L’Opéra de Reims, and Musica. With the 

support of the Fonds de Création Lyrique, Spedidam, Muse en Circuit and Cirm. Co-directors: 

Gmem — Centre National de Création Musicale / Marseille, Festival de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*, 


AUGUST IN DANCE 

Various organisations in Marseille come together to bring visitors 

a panorama of Mediterranean dance: Friche la Belle de Mai invites 

Officina to perform Les miniatures, featuring over 40 contemporary 

Mediterranean artists; Le Théatre du Merlan presents the 

last stage of Virgilio Sieni’s Mediterranean series, L’art du geste en 

Méditerranée; Klap hosts a residency for and presents the young 

Turkish choreographer Ayse Orhon, together with the latest creation 

by Tunisian choreographer Radhouane El Meddeb, Au temps où les 

Arabes dansaient; Tunisian choreographer duo Selma and Sofiane 

Ouissi present their latest creation, Laaroussa; the Bancs Publics host 

the Mediterranean mobile creation of Foofwa d’Imobilité, Live & 

Dance & Die; and Moroccan artist Taoufiq Izeddiou presents his 100 

metres of dance at the Vieux-Port. In addition, the Ballet National de 

Marseille (Bnm) entrusts its ballet to the rowdy Olivier Dubois while 

F/D/Am/M* provides support to Christophe Haleb’s Fama project. 

Dance and dancers in all forms will create a weightless, poetic experience 

all around Marseille.

Dance in Summer / Focus on dance 

MARSEILLE OBJECTIF DANSE 

Throughout 2013, Marseille Objectif Danse will explore the art of performance 

in all artistic fields, from the historical happening which 

took place at Black Mountain College in 1952 to the present day. 

Particular attention will be focused on its recent development in the 

Balkan countries. This is a programme bursting at the seams with 

events, performances, workshops, lectures and conferences. In June, 

in partnership with the F/D/Am/M*, Georges Appaix’s latest creation 

by Georges Appaix, U, will be presented, followed in October by 

dern Sakinan göze çop batar, by Christian Rizzo, in collaboration with 

the Villa Méditerranée. 

Producer: Marseille Objectif Danse. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

KLAP, MAISON POUR LA DANSE 

In the centre of Marseille’s 3 rd arrondissement, a new 1800 m 2 

structure has just been created. The project, led by dance company 

Kelemenis & cie, is based on one unifying principle: existing and 

emerging artists and local, European and international companies 

will work together to make the venue come alive through their 

diverse dance experiences and visions. A number of residencies and 

creative projects will be supported during 2013. 

RÈV’ILLUSION 

The Bois de l’Aune continues its collaboration with Taoufiq Izeddiou. 

Rèv’illusion, the Moroccan choreographer’s most recent piece, echoes 

the tumultuous events on the other side of Mediterranean. Here, 

gestures and movements appear as insolent strategies to break free 

of censure and imprisonment. The work is explosive, as Taoufiq 

Izeddiou never hesitates to throw aside moral and social codes, 

blending private and public. There is no escape. 

Producer: Compagnie Anania / Taoufiq Izeddiou. Dar Bellarj, 9 Taoulate Zaouiate Lakhdar, 

Marrakech. Co-producers: Ballet national de Marseille, Daba Maroc, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, 

Charleroi-Danses, Moussem, Centre chorégraphique national de Caen, Bois de l’Aune — 

pôle artistique et culturel de la communauté du Pays d’Aix, Marseille-Provence 2013. 

Marseille 


All year 

Marseille 

KLAP 

All year 



7 & 8 June 

Pages suivantes: 

La Zouze, compagnie 

Christophe Haleb, 

creation 2012 

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And also 

Exhibitions 



Marseille 

MuCEM, J4 


LA GALERIE DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE 

The Mucem has dedicated 1600 m² to this 

exhibition on Mediterranean civilisations. 

It compares the Mediterranean world with 

other similar areas around the world: the 

Yellow Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The 

pieces displayed from the collections are 

changed every three to five years, while the 

most fragile items are exhibited on a rolling 

basis for three to six months at a time. Mucem 

MuCEM, Fort Saint-Jean 


LES JEUX DE LA FÊTE 

The Mucem presents the treasures of its collection 

relating to celebrations: circus activities, 

wedding games, carousel horses, and 

— shown in an 11-metre high display case 

— souvenirs from the different stages of life. 

Mucem 

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LA GRANDE PARADE NAVALE 

VAISSEAUX 

Yachts, cargo ships, steamers and petrol 

tankers have all crossed the Mediterranean to 

come together here for an ultimate and 

wonderful imaginary parade. Artist Xavier 

Lucchesi has taken X-rays of some of them. 

Chambre de commerce et d’industrie Marseille Provence, en collaboration 

avec l’Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille. 


June to July 

ART POPULAIRE SLOVAQUE 

TRADITIONNEL ET CONTEMPORAIN 

Košice 2013, European Capital of Culture 

along with Marseille-Provence 2013, has chosen 

the Maison de l’Artisanat et des métiers 

d’art as the venue to present the treasures of 

Slovak art. Maison de l’Artisanat 



DEUX REGARDS SUR MARSEILLE 

— Jean-Christophe Bechet & Pablo Guidali 

In true street photographer style, Jean- 

Christophe Bechet places people at the centre 

of urban landscapes, while Pablo Guidali 

offers powerful, unusual images of a city as 

fragments enveloped in mystery. Galerie Detaille



Summer 

COLLECTIONS 

OF THE MUSÉE CANTINI 

For summer 2013, the Musée Cantini will 

present its permanent collections. The new 

display, dedicated to modern art from 1905 

through the 1970s, provides an opportunity 

to rediscover the avant-garde painters who 

marked the early years of the century. 


Galerie Lame 


GUEULE D’HEXAGONE 

Gueule d’hexagone is a documentary, book 

and exhibition by Collectif Argos which uses 

participative and interactive journalism to 

create a living portrait of France. Collectif Argos 

Galeries Lafayette, Saint-Ferréol 

July to August 

VITRINES SUR L’ART. 

MARSEILLE & CRÉATION 

Marseille’s cultural institutions take over the 

shop windows at the Galeries Lafayette to 

highlight their summer programmes. 




— Jonas Mekas & Vanessa Santullo 

Two filmmakers, one from New York, one 

from Marseille, make the Mediterranean 

their middle ground. This fourth port call 

plunges viewers into the moving poems of 

Jonas Mekas and Vanessa Santullo. Agnès b. 

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Galerie des grands bains douches 

de la Plaine 

29 August to 21 September 

CARTE BLANCHE 

TO GILLES DESPLANQUES 

Contextual installation by the artist at the 

gallery. art-cade 


31 August to 2 November 


— Kleber Matheus 

Kleber Matheus designs a temporary garden 

of light and plants on location; Marseille is 

the raw material, both natural and artificial. 

An experience guaranteed to be “explosive”! 

Agnès b. 


31 August to 16 September 

ART-O-RAMA 

Art-O-Rama is the first international contemporary 

art expo in the south of France: 

galleries, a showroom, an area for publishers, 

concerts, performances, round tables 

and book signings will all give visitors the 

chance to discover all that contemporary art 

has to offer. Art-O-Rama 

Société Marseillaise de Crédit 

Late August 

COLLECTION SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE 

For the first time in Marseille, a part of 

the contemporary art collections held by 

the Société Générale and Société Générale 

Maroc will be exhibited. Société Marseille de Crédit 

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La Ciotat 


June 

LE FESTIN DES DIEUX — Chantal Petit 

The exhibition unites figures borrowed 

from mythology, history and art history in a 

jubilant celebration of painting. An original 

ensemble of forty large format paintings is 

presented. Ville de La Ciotat 



Jardins aixois 

15 & 16 June 

FLÂNERIES D’ART CONTEMPORAIN 

DANS LES JARDINS AIXOIS 

Free exhibition of art in all its forms (painting, 

sculpture, pottery, photography, glasswork, 

haute couture and more) in private 

gardens in the Aix town centre. 

Aix-en-Œuvres 

Centre aixois des Archives départementales 


LE TEMPS DE LA MARCHE 

— Éric Bourret 

Photographer and walker Éric Bourret has 

wandered the mountains of the department 

for three winters. His photography strives 

to record the ebb and flow of these natural 

areas. Producer: Archives départementales d’Aix-en-Provence 

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Arles 

Bourse du Travail 

1 July to 2 September 

CLUB SUD 

Exhibitions presenting the works of visual 

artists that deal with the Mediterranean 

Basin. These exhibitions are supported 

by the member companies of the Pôle 

Industries culturelles et Patrimoines. Regards 

et mémoires 

Galerie de la Maison de la vie associative 

1 to 31 July 

QUATRE RIVES ET UN REGARD 

A photographic and literary exhibition of 

Antwerp, Barcelona, Marseille, Rabat and 

their ports. Serge Assier Photographe 

Galerie L’atelier du midi 

2 July to 22 September 

CARAVANE(S): 

QUAND LES CHIENS ABOIENT 

A historical, memorial, sociological and contemporary 

photographic exhibition on caravans. 

L’atelier du midi 

Barbentane 

Centre du village 


PARCOURS, SCULPTURE 

ET PATRIMOINE 

An art trail through the streets of Barbentane 

for visitors to discover sculpture, artists and 

historical and architectural heritage. 

Commune de Barbentane


Performance arts, 




Marseille 

— 

June 

EURASIAWINGS 

A collaborative project between France, 

China, Vietnam and Italy creating a bridge 

between art, young people and industry. The 

project will culminate in an exhibition of the 

artwork produced in 2013. Pistes solidaires 

Bastide Pichau 

June 

AU DÉTOUR D’UN REGARD 

Photography book and texts: 

different views of a region 

A photographer and a writer set off to meet 

handicapped children in an establishment 

run by the Association Régionale pour l’Intégration. 

Their experience of this unique 

world has resulted in an exhibition and a 

book. Association Régionale pour l’Intégration 

— 

June 

FESTIVAL DU LIVRE DE LA CANEBIÈRE 

The Festival provides an opportunity to discover 

dreamlike journeys, harsh realities and 

troubling stories from the Mediterranean 

islands and elsewhere, to the sound of world 

music. Couleurs Cactus 

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June 

COMOROS ART 

This event presents the contemporary and 

ancestral art of Comoros, welcoming artists 

from around the world. Through music and 

dance, it promotes the cultural wealth of 

Comoros. Weedoo Publishing 

— 

June 

DES ENFANTS, UN ARTISTE, 

UNE ŒUVRE 

Commissioned by Comité Mam’Ega, an 

author and a visual artist in residence work 

with the children of the Les Flamants neighbourhood 

to create a book. Comité Mam’éga 


June 

FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL AT MARSIHO 

This exceptional festival at Palais Longchamp 

celebrates Frédéric Mistral, who founded the 

Félibrige (a literary and cultural association 

to promote the Occitan language and literature) 

in 1854. On the agenda: poetry, music 

of today and yesterday, traditional dance, 

Provençal farmer’s market, aïoli competition 

and grand baletti. L’Escolo dei Felibre de la Mar 

Various citiy squares 


OPEN AIR FILM 

Every week, Tilt provides free open air film 

screenings to those living in Marseille centre 

and various other neighbourhoods, 

with films for all audiences. This will be the 

18 th edition, eagerly awaited each year by 

Marseille’s residents. Association Tilt 

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Palais des sports 

June 

FÊTE DES ÉCOLES PUBLIQUES 

DE LA VILLE DE MARSEILLE 

Created in 1948, the Fêtes des écoles publiques 

is an emblematic event for Marseille. Each 

year more than 3500 children and 110 teachers 

participate in a major choreographic 

performance. 

Ligue de l’enseignement Fail 13 Comité de la Quinzaine 

Le Dôme 

2 June 

QUARTIERS EN LETTRES CAPITALES 

Quartiers en Lettres Capitales gives 

Marseille’s residents an opportunity to 

express themselves and promote their artistic 

talent and culture with a celebration at 

the heart of Marseille. 

Ville de Marseille / Direction de l’Action Sociale et de la Solidarité 



UN BAL AU BORD DE L’EUROPE 

Rue du Tango spreads the Argentinian fever 

during five free balls, open to all, and dancers 

and lovers of the culture of the mythical 

tango invade the streets and squares of 

Marseille. La Rue du Tango 

Le Panier 

14 to 15 June 

FÊTE DU PANIER 

The laid-back Panier neighbourhood festival, 

organised by local associations, includes 

concerts, dance, photography and painting 

exhibitions, street theatre, circus workshops, 

cooking classes and even fashion shows. 

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MuCEM and Villa Méditerranée 

17 to 21 June 

PRIMED, LA MÉDITERRANÉE 

EN IMAGES 

The International Prize for Mediterranean 

Documentary and Reportage is an unmissable 

event. It awards programmes on 

the history, culture and societies of the 

Mediterranean, and offers an original production 

free-of-charge to the public. 

Cmca, France Télévisions, Rai, Asbu 

— 

27 to 30 June 

MARSEILLE ROCK ISLAND 

Open-air electro, pop and mixed music festival, 

Marseille Rock Island is a must-see for 

summer 2013: live performances and DJ sets 

from artists push back the boundaries of 

current music in a unique location near the 

Vieux-Port. 2 Gazelles 


27 to 30 June 

RENCONTRES LES TERRITOIRES 

D’EUROPE, LA CULTURE 

ET LA MÉDITERRANÉE 

This conference will bring together 100 

politicians, professionals and artists from 

Europe and the Mediterranean to encourage 

cooperative actions through innovative projects 

between local and regional authorities 

from both sides of the sea. 

Association of European Cities and Regions for Culture, 

Les Rencontres 

L’Odéon 

28 June 

C’ERA UNA VOLTA IN MARSIGLIA 

This historical musical event deals with


Corsican emigration to Marseille and features 

melodic themes from Italian operas, 

the source for Corsican tonal melodies. 


Cour de la Préfecture 

Late June to 6 July 

FESTIVAL MUSIQUES INTERDITES 

This festival of “forbidden music” presents 

three original pieces on the theme of the line 

between exile and memory: Die Kathrin vs 

Zone Libre by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, The 

Barrier vs The Mulatto by Jan Meyerowitz 

and The Castle vs Amerika by Karol Beffa, 

inspired by Kafka. Collaboration for the 

France-South Africa Seasons. 

Association pour le Festival “Musiques interdites” 

Aix-Marseille Université, 

Centre Saint-Charles 

1 to 5 July 

DOMINATIONS ET RÉSISTANCES 

Aix-Marseille Université hosts an international 

summer school on the theme dominations 

and resistances, with four major 

focuses: Interiorisation and coercion, From 

the collective to the individual, Globalisation 

and virtuality and Scales and stakeholders. Aix- 

Marseille Université 

13e et 14e arrondissements 

1 to 20 July 

LA GUINGUETTE 

This free, outdoor event is both itinerant 

and casual. Based in inner city neighbourhoods, 

it will offer dance, music, theatre and 

street arts. 

Apecb — Association de Promotion de l’Espace Culturel 

Busserine 

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July & August 

OPÉRA POUR TOUS 

Opera for All offers performances in a 

unique setting along with a season of vocal 

master classes throughout 2013. The classes 

are open to the public and are part of the 

science and cultural centre programme 

established in the lecture halls, Ent centre, 

and physiotherapy centre of the Marseille 

(Aphm) and Saint-Joseph hospitals. 

Opéra Pour Tous 


August to September 

PLAY ME I’M YOURS 

After São Paulo, Sydney, New York and Paris, 

Play Me, I’m Yours lands in Marseille. The 20 

pianos re-worked by visual artists will take 

over the tarmac. It’s an opportunity to play 

freely and see concerts in unusual venues in 

Marseille. Community 

Cour d’honneur du Château Borély 

30 & 31 August 

ENTRE EUX, TOUTE UNE HISTOIRE. 

FESTIVAL DANSE NÉO-CLASSIQUE 

Two days dedicated to dance through photography, 

painting, sculpture, rehearsals, 

and public classes. The event culminates in 

two evenings of ballet with Malandain Ballet 

Biarritz, Compagnie Acontretemps, and 

Ensdm. Acontretempsdanse 

Trail 

Summer 

FÊTE DU VÉLO MARSEILLE 

Cyclists converge for a grand festive parade 

on the great Corniche overlooking the 

Mediterranean. Collectif Vélos en Ville 

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Marseille et Cargo. Mixte Piana 

Summer 

MARSEILLE ET LA CORSE: 

UNE HISTOIRE D’EXIL, 

UNE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR 

Corsica is a rare modern example of the com- 

munion between the earth and its people. 

This project highlights its natural heritage 

and originality in an exhibition on culture 

and identity. Corsica Disapora and Amis de la Corse 

Boules courts in the city 

Summer 

LES PIEDS TANQUÉS 

A game of pétanque, its language, its vocabulary 

and four players with a secret: a link 

with the Algerian war. Memories clash in 

this dramatic comedy about identity and 

living together. Cie Artscénicum 

Allauch 

— 

June 

FESTIVAL DES ÎLES 

MÉDITERRANÉENNES 

This festival presents music groups from different 

islands in the Mediterranean. In 2013, 

Corsica is among the guests. 

Mairie d’Allauch 


July 

LES ESTIVALES 

A season of first-class, diverse performances 

by professional artists that are accessible to 

all, taking place in the magnificent Théâtre 

de Nature or the Bastide de Fontvieille. 

Mairie d’Allauch 

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Châteauneuf-les-Martigues 

Parc François Mitterrand 

4 to 7 July 

FESTIVAL SOUS LES PINS 

This festival has four different evening 

events on the agenda: a local artist, a band, 

a well-known French artist and an evening 

of comedy. The festival takes place in a natural 

park that adds a touch of magic to the 

events. Direction de la Culture. 

Gémenos 

— 

15 to 22 July 

FESTIVAL DES CULTURES 

DU MONDE DE GÉMENOS 

International festival of dance, music and 

costumes from all over the world, with seven 

countries participating from each of the 

major continents. It will be a full week of festivities: 

events, parades, theatrical and music 

performances, dance courses, and themed 

meals. La Poulido de Gèmo 

Théâtre de verdure and Parc J.B. d’Albertas 

July to August 

FESTIVAL LES ARTS VERTS 

The eclectic and family-friendly programme 

of the Festival Les Arts Verts invites you to a 

series of fun evening events this summer: 

performances, film, comedy, musical comedy, 

variety, jazz, song and more. 

Ville de Gémenos


La Ciotat 

Boulodrome Jules Lenoir 


LES ESTIVALES BOULISTES 

More than a century ago, Jules Lenoir and 

his friends invented a sport named jeu de 

boules pieds tanqués (boules with the feet 

together), which has since become pétanque. 

A retrospective with various events involving 

the public, well-known personalities and 

institutional partners. 

Ville de La Ciotat — Service des Sports 

Sausset-les-Pins 

— 

July 

LA FÊTE VÉNITIENNE 

Floats constructed by local associations 

parade by on the water, with a jury awarding 

a prize for the one that most wows the 

crowd. The event concludes with fireworks 

and dancing. Commune de Sausset-les-Pins 

Môle du Port 

August 

LES NOCTURNES LITTÉRAIRES 

On the pier at the Sausset port, the town 

hosts a “caravan of authors”. The audience 

can meet the authors and purchase the 

books discussed. Commune de Sausset-les Pins 



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— 

9 & 10 July 

LES MUSES D’ANDRÉ CAMPRA 

Festes d’Orphée recreates a major work by 

Aix composer André Campra, which had 

been lost since the late 18 th century but was 

recently rediscovered. It is dedicated to the 

glory of his native town, as a capital of the 

arts and of love. Association Les Festes d’Orphée 

(CPA) Jardin public Joseph Richaud 

and other venues in the town centre 

14 & 15 June 

FESTIVAL JEUNE PUBLIC 

LA BELLE RÉCRÉ 

La Belle Récré is a two-day event for younger 

audiences: street performances, circus, theatre, 

storytelling, music, young adult fiction, 

comic book workshops and arts and crafts. 

Syndicat d’Initiative de Saint-Cannat en collaboration avec la 

Commission Culture 

Saint-Cannat 

(CPA) Jardin public Joseph Richaud 

19 & 20 July 

FESTIVAL LES BACCHANALES 

DE SAINT-CANNAT 

Les Bacchanales are a venue for exchange, 

a place where music meets wine. Discover 

contemporary dance with the Compagnie 

Grenade, the Guid, music with Cumbia 

Chicharra, and a film-concert with the 

Bamboo Orchestra. Agence Artistik 

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Arles 

Quai Saint Pierre 

June to September 

LE CARGO À QUAI BY ECO FABRIK 

This summer, le Cargo de Nuit and Eco 

Fabrik invite you aboard their festive, temporary 

and eco-responsible guingette, in an 

enchanting location on the Rhône, for concerts, 

dances, film screenings and readings. 

Association Andromède 


Aubagne 

Town centre 

June 

LIEUX PUBLICS, Ville d’Aubagne 

Lieux publics, centre national de création, 

and the Ville d’Aubagne have been working 

together since 1999 to develop artistic acts 

for the streets and public spaces of Aubagne. 

In 2013, they launch a new festival involving 

the region’s artistic groups to pay homage to 

the diversity and richness of creation in the 

Mediterranean area. 

Lieux publics, centre national de création 

Auriol & Aubagne 

Auriol, 15 to 17 July 

Aubagne, 24 to 26 July 

FESTIMÔMES 

A European festival of street arts for younger 

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— and all — audiences: entirely free, this 

event will transform a neighbourhood, 

a square or a recreational space into a convivial 

and festive venue for families. 

Association Art’Euro 

Istres 

— 

10 to 14 June 

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN 

CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS 

AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES 

The second Euro-Mediterranean conference 

on materials and renewable energies takes 

place in Istres from 10 to 14 June. 

Esplanade Charles de Gaulle 

28 & 29 June 

TERSIS 

A musical comedy featuring both professional 

and amateur actors from the town 

in a process of creation based on a scenario 

promoting fraternity. Ville d’Istres 

Ranquet plage 

27 & 28 July 

JAZZ AU RANQUET 

Jazz-lovers are invited for a weekend of jazz 

concerts in full summer on the beach. Free 

events for all audiences near the sea. 

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— 

27 to 29 June 

HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION 

This annual historical reconstruction 

involves thousands of participants each 

year. For three days, buildings are decorated, 

and streets become venues for feasting with 

entertainment performed by professionals 

and volunteers from all walks of life. 

Mémoire et Légende 


2 to 12 July 

FESTIVAL THÉÂTRE CÔTÉ COUR 

This festival features four theatrical performances, 

including one or two events 

on a national scale, together with exciting 

regional cultural productions, at the prestigious 

Château de l’Empéri. Association Côté Cour 

Place de l’hôtel de ville 

14 July 

BRINGUEBAL 2013 

Bringuebal is a friendly and relaxed version 

of a public dance. From the 1950s to today, 

artists from different musical backgrounds 

have performed in a major festival of 

humour, colour and emotion. 

Ville de Salon-de-Provence — Direction des Affaires Culturelles 

Château de l’Emperi 


FESTIVAL D’ART LYRIQUE 

DE SALON-DE-PROVENCE 

The 6 th edition of the festival pays homage 

to Giuseppe Verdi with a film, an exhibition 

and two concerts. Guests include Patrice 

Berger, Ignacio Incinas, Alain Fondary, 

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Claudia Marchi, the choirs of Parma and the 

Reggio Emilia Orchestra. 

Association Mezza Voce 

Regional programming 

Marseille and region 

— 


LA CARAVANE DU SUD 

La Caravane du Sud brings together locals 

and theatre professionals. It is a chance to 

discover and share Mediterranean culture 

through the reconstruction of a common 

history. Association Le Pied Nu 

Marseille & Aix-en-Provence 

— 

5 to 8 June 

VOYAGES, RENCONTRES, 

ÉCHANGES AU XVII e SIÈCLE 

Organised by the North American Society 

for Seventeenth-Century French Literature 

(Nasscfl) and Aix-Marseille Université, this 

conference examines the role of Marseille 

and Provence in the 17 th century from literary, 

political, economic, sociological, 

linguistic and philosophica points of view, 

through the theme of travel, encounters and 

exchanges. 

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Associated region 

Verquières 

Salle polyvalente 

7 to 9 June 

FESTIVAL HORIZONS DÉCALÉS 

This festival promotes “differently-abled” 

artist-creators and works on disability. It will 

be a diverse cultural weekend of performing 

arts, concerts, exhibitions and film. 

Handivers Horizons 

Maillane 

Musée Mistral 

Late June & mid-August 

MISTRAL, LES REGIONS, 

LA LATINITE, LA LIBERTE 

DES PEUPLES 

The 8 September 2013 marks the anniversary 

of Frédéric Mistral’s birth. In celebration, 

a special exhibition will open: Mistral, 

les régions, la latinité, la liberté des peuples. 

Festivities will also include five evenings of 

concerts, dance and conferences / readings). 

Mairie de Maillane 

Noves, Maussane, Mollégès, Barbentane, 

Eyragues, Châteaurenard, Rognonas, 

Maillane, Graveson, Saint-Étienne- 

du-Grès, Boulbon, Paluds-de-Noves 

— 

1 st Sunday of each month 

from June to mid-September 

CARRETO RAMADO 

These cultural and religious festivals have 

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extremely ancient origins and are dedicated 

to Saint Eloi, Saint Roch and Saint 

Jean. They spotlight different breeds of draft 

horses, harnessed to the carts that remain 

a symbol of local agriculture. 

Fédération Alpilles Durance des Sociétés Saint-Éloi, Saint-Roch 

et Saint-Jean 

Cabannes 

Municipal amphitheatres 

6 July 

LA NUIT DU BLUES DE CABANNES 

La Nuit du Blues in Cabannes presents 

a top notch programme with four regional, 

national and international groups representing 

the diversity, depth and vitality of blues 

music. Association Sud-Regards 

Barbentane 

Théâtre de Verdure 

August 

FESTIVAL DES COMÉDIENS VOLANTS 

Actors from the commedia dell’arte take over 

Barbentane for three days with cocktail hour 

events, children’s shows and theatrical performances 

each evening. Commune de Barbentane

3 September 

> December 


EPISODE 3 


Land of a Thousand 

Faces

EPISODE 3 


→ 

“A vast gate, through which the hundred faces of the world pass back and forth”. 

Albert Londres, Marseille porte du Sud, 1926. 

Almost a century after Albert Londres wrote these words, the European Capital of Culture 

region will show its diversity as part of the final episode. This diversity is visible 

in the great Mediterranean figures, iconic personalities that continually refresh our minds 

and imagination: Averroès, Le Corbusier, Penone and Pistoletto, to name but a few. 

Autumn 2013 will also focus on the art de vivre, and there is only one “art of living”: 

the art of living together. Local cuisine is one of the stars of the show, as it represents 

the moments we share together. As part of the What’s Cooking? programme, culinary arts 

are served up in local areas thanks to local culinary talent. Meanwhile, the magic 

of Metamorphoses will pervade unique locations throughout the Marseille Provence region. 

Autumn will also be an opportunity to discover local literary talent as part of contemporary 

writing events. True Tales of the Mediterranean is a collection of stories from all around 

the Mediterranean region. Children and their parents are invited to discover Holiday 

Notebook, a multi-disciplinary project for children and young people. In Aix-en-Provence, 

the works of Cézanne will be presented within a “digital landscape”, experimenting 

with new technologies. Autumn 2013 will be a time of contrasts, celebrating a thousand faces 

and a thousand flavours.


September October November December 

September to November DIGITAL LANDSCAPES — p. 236 

11 October LC AT THE J1. — p. 242 

to 12 January 2014 Le Corbusier and Brutalism 

Marseille, J1 

6 July to 22 December ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT — p. 246 

Marseille, Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama 

November CENTRE POMPIDOU MOBILE — p. 249 

to January 2014 Aubagne 

September WHAT’S COOKING? — p. 259 

September to December AUTUMN STAGES — p. 262 

September to December WRITERS OF REALITY — p. 286 

All year long CONFERENCES AND DEBATES — p. 298 

November HOLIDAY NOTEBOOK — p. 304 

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Digital Landscapes 

FOCUS ON DIGITAL ART > September to November 

3 

The third episode of the European Capital of Culture programme 

will be rooted in Aix-en-Provence and the surrounding areas. 

It will feature innovative artistic activities in the digital arts field, 

based on up-and-coming expertise and talents, which are already 

taking their place in the history of art. Trends, alliances, 

and intergenerational communication will take centre stage. 

In September 2013, the opening of the new Conservatoire will bring 

together amateurs, professionals, students and teachers to celebrate 

street music as part of Musiques dans la rue. 

Digital art 

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Fondation Vasarely, 

École d’Art, 

Pavillon Noir 


10 October 

to 10 November 


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INNOVART 

Chronicles of Possible Worlds 

InnovArt is a platform project that aims to showcase the cultural 

energy that exists between different areas of innovation. Featuring 

a programme of contemporary creation events bringing together 

cultural organisations and businesses (Europôle Competitive 

Clusters in Arbois and Rousset, among others), the project is based 

on the cultural campus of the Fondation Vasarely and the new École 

Supérieure d’Art in the Jas-de-Bouffan district. The relationship 

between art, research and society are at the heart of the project, giving 

artists and researchers the opportunity to work together in workshops 

and laboratories. From 10 October to 10 November, Chronicles 

of Possible Worlds features artists that are pioneers in the contemporary 

design and new technology fields. In 2012, the Victor Vasarely 

International Art Contest for Art in Public Space published a call for 

projects. This international prize for artistic creation, which honours 

Victor Vasarely’s lasting contributions, explores the links between 

landscape, sustainable development issues and current technologies. 

In autumn 2013, the programme opens with an unusual and spectacular 

mapping project by Ryoji Ikeda on the façade of the Fondation 

Vasarely. Groupe Laps will present choreographed light projections, 

Key Frames, on the Pavillon Noir, and there will be exhibitions 

at various partner establishments (Fondation Vasarely, Seconde 

Nature, Maison Numérique and École Supérieure d’Art), performances 

(concerts, shows, conferences), workshops and master classes. 

The programme ends with an instalment of Revelations by Groupe F 

(see Feuilletons) which combines mapping and pyrotechnics. 

Producers: Bype Labs, Seconde Nature, Pavillon Noir, Gamerz and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

In collaboration with the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, Fondation Vasarely and Bois 

de l’Aune, the artistic and cultural centre of the Communauté du Pays d’Aix. In partnership 

with the competitive clusters of Aix and the Communauté du Pays d’Aix 

Vasarely, from painting to architecture 

An exhibition illustrating the shift from painting to architecture in Victor Vasarely’s work 

will mark the reopening of the Foundation in May 2013, after major restoration work. 

Co-producer: Fondation Vasarely, with support from the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Marseille-Provence 


Digital Landscapes / Focus on Digital Art 

CITY IMAGES / MEDITERRANEAN CONNECTIONS 

Every year, the City Images festival focuses on architecture and urban 

spaces in film. In 2013, the theme of the festival is “The Mediterranean 

City”. In addition to a programme of films on this theme, the festival 

highlights connections between film directors, architects and urban 

planners, from north and south of the Mediterranean. 

Producers: Images de Ville. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN WORKSHOP 

Tropique — Étienne Rey at IMéRA 

Étienne Rey’s Tropique (Tropic) installation was developed over 

several months at a residency at Iméra with Laurent Perrinet, 

a researcher in neuroscience, and the Laboratoire de Physique de 

la Matière Condensée (Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics). 

This multimedia piece, which will feature in the Seconde Nature’s 

InnovArt exhibition, plunges audiences into an intriguing world, 

where light modifies their relationship to space and physics. 

Co-producers: Imér, Gmem — Centre National de Création Musicale, Seconde Nature, Mécènes 

du Sud and Marseille-Provence 2013 

1 X 1 X 1 

Sixty young people and adults will take a journey with composer and 

choreographer Frank2Louise as together they create a hybrid performance. 

Incorporating sound and multimedia, the piece deals with 

identifying and communicating emotions and questions the learning 

and socialisation process. 

Producers: Emaho and Seconde Nature. With support from the Conseil Général des Bouches- 

du-Rhône and policy initiatives from the Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, Acse and Fondation Orange, 

as part of the “Ateliers Résidences Territoires 13”. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

Chronicles of Possible Worlds 

Zinc, Alphabetville, VideoSpread and RIAM join forces for InnovArt, which includes an 

international symposium organised by the ECAS / ICAS network, conferences on aesthetic 

issues in digital art, Zanzibar artists’ residences, spectacular projects such as Holy VJ by 

Adelin Schweitzer (presented as part of This Is (Not) Music) and Intérieur Nuit / Extérieur 

Jour, a sensory and technological journey with blind artists, as well as the Connecting 

Cities Network programme. 

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> September to December 

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From October, a series of exhibitions offer a multi-facetted 

approach to art. Visitors can get an overview of the many disciplines 

practised by Le Corbusier, see experimental art by Dutch artist 

Van Lieshout, admire a selection of modern art masterpieces 

at the Centre Pompidou Mobile and much, much more. 

Nederlands, Light 

sculpture, Peter Struycken, 

Architectuurinstituut 

in Rotterdam, 2002 

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Le Corbusier 

Marseille 

J1 

Place de la Joliette 

11 October 



Still Life 

Polychrome wood, 

Le Corbusier, 1957 

Fondation Le Corbusier 

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LC AT THE J1. Le Corbusier and Brutalism 

An exhibition on Le Corbusier, an iconic figure in the history 

of Marseille’s urbanism and architecture, will take over the J1 hangar 

overlooking the sea. This is doubly symbolic: firstly, because of the 

connection to the Mediterranean Sea, a theme running through all 

of Le Corbusier’s work; and secondly because of the world of large 

boats that filled his imagination and whose influence can be seen 

in the building in Marseille today. It is this all-encompassing creation 

that made Le Corbusier an international household name — 

no longer was he a simple theorist of the Modernist movement, but 

a creator of vast projects with an aesthetic quality that had a major 

impact on the history of architecture in the second half of the 20 th 

century. When he built the Cité Radieuse, Le Corbusier invented 

a new movement — brutalist architecture — which used all forms 

of visual arts for architectural purposes. The exhibition will focus on 

the different areas of artistic research that interested Le Corbusier 

in the last twenty years of his work, from 1933 to 1965. Unique pieces 

— paintings, sculptures, tapestries, lithographs, enamels and still 

and moving images — will illustrate the “artistic fusion” cherished 

by this all-round artist. 

Curator: Jacques Sbriglio. Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. In collaboration with the Fondation 

Le Corbusier. With support from ProHelvetia.

Kaleidoscope 


Maison du Fada — Alexandre Perigot / Groupe Daher 

The Maison du Fada project, Alexandre Perigot’s new creation 

developed with Daher Group and with assistance from students 

at Aubagne’s Gustave Eiffel Lycée Professionnel, takes on one of 

Marseille’s architectural icons, Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse. The 

artist’s monumental Maison du Fada is a 1:15 scaled model, similar 

to Graceland, Elvis’s home, presented at Friche la Belle de Mai in 2004. 

Co-producers: Groupe Daher and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with Sextant et Plus 

and the vocational school Gustave-Eiffel d’Aubagne 

ARCHITECTONES — Xavier Veilhan at MAMO 

The rooftop terrace of the iconic Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier inaugurates 

its art centre, created by the designer Ora-ïto. For its first 

exhibition, the Mamo will showcase artist Xavier Veilhan. After two 

shows in Los Angeles (Vdl by Richard Neutra and Csh21 by Pierre 

Koenig), this is the third instalment in the Architectones exhibition 

series: site-specific monochrome installations designed by the artist 

for his Modernist architecture. 

Producer: Arter 

LET THE USER SPEAK 

American composer Bill Dietz (Ensemble Zwischentöne) and set 

designer and stage director from Berlin Janina Janke (Oper Dynamo 

West) visited the two Unités d’Habitation by Le Corbusier in Berlin 

and Marseille, to meet the people who live there and learn about their 

life stories and relationships to the buildings. Let the User Speak lets 

the walls talk — providing a fresh perspective on the Cité Radieuse. 

Producers: Oper Dynamo West, Ensemble Zwischentöne and Ehrliche Arbeit. Co-producers Marseille- 

Provence 2013, Gmem — Centre National de Création Musicale in Marseille. With support from 

the Goethe Institut Paris and the Association des Habitants de la Cité Radieuse in Marseille. 

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Marseille 

Unité d’habitation 

Cité Radieuse 

May to September 

Marseille 

Cité Radieuse 


Rooftop terrace 

at the Cité Radieuse 

by Le Corbusier, Marseille 

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Marseille 

Friche 

la Belle de Mai, 

Tour-Panorama 

6 July 


Atelier Van Lieshout, Ritual 

Objects, Beeld 2011-2012 

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ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT 

The year 2013 will see the launch of the Panorama, a new facility 

dedicated to creation to give new impetus to contemporary art in 

the city. Le Cartel, a group of six visual arts organisations in Friche 

la Belle de Mai, will kick off the final episode of the year here in July. 

Festivities include no less than three exhibitions, a fair, art in public 

spaces, a web edition, debates, films, concerts and performances. 

They will all be organised by the Atelier Van Lieshout, a major international 

artistic company. Le Cartel puts the spotlight on Rotterdam 

artist and Atelier founder Joep Van Lieshout for nearly six months: 

first exhibition, then experimentation during his residency, the artist 

will gain visibility and can seize the possibilities offered by Friche la 

Belle de Mai. 

Season by Le Cartel de la Friche, a federation composed of Astérides, Le Dernier Cri, Documents 

d’Artistes, Group / Art-o-rama, Sextant et Plus and Triangle France. Co-producers: Le Cartel, 

Friche la Belle de Mai and Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Mondriaan Foundation 

and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Kaleidoscope 

Photography exhibitions 

at Fort Saint-Jean 


Memory of Trees — Kathryn Cook 

Kathryn Cook, a photographer with Agence Vu, explores the memory 

of Armenian history from 1915 to today, from Armenian villages 

to neighbourhoods in Marseille. She compares historical archives 

with traces that remain. More than just a testimony, she also delivers 

a poetic vision. 

Work created as part of the Euro-Mediterranean Ateliers programme for Marseille-Provence 2013, 

during a residency with the Association de la Jeunesse Arménienne de France, in partnership 

with Bec en l’Air 

MARE-MATER — Patrick Zachmann 

Through videos and photographs, Patrick Zachmann, a member 

of Magnum Photos, compares his own family history with that of 

migrants today. He focuses in particular on migrants’ relationships 

to the sea (mare) they had to cross and to the mother (mater) they 

left behind. 

— 

Memory of Trees and Mare-Mater exhibitions 

Curator: François Cheval. Co-producers: Mucem and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership 

with Musée Nicéphore Niépce and Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône 

Marseille 

MuCEM, 


4 October 



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Marseille 

MuCEM, 


29 November 



Memories of Trees exhibition. 

The Birds, Kathryn Cook 

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Marseille 



25 October 

to 23 February 2014 

Port de Cassis from 

the quai des Baux in Cassis 

Oil on canvas, 80 x 116 cm, 

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941), 

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PROVENCE, LAND OF ENCOUNTERS 

The Musée Regards de Provence draws comparisons between paintings, 

sculptures, drawings, photographs and writings. In this collection 

of testimonies on Provence from the end of the 19 th century 

to today, works of art and literature are infused with the history, culture 

and light of this region. Some artists have worked together; their 

influences on each other come through in their work. Others have 

made chance encounters, drawn together by a shared fascination and 

passion for the land. 

Producer: Fondation Regards de Provence. With Fondation d’Entreprise du Crédit Agricole Alpes- 

Provence, partner of Fondation Regards de Provence.

Kaleidoscope 

Centre Pompidou Mobile 

CENTRE POMPIDOU MOBILE 

Aubagne will host the first “travelling” museum in the world: the 

Centre Pompidou Mobile. Visitors will discover the works of Matisse, 

Braque, Picasso, Calder, Dubuffet and Léger. It will display masterpieces 

from the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre in 

Paris, Europe’s premier collection of modern and contemporary 

art. Covering 650 m2 , the Centre Pompidou Mobile was designed by 

architect Patrick Bouchain. It is made up of units inspired by the 

shape of circus tents. In Aubagne, the Centre Pompidou Mobile will 

be set up on the banks of the Huveaune, in a public space renovated 

for the occasion. 

Producers: Communauté du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile, Centre Pompidou, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Aubagne 

November 

to January 2014 

Centre Georges 

Pompidou Mobile 

Hanging of La Couleur 

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September 

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SEA OF TRANQUILLITY — Hans Op de Beeck 

Hans Op de Beeck’s exhibition project is based on a fictitious vessel 

called the Sea of Tranquillity, presented in sculpture form. This imaginary 

boat is accompanied by several other sculptures (figures and 

landscapes). A short film that combines real actors and a 3d environment 

immerses spectators into the virtual belly of this strange and 

threatening boat slicing through the night. A series of black-andwhite 

watercolours outlines this story about memory, an immersive 

journey dedicated to this mysterious floating legend. This exhibition 

is part of the Ulysses project. 

Co-producers: Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille-Provence 2013 

UNDER THE SEA, A WORLD… 

This exhibition takes visitors on a trip along the Mediterranean seabed: 

it will enlighten you, impress you, surprise you, and perhaps, 

even scare you. It aims to demonstrate the beauty, wealth and secrets 

of this sea, but also its importance and the dangers which threaten 

it. People have always been inspired by the sea, which is reflected 

throughout history in film, literature and painting. Learning while 

having fun is the aim of this exhibition, which looks like a gigantic 

snakes and ladders game — but with a fishy twist! 

Narrator: Alain Bergala. Producer: Villa Méditerranée. 

NEW COLLECTORS: GENERATION 2013 

This exhibition brings together all the acquisitions made by students 

purchasing artworks as part of the New Collectors initiative in the 

Bouches-du-Rhône region. 

Curator: Raphaëlle Jeune. Co-producers: Bureau des Compétences et Désirs and Marseille-Provence 

2013. With support from the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône and the Inspection Académique 

des Bouches-du-Rhône

Kaleidoscope 

RELICS OF SAINT CÉSAIRE 

This is an on-going exhibition of the relics of Saint Césaire of Arles 

in the Cloître Saint Trophime, itself another witness to the life 

of Saint Caesarius (September / October). Both emphasise the historic 

and religious importance of relics. A concert and a symposium 

(11 to 13 October) will also be held. 

Co-producers: Association Les Amis de Saint Trophime and Marseille-Provence 2013 

ROMAN BARGE 

In October 2013, the Musée Départemental — Arles Antique unveils 

the wreck of a Roman ship unearthed almost intact from the Rhône 

river. The vessel will be presented as if it at berth in a specially- 

constructed extension. The new 900 m 2 wing highlights the role of 

the Rhône in ancient times and has more than 400 objects on display. 

Co-producers: Musée Départemental — Arles Antique, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, 

Musée Rodin and Marseille-Provence 2013 

THE FLOW OF THE WATER AS TIME 

GOES BY IN CAMARGUE 

This exhibition addresses two issues — the sharing of water and 

the creation of the landscape’s identity. The Camargue, shaped by 

the Rhône and the sea, has a wide variety of landscapes, as a result 

of man’s on-going development of the delta. Water, both a resource 

and a handicap, is the central theme in a history that reveals the role 

of nature in social reforms and human migrations. 

Curator: Estelle Rouquette. Co-producers: Syndicat Mixte du Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue, 

Musée de la Camargue and Marseille-Provence 2013 

ALPILLES LANDSCAPES 

An artistic adventure in the 19 th — 21 st centuries 

A chronological panorama of the visual arts in the Alpilles mountain 

range, presenting about twenty artists from the 19 th , 20 th and 

21 st centuries. 

Curator: Elisa Farran. Co-producers: Musée Estrine, Communauté de Communes Vallée des Baux- 

Alpilles and Marseille-Provence 2013 

Arles 

Cloître 

Saint Trophime 

From September 

Arles 

Musée 

départemental 

Arles antique 

From October 

3 

Arles 

Musée 

de la Camargue 

From 2 November 


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Musée Estrine 

21 September 


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Marseille 

Marseille- 

Art-Design 

10 October 


Studio Vortex 

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STUDIO VORTEX #3 

This exhibition shows the work created by students from international 

photography schools during the Vortex workshops of 2012 and 

2013, led by Antoine d’Agata. 

Co-producers: Atelier de Visu and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with Esadmm.

Kaleidoscope 

TSIGANES, RETOUR SUR IMAGE — Mathieu Pernot 

In what terms should we ask about the designation and portrayal 

of the Gypsy community? Since the middle of the 1990s, Mathieu 

Pernot has captured this issue in its historic, genealogical and familial, 

cartographic and European dimension. Today, he reports on 

the transformation of the way of life of the families he met before. 

At the same time, he revisits their history and places them in their 

new social framework. 

Co-producers: Atelier de Visu and Marseille-Provence 2013 

INSTEMPS 

Antoine d’Agata, Mathias Olmetta, Jose Ramon Bas, Lucie & Simon, 

Lisa Ross and Alphonse Alt will exhibit commissions for the Cicrp 

(Centre interrégional de conservation et de restauration du patrimoine, 

Interregional Centre for Heritage Conservation and Restoration). 

Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Cicrp and Marseille-Provence 2013 

DIFFERING VIEWS, MEDITERRANEAN-PROVENCE 

Works by photographers from other countries around the Mediterranean 

are displayed alongside those by photographers from the 

region who deal with the same subjects. 

Co-producers: La Fontaine Obscure, Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, Communauté du Pays d’Aix 


Marseille 

Galerie 

Hors Les Murs 

Atelier de Visu 

September 

to October 

3 

Marseille 

Centre 

de la vieille Charité 

October 

to December 

Aix-en-Provence, 

Galerie La Fontaine 

Obscure, Musée 

des Tapisseries 

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New Patrons 

Marseille-Provence 2013 and the Fondation 

de France have joined forces to launch a 

programme of nine artistic commissions. 

Since the early 1990s, the Fondation de 

France’s New Patrons project invites citizens 

with local development or societal concerns 

to involve artists in their project by commissioning 

artwork. The project’s innovation 

lies in its ability to build ties between 

artists, commissioning citizens and cultural 

mediators approved by the Fondation de 

France, accompanied by public and private 

partners. In the Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur region, the Bureau des Compétences 

et des Désirs is responsible for the project’s 

outreach activities. 

www.nouveauxcommanditaires.eu 

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LES SENTIERS DE L’EAU 

(WATER PATHS) 

PROJET CAMARGUE 2011-2013 

— Tadashi Kawamata 

A group aiming to promote the Camargue 

region by creating an art trail following the 

Rhône River to the sea sought to commission 

artwork for the project. They chose artist 

Tadashi Kawamata, who launched a series 

of workshops with art, architecture and 

landscaping students. These workshops enable 

participants to study the delta’s richness 

and complexity, paving the way for a longterm 

installation. The trail’s first installation, 

Horizons, will be located at the Mas du 

Pont de Rousty, which is home to the Musée 

de Camargue (Camargue Museum) and the 

headquarters of the Parc Naturel Régional de 

Camargue (Camargue regional nature park). 

Camargue 

From February 

Long-term project 


1. To make a place 

2. Le Chemin des fées 

(The Fairy Trail) 

3. Le vaisseau (The Vessel) 

4. À la place de l’Opéra 

(At the Opera Plaza) 

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LES MUSICOLLAGES — Jacques Siron 

To increase visibility of its activities within 

Marseille, the Cité de la Musique commissioned 

a musical programme from Jacques 

Siron, a performer, artist and composer. 

With Les Musicollages, Siron reduced the distance 

between art and reality with a series of 

events showcasing an original, demanding 

and collaborative composition, adapted to 

the level of students and future performers. 

A film by Gilles Coudert offers a unique perspective 

on the project (www.apres-production.com). 

The first performances were held 

in 2010, while many are still to come. 

Marseille 

Cité de la Musique & other venues 

2010 

BANC DE SABLE (SANDBANK) 

— Olivier Bedu 

Staff at the local school and residents from 

around the Place François Moisson decided 

to play a role in improving their everyday 

environment by commissioning artwork. 

They entrusted their project to architect 

Olivier Bedu. His project, Sandbank, radically 

changes this urban area, allowing 

it to be used for multiple purposes. Like a 

river and the riverbank, the place is now an 

area that attracts both passers-by and children 

playing. 

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L’ÉCUME DES JOURS 

— Didier Fiuza Faustino 

Hospital staff joined forces to commission 

a piece of artwork showcasing Marseille’s 

Hôpital Nord. Located in a working-class 

suburb, this hospital is an urban monument 

and an establishment with cutting-edge 

expertise in several medical fields. Staff 

chose the artist and architect Didier Fiuza 

Faustino to carry out this project. L’Écume 

des jours sits lightly on a section of the building’s 

impressive façade, in the way the sea 

leaves a trace of foam on the sand. 

Marseille 

Hôpital Nord 

From May 2013 


LE VAISSEAU (THE VESSEL) 

— Mathieu Briand 

As part of renovation work at Friche la Belle 

de Mai, a creche will be created. It aims 

to be exemplary in terms of architecture, 

pedagogy and society. The association 

that organised this project, Création d’un 

lieu multi-accueil à la Friche Belle de Mai, 

wished to enhance this project by commissioning 

artwork from Mathieu Briand. The 

Vessel is environmental art that introduces 

children to imaging technologies and living 

ecosystems. 

Marseille 

Creche at Friche la Belle de Mai 

From November 2012 

Long-term project

New Patrons 

À LA PLACE DE L’OPÉRA 

(AT THE OPERA PLAZA) 

— Berdaguer & Péjus 

The Federation des commerces du centre-ville’s 

artistic project aimed to add 

symbolism to this square lacking identity 

and purpose by linking it to the Opéra de 

Marseille, located nearby. The artists selected 

to carry out this work were Christophe 

Berdaguer & Marie Péjus. They developed a 

project for a sound installation, a “phantom” 

architecture, echoing the Opera’s daily activities 

through a kind of spatial ventriloquism. 

Marseille 

Place Lulli 

From June 2013 


TO MAKE A PLACE — Krijn de Koning 

In the historical neighbourhood Le Panier, 

an extension to the Collège Notre Dame 

de la Major was recently completed. This 

extension lacked a recreation area. School 

staff therefore decided to ask an artist to 

help develop an area on the ground floor 

where students could meet and talk before 

school and during breaks. Krijn de Koning 

decided to transform the building’s ground 

floor by changing the way the place looks, 

but also how students take it over. He did 

this by using different colours, developing 

a forum area, and creating multipurpose, 

mobile blocks. 

Marseille 

Collège Notre-Dame de La Major 

Since January 2012 


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LE CHEMIN DES FÉES 

(THE FAIRY TRAIL) 

— Lucy + Jorge Orta 

Rives et Cultures, an association of local residents 

in Marseille’s eastern district, wants 

to revitalise this area and connect it to the 

rest of the region by drawing attention to 

the Huveaune, a coastal river that is not well 

known, or well treated. To showcase this 

natural and historical heritage, the selected 

artists, Lucy and Jorge Orta, have developed 

a trail featuring five fairies. Inspired by local 

legends and literary heritage, Lucy and Jorge 

Orta’s sculptures embody water figures as 

seen by collective imagination. 


Sculpture trail, along the Huveaune River 

From October 2012 


LIMITES FLOUES (BLURRED EDGES) 

— Le Cabanon Vertical 

The Espace Francisco Baron, in the Canourges 

neighbourhood, is home to a social centre 

and free sport facilities. The town council 

and the social centre, in partnership with 

local residents and associations, wished to 

turn this space into a sports and leisure centre 

hosting cultural activities. The Cabanon 

Vertical collective was commissioned to create 

a new area open to all residents and amateurs, 

whatever their age, origins or interests. 


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FOCUS ON FOOD 

> September 

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Popular and intimate, creative and innovative, food is the ultimate 

reflection of community identity. The history of the migration 

of civilisations, products and species can also be told through food. 

Food tells a story about life and experience. As an example 

of cultural exchanges, it helps us share precious moments. 

In 2013, throughout the region, our taste buds will be delighted 

by street food, culinary explorations, giant meals, edible landscapes 

and feasts from across the sea celebrating Mediterranean cuisine. 

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CUISINES EN FRICHE 

Bringing together chefs, artists, scientists and philosophers, the 

Cuisines en Friche festival will be a festive culinary exploration examining 

the relationship between art and food. The conversation will 

use all forms of expression, with a fork and knife at hand. A large 

farmers’ market will set the tone for the festival, overflowing with 

fruit and vegetables, meat, fish, cheese and dairy products, forgotten 

herbs, wine-growers, spices, honey, fruit juices, bread and cereals and 

local artisans. Sample the tasty products as you do your shopping and 

enjoy the demonstrations as you wander around. The Carrioles, or 

food carts, in La Friche will serve up street food made from the fresh 

market produce. This five-day celebration of food will be marked 

by artistic events of all kinds, including performance art, readings, 

culinary concerts and more. See family-friendly shows; new performances, 

like the show by Belgian artist Peter de Bie; evening film 

screenings planned by Marseille director Robert Guédiguian; and 

Dj sets. In addition to the market, French and international chefs 

will prepare Mediterranean meals for as few as 25 and as many as 

500 in unusual venues around town. All week, check out the various 

workshops for tasting while the chefs divulge their secrets and their 

universe through demonstrations. 

Producer: Friche la Belle de Mai. Co-producers: Les Grandes Tables and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

In partnership with the association for Gourméditerranée. In collaboration with the cultural 

organisations in Friche la Belle de Mai 

LES VENDANGES ÉTOILÉES 

For an entire weekend, a dozen chefs and just as many vineyards will 

participate in cooking shows to celebrate the oldest Aoc in France, 

where chefs will consider the subtleties of local wines to make a perfect 

pairing with their dishes. 

UN SALON GASTRONOME ET LOCAVORE 

This food fair features local chefs, including Michelin-starred chef 

Sébastien Richard from Istres. Fairgoers can discover their cuisine 

and techniques, and taste their sweet and savoury specialities.

What’s Cooking? / Focus on Food 

TABLES 2013 

Where can you eat fresh produce all year long? Tables 2013 makes 

it easy: they’ve made a selection of restaurants of every kind which 

are committed to the Marseille-Provence 2013 way of life. Some 200 

restaurants have agreed to a charter which promotes the region, local 

producers and fresh and seasonal produce, promises professionalism 

and a warm welcome, and guarantees affordable prices, fixed for 

2013. They are listed and indicated by a Tables 2013 sign. Some of 

them will also take part in culinary projects for the European Capital 

of Culture year. The restaurant selection will be available through 

websites, mobile apps and social networks. 

Co-producers: Bouches-du-Rhône Tourisme, Fih 13 and Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support 

of the Ccimp, the Chambres de Commerce, the association for Gourméditerranée, the Conservatoires 

des Cuisines Grand Sud, the Logis des Bouches-du-Rhône, Maîtres Restaurateurs and Guide Gantié 


Pain 2013 — Zareh Sarabian / Farinoman Fou 

Fougasse, pan bagnat, pita, ciabatta and tabouna: bread unites the 

cultures of the Mediterranean Basin. A popular and everyday 

food item, it forms the basis of a diet which begins with water and 

flour. Put a designer in a bakery, introduce a baker to design, and 

Pain 2013 is born. Bread gets innovative, with tasty loaves in fancy 

forms. Together, a baker and a designer build on contemporary history, 

find answers to today’s limitations and offer new possibilities 

for the bread of tomorrow. 

Producer: Euro-Mediterranean Ateliers / Farinoman Fou in collaboration with So Food So Good. 

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The third episode of the Capital of Culture year will be marked 

by a series of programmes and creations in the performance arts. 

Regional theatres will offer a selection of shows on the theme 

“new European and Mediterranean stages”, giving them a strong 

international (especially Mediterranean) dimension. To this end, 

the last four months of 2013 will see the actOral festival, a week 

dedicated to the theme of “sex and gender”, contemporary 

Arab theatre at Friche la Belle de Mai and many other projects. 

Le Hibou (The Owl) 

Totem Series 

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Marseille 

Canebière 

Gare Saint-Charles, 

Place Bargemon 


20 September 

to 6 October 


1. Abstraction géométrique 

Opus 1. Olivier Grosstête, 

during the Small is beautiful 

festival, Aubagne, 2011 

2. Compagnie Betontanc 

— EZ3 Kiel, Lieux Publics 

during the Small is beautiful 

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METAMORPHOSES 

Playing with the city 

What if the city became a giant playground? Today, cities make 

us think of commerce and pollution, but European artists are helping 

us see things differently by creating new ways of experiencing 

urban space together. Pierre Sauvageot, a composer and the director 

of the national creation centre Lieux Publics, will draw on his experience 

creating new urban rituals (Sirènes and Midi Net, Année des 

13 Lunes, Small Is Beautiful, etc.) to invite artists to come and play 

with the public space. These artists, from fifteen European countries, 

have worked together as part of the In Situ network or are based in 

Marseille and the surrounding region. As the proponents of a “new 

urban art form”, they believe that in order to give the city meaning, 

we must change the way we interact with it. They will transform an 

enormous façade into a fun-house mirror; markets, fountains and 

staircases into ballroom floors; streets into musical scores or imaginary 

art galleries; the walls of buildings into screens or cases; before 

inviting us to a 300-metre long table for a meal in the Canebière 

neighbourhood. For its 100 th anniversary, The Rite of Spring will take 

the form of a travelling symphony, with one thousand builders constructing 

an ephemeral city. This is a parable for the need to reunite 

of art and urbanism. Lieux Publics and In Situ will also bring the 

two European Capitals of Culture 2103 — Marseille-Provence and 

Košice (Slovakia) together at a conference on the theme “The city 

as a playground”. 

Producers: Lieux publics, centre national de création and In Situ, European network for artistic 

creation in the public space. Coproducer: Marseille-Provence 2013. 

Guest artists: Olivier Grossetête, Invisible Playgrounds, Jany Jérémie, KompleXKapharnaüM, 

Ljud Group, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, Stéphan Muntaner, Rara Woulib, Pierre 

Sauvageot, Ian Smith (Mischief Là-bas), Wilfried Wendling and more. (Subject to change).

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MARSATAC / MIX UP 

Marsatac Festival 

Marsatac is celebrating its 15 th anniversary and is still going strong. 

It remains faithful to its original mission: to delve into the unknown, 

to break down preconceived notions, and to mix hip hop, electro, 

rock, folk and pop. For this anniversary edition and as part of the 

European Capital of Culture, this rebellious music festival hits Nîmes 

first, followed by Marseille. In addition to its showcase of the Mix 

Up project, the festival will take spectators on a free electronic journey 

through the city in collaboration with local organisations and 

supported by technology, for a number of sonic blasts which will 

reverberate during all of September on the banks of the Vieux-Port. 


Mix Up 

The Mix Up project, a theatrical and musical creation supported 

by the Marsatac music festival, will develop a collaborative work by 

international and French artists. These nomadic artistic residencies 

will help discover an emerging generation of composers and performers. 

By mixing genres, they will break free of boundaries and 

celebrate the ties between our region and the “symbolic cities” of 

Africa and the Mediterranean. After Bamako, Beirut, and Morocco 

in 2012, this year Mix Up heads to South Africa. The goal is also to 

bring together different poetic and musical forms in order to create 

original works, which will be published in a box set in 2013. The 

collection will also be presented publicly during the 15 th Marsatac 

festival in September 2013. 

Co-producers: Orane and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with the Institut Français 

and Art Council South Africa, as part of the France-South Africa Seasons and Marseille-Provence 2013

Autumn Stages 

LA FIESTA DES SUDS 

The Fiesta des Suds, a typical Marseille musical event founded in 1992, 

honours regional creations while maintaining a permanent dialogue 

with other cultures and new modes of musical expression. More than 

60,000 people come to the Dock des Suds at Marseille’s Port to see 

the Fiesta des Suds every year, over several nights in October. The 

Fiesta des Suds sets the fast tempo of the city’s pulse in unexpected 

locations. Artists and labels who have participated in the evolution 

of global musical trends for many years, from the more traditional 

to tomorrow’s most radical sounds, will be invited. 

Un événement coproduit par Marseille-Provence 2013 

BARBÈS CAFÉ 

This musical performance by Meziane Azaïch — by an orchestra in a 

neighbourhood bar — takes us on a journey full of emotion, humour 

and fantasy through songs which tell the story of the unique connection 

between France and Algeria. It pays homage to singers and 

musicians who, from both countries, have succeeded in remaining 

tolerant and open during challenging and sometimes painful times. 

WEART TOGETHER 

House, minimal, pop, techno and other electronic music will provide 

the beat for this weekend of dancing, in the company of artists at the 

forefront of the music scene today and some of the most emblematic 

electro labels. This eclectic, international, visual and celebratory 

programme is a paradise for clubbers and other night-owls in search 

of the ultimate dance floor. 


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MARBOUR EVENTS FESTIVAL 2013 

Eighty international artists come to the gardens of Mas Marbour for 

a weekend of graffiti. A colourful event which gives as much as it gets, 

with part of the money collected going to a charitable organisation. 

SALON PUBLIC 

The company Opus is the guest of honour for these three days dedicated 

to emotion, laughter and conviviality, in partnership with the 

Alwan’art street art festival from Marrakesh. 

NUIT D’HIVER (WINTER NIGHT) #11 

Grim, in partnership with Gmem, offers a rich programme for the 

11 th anniversary of the Nuit d’Hiver festival. The “offbeat” festival 

addresses the themes of serialism and improvisation. This daring 

encounter reveals the similarities between the direction of the 

Second Viennese School (Schoenberg, Berg and Webern) and certain 

aspects of Derek Bailey’s improvisation, as well as the aesthetics of 

experimental and noise music. From January 2013, musical encounters 

will take place every month at Montévidéo. 

Producer: Grim. Co-producers: Gmem and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

ECO — Ensemble Télémaque 

The Eco (European Contemporary Orchestra) is a combination of 

three unusual European ensembles: Ensemble Télémaque (Marseille, 

France), Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles (Mons, Belgium), and 

Ensemble De Ereprijs (Arnhem, The Netherlands). It aims to create 

a new sound standard devoted to contemporary music, at one-off 

concerts and acoustic laboratories. 

Co-producers: Télémaque, Musiques Nouvelles, De Ereprijs, Marseille-Provence 2013. With support 

from the Eu Culture Programme and Sacem.

Autumn Stages 

ZAHIA ZIOUANI AND THE ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE 

DIVERTIMENTO 

1. With an amateur choir 

2. With the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra 

For the first time, the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra will 

perform with the Orchestre Symphonique Divertimento and guest 

musicians from various countries, including Raphaël Pidoux and 

Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian. The Orchestre Divertimento, led 

by Zahia Ziouani, is in residence in Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile 

to exchange practices with amateurs, young musicians and professional 

choirs. In Aubagne in June, a major open air concert presents 

L’Arlésienne by Bizet and Mireille by Gounod, followed by a superb 

concert of sacred music from the Mediterranean in September during 

the Nous serons tous d’ici festival. 

1. Co-producers: Communauté du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile, Marseille-Provence 2013. 

2. Producers: Grand Théâtre de Provence. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support 

of Constructa. 

FESTIVAL D’ORGUE DE ROQUEVAIRE 

Rare and old wood and copper instruments and organs take centre 

stage at this new edition of the Festival d’Orgue de Roquevaire. 

Concerts and recitals of music by organist Pierre Cochereau will 

be held at this international festival. 

Producer: Association des Amis du Grand Orgue de Roquevaire. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

ARCHITECTURE & SPIRITUALITY, an all-night music event 

As night falls on the city, a wide variety of groups, playing everything 

from rock to baroque and jazz, will hold concerts in major heritage 

sites around Arles. 

Producer: Architecture & spiritualité. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

FESTIVAL ZIC ZAC 

Since 2011, the Fonderie has hosted music residencies in Benin, 

Algeria, Senegal and Venezuela with musicians from Marseille, Aixen-Provence, 

Toulon and Arles who will perform at this festival. 

Producer: la Fonderie. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

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Cours Foch 

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Roquevaire 

Pays de l’Étoile 

Église 

de Roquevaire 

6 September 

to 13 October 

Arles 

28 September 


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Marseille 

Festival 

de Marseille 


4 to 7 July 

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1. Marsatac Festival, 

Xzibit, 2011 

2. Festival les Suds in Arles, 

2012 

3. Fiesta des Suds 

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ACTORAL 

actOral is a major event on the contemporary scene and a key element 

of the Capital of Culture programme. Its aim is to bring about 

surprising meetings between authors, directors, choreographers, 

performers and artists. Featuring contemporary writing (including 

poetry, plays, novels and essays) and invited authors, the multi-disciplinary 

programme examines the idea of theatrical writing by blurring 

the boundaries between different artistic fields. Organised with 

support from its many partners, actOral’s readings, performances, 

installations and shows will take place in multiple venues. The public 

will be invited to discover unique and exhilarating projects, by a new 

generation of theatrical artists. 


SKYSCRAPER 

In 2013, Hubert Colas will again work with Sonia Chiambretto, 

a long-term collaborator. Having staged the texts of his Chto trilogy, 

which paints a portrait of a certain contemporary Europe, this new 

project is dedicated to the adaptation of Gratte-Ciel (Skyscraper). 

Young people from Algiers, suffering from the type of solitude 

found only in cities, speak out. A skyscraper that overlooks Algiers is 

their space for expressing their relationship to love, terrorism, politics 

and religion. 

Producer: Diphtong. Co-producers: Festival de Marseille — F/D/Am/M*, Festival Delle Colline 

Torinesi — Italy, Marseille-Provence 2013. Created at Villa Méditerranée with Festival de Marseille — 

F/D/Am/M*. With support from Montévidéo, centre de créations contemporaines.

Autumn Stages 

WORKS PRODUCED AS PART 


presented as part of the actOral Festival 

Anne-James Chaton / Maison de l’Avocat 

Portraits is a depiction of the specific nature of what the Maison 

de l’Avocat does through portraits of people chosen by the artist. The 

first step requires a detailed study of the diverse actions carried out 

by the Maison de l’Avocat. In his time spent at the Maison, the artist 

learns about the rhythms and key players to get to the core and outer 

circles and create a list of models. 

Co-producers: Maison de l’Avocat-Barreau de Marseille, Marseille-Provence 2013 and actOral. 

In partnership with the Association du 48, Galerie Porte-Avion, Éditions Al Dante. 

Sonia Chiambretto / Bureaux municipaux de proximité 

The work of Sonia Chiambretto is the result of her encounter with 

the words of others, which have something unique and individual in 

the experience of life they relate. As part of this workshop, the author 

continues her approach in the Bureaux Municipaux de Proximité. 

Chiambretto lives in the various Bureaux for one week every month 

to discover the different districts of the city and to immerse herself 

in the life of these areas. 

Co-producers: Bureaux de Proximité de la Ville de Marseille, Marseille-Provence 2013, actOral, 

Groupe Résurgences. 

LES INFORMELLES FESTIVAL 

This festival will focus on movement: artists and audiences relearn 

how to breathe together, to think and to speak. The artistic teams 

invited to support this “beyond consumerism” experience will 

be present before the event, taking over different indoor and outdoor 

spaces, encountering and capturing the possible connections 

for various projects: on the figure of Cassandra in the Noailles 

neighbourhood, a proposal from Portuguese stage director Joao 

Garcia Miguel, a reading by François Michel Pesenti, and more. An 

opportunity to experience “work on words” hosted by philosopher 

Heinz Wissmann. 

Marseille 


24 September 

to 13 October 

Marseille 


24 September 

to 13 October 

Marseille 

Les Bernardines 

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Marseille 

Friche 


26 November 

to 1 December, 

Followed by 

a regional tour 

Marseille 

La Criée 



Théâtre 

du Jeu de Paume 


Clarinet by Fadi Al Ghoul 

Directed by Akram Al Malki 

Presented at Friche la Belle 

de Mai, November 2010 

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CONTEMPORARY ARAB DRAMA 

For two years, in partnership with three artistic and cultural operators 

from the Arab world (Lebanon’s Shams, Tunisia’s El Teatro 

and Palestine’s Al Harah), Friche la Belle de Mai will present performances 

highlighting the richness of the different Mediterranean 

cultures and encouraging dialogue between them. La Friche will host 

six new creations based on contemporary Arab theatre, including a 

coproduction, headed by director Catherine Marnas, featuring six 

young Arab and French actors. 

Co-producers: European Union (Einp programme), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Régie 

Culturelle, the Institut Français, Shams (Lebanon), El Teatro (Tunisia) and Al Harah (Palestine), 

Friche la Belle de Mai, Maison Antoine Vitez, La Chartreuse, Érac, Citl, the Instituts Français 

in Tunisia, Algeria and Beirut, and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

INVASIONS! ENTIRE DAYS AT THE THEATRE 

Pierrick Sorin takes over the Criée theatre to highlight the little accidents 

which connect us to reality and create a distorting and joyful 

mirror, a sort of staggered journey via images and theatre of vanished 

children’s dreams which resurface unexpectedly. 

Producers: La Criée. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

THE STRANGER 

An abandoned body, a committed body, a body stimulated by the 

spirit, a sensual and thinking body, a body magnified to remain close 

to a fictional man about whom his creator says: “He is a stranger to 

the society in which he lives, where he roams, on the margins, in the 

outskirts of a private, solitary and sensual life.” This is how Emio 

Greco performs the words of Albert Camus in a closed and suffocating 

world, in the heat of a bright and noisy Algeria where a man 

demands his freedom and his right to be different. 

Producer: Théâtre du Jeu de Paume. Co-producers: Compagnie Emio GrecoIpc and Marseille- 

Provence 2013.

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VIFS, UN MUSÉE DE LA PERSONNE 

Vifs is a groundbreaking anthropological theatre for two unusual 

locations and in two cities, Arles and Marseille, with its portraits 

of their inhabitants. This exhibition from GdRA (Christophe 

Rulhes, Julien Cassier and Sébastien Barrier) stands at the crossroads 

between performing arts, museum art and exhibition, documentary 

film and music, using professional and amateur methods and a mix 

of art and science. It offers a script which plays with the boundaries, 

to better underline the local connections and relationships between 

residents and the public sphere. 

A creation by GdRA as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, led by Théâtre d’Arles, a subsidised stage 

for contemporary writings. In collaboration with Le Merlan — Scène Nationale à Marseille. 

Co-producers: Le Merlan — Scène Nationale à Marseille, Théâtre d’Arles, a subsidised stage 

for contemporary writings, and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

CIRCUS IN AIX 

In 2013, Aix-en-Provence is getting ready for the circus. On the 

programme: the creation of a resource organisation (Ciam, Centre 

International des Arts en Mouvement), the renovation of new spaces 

dedicated to the circus on the La Molière site and new and strengthened 

collaborations between cultural organisations in the city (Ciam, 

Bois de l’Aune, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Cité du Livre, etc.). Bois 

de l’Aune will welcome Cirquons Flex from Reunion Island, followed 

by Les Frères Forman, who will be in residence to create their 2013 

performance (they will also present their Obludarium and Opéra 

Baroque shows in Pays d’Aix and offer puppet workshops). The 

Grand Théâtre de Provence will lend its stage for a new creation by 

Aurélien Bory with the acrobats of Tanger Azimut. Ciam will direct 

a programme called Days and (Nights) at the Circus. 

3 

Marseille 

Palais Carli 

21 October 

to 3 November 

Arles 

Église des 

Frères-Prêcheurs 



& Pays d’Aix 


Bois de l’Aune, 

pôle artistique 

et culturel 

de la communauté 

du Pays d’Aix / 


de Provence / 

Cité de la Molière 

Partenaire projet d’Azimut 

1. Vifs, un musée 

de la personne 

2. Dobout an bout 

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3 bis F 

Marseille 

Auditorium 

du MuCEM 



Marseille 

MuCEM 

1 November 

to 9 November 

Marseille 

Festival 

de Marseille 

— F/D/Am/M* 

7 & 8 November 

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GENDER WEEK, he / she 

This performance arts programme will be held in parallel with 

the Mucem’s exhibition The Gender Bazaar. The theme will be examined 

through many different viewpoints and artistic disciplines. 

Debates and discussions with the artists will be organised at the end of 

each show. 


SECONDE VILLE — Audiovisual installation by Séverine Mathieu 

It started as a short film: the story of an encounter and the desire 

between two women. It became an adventure for five female volunteers 

to invent the rest of the story with the actors and to bring 

their own desires into play. But because it is uniquely subversive, this 

loving relationship between women can also be seen as a metaphor 

for the power struggle between two areas: Euroméditéranée and la 

Belle de Mai. 

Producer: Dis Formes. With support from the Contrat Urbain de Cohésion Sociale, Conseil Général 

des Bouches-du-Rhône and Ville de Marseille. In partnership with Mucem. Co-producer: Marseille- 


80,000,000 VIEWS 

At the heart of this slam opera is the story of Asmaa Mahfouz, a great 

figure of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which brought down Hosni 

Mubarak. The tale is created and transformed throughout the room 

with the audience placed at the centre of the script and the stage: 

opera is real and present 

Producer: Pianoandco. — Contemporary creation. Co-producers: Festival de Marseille — 

F/D/Am/M*, Arsenal de Metz, Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Arcadi

Autumn Stages 

50 th ANNIVERSARY OF VIDEO ART 

As the 50 th anniversary of videography approaches, Video Moments 

2013 will be dedicated to the late — but no less prolific — appearance 

of this form of artistic expression, often represented by very young 

artists. The focus will be on artists from southern Mediterranean 

countries: Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, 

Turkey, Greece, etc. The works of these Mediterranean artists will 

create a dialogue with works from renowned European and North 

American artists, as well as lesser-known videographers from countries 

like Cuba, Argentina, Kyrgyzstan, India and China. 

Producer: Instants Vidéo Festival. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

HOMAGE TO RENÉ ALLIO 

In homage to René Allio, the complete collection of his restored films 

are being shown in Marseille and at the Cinémathèque Française in 

Paris. The work of this highly-talented artist, painter, stage designer 

and filmmaker from Marseille, widely dispersed, had become inaccessible 

to the public. Conferences dedicated to the artist will take 

place in various venues in Paris, including Université Paris I, while 

conferences organised in Marseille at L’Alhambra will focus in greater 

depth on the pioneering role of Allio in the region, in collaboration 

with the Centre Méditerranéen de Création Cinématographique 

of Fontblanche. The Cinémathèque de Toulouse will also pay homage 

to Allio, who, from the beginning of the 1980s, chose to entrust 

a portion of his works to the cinema. 

Co-producers: Alhambra and Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with the Cinémathèque 

Française, the Cinémathèque de Toulouse and Mucem. 

Marseille 

Friche 



Marseille 

Alhambra 

28 November 

to 7 December 

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Marseille 

La Minoterie, 

Théâtre 

de la Joliette 

Bleu 


Marseille 

l’R de la mer 


Marseille 

Aubagne 

Théâtre Comedia 

Port-de-Bouc 

Théâtre 

le Sémaphore 

& regional tour 

November 

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LA MINOTERIE, THÉÂTRE DE LA JOLIETTE 

This new theatre and venue for artistic creation, managed by artists, 

opens its doors in 2013, in the heart of the Euroméditerranée district. 

The ambitious programme includes an adaptation of A Magic Flute 

by Peter Brook, Rachid Oumramdane’s Polices!, and Blue, an interactive 

show from Compagnia Tpo. 

Bleu, Police! and Ildi Eldi are presented in collaboration with Marseille-Provence 2013. 

FOOT ET MOI LA PAIX 

Three theatre companies — Théâtre de la Mer (Marseille), Dabateatr 

(Rabat) and MC (Amsterdam) — draw on the passionate and 

heated relationships the inhabitants of their cities have with football. 

Supporters will meet to write the art of football fans, the rawness 

of their language, the energy of their bodies and their shouts in the 

urban space, and the dreams they project onto their favourite sport. 

This theatrical creation will construct a pitch from the multiplicity 

of languages — Arabic, Berber, French, Dutch — on which passes 

will be made between these three teams. 

Co-producers: Théâtre de la Mer — Marseille, Dabateatr — Rabat (Morocco), MC Theater — 

Amsterdam (Netherlands), Marseille-Provence 2013. 

THE SCREENS 

This creation by the Théâtre de l’Égrégore with the Théâtre National 

d’Alger based on Yvan Romeuf’s production of The Screens by Jean 

Genet is the culmination of the From One Shore to the Other project 

managed by the Théâtre de Lenche. 

Producers: Théâtre de l’Égrégore / Théâtre de Lenche. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013.

Autumn Stages 

WAITING FOR GODOT AND HAPPY DAYS 

By Samuel Beckett 

In May-June 2013, at the invitation of a contemporary theatre in Beijing, 

Théâtre NoNo will perform Happy Days and Waiting for Godot 

in China, for the inauguration of a new location entirely dedicated 

to the writings of Samuel Beckett. The French performance of these 

two plays in Marseille will be an opportunity to rediscover the origins 

of this international collaboration which Théâtre NoNo has 

managed for four years with Chinese partners in Beijing, Shanghai 

and Canton, and with the support of the Institut Français in China. 

Stage direction: Marion Coutris and Serge Noyelle. Producer: Théâtre NoNo. Co-producers: Centre 

Dramatique Régional de Tours, Nine Théâtre — Beijing, and Marseille-Provence 2013. With support 

from the Institut Français — Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. 

TRY.ANGLE 

A European project of artistic laboratories designed by three important 

establishments for supporting artists: Espaço do Tempo de 

Montemor o Novo in Portugal, Tanzhaus in Düsseldorf and Les 

Bernardines in Marseille. These three laboratories bringing together 

artists of various disciplines and nationalities were held in June, 

July and September 2012. In autumn 2013, in collaboration with the 

European Capital of Culture, a selection of works from the laboratories 

will be presented in various venues. 

Co-producers: Théâtre Les Bernardines, Espaço Tempo, Tanzhaus and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

With support from the European Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. 

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September at Sea 

September at Sea 

September at Sea celebrates its 15 th edition for the European Capital 

of Culture year. Organised by the Office de la Mer Marseille 

Provence, more than 100 different actors will offer more than 250 

activities from 24 August to 6 October for the public to learn about 

the region’s maritime culture. The Marseille-Provence 2013 region 

includes more than 100 kilometres of coastline. At ports from Port- 

Saint-Louis-du-Rhône to La Ciotat meet the maritime professionals 

who build and strengthen the region’s ties to the Mediterranean. 

SEASIDE PARADE 

From the basins of the Grand Port Maritime to the Vieux-Port, these 

professionals will line up for a festive parade on the water along 

the Corniche all the way to L’Estaque. Maritime occupations and 

food will be celebrated in a convivial atmosphere at the J4 with the 

Grandes Carrioles and at the Vieux-Port with several large yachts 

and old rigs that will be invited to drop anchor. At nightfall, the J4 

will transform into an artistic stage and the Marseille instalment 

of Revelations will set up on Château d’If. 

UN PIANO À LA MER 

A surprise concert for Un Piano à la Mer, the floating festival that 

transforms local beaches into a magnificent open-air theatre. On 

Corbière beach, musical, theatrical and visual performances will 

combine for a friendly show you can watch with your feet in the sand. 

Producer: Compagnie La Rumeur. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 


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Marseille 

J4 

Rade de Marseille 


Marseille 

Plage de Corbières 

September 

1. Seaside Parade, Marseille 

2. Un piano à la mer 

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La Ciotat, Birthplace of Cinema 

La Ciotat 

July to December 


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REOPENING OF THE ÉDEN-THÉÂTRE 

As one of the oldest cinemas in the world, La Ciotat’s Eden Theatre 

will reopen to the public with a programme dedicated to cinema’s 

past and future. The journey begins at the legendary train station, 

immortalised by the Lumière brothers. It then takes in the Palais 

Lumière, the summer residence of the inventors of cinematography 

(they shot their first films there, including the famous Waterer 

Watered). The leisurely stroll then takes visitors to the Eden Theatre 

and the Chapelle des Pénitents-Bleus (dedicated to photography 

exhibitions on cinema). The next stop is the Villa Michel Simon, 

holiday home to the great actor for thirty years before it became a 

residence for cinema professionals. To celebrate the Eden’s newfound 

glory, spectacular and festive events will take place: a fancy-dress ball, 

exhibitions of Claude Azoulay’s celebrity portraits, giant autochrome 

projections, and more. Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation 

will be the guest of honour for this inauguration. The festivities will 

go on for a month, and include events organised by local cinema 

associations (screenings of restored films, homages to Mediterranean 

movie houses, the films and archives of the working world, which 

call up the history of La Citotat: its shipyards). Jean Michel Frodon 

propses an independent film festival called Les Cris du monde (the 

Cries of the World), featuring short films shot on all types of film 

and based on sequence. The event highlights the vitality and creativity 

of contemporary cinema and shows — with the reopening of the 

Eden Theatre — promise of new voyages from La Ciotat and its port. 

Producer: Éden des Lumières. Co-producers: Ville de La Ciotat and Marseille-Provence 2013 

6 July Cinema Ball 

25 July to 8 September Azoulay Exhibition 

14 September to 3 November Autochromes Exhibition The Triumph of Colour 

12 October Eden Theatre Opening 

20 to 23 November Film Festival


La règle du jeu (Rules of the Game) — Martine Derain 

with the filmmaker’s association, Film Flamme, the dancers from 

Compagnie Ex Nihilo, Suzanne Hetzel and Raphaëlle Paupert-Borne 

“We often walk on railway tracks (like we walk on the moon), which 

run from the station to the naval shipyard and pass through the 

Abeille neighbourhood. The track now fades into the industrial ruins 

behind the Eden.” Martine Derain invites locals and artists to film, 

dance and draw to explore the Abeille neighbourhood. “A mild madness 

takes over the façades, one sings and the other draws…” 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Contrat Urbain de Cohésion Social 

de La Ciotat, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole and Caisse 

des Dépôts et Consignations. 

La Ciotat 

L’Abeille 

October, 

during the Eden 

Cinema opening 


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Writers of Reality 

FOCUS ON LITERATURE 


This festival programme includes conferences, debates 

and readings. Hear the sounds of the streets of Egypt through 

the eyes of Albert Cossery, of Naples through those of Roberto 

Saviano. Visitors can see literary concerts combine a singer 

and a text, listen to a cabaret of true tales and and experience 

innovative multimedia projects which create a dialogue between 

literature and the city: live authors’ residences in public venues 

(cafés, public halls), workshops on writing, living libraries of true 

tales, street art, literature and much more. 

Ouvrir la fenêtre, 

(Open the Window) 

by Isidro Ferrer. 

Artist invited by Fotokino 

as part of Laterna 

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La Criée 

Cours d’Estienned’Orves 

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WRITERS OF REALITY 

This festival event dedicated to those who write about reality will 

welcome around 40 authors from different horizons for interviews, 

literary cafés, multimedia performances, projections, literary concerts, 

readings, etc. Meet the great authors of the Mediterranean, 

symbolic figures with a particular connection to the subject, a new 

generation of young Mediterranean writers, and of course French 

writers whose work explores reality. The programme also includes 

the literary festival Les Littorales-Marseille and other various events 

which deal with the subject of writing the real, the spectacular nature 

of which will naturally appeal to a wide audience. Events include: 

– Readings to let the public immerse themselves in the atmosphere 

of the Mediterranean (renowned authors such as Jean Giono); 

hear the sounds of the streets of Algiers (Camus) or Cairo (Albert 

Cossery); and feel what it’s like to live in the port cities of Genoa 

(Roberto Saviano), Barcelona (Juan Marsé) and Marseille (Jean- 

Claude Izzo) 

– Literary concerts combine literature and music, showcasing rap, 

slam and French song artists 

– A performance provides a more visible and spectacular approach 

to writing: In Tentative d’épuisement d’un auteur (Attempt to Exhaust 

an Author), Jacques Jouet, Oulipo writer and lover of extreme limitations, 

sets up in a café on the Cours d’Estienne-d’Orves to write a 

novel, live and in public, in four days. His computer screen — and 

the text he’s writing — will be projected on several screens. 

– The Cabaret of True Tales is an evening dedicated to the best true 

stories collected by François Beaune and narrated by guest authors. 

– For the Live Residences, three writers immerse themselves for 

one week in an emblematic venue in Marseille. They will observe 

everyday life and will deliver texts and images live in uninterrupted 

streaming, as designed by digital artist Pierre Nouvel, at the Théâtre 

de la Criée. 

– Life is a Novel, a project inspired by “living libraries” and staged 

by Marc Lainé, shares life stories. A dedicated stage will be installed 

in the hall of the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Marseille, 

a large circular space housing twelve small rooms where amateur storytellers 

give 20-minutes interviews to the audience between 6 pm 

and 11 pm. 

– An association between street art and literature on the façades

Writers of Reality / Focus on literature 

of buildings and in the streets between the Chambre de Commerce 

de Marseille and the Théâtre de la Criée. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with the festival Les Littorales — Marseille / 

a production by the Association des Libraires in Marseille, the Théâtre National de la Criée, 

the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Marseille (Ccimp), the Collège International 

des Traducteurs Littéraires (Citl) in Arles and the Centre National du Livre (Cnl) — Ministry 

of Culture and Communication. 

WRITERS IN PROVENCE 

The Écrivains en Provence association will host a literary fair at Fu- 

veau. A mixture of earthly and intellectual pleasures, this event offers 

a warm welcome, good humour and the charm of a Provençal village. 

Producer: Les Écrivains en Provence. Co-producers: Communauté du Pays d’Aix, Ville de Fuveau, 

Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Centre National 

du Livre (Cnl) — Ministry of Culture and Communication and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

LA FABRIQUE DES TRADUCTEURS — CITL 

The Translator Factory will provide direction to and train young 

translators by taking a look at emerging world literature, particularly 

from around the Mediterranean. For 2013, these young translators 

will provide a body of texts in Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, 

Turkish, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin written by 

promising authors on the subject of writing reality. Excerpts of 

selected texts will be translated and presented in Arles and Marseille. 

Producer: Assises de la Traduction Littéraire in Arles (ATLAS). Co-producers: Institut Français — 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union, Délégation Générale à la Langue Française 

et aux Langues de France (Dglflf), La Sofia, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Marseille- 

Provence 2013. 

LES LITTORALES FESTIVAL-MARSEILLE 

The Association Libraires in Marseille aims to demonstrate the 

diversity and vitality of international publications and to increase 

the number of independent bookshops. Its annual event on books 

and authors, the festival Les Littorales — Marseille will be five days 

of conferences, readings, theatre, cinema and libraries. 

Producer: Association Libraires à Marseille. 

Fuveau 


Marseille 

Théâtre national 

de La Criée, 

as part of the 

Writers of Reality 

programme 

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TRUE TALES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Based on the idea that not everyone can write a novel, but that we 

all have a true story to share, young writer François Beaune acts as 

a mouthpiece for others, offering an unusual experience which transcends 

borders. He will organise an exceptional collection of true 

tales of the Mediterranean to highlight the words of the public. 

Thanks to the internet and digital technology, languages and stories 

intermingle, expressed in writing, sound and video from thirteen 

countries. 

The collection, open to as many as possible, was launched in 

December 2011 on a multilingual website, comprising a shared digital 

library: www.histoiresvraies.net. In January 2013, a thematic selection 

of the best stories will be posted on the site. The stories have inspired 

various artistic events in many forms: François Beaune’s third novel 

will published in October by Éditions Verticales; a Cabaret of True 

Tales, as part of the literary festival; readings by Érac students at the 

J1; Arte Radio, a lively show at the Correspondances de Manosque 

and Tangier festivals, will perform pieces, and the list goes on. In a 

period of profound change, these stories draw an unusual portrait of 

those who make up the Mediterranean of today. 

Co-producers: Friche la Belle de Mai (Marseille / France) and Marseille-Provence 2013. With the 

support of the Institut Français / Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Instituts Français 

in the countries concerned, Ville de Marseille, Arte Radio and La Marelle — Villa des Projets 

d’Auteurs (Marseille / France) and the Greek government. 

CHEMIN FAISANT (ALONG THE WAY) 

This project by Aurélia Barbet and Pierre Azais is about three artists 

and three ways of discussing the city with local residents, located 

among the cranes and buildings of the Port Autonome. In the housing 

estates of Marseille’s northern suburbs, filmmaker Anne Alix 

explores reality, poetry and philosophy. At the Bassin de Séon, Till 

Roeskens draws a map on the ground. 

Producers: Théâtre de La Cité, Maison de Théâtre. With the support of Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations, Ville de Marseille, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Région Provence-Alpes- 

Côte d’Azur, Acse and Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

(Plans Espoir Banlieues). Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013. Partners: Centre Social Agora, 

Centre Social Les Musardises, Association Départementale pour le Développement des Actions 

de Prévention des Bouches-du-Rhônes (Addap 13).

LE CARRÉ DES ÉCRIVAINS 

The Comité du Vieux-Marseille has organised the Carré des Écrivains 

every year since 1992, which welcomes authors who write about 

Marseille. This unique event provides famous and unknown writers 

an opportunity to meet their readers directly. It is organised in collaboration 

with the Fnac Marseille. 

Producer: Comité du Vieux Marseille. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille, Conseil Général des Bouchesdu-Rhône, 

Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Marseille-Provence 2013. 

THE LA POSTE CORRESPONDANCES 

DE MANOSQUE FESTIVAL 

The 15 th edition of this festival supports living literature in connection 

with other creative forms. It gives a voice to writers through 

readings and performances and relies on actors and musicians for 

new literary exchanges. Writing holds a central place in the city via 

a journey of “writing cases”: one hundred installations to exchange 

thousands of letters. It is also an opportunity to meet writer François 

Beaune following his residency in Manosque, and to enjoy literary 

concerts — with a performance by French rapper Akhenaton — 

and staged readings, including never-before-heard letters by Jean 

Cocteau and The First Man by Albert Camus. 

Producer: Les Mille et Une Nuits de la Correspondance. Co-producers: Centre National du Livre 

(Cnl) — Ministry of Culture and Communication, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte 

d’Azur, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Communauté de Communes Lubéron-Durance- 

Verdon, Fondation d’Entreprise La Poste / La Poste, Action Culturelle de La Sofia, Orange, 

Géosel-Manosque / Géométhane. 

Marseille 

Centre Bourse 



Manosque 



True Tales 

of the Mediterranean 

291


Heritage reinvents itself 

Marseille 



Marseille 

15 th & 16 th 

arrondissements 

All year 

Les rencontres 

de Faro: 


292 

EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS 

Now in its 30 th year, European Heritage Days marks this year with 

a celebration of historic monuments on the theme of “1913-2013, one 

hundred years of protection”. Walks, open heritage sites and programmes 

at cultural venues showcase the work of exploration and 

writing by the city’s residents. 

HÔTEL DU NORD: Factory of Stories 

Hôtel du Nord is a cooperative of residents who have chosen to highlight 

hospitality in an original approach to heritage. Often misunderstood, 

the heritage of the northern suburbs becomes a passionate 

land of tales when the locals tell their stories. Fifty rooms in private 

homes, fifty walks, fifty heritage opportunities: Hôtel du Nord invites 

you to view Marseille from the north. In 2013, Hôtel du Nord offers 

visits, walks and a Euro-Mediterranean conference on the issues 

from the Faro convention, which invites us to consider heritage as 

a property and a communal responsibility in which civil society 

must take part. 

AN ODYSSEY IN SPACE 

This large project unites amateurs and professionals, choirs and 

orchestras in a process of ambitious musical creations. Each one of 

them uses a significant number of choir singers, instrumentalists, 

amateurs or professionals. 

Producer: Musicatreize. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Société Marseillaise 

de Crédit and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.


TREMPLINS 

An unusual support project for youthful creation 

For the last fifteen years, the Centre Social Saint-Gabriel has helped 

young artists in precarious situations to develop a creative project 

over the period of a year in association with neighbourhood residents. 

This year’s selected artists are working on the theme of “fingers 

in the socket” and will unveil their work as part of European 

Heritage Days 2013. They will be supported by artist Nicolas Simarik. 

Producer: Centre Social Saint Gabriel. In partnership with Le Merlan — Scène Nationale à Marseille, 

Château de Serviéres. With the support of Cucs, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône and the 

Conseil Régional. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013 

CULTURE PILOTS. Urban walks 

Designed by residents-cum-tourist / cultural guides, these walks are 

aimed at those in search of offbeat places and connecting with others, 

providing a different perspective on urban heritage and the hidden 

riches of the city. 

Managed by the Union des Centres Sociaux 13 and Marseille-Provence 2013. Other partner cities: 

Barcelona, Lisbon and Vicenza. In cooperation with six Centres Sociaux: Albert Schweitzer, 

Baussenque, Del Rio, Roy d’Espagne, Saint-Gabriel, Val Plan Bégudes 

20 SITES BY THE SEA 

Musicatreize presents musical journeys and discoveries of exceptional 

sites, concerts, meetings and conferences. The concerts will give the 

public a chance to listen to and discover top European ensembles, 

such as Rias Kamerkoor and Cappella Amsterdam, especially during 

the Tenso Days. The festival concludes with An Odyssey in Space, 

a choral project featuring 250 amateurs, in creations by Zad Moultaka 

and Jesper Nordin. 

Producer: Musicatreize. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Sacem, Spedidam, 

Société Marseillaise de Crédit, Fondation Camargue and the Tenso European network. 

3 

Marseille 



Marseille 

Miramas 

January to March 

Co-financé par 

Marseille 



293


Marseille 


Les Aygalades 

/ La Viste 

September 

During 

the European 

Heritage Days 


Marseille 


Plan d’Aou, 

Saint-Antoine 

September 

Lors des Journées 

Européennes 

du Patrimoine 


Quartiers créatifs 

294 


The prototype as a tool for transformation and dialogue 

— Ruedi Baur & Civic City 

How can we launch dialogue? How can we design one or several proposals 

that make sense when jointly developing an urban project? 

How can we come up with a ‘local utopia’ and ensure it is completed 

at least in part? Through urban signage to make visible what is not 

there, a higher point of view to shift the gaze, passageways and staircases 

to link obstructed areas. These many proposals, both modest 

and ambitious, are debated with residents and users. 

In collaboration with Cité des Arts de la Rue (Apcar, Faiar, Lézarap’art, Ateliers Sud-Side). 

As part of the post-graduate civic design programme at Haute École d’Art et de Design de Genève 

(Switzerland). Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With the support of Gip Marseille Rénovation 

Urbaine, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole, Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations and ProHelvetia. 

Bank of paradise — Jean-Luc Brisson with Wagonlandscaping, 

Agence UPAU, David Onatzky and Lily Wanat. 

“The ‘Bank of Paradise’ creates and distributes money. It gives credit 

to and invests in hopes and dreams, and capitalises and saves what 

is needed. It distributes value. It is not subjected to stock market movements, 

but rather — and this is neither weaker nor less uncertain — the 

art market index.” Jean-Luc Brisson aims to create a bank of drawings 

with residents to discuss the neighbourhood renovation and its 

public spaces. Along with his landscapers, he proposes an experiment 

of temporary and reversible development in the Plan d’Aou 

neighbourhood. 

In collaboration with Gare Franche and École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from Gip Politique de la Ville, Marseille Rénovation 

Urbaine, the European Regional Development Fund, Marseille Provence Métropole and Caisse 

des Dépôts et Consignations.


The Treasures of Beisson — Jean-Michel Othoniel, 

Marc Couturier and Paul Petel and Hervé Descottes 

The Beisson housing estates, the work of architect Louis Olmeta 

in the 1960s, offers a fantastic view over landscapes that resemble 

a Cézanne painting. They are soon to be restored as part of Aixen-Provence’s 

urban renovation programme. Artist Jean-Michel 

Othoniel, in collaboration with landscaper Paul Petel, has designed 

and completed a project on this natural viewpoint. The unique 

dynamic of Aix rests on the connection between heritage, quality of 

life and shared culture. Marc Couturier, an archaeologist focused on 

contemporary times, explores the “soul of Beisson” during a residence 

period, to reveal its treasures while working with its residents. 

Co-producers: Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Fertiliser la lisière — Laure Thierrée & Clémentine Henriot, 

Agence Trajectoires 

How can we initiate a dialogue between the natural scrubland of the 

Notre-Dame des Marins neighbourhood and the housing estates 

named for it? This project, led by two young landscapers from 

Marseille, aims to highlight the unique park just behind the neighbourhood. 

So residents can view their neighbourhood in a new light, 

they are invited to participate in the creation of a garden along the 

pavement, a cluster of garage rooftop stalls and a light installation. 

Co-producers: Ville de Martigues, Direction de l’Habitat et de la Démocratie Participative de la Ville 

de Martigues, Marseille-Provence 2013 and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. 

Rendezvous in the Invisible City — Hervé Lelardoux 

(Théâtre de l’Arpenteur) 

The Arpenteurs, an urban planning and design agency, come 

to Aubagne and wait for the tram, due in the first half of 2014. 

But in the minds of Aubagne’s residents, it is already there. So the 

Arpenteurs are keeping their ears open, following glances, searching 

memories, and gathering dreams. Following the tracks of the future 

tramline, they will invite the residents of Aubagne to experience the 

city’s passage of time, to enter the Invisible City, with the tram as 

a way into Aubagne space and time. 

Co-producers: Communauté d’Agglomération du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile and Marseille- 

Provence 2013. With support from Théâtre Comédia d’Aubagne and Caisse des Dépôts 

et Consignations. 


Cité Beisson 

Restitution 

December 

Martigues 

Notre-Dame 

des Marins 

September 

During 

the European 

Heritage Days 

Aubagne 

March to October 

3 

295

All year long 

Memory–exile 


Les Milles 

Ancienne tuilerie 

des Milles 

All year 

Marseille 

Espace public 

From 26 January 

Exhibition: 

Marseille 

Archives 

Municipales 

June to November 

296 

This fundamental theme pervades the entire programme and 

is divided into three main sections: the memory of Marseille, a place 

of exile during the Second World War, the memory of migrations 

and the memory of Mediterranean exchanges. 

CAMP DES MILLES 

— INTERNMENT AND DEPORTATION CAMP 

The Camp des Milles memorial site is one of the rare European 

sites that is still intact which tells the tragic story of internment and 

deportation during the Second World War. This important centre 

for history, memory, education and culture presents a new museum 

journey in three stages: history, memory and, for the first time at a 

memorial site, a section devoted to reflection to provide a multidisciplinary 

approach to gaining the keys to understanding and reacting 

in time in the face of identity-related tensions. A historic monument, 

the Camp des Milles is one France’s nine major memorial sites. In 

autumn 2013, an exhibition presents a selection of works by artists 

interned in the Camp des Milles between 1939 and 1942, including 

Hans Bellmer, Olaf Christiansen, Max Ernst, Anton Räders- 

cheidt, and Wols. 

ICI MÊME 2013 

The Ici Même journey retraces, by means of markings on the ground 

in the city centre, the history of Marseille during the Second World 

War. An exhibition at the Archives de Marseille and artistic projects 

presented by the association RedPlexus are also part of the initiative. 

Journey produced by: Marseille-Provence 2013. In partnership with the Goethe Institut. Curator: 

Robert Mencherini. Exhibition produced by Archives de la Ville de Marseille. Co-producer: 

by the Austrian cultural forum. Curators: Robert Mencherini and Sylvie Clair. Artistic projects 

produced by the association RedPlexus.

Memory–exile 

MARSEILLE, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EXILE (1940-1942) 

A number of refugees, some famous, were settled in Marseille. They 

stayed in the region for some time thanks to the help of Marseille 

residents, who included André Breton, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, 

Rudolf Kundera, Anna Seghers, Jean Arp, and Hannah Arendt. 

Curators: Laurence Vincent. Producer: Ville de Marseille. 

VARIAN FRY IN MARSEILLE. 

The Culture of Europe in Exile (1940-1942) 

An international symposium on the exile of European intellectuals 

and artists reveals the role Marseille played as the “cultural capital 

of exile” during the Second World War. 

Co-producers: Association Varian Fry France and Marseille-Provence 2013 

JEAN MOULIN, resistance fighter and provençal artist 

This exhibition in Jean Moulin’s birthplace features a selection of his 

works on Provence. Drawings, watercolours and prints illustrate the 

region and Saint-Andiol and capture an unheralded aspect of this 

man of action. 

Producer: Mairie de Saint-Andiol, Communauté de Communes Rhône Alpilles Durance, Marseille- 


TRACING RESOURCES, OR THE FORGOTTEN HERITAGE 

Marseille / Provence, Products and Workers from around 

the World 

This two-part exhibition reveals the impact of the transformation 

of raw materials and the migrant worker populations over the centuries 

on Marseille and the region. 

Co-producers: Aix-Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Cnrs), Conseil 

Général des Bouches-du-Rhône and Marseille-Provence 2013 

THE 2 nd BIENNIAL ON HISTORY, MEMORY, IMMIGRATION 

AND TERRITORY 

Associations, archives, libraries, museums and universities offer a 100 

different events to share more than a century of foreign arrivals in 

Marseille and Provence. 

Coordinated by the Réseau Régional: Approaches, Cultures and Territories. Co-producers: Marseille- 


1/2/3 

Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

6 August 

to 19 October 

Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

Archives 


CRDP 


Saint-Andiol, 

Château 

de Saint-Andiol 

15 May to 15 August 

Marseille 

Archives 



Archives 


September 

to January 

Throughout 

the region 

September 

to December 

297


Conferences and debates 

Marseille 

Parc Chanot 


1. Les Rencontres d’Averroès, 

Auditorium Chanot, 

Marseille 

2. Les Rencontres d’Averroès 

junior, Avignon 

298 

A European Capital of Culture must encourage discussion and produce 

knowledge on sensitive subjects featuring in its programme. 

These issues will be discussed at conferences and debates organised 

as part of two series of projects. The first is aimed at the general 

public. It includes round tables for the Rencontres d’Averroès and the 

Collège-Aix- Marseille-Université (Camu) and symposiums aimed 

at the general public. The Anna Lindh Forum and other conferences 

will bring together professionals and amateurs interested in Euro- 

Mediterranean cultural issues. 

LES RENCONTRES D’AVERROÈS 

Thoughts about the two sides of the Mediterranean 

The Rencontres d’Averroès programme has become a regional event 

featuring round tables, an artistic programme and debates. It also 

has a special programme for young people and Ibn Rushd / Averroès 

events abroad. In the changing international context, the Rencontres 

d’Averroès programme helps share knowledge among experts and 

amateurs, giving participants an opportunity to take part in discussions 

seeking harmonious solutions to disharmonious situations. 

Leaving behind violence, hatred and confrontation, it encourages us 

to stand together and take stock of the cultural interactions making 

up the Mediterranean world. Over and above the supposedly unpardonable 

conflicts and wars opposing cultures and civilisations, the 

Rencontres programme encourages open and critical thinking on the 

Mediterranean of the 21 st century. It is for these reasons that, every 

year, the Rencontres d’Averroès invites researchers, writers, philosophers 

and artists to share their knowledge with a wide audience and 

take part in debates broadcast over France Culture. Over a thousand 

people participate in each round table. 

Producer: Espace Culture. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013

1 

2


Marseille 

Aix-Marseille 

Université 

— site Canebière 

Aix-en-provence 

Aix-Marseille 

Université 

— site Schuman 

Every second 

Tuesday 

from February 

to November 

Marseille 

MuCEM 

11, 12 & 13 

September 

Spring: 

European Academic 

Network of Romani 

Studies programme 

Autumn: 

Route of Roma 

Culture and Heritage 

programme 

300 

COLLÈGE AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ 

Aix-Marseille Université will hold a series of conferences for the 

public on every second Tuesday of the month. A true “university 

for the people”, these conferences strive to pass on the latest 

advances in research and critical tools to better deconstruct preconceived 

ideas on Euro-Mediterranean current affairs. Conference 

topics will include “Athens and Jerusalem: reason and revelation 

in Mediterranean civilisations”, “Identity and religion in a world 

without borders”, “Citizenship in the Mediterranean”, “The sharing 

of water in the Mediterranean”, “Camus and the Mediterranean”, 

“Desire in the Mediterranean” and more. 

Co-producers: Aix-Marseille Université and Marseille-Provence 2013 

ARAB-ISLAMIC HERITAGE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE 

Apart from Spain where the evidence of Al-Andalus is considered 

a major feat of civilisation, the legacy of the Arab-Islamic presence 

in southern Europe, notably in France and Italy, is little known and 

still provokes resistance. Organised at the Mucem, this Inrap symposium 

presents recent work which reveals the traces of a clearly- 

established cultural influence. 

Producer: Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives. Co-producer: Marseille- 


ROMANY CULTURE, A EUROPEAN HERITAGE 

Present throughout Europe for many centuries, the Romany cultures, 

the largest European minority, have a complex and thriving 

common historical heritage. During meetings led by the European 

Council and the European Commission, cultural organisations in the 

European Capital of Culture region and in Europe will share reflections 

and concrete experiences with a view to highlighting issues 

of culture and intercultural dialogue, for a constructive approach 

to a population which is above all victim of misunderstandings. 

Associated cultural organisations and artists: Mathieu Pernot, Laurent Malone (GR®2013), Festival 

Latcho Divano (in association with Košice 2013), Museon Arlaten, L’Alhambra, Les Suds d’Arles, 

Cité de la Musique de Marseille, Pays d’Aubagne (“We are All from Here”), the Régie Culturelle 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (“ The World is our Home”).


ANNA LINDH FORUM 

From 4 to 7 April, Marseille will host the largest gathering of Euro- 

Mediterranean civil society since the Arab uprisings. The Anna 

Lindh Forum will unite a thousand participants from 42 countries 

from north and south of the Mediterranean (associations, Ngos, 

experts and universities, artists and professionals). The aim is to 

exchange ideas, experiences, and good practices and to develop 

a plan of action to strengthen the intercultural dialogue and the participation 

of civilian society in the reconstruction of pluralistic, open 

and democratic societies. The objective of the forum is to help to 

re-launch and promote citizenship in the new regional context. The 

forum is organised in three stages: preparatory meetings organised 

in Istanbul and in other cities south of the Mediterranean on the 

subjects of youth, women, migrants and media; the forum itself; and 

turning recommendations into actions which ensure a real impact 

on civil society. 

Organised by the Fondation Anna Lindh in partnership with the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, 

Ville de Marseille and the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône. In collaboration with Marseille- 

Provence 2013 and with support from the Union pour la Méditerranée, the European Commission 

and the League of Arab States. 

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE 

ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Archaeologists, materials and conservation scientists, architects, 

restorers, geographers and geologists from Mediterranean countries 

come together for three days for an multidisciplinary reflection on 

the problems linked to the preservation and dissemination of the 

architectural heritage of the Mediterranean. 

Producer: Centre Interrégional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine. Co-producer: 

Marseille Provence 2013 

BORDERS, INSIDE / OUTSIDE 

This project aims to create dialogue between art, prison and society. 

It questions the notion of borders from the perspective of prison 

and through the implementation and realisation of works shared 

between artists, detained persons and free persons. 

Producer: Lieux Fictifs. Co-producers: Compagnie Alzhar, Ina, Cultures, Publics et Territoires 

and Marseille-Provence 2013 and Friche la Belle de Mai 

Marseille 

Palais du Pharo 

4 to 7 April 

Marseille 

Archives 

municipales 


Marseille 


de Mai 

13 to 30 June 

European Forum: 

20, 21 & 22 June 

3 

301


Marseille 



Marseille 

Amphithéâtre 

de la Timone 


302 

A SHARED TEXTBOOK ON MEDITERRANEAN HISTORYNE 

A project to develop a set of resources, commonly called the “textbook”, 

by a team of 20 historians from Europe, North Africa, the 

Middle East and Turkey was proposed on 4 and 5 November 2008 

during the États Généraux Culturels Méditerranéens. It intends to 

provide a response to the rise in misunderstandings between the 

East and the West within European societies, which are increasingly 

diverse due to migratory movements. The objective is to offer 

a learning tool in the area of history, considered an essential prerequisite 

for a better mutual understanding and to move past ingrained 

memories of the two sides of the Mediterranean. The joint textbook 

on Mediterranean history is hugely important. For the first time, students 

will benefit from teaching which presents a shared history and 

multiple perspectives in addition to country-specific approaches. 

A first conference will take place on 21 and 22 October 2013, assembling 

the key national and regional educational agencies concerned 

(ministries, public and private higher education institutions, 

academies and regional administrations, Ngos and intergovernmental 

institutions). A pilot implementation is planned from the 

2013 / 2014 school year at the Académie d’Aix-Marseille and in four 

Mediterranean partner regions (Liguria, Andalusia, Lebanon and 

Governorate of Tunis). 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. Co-producer: Villa Méditerranée. 

CONVERSATIONS DE SALERNE 

Since 2010, the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, in partnership 

with seven Chus (university hospitals) in the Mediterranean, 

has organised Euro-Mediterranean conferences entitled 

Conversations de Salerne on subjects relating to the cultural dimensions 

of health and healthcare. The eighth edition of Conversations 

de Salerne focuses on the more global issue of dialogue in the field of 

health between different countries, between the hospital and society 

and between healthcare and culture. 

Producer: Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille. Co-producers: Marseille-Provence 2013


ART AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION CONFERENCES 

For almost two years, through the Creative Urban Projects programme, 

around ten artistic teams have worked together with 

residents, associations and town planners to develop another way 

of building a city, and to share it with visitors. The Art and Urban 

Transformation conferences review this experience and compares 

it to similar projections throughout France and Europe. 

Producer: Marseille-Provence 2013. With support from the Goethe Institut 

SIGN LANGUAGE AND DEAF CULTURE 

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Public meetings on the question of the role of deaf people in the 

Arab Spring and in the world of Albert Camus, whose mother was 

deaf. 

Producer: Cas 13 (Coordination des Associations de Sourds des Bouches-du-Rhône). Co-producers: 

Villa Méditerranée, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Marseille and Marseille-Provence 2013 

MED DESIGN DAYS / ALHOUSH.COM 

This is the first edition of the international symposium on Design 

in all its forms. The Med Design Days are intended to promote design 

as a competitive factor for all those in industry, services, innovation 

and the creative industries in general, for the whole Mediterranean 

region. For its first edition, Med Design Days will welcome the collective 

international exhibition alhoush.com, a celebration of visual 

arts and design in the Arab world. 

The Med Design Days are organised by Cci Marseille Provence and Marianne Cat. 

A MOSAIC OF ENCOUNTERS 

Several conferences and symposiums are planned by the Institut 

Catholique de la Méditerranée on the issues of intercultural and 

interreligious dialogue. 

Co-producers: Institut Catholique de la Méditerranée, Secours Catholique, Marseille-Provence 2013 

Marseille 

Friche 


November 

3 

Marseille 


27 September 

Marseille 

Chambre 

de Commerce 

et d’Industrie 

Marseille Provence 

November 

& December 

Marseille 


6 to 9 June 

303

Holiday Notebook 

FOCUS ON YOUNGER AUDIENCES 

> November 

3 

The autumn holiday period is all about the kids. Around the region, 

visitors will find activities including a large 3-stage exhibition, 

imaginary expeditions, shows, a mini rock festival and film projects. 

Children can take what they learn anywhere they want, playing, 

building “cabins” or navigating “boats”. Or, they can go 

along with their parents to the Fotokino studio to see Laterna 

Magica’s special Holiday Notebook project. While they’re at it, 

they should stop in for a mini tea party. School’s great, but holidays 

are way more fun. 

Tortuga 

Isidro Ferrer 

Artist invited by Fotokino 

as part of Laterna 

Magica 2013 

305



Arles 

Marseille 

Martigues 

Port-de-Bouc 


27 October 

to 8 November 

With the support of 

Air France, official carrier 

306 

HOLIDAY NOTEBOOK 

Put your schoolbooks away for the autumn holidays and get ready 

for some fun: you won’t want to miss any of the shows being held 

around the region. First stop: Aix-en-Provence, where Julie Nioche 

makes children part of her show, turning them into characters in 

modern video games that will take over the square. Over the next 

few days, either in Aix or in nearby towns, all performance venues 

are getting in on the excitement. Hear stories such as Un Beau 

Matin, Aladin by Charles Tordjman, see the Alhambra-Ensemble 

Télémaque’s film-concert event Zut et qu’ça saute! Des contes chinois, 

watch a brand new performance by Italian theatre company Tpo, 

Jeanne Béziers’s Little Red Riding Hood… But that’s not all! There’s 

also Les Z’Expressives, specialised in theatre for children, who will 

organise workshops, performances and afternoon concerts, while 

Skappa! takes families on a strange journey of discovery through 

unchartered territory right in their own backyard. Nurseries will 

also present shows for the littlest audiences. In addition to two 

plays, children can make a trip to Laterna Magica, see an exhibition, 

and try their hand at pottery, design, cooking, and even philosophy 

in workshops designed just for them in the Notre-Dame-du- 

Mont neighbourhood. 

Partners: Bois de l’Aune — artistic and cultural centre of the Communauté du Pays d’Aix, Cosmos 

Kolej, Fotokino, Massalia, Théâtre Antoine Vitez, Théâtre du Sémaphore, Mom’Aix, Théâtre National 

de Marseille — La Criée, Théâtre du Gymnase — Marseille, Théâtre du Jeu de Paume — Aix-en- 

Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence — Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre des Salins — Martigues, Le 3bisF 

— Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre d’Arles, Théâtre de la Joliette / La Minoterie — Marseille, La Baleine 

qui Dit Vagues, L’Alhambra, Les Z’Expressives / Salon Culture. 

Cartocacoethes 

With Amélie Jackowski, five illustrators from the Mediterranean region will visit children 

in hospitals in Beirut, Tunis, Alexandria, Algiers and Marseille. The plan: to let them in 

on a quirky mania — cartocacoethes, the uncontrollable urge to see maps everywhere: 

in clouds, stains, plates of pasta or couscous… Producer: Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux 

de Marseille. Co-producer: Marseille-Provence 2013.

Holiday Notebook / Focus on Younger audiences 

TEA PARTIES 

For a snack or for brunch, indoors or out, all year round during 

the European Capital of Culture year, the Waaw joins the Laterna 

Magica festival (celebrating its 10 th year) in throwing tea parties. 

One Sunday every month, after shows at Studio Fotokino, it will 

pair up a culinary treat with a game (treasure hunt and chocolate 

ingots, snakes and ladders and langues-de-chats, blind man’s bluff 

and blindfolded eating). The theme will have a connection to the 

invited artist. During the autumn school holiday period, a few extra 

tea parties will be on the programme. 


A JOURNEY AROUND YOUR PLATE 

Canteen menus take on the colours of the Mediterranean. This is your 

opportunity to learn about the eating habits of young generations. 

Project initiator: Conseil général des Bouches du Rhône 

Marseille 

Waaw 

All year 

Throughout 

the region 

In secondary 

school canteens 

All year 

Dînettes-Magiques 

3 

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2 

3 

4 

5

Holiday Notebook / Focus on Younger audiences 

IMAGINARY EXPEDITIONS 

All roads lead to the library 

An extraordinary island emerges in Marseille, while Vitrolles 

becomes a city of a thousand perspectives; a mysterious cabin circulates 

through the region… Life-size, imaginary worlds shoot out of 

children’s books. Whispered stories, courageous ordeals, manipulations 

galore and young giants: when author-illustrators of today take 

hold of Alice and Robinson, children take off on explorations of the 

world. Kids, it’s time to take your parents to the library! 

Author-illustrators: Delphine Bournay, Vincent Bourgeau, Arno Célérier, Ghislaine Herbera, 

Amélie Jackowsky, Hélène Riff, and those from the treasures of the heritage fund of Alcazar, Bmvr. 

An initiative of Agence Régionale du Livre Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, in partnership with Alcazar, 

Bmvr of Marseille. Co-producers: Ville de Marseille / Alcazar, Bmvr, Ville de Vitrolles / Vitrolles 

Échangeur, Médiathèques de Vitrolles, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône / Bibliothèque 

Départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Agence Régionale du Livre Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 


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3 

Marseille 

Alcazar, BMVR 

Vitrolles 

Médiathèque 

Bibliothèque 

Départementale 

des Bouches-du- 

Rhône 

A travelling 

exhibition with 

stops in five cities 

September 

to January 

1 Vincent Bourgeau 

2 Delphine Bournay 

3 Arno Célérier 

4 Amélie Jackowski 

5 Hélène Riff 

6 Ghislaine Herbera 

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And also 

Exhibitions 

Marseille 


Marseille 

Galeries Lafayette, Centre Bourse 

November 2012 to May 2013 

LE SALON DE L’AFFICHE, 

MADEMOISELLE — Loïc Raguénès 

A poster (changed every three weeks) questions 

the presence of the image in the city. 

Borrowing the standard features of public 

signage, a billboard reveals unexpected and 

poetic content. 

Citynove, Groupe Galeries Lafayette 


September to October 

LAAROUSSA, A MEDITERRANEAN 

FIGURE 

This exhibition focuses on the Sedjenane 

community of female potters and their 

craft using the Laaroussa, a doll or married 

woman in Tunisia. 

Producer: Maison de l’Artisanat 

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13 September to 16 November 

SARAH MOON 

Her photographs, detached from reality and 

time, arise from the unexpected — a sign of 

life on the edge of the frame, the shadow of 

a glimmer, a gust of wind, always fleeting, 

always ephemeral. Galerie Detaille 


Mid-September to early October 

ART CONTEMPORAIN — 

ACQUISITIONS 2008-2013 

An artistic competition (offering one of the 

highest prize amounts in France) and the 

prize winners: from here and elsewhere, the 

winning artists since 2008 offer their interpretations 

of the economy of the Marseille- 

Provence region. Impertinence guaranteed. 



27 September to 5 January 

LE TRANSBORDEUR 

Musée Cantini presents a selection of photographs 

of Marseille’s transporter bridge, 

a favourite subject of modern photographers 

such as Florence Henri, François 

Kollar, Germaine Krull, Man Ray, and Laszlo 

Moholy-Nagy. Ville de Marseille



27 September to 5 January 2014 

CÉSAR 

This exhibition pays homage to César, the 

sculptor born in la Belle de Mai, and features 

soldered bronze sculptures, expansions, 

compressions and human traces, from 

museum collections in Marseille. 


Château de Servières 

27, 28 & 29 September 

OUVERTURES D’ATELIERS 

D’ARTISTES, 15 e édition 

Some 150 artists will open their studios in 

Marseille to visitors, including ten or so 

European artists especially invited for the 

occasion. Association Château de Servières 

École supérieure d’art et de design 

Marseille Méditerranée, Espace Culture 

Autumn 

LA PHOTOGRAPHIE_Maison-Blanche #3 

This festival unveils the winners of the La 

Photographie_Maison-Blanche prize and 

the works of famous photographers who 

have had a major influence on contemporary 

photography. 

Mairies des 9e et 10e arrondissements de Marseille 

La Maison de l’avocat 

Last quarter 

LA ROBE ET LE VERBE 

There are two sides to this project: an exhibition 

of lawyers’ robes from Europe and a 

moot court competition of French-speaking 

countries opposing those who have in common 

the love of the law and the French language. 

Barreau de Marseille 

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6 November to 28 December 


— Massimo Vitali, Nicolas Dhervillers, 

Jérémie Bennequin 

Fiction, reality and abstraction: three expressions 

of landscape come head to head as 

the artists reveal their perspective of a land 

under construction. Agnès b. 

La Compagnie 

15 November to 25 January 2014 

GÉOGRAPHIES D’UNE HISTOIRE — 

Claire Angelini 

How can geography tell the Franco-Algerian 

story? Claire Angelini displays a montage of 

documents, images and sound effects. 

La Compagnie 


28 November to 4 February 2014 

UTOPIES — Gilbert Garcin 

Photographer Gilbert Garcin develops his 

art in a world influenced by surrealism. He is 

both the set designer and the actor of absurd 

scenes where comic illusion is a prelude to 

philosophical questioning. Galerie Detaille 


December 

13 SCENARII D’ÉCONOMIE-FICTION 

The Chambre de Commerce et d’ Industrie 

Marseille-Provence (Ccimp) asks pairs of 

graphic designers and journalists to imagine 

what has become of 13 brands which no 

longer exist. A poetic and unusual way to get 

“back to the future”. 


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December 2013 to January 2014 

ART PREMIER ET ARTISANAT 

DES CULTURES UNIVERSELLES 

This exhibition shows what people are able 

to develop in their natural environment: 

relationships to gods, to society, responses to 

the practical demands of everyday life. 


La Traverse 

From 7 December 

MARSEILLE-KOŠICE: REGARDS 

CROISÉS Archive(s)-Architecture(s) 

Two countries, two cities. Since 2010, two 

photographers in residence have been 

exploring subjects such as humanity, architecture 

and archives. Meetings with the public 

and workshops are on the agenda. 

Les Ateliers de l’Image et Photo Art Centrum, Institut français 

/ Ville de Marseille, Košice 2013 et ministère slovaque de la 

Culture. 

Marseille and capital cities of the 

countries around the Mediterranean Basin 

— 

Automne 

DESSINE-MOI LA MÉDITERRANÉE, 

ÉCOLE D’ART AU VILLAGE 

A collective work by young people from the 

Mediterranean, in the form of a mosaic, 

shows the special historical and cultural features 

of each country, which become meaningful 

parts of a common heritage. 

École d’art au Village 

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Allauch 

Usine électrique 

October to January 2014 

4 e BIENNALE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN 

D’ALLAUCH 

The Biennial explores the perspectives of key 

players from the art world. The north / south 

theme continues to guide the event, showing 

the mixing, influences and communication 

between artists. Ville d’Allauch 

La Ciotat 


23 November to 22 December 

CHAMP-CONTRECHAMP 

— Claude Gazier 

In homage to the Eden Theatre, which will 

re-open its doors for Marseille-Provence 

2013, Claude Gazier presents major films 

from his collection on the history of cinema 

that employed a range of techniques. 




Château de l’Horloge 


MIGRATION 

This photography exhibition depicts the 

great migrations around the Mediterranean. 

La Fontaine Obscure


Parc des Ateliers 

End of the year 

COUPS DE PROJECTEURS 

SUR LES CHANTIERS LUMA 

PAR LES ARTISTES 

A landscaped park garden, designed by 

Frank Gehry, is installed in an unused industrial 

area. With the Parc des Ateliers, the 

Fondation Luma creates a site dedicated to 

the production of art and ideas. Fondation Luma 


Arles 

Hôtel de ville 

September & October 

OLIVIER O. OLIVIER 

This retrospective for artist Olivier O. Olivier 

features oil paintings, pastels, and charcoal 

drawings which play with reality, the imagination, 

fantasy, poetry and humour. Ville d’Arles 

Maillane 

Musée Mistral 

8 September to 31 October 

MISTRAL, LES RÉGIONS, 

LA LATINITÉ, LA LIBERTÉ 

DES PEUPLES 

Frédéric Mistral welcomes the world to his 

home. Learn about this important figure in 

Mediterranean thought with the generations 

and technologies of today and tomorrow. 

Mairie de Maillane 

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Arles, Atelier Archipel 

Marseille, Vidéochroniques 

1 September to 23 November 

EXPOSITIONS ET CIRCUIT 

D’ŒUVRES DE L’ARTISTE AMÉRICAIN 

RICHARD NONAS 

Discover three open-air installations 

(Château d’Avignon, Arles, Alpes de Haute- 

Provence) and two exhibitions (Arles and 

Marseille) of the American artist Richard 

Nonas. Atelier Archipel 

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Performing arts, 




Marseille 

9 th and 10 th arrondissements 

Septembre 

FÊTE PROVENÇALE 

DE LA SAINT-MICHEL 

The Fête des Traditions et du Patrimoine 

fly the flag for Provence in Marseille for an 

entire day: a mass held in Provençal, dawn 

serenade and cavalcade in the neighbourhood 

streets, folk music, shepherds and 

herds, craft fair, aioli. Association Ville et Cultures 

— 

September 

JEAN ZAY 

Journalist J.E. Bertrand and stage director R. 

Vinciguerra develop a fictional account of 

Jean Zay’s years of imprisonment until his 

assassination. Compagnie Tetra Art 

Plages du Prado 

September 

FÊTE DU VENT 

A rendezvous for kite-flying fans and artists. 

Large kites, battles, aerial ballet and “candy 

drops” to please the kids and adults alike. 


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ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX DES MUSIQUES 

DU MONDE 

Zone Franche hosts two days for reflecting 

on and discussing musical and cultural 

diversity as an issue of a contemporary, pluralistic 

and dynamic citizenship. Zone Franche 

Conservatoire de Marseille 

14 September 

PORTES OUVERTES 

DU CONSERVATOIRE 

DES RESTANQUES, VERGER 

ET JARDIN MÉDITERRANÉEN 

The Conservatory of Music opens its doors 

and hosts workshops on raising awareness 

about eco-friendly actions and activities to 

discover Mediterranean flora, on a rural site 

devoted to Provençal agricultural heritage. 

Association Coliné 

Alcazar, BMVR 


COLLOQUE HENRI TOMASI 

ET LA MÉDITERRANÉE 

Open to the public, this conference will unite 

musicians and academics on the subject of 

the greatest composer born in Marseille, 

Henri Tomasi. 

Laboratoire d’études en sciences de l’art (Lesa) 

Chambre de commerce et d’industrie 

October 

LES COSTUMES PROVENÇAUX 

DES XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES 

An exhibition of more than fifty costumes 

from Provence, Corsica and Italy set to a 

backdrop of music played in the hall. 

Union Culturelle Provençale Marseille


L’ R de la Mer 

October & November 

MÉMOIRES DU SOLEIL 

Share, discuss, revive and live vicariously 

through the memories of works by the poet 

and writer Albert Camus. The emotions and 

feelings rooted in these works are put on 

stage. Association Prospero 

Cité Fonscolombes 

October to November 

LA PLATEFORME 

DES ŒUVRES STUPÉFIANTES 

Object and light mirages on the roof terraces 

of the Cité Fonscolombes in partnership 

with Fondation Logirem. Les Pas Perdus 

— 

October 

VILLA AIR-BEL, VARIAN FRY 

ET LES SURRÉALISTES 

Ensa Marseille organises various educational 

activities, a publication and an exhibition 

based on a virtual restoration of the 

Villa Air-Bel, inhabited by Varian Fry and 

the surrealists in 1940. 

— 

4 & 5 October 

QUELS TERRITOIRES POUR LES ARTS? 

Differing views on the cultural policies in 

Europe and in the Mediterranean region 

are presented in this conference. It brings 

together academics, artists and cultural professionals 

to open up new territories for the 

arts in the Euro-Mediterranean region with 

regard to society. 

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— 


FESTIVAL L’AÏD DANS LA CITÉ, 

UNE FÊTE À PARTAGER 

The festival of Eid is a time for conviviality, 

a moment for sharing, tolerance and mutual 

respect, which promotes access to culture 

and living in harmony for everyone. 

Union des Familles Musulmanes 

Neighbourhood around the Rue Consola 

5 & 6 octobre 

FESTIVAL POC 

Discover more than 50 exhibitions, workshops 

and performances, accompanied by 

artists and local residents, in a neighbourhood 

nourished by creation. 

Portes Ouvertes Consolat 



ASSISES DE L’ÉCOLE DOCTORALE 

DES JURISTES MÉDITERRANÉENS 

This conference, hosted by the École 

Doctorale des Juristes Méditerranéens, 

brings together professor-researchers and 

doctoral students from ten universities 

around the Mediterranean for an exchange 

of good educational practices. 


Palais du Pharo 


CONGRÈS MONDIAL 

DES AIRES MARINES PROTÉGÉES 

With its rich experience in the preservation 

of the marine environment, Marseille 

welcomes the 3 rd International Marine 

Protected Areas Congress (Impac 3). 

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Musées, galeries, librairies 


NOUS IRONS PARTOUT 

Poetry and performance festival 

In this Mediterranean edition of Nous irons 

partout (We will go everywhere), poets from 

two seas and three oceans are invited for 

readings and performances. Poésie Marseille 

Pole média de la Friche 


MARSEILLE WEB FEST 

The international festival of web series presents 

a free projection of international web 

series, meetings with professionals and conferences 

related to the latest news and the 

development of new content. Imago 

Alcazar, BMVR 


MARSEILLE PORTE 

DE L’EXTRÊME-ORIENT 

An international conference on French theatre 

in Indochina deals with French colonial 

cultural policy and an exhibition on the 

pavilions of Indochina that hosted colonial 

exhibitions in Marseille in 1906 and 1922 as 

part of the year of Vietnam. 

— 

November 

JAZZ SUR LA VILLE / EUROPE EN VUE 

Jazz in the City warms up the autumn in 

Marseille; around 20 venues will host projections, 

creations and premieres of international 

artists. The event will have a focus 

on the vibrant European scene as part of the 

partnership with the Jazzycolours project 

sponsored by Bojan Z. Jazz sur la Ville 

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Amphithéâtre de la Timone 


CRÉATIVITÉ DANS LE BASSIN 

MÉDITERRANÉEN AU SERVICE 

DE LA PAIX 

A meeting entitled Creativity in the 

Mediterranean Basin. In the Service of 

Peace, held in Marseille in association with 

Unesco. L’Académie Européenne des Sciences, Arts et Lettres 

— 

28 November 

GALA 

The Red Cross Gala will bring together all 

of Marseille for a charity dinner prepared by 

the Maîtres Cuisiniers de France, the proceeds 

of which will help the disadvantaged. 

Croix Rouge française 

— 

November 

FESTIVAL SUR LE FIL 

This festival presents a programme of shows 

and workshops on French sign language. 

Open to everyone, it will be a unique weekend 

full of encounters with deaf and hearing 

artists. Le Parvis des Arts 

Le Dôme 

December 

GALA MARSEILLE ESPÉRANCE 

Marseille Espérance is an informal group 

including the Mayor of Marseille which 

brings together religious officials from the 

main spiritual groups in the region. The gala 

is a free celebratory event in which thousands 

of Marseille residents take part every 

year. Ville de Marseille


— 

December 

LE CHEMIN DES CRÈCHES 

This competition of church and family 

nativity scenes is also a reminder that 

Marseille is also the capital of the Santon figurine 

tradition. Experience the architectural 

heritage and incredible talents of Marseille. 

Union Culturelle Provençale Marseille 

Salle Vallier 

13 December 

100 CIBLES MÉDITERRANÉE 

The Mediterranean through the senses 

A collective of Euro-Mediterranean artists, 

disabled and non-disabled, explore the history, 

meeting and shared future of both sides 

of the Mediterranean. Nucleus 

— 

Autumn 

CONVENTION 

EURO-MÉDITERRANÉENNE 

DES ARTS VISUELS 

The Maison des Artistes is organising an 

extensive convention of European and 

Mediterranean artists to evaluate and 

improve the condition of artists in the 

Mediterranean Basin. La Maison des Artistes 

Théâtre du Toursky 

Autumn 

SLOBODIJA ODYSSEIA, MON AMOUR 

For this work, Austrian company 

Rosengewitter was inspired by current 

affairs and individual accounts from Vienna 

to Marseille to tackle the history of the 

Roma in Europe. 

Kompanie Rosengewitter Wien / Théâtre Toursky 

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Maison de l’Avocat 

Automne 

LA ROBE ET LE VERBE 

There are two sides to this project: an exhibition 

of lawyers’ robes of Europe and a moot 

court competition of French-speaking countries 

opposing those who have in common 

the love of the law and the French language. 

Barreau de Marseille 

Gémenos 

— 

October 

RURALIA 

After the tremendous success of its first edition 

in 2009, Ruralia gathers the town of 

Gémenos to the sound of fifes and tambourines, 

on a Sunday in autumn, for a fantastic 

fair of animals, crafts and produce. 

Ville de Gémenos 

La Ciotat 

Musée, église, place Pierre Gautier 


HOMMAGE À PIERRE GAUTIER 

Pierre Gautier, born in La Ciotat in 1642 and 

a contemporary of Lully, excelled in instrumental 

and symphonic music. A concert by 

the Baroque ensemble Les Festes d’Orphée, a 

conference, an exhibition and the inauguration 

of a square to be named after him. 


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— 

October 

FESTIVAL DES LITTÉRATURES 

DE L’IMAGINAIRE DU PAYS D’AIX 

A public festival of literature of the imagination 

(sci-fi, fantasy) offers mediation for 

schools and a book fair to close the event in 

Lambesc. 

— 

October 

FÊTE DU LIVRE 2013 

From the Baltic to the Mediterranean, 

down the Elbe and the Danube 

This special edition of the book festival 

is exceptionally large and focuses on the 

great literary and artistic figures from the 

Mediterranean region, at the junction of 

Northern and Southern Europe. 

Les Écritures Croisées 


Arles 

Chapelle des Trinitaires 

September 

UN PATRIMOINE VIVANT ET PARTAGÉ 

A retrospective and an outlook of the 

restoration of monuments in Arles 

This magnificent exhibition will present 

the restoration campaigns for the heritage 

of Arles, such as the Saint Trophime Portal, 

the future Fondation Luma, and the Roman 

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theatre. It is a remembrance of the past and 

a vision of the future. Ville d’Arles 

Town centre 

October 

OCTOBRE NUMÉRIQUE 

Digital October unites and presents today’s 

great talents at the crossroads of creation, 

innovation and digital economy. Basic users 

or ultimate fans, the digital era is well on its 

way. Ville d’Arles 

Parc du Château de Saint-Andiol 

5 October 

DRÔLE DE NOËLS 

In the marvellous park of Château de Saint- 

Andiol, exhibitors from the Association des 

Chemins de Provence will display selected 

regional products on the theme of the tree. 

Ville d’Arles 

Espace Van Gogh 


PAROLES INDIGO 

This festival is an opportunity for sharing 

languages and literary creation in Arles. 

Meet guest authors for debates and readings 

and discover literature in the French, 

Occitan, Arabic and African languages. 

L’Oiseau Indigo diffusion


Palais des Congrès 


PROVENCE PRESTIGE 

ET SES CHEMINS 

Before the holiday celebrations begin, the 

“art of living” expo in Provence displays the 

skills of 150 exhibitors in crafts, gastronomy 

and leisure, as well as specialities of the 

region. Cci d’Arles 


Aubagne 

Chapelle des Pénitents-Noirs 

November to December 

WAËL SHAWKY: 

CABARET CRUSADES 

An installation by Waël Shawky on the creation 

of his video Cabaret Crusades, The Path 

to Cairo, as part of the Euro-Mediterranean 

Ateliers, in a showing of Pays d’Aubagne et 

de l’Étoile’s commitment to this project. 


Town centre 


GRAINS DE SEL 

A festival of books and children’s words 

A major event for children’s literature, 

“Grains of Salt” highlights the rights of 

children and the diversity of the forms of 

children’s literature. The festival takes place 

in the heart of Marcel Pagnol’s native city, 

reminding us that here there is passion for 

books and for childhood. Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile 

Aubagne and La Penne-sur-Huveaune 

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— 

2 to 7 December 

RENCONTRES ART ET HANDICAP, 

LA MAIN DANS LE CHAPEAU 

This event brings together disabled and 

non-disabled artists with shows and practical 

workshops, theatre, music, dance, performance, 

and short films. Compangie Tétines et Biberons 

Martigues and Pays de Martigues 

Martigues 

— 

19 October 2012 to 30 June 2013 

MATIÈRES EN MOUVEMENT 

Studios du Cours with Compagnie 

Geneviève Sorin and Nathalie Négro present 

a programme of high-level cross-functional 

training courses for art teachers in the 

region. 

Conservatoire de danse et de musique Henri Sauguet à rayonnement 

communal 

Istres 

— 

5 October 

PROVENCE SOURCE DE CULTURES 

Conferences will reveal various Provençal 

cultures via different historical sources. 

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— 

October 

SALON DE L’INNOVATION DURABLE 

This fair on sustainable innovation in Istres 

is an opportunity to meet and discuss good 

practices and to evaluate “green” solutions 

(green chemistry, environmental sciences 

and energy issues). Ville d’Istres 

City centre 

Late November to début December 

FÊTE DES BERGERS 

ET DES TRADITIONS 

The shepherds’ festival at Istres pays homage 

to Provençal tradition, to TransHumance 

and to the land of La Crau. Mairie d’Istres 

Gardanne 

— 

13 November 

LE FIL DE L’EAU 

This original performance deals with the 

Mediterranean and water in human history. 

Students and orchestras at the École 

Municipale de Musique will take part in this 

event. 

Regional projects 

Chambre régionale d’agriculture 

de Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur 

18 and 19 October 

BRIN DE CULTURE 

The Bienvenue à la Ferme (Welcome to the 

farm) cultural events at 25 farms in the 

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region are an 

opportunity to discover plays, exhibitions of 

paintings and to meet writers. 

Département des Bouches-du-Rhône 

— 

Autumn 

MY PROVENCE FESTIVAL 

Fifteen videographers, photographers and 

graphic design artists on a travelling residence 

in the Bouches-du-Rhône provide 

their point of view as author-travellers on 

the tourist destination. Bouches-du-Rhône Tourisme 

Associated regions 

Vallée des Baux-Alpilles 

Mouriès 

Town centre 


LA FÊTE DES OLIVES VERTES 

ET SON TROPHÉE 

Celebrating green olives, this festival marks 

the date from which producers are permitted 

to sell them. On the programme: olive 

tastings, an olive crushing competition and 

aioli, a traditional parade and Camarguestyle 

bull fighting. Comité des fêtes de Mouriès


Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône 

Saint-Andiol 

Parc du Château 

1 st Sunday of October 

MARCHÉ DES SAVEURS 

ET DES SENTEURS PROVENÇALES 

In the marvellous park of Château de Saint- 

Andiol, this Provençal market features 

exhibitors selected for the quality of their 

regional products on the theme of the tree. 

Delta du Rhône 


FESTIVAL DELTAÏQUES 

Come and experience the Rhône Delta from 

a unique and close-up perspective. Where 

the river meets the sea, Port-Saint-Louis 

becomes a place of discovery and festivity, 

celebrating the natural and cultural heritage 

of the great mouth of the Rhône. 

Cpie Rhône Pays d’Arles 

Rhône-Alpilles-Durance 


— 


FESTIVAL DE MARIONNETTES 

Ten puppet theatre companies will perform 

30 shows for all audiences. Gigantic puppets 

will be paraded around the grounds. 

Les amis du Coatimundi 

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TRAILS 

AND 

VIEWPOINTS 

In 2013, new bonds will be forged as culture weaves its way through the cities 

and countryside of the Marseille-Provence region. These six thematic journeys 

will take you all around the area and give new perspective to this incredible region.

FREE ACCESS 

Art and culture just down the street 

MARSEILLE PROVENCE DIFFERENTLY 

A journey through art around the Capital of Culture region 

CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN WORLDS 

Artists from both shores of the Mediterranean offer their visions for tomorrow 

FOR ALL AUDIENCES 

A new approach to culture for young audiences 

LIVE! POP-UP! 

Unexpected on-stage events and special editions 

THE COLOUR OF LIGHT 

Subtle or intense, colour and light inspire art and expression

Trails and Viewpoints 

FREE ACCESS 

Art and culture just down the street 

DOUBLE DISQUE ÉVIDÉ PAR LES TOITS, 

FELICE VARINI 


Contemporary Art Trail 

Felice Varini’s piece is a play on space, architecture and vision. 

Seen from afar, a strange shape emerges from the terrace 

of the Château de l’Empéri, but it changes form as viewers 

change their point of view. 

EPISODE 2 page 178 

Twelve internationally renowned artists explore the meaning 

of shared public space through fourteen installations 

of contemporary artworks in the centre of Aix-en-Provence. 


THE AMAZING HISTORY OF STREET ART 

DANIEL BUREN 

The artist turns the city of Istres inside out with his work 

on form and colour. 


Choreographed tractors on the beach, travelling burlesque 

shows, aerial dance and theatre take over the streets 

in this artistic event. It all starts as the Vieux Port is set ablaze! 

EPISODE 1 pages 120-125

Free Access 

INDUSTRIAL NIGHT 

ANAPOS, LAKESIDE CITY 

For one night, the urban spaces and industrial buildings 

of Martigues and the Port-de-Bouc will be completely 

transformed, as sound and light turn the ordinary 

into sublime. 


The Ilotopie Company takes over Martigues’ public spaces 

and water-filled areas to host theatre performances, 

pyrotechnic shows, performance arts and concerts to explore 

our perceptions on water and the alternating states of drought 

and flooding. 


ARCHITECTONES — Xavier Veilhan at the MAMO 


Ex-voto, the laboratory 

The rooftop terrace of the iconic Cité radieuse will feature 

site-specific monochrome installations designed by the artist. 


METAMORPHOSES, the city as an artists’ playground 

From 30 and 31 March, the Tunnel National in Marseille 

will be covered in luminous objects which will accompany 

those passing through. 


Lieux publics invites around 20 French and European artists 

to play with public space and transform three sites 

in the centre of Marseille. 


TERRACES, Kader Attia 

The sea wall, a strip of land connecting Marseille 

to the Mediterranean, will be open to the public this summer 

and will be home to an installation by artist Kader Attia. 

EPISODE 2 page 175


MARSEILLE PROVENCE 

DIFFERENTLY 

A journey through art around the Capital of Culture region 

TRANSHUMANCE 

ULYSSES 

This poetic project and collective artistic experience brings 

together people and animals to create a mosaic of the region 

photographed from above. 

EPISODE 2 pages 154-157 

The Frac has designed a contemporary art odyssey 

around the European Capital of Culture region. More than 

40 partners and 100 artists will participate in the event. 

Feuilletons pages 64-65 

PHAEDRA, THE BIRDS 

TRAVELLING SCREENS 

This European production of a new contemporary text 

by director Jean-Baptist Sastre and writer Frédéric Boyer 

will be presented in unusual venues around the region. 


This event takes visitors on a journey through with outdoor 

screenings of films by contemporary directors in a dozen 

different cities around the region. 

Feuilletons page 40

Marseille Provence Differently 

MEDITERRANEAN BANQUETS 

THE FEUILLETON NOVEL 

Discover six culinary heritages in six different cities 

around the region and learn about the art of living 

in the Mediterranean. 


The Feuilleton Novel programme will bring twelve authors 

in residence to the region to express one of the different 

facets of the region’s unique features. 

Feuilletons page 41 

LE CHEMIN DES FÉES (THE FAIRY TRAIL) 

— Lucy + Jorge Orta 


As part of the New Patrons programme, the Chemin 

des Fées is an art trail featuring five sculpture installations 

along the Huveaune River in the towns of Saint-Zacharie, 

Auriol, Aubagne and Marseille. 


This new hiking trail covers 360 km over 15 days to offer 

unexpected perspectives on Mediterranean landscapes 

and encourage dialogue between natural and urban spaces. 


OISEAU(X) TONNERRE — Célia Houdart & Sébastien Roux 

A poetic discovery trail on the Mont Sainte-Victoire 

and a musical installation in the locker rooms 

of the Puits Morandorat mine combine to link two 

of Marseille Provence’s most emblematic sites. 

EPISODE 1 page 119


CONTEMPORARY 

MEDITERRANEAN WORLDS 

Artists from both shores of the Mediterranean offer their visions for tomorrow 

MEDITERRANEAN CHARLIE ORCHESTRA 

MEDITERRANEANS 

From Yesterday’s Cities to Today’s Men 

The city of Vitrolles hosts an original collaboration 

between professional jazz musicians and 24 music students 

from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region 

and the Mediterranean. 


This imaginary odyssey takes visitors through the most 

important moments in the history of Mediterranean 

civilisations in a series of eleven stages. On view are statues, 

paintings by the masters and works by contemporary artists. 


DANCE IN SUMMER 

EXQUISITE CORPSE, MEDITERRANEAN SUITE 

For one week in August, visitors can see myriads of dancers 

and performances in an incredible display of what 

the Mediterranean has to offer. 


This exhibition features the Surrealist’s “exquisite corpse” 

technique, where artists from all around the Mediterranean 

participate in a reactive creative process to develop an artwork 

that reflects the cultural diversity of this region. 

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Contemporary Mediterranean Worlds 

GENDER WEEK, he / she 

HERE, ELSEWHERE 

In connection with the Mucem’s The Gender Bazaar, 

Masculine / Feminine exhibition, this week offers a programme 

with events that question preconceived ideas of gender 

in the Mediterranean. 


In Friche la Belle de Mai, 38 Mediterranean artists present 

works on identity, memory and archives. 


2031 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, OUR FUTURES! 

TRUE TALES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 

After a year collecting stories from around the Mediterranean, 

author François Beaune will publish these tales in twelve 

stages. 


The future of the Mediterranean should not be left to fate 

— it is up to us to build it. This project for the opening 

of the Villa Méditerranée is a mosaic of peoples and cultures 

as imagined by young people reflecting dreams rooted 

in reality. 


LES RENCONTRES D’AVERROÈS 

WATT! 

Created in 1994 to “see the Mediterranean from both shores”, 

Les Rencontres d’Averroès programme will hold round tables 

and present films, exhibitions, concerts and more. 


This residency programme dedicated to new music from 

around the Mediterranean presents five original creations. 


CAMUS — ABD AL MALIK 

Abd al Malik’s vision of Albert Camus through rap, poetry 

and jazz. 

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FOR ALL AUDIENCES 

A new approach to culture for young audiences 

THE LITTLE WORKSHOP. HOW TO PAINT THE SUN 

TREASURE HUNT 

In connection with the Le Grand Atelier du Midi exhibition 

event, children ages five and up can take part in activities 

that will open their eyes to the world of art. 


Treasure Hunt is a series of 25 trails organised throughout 

the region for the European Capital of Culture opening 

weekend. A fun event for the whole family to discover 

or rediscover the region and its history. 


LES FRÈRES FORMAN, AURELIEN BORY… 

LATERNA MAGICA 

The Grand Théâtre de Provence and Cité de la Molière 

in Aix-en-Provence present exceptional circus events. 


This original, creative and magical visual arts programme 

has reinvented itself for 2013 and will hold events 

throughout the year. 

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For all Audiences 

HOLIDAY NOTEBOOK 

AT THE J1 — GRAPHIC STUDIO 

This programme made just for kids will offer a range 

of events, including puppet shows, plays, film / concerts, 

storytelling, animated films and a mini rock festival, La Fiesta 

des Minots. 


At the J1 hangar in Marseille’s port area, Fotokino 

has set up a space that is open to visitors of all ages. 

Tools designed by graphic artists will give aspiring artists 

a chance to experiment with graphic creation with 

others or on their own for as long as their little hearts desire. 


IMAGINARY EXPEDITIONS 

CIRCUS IN CAPITALS 

The imaginary worlds of young adult literature come to life 

when illustrators get a hold of Alice, Robinson Crusoe and 

Harry Potter. Events in Marseille, Vitrolles and other cities. 


Visitors can discover all kinds of circus arts under the big top, 

in performance halls or outdoor areas in this event featuring 

200 performances by nearly 30 different companies. 


DIGITAL TRIBULATIONS OF A DROP OF WATER 

The town of Gardanne will dedicate an interactive exhibition 

to water with a fun-filled scavenger hunt to raise awareness 

of water’s different uses, from being a source of human life 

to agricultural or industrial activities. 

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LIVE! POP-UP! 

Unexpected and unusual live performances and special events 

FIVE CONTINENTS JAZZ FESTIVAL (FJ5C) 

OPENING WEEKEND 

Some of the world’s most renowned musicians and new world 

artists will take the stage at this outdoor festival at the Palais 

Longchamp. 


As night falls over the first day of the opening weekend, 

Marseille will set the entire coastline aglow with lights 

and sounds. 

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AIRES LIBRES 

LES GRANDES CARRIOLES 

This programme of free electronic music concerts, 

performances, artistic installations and children’s activities 

is perfect for a lazy weekend between city and sea 

in the middle of summer. 


During the European Capital of Culture year, chefs and artists 

will use their imaginations to create thirteen itinerant kitchens 

or Carrioles, allowing the people of Marseille and visitors 

to discover new recipes for eating on the go. 

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Live ! Pop-up ! 

CENTRE POMPIDOU MOBILE 

THIS IS (NOT) MUSIC 

The world’s first travelling museum will set up on the banks 

of the Huveaune to exhibit works by Matisse, Braque, Picasso, 

Calder, Dubuffet, Léger and many more. 


This project focusing on today’s urban cultures targets 

contemporary art fans, music lovers, street art enthusiasts, 

sports addicts, curious amateurs and more. 


MARSATAC / MIX UP 

VITANONNOVA 

For its 15th anniversary, the festival will hold some 35 concerts 

on four stages and promote its Mix Up project, where 

international alternative artists collaborate with local artists. 


This series of large artistic installations uses different 

disciplines to explore the idea of urban ghettos and includes 

shows, films, operas and performances. 


ACTORAL 

LE 17 e ARRONDISSEMENT 

This festival features contemporary writing and aims 

to blur the boundaries between opposing artistic fields. 


In this temporary container city along the sea, a talking 

clock keeps the time while actors put on ever-changing 

slice-of-life performances. 

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COLOUR AND LIGHT 

Subtle or intense, colour and light inspire art and expression 

LIGHT 

REVELATIONS 

The Museum of Natural History hosts this exhibition on light, 

a source of inspiration for artists, an object of symbolic 

and spiritual questioning and a point of departure 

for scientific research. 


This seven-stage multimedia work of art combines 

pyrotechnics, theatre, music and performance. Revelations 

will be an epic saga of lights and fire. 


WORDS AND WONDERS 

CLOUD 

As subtle yet impressive representations of the life cycle, 

clouds are an endless and fantastic source of fascination: 

they are intangible, changing and weightless. This exhibition 

will take a new look at clouds, which are omnipresent 

in all kinds of art. 


Words and Wonders is a momentous meeting between 

urban contemporary art and literature. This artistic project 

will bring together writers, graphic artists and typographers 

in a mission to bring light to urban space. 

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The Colour of Light 

THE COLOURS OF THE UNIVERSE 

BLUE AND BLACK, A Mediterranean Dream 

At the Mont Sainte-Victoire, this exhibition tells the incredible 

story of how the universe came into being and illustrates 

the major phenomena of light that ensued. 


Blue and Black will explore what makes and unmakes 

civilisations, or the Enlightenment and the ensuing shadows. 

This Mucem exhibition, composed of stories that reveal 

the diversity of the Mediterranean, overflows with artwork, 

archives, films and documents. 


INNOVART 

InnovArt is a platform project that brings together artists 

of various disciplines working with state-of-the-art 

technologies to showcase the diversity of digital forms 

of expression in Aix-en-Provence and in Pays d’Aix. 


LE GRAND ATELIER DU MIDI 

In Marseille, the From Van Gogh to Bonnard will look into 

the vivid, arbitrary colours applied by artists. In Aixen-Provence’s 

From Cézanne to Matisse, the focus will be 

on form and will continue on to the emergence of different 

forms of lyrical and geometrical abstraction. Le Grand Atelier 

continues with Picasso in Aubagne and Dufy in Martigues. 

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PRACTICAL 

INFORMA- 

TION 

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FIND OUT MORE 

ORGANISING YOUR STAY 

GETTING HERE 

GETTING AROUND IN THE REGION 

ALL ABOARD! 

GATEWAYS TO THE REGION 

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Practical Information 

FIND OUT MORE 

The MP2013 website 

Visit our website to sign up for our 

newsletter: www.mp2013.fr. 

The region 

Tourism offices in the Bouches-du-Rhône 

département. 

In Marseille: Le Pavillon M 

Open from 12 January throughout 2013, 

Le Pavillon M is the information centre 

for Marseille-Provence 2013 European 

Capital of Culture. Open 7 days a week, 

from 10 am to 7 pm. 

Place Bargemon, 13002 Marseille 

RESERVING YOUR TICKETS 

On the website 

www.mp2013.fr 

From the month of November, Marseille- 

Provence 2013 will launch its online ticket 

office at www.mp2013.fr. 

Most events charge an admission fee. 

Tickets will be available for purchase 

on an ongoing basis. 

At Le Pavillon M 

Place Bargemon, 13002 Marseille 

At national ticket sellers 

Fnac, Tickenet, Digitick, etc. 

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ORGANISING YOUR STAY 

Atout France 

www.franceguide.com 

Bouches-du-Rhône Tourisme 

13, rue Roux de Brignoles, 13006 Marseille 

t. +33 (0)4 91 13 84 13 / f. + 33 (0)4 91 33 01 82 

e-mail: info@visitprovence.com 

www.visitprovence.com 

Comité Régional du Tourisme Provence- 

Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Maison de la Région, 61, La Canebière 

— Cs 10009, 13231 Marseille Cedex 01 

t. +33 (0)4 91 56 47 00 

f. +33 (0)4 91 56 47 01 

e-mail: information@crt-paca.fr 

www.tourismepaca.fr 

Office de Tourisme et des Congrès 

d’Aix-en-Provence et du Pays d’Aix 

300, avenue Giuseppe Verdi 

bp 160, 13605 Aix-en-Provence 

t. +33 (0)4 42 161 161 / f. +33 (0)4 42 161 162 

e-mail: infos@aixenprovencetourism.com 

www.aixenprovencetourism.com 

Office de Tourisme d’Arles 

Boulevard des Lices, 13200 Arles 

t. +33 (0)4 90 18 41 20 

f. +33 (0)4 90 18 41 29 

e-mail: ot-arles@visitprovence.com 

www.arlestourisme.com 

Office de Tourisme de Gardanne 

31, boulevard Carnot, 13120 Gardanne 

t. +33 (0)4 42 51 02 73 

e-mail: officedutourismegardanne@yahoo.fr 

www.ville-gardanne.fr

Office de Tourisme d’Istres 

30, allée Jean Jaurès, 13800 Istres 

t. +33 (0)4 42 81 76 00 

f. +33 (0)4 42 55 38 96 

e-mail: ot.istres@visitprovence.com 

www.istres.fr 

Office de Tourisme et des Congrès 

de Marseille 

11, la Canebière, 13001 Marseille. 

t. +33 (0)826 50 05 00 

f. +33 (0)4 91 13 89 20 

e-mail: info@marseille-tourisme.com 

www.marseille-tourisme.com 

Office de Tourisme de Martigues 

Rond-Point de l’Hôtel de Ville 

13500 Martigues 

t. +33(0)4 42 42 31 10 

f. +33(0)4 42 42 31 11 

e-mail: info@martigues-tourisme.com 

www.martigues-tourisme.com 

Office de Tourisme intercommunal 

du Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Étoile 

8, cours Barthélemy, 13400 Aubagne 

t. +33 (0)4 42 03 49 98 

f. +33 (0)4 42 03 83 62 

e-mail: accueil@oti-paysdaubagne.com 

www.oti-paysdaubagne.com 

Office de Tourisme de Salon-de-Provence 

56, Cours Gimon, BP 70167 

13664 Salon-de-Provence 

t. + 33 (0)4 90 56 27 60 

f. +33 (0)4 90 56 77 09 

e-mail: accueil@visitsalondeprovence.com 

www.visitsalondeprovence.com 

GETTING HERE 

By plane 

The region has one international airport. 

Aéroport Marseille Provence 

bp 7, 13727 Marignane Cedex 

t. + 33 (0)4 42 14 14 14. www.mp.aeroport.fr 

The region can also be reached through 

airports in Nîmes, Montpellier, Toulon 

and Nice. 

Air France (official carrier) 

t. (within France) 36 54 (0.34 € / min) 

www.airfrance.fr 

By train 

The region has four Tgv (high-speed) 

train stations: Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, 

Avignon and Nîmes. The trip from 

Paris takes only three hours on the Tgv 

Méditerranée. 

Sncf (official partner carrier) 

t. (within France) 36 35 (0.34 € / min) 

www.sncf.com 

By car 

Motorways from Italy, Spain and northern 

France (A7, A8) provide easy access 

from the rest of France and Europe. 

By coach 

Eurolines: www.eurolines.com 

Voyages 4a: www.voyages4a.com 

Reservations: t. +33 (0)5 59 23 90 37 

By sea 

Marseille’s passenger port is a popular 

departure point for countries 

on the Mediterranean. Each year, 250 cruise 

ships and thousands of travellers stop here. 

www.marseille-cruise.com 

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Practical Information 

GETTING AROUND IN THE REGION: 

PASSTRANSPORT MP2013 

The Pass Transport is a transport ticket 

that gives visitors access to all public 

transport networks in the European Capital 

of Culture region. 

Access 

Access to all public transport networks in 

the Marseille-Provence 2013 region: 

– Inter-community coaches 

(cars interurbains) 

– Bus 

– Metro 

– Tram 

– Ter regional express trains 

– Airport shuttle (navette aéroport) 

This Pass has been created especially for the 2013 

European Capital of Culture year. Its use is limited 

from 01.01.2013 through 31.12.2013. The validity of the 

Pass begins from the first time it is used. 

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Fares 

Pass Transport Mp2013 

24 h > 13 € (individual fare) 



Pass Transport Mp2013+ 1 round-trip airport 

shuttle fare 



Pass Transport Mp2013 + Ter train 


Reduced fares for young travellers and 

family packs are available upon request.

ALL ABOARD! 

The Marseille-Provence 2013 public 

relations team is at hand for schools, 

social work organisations and associations 

to help promote the European Capital 

of Culture year programme to the groups 

and individuals with whom they work. 

Assistance is available for all audiences 

throughout this exceptional year. 

Special measures have been put in place 

for disabled patrons so that they may 

participate in this year’s events. 

Each cultural organisation will provide 

solutions to make their venues accessible 

to everyone. 

For more information 

publics@mp2013.fr 

Group reservations 

groupes@mp2013.fr 

Marseille-Provence 2013 is committed 

to reducing its environmental impact. 

It has put into place around 15 different 

environmentally-friendly initiatives, 

especially with regards to waste disposal 

and transport. 

Find out more at www.mp2013.fr 

GATEWAYS TO THE REGION 

This initiative is about creating gateways 

to the Capital of Culture region in three 

key arrival and transport points: the Gare 

Saint-Charles in Marseille, 

the Aix-en-Provence Tgv station 

and the Marseille Provence airport. 

In addition to a sign announcing 

to visitors that they are now in Capital 

of Culture territory, installations 

will provide basic information 

on the programme, including a map 

of the region. 


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MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD 

Presided by Jacques Pfister, president of the Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry, Marseille-Provence 2013 is an independent legal entity, with independent 

management structures and freedom of action. Founded on 26 January 2007, the entity 

was legally constituted as an “Association” under the terms of the French law of 1 July 1901. 

Office: 

— Jacques Pfister, President — Dominique Vlasto, Vice-President 

— Marc Pena, Treasurer — Frédéric Chevalier, Secretary 

Administrateurs Permanent representatives Structure 

Hervé Schiavetti Claire Antognazza Arles Crau Camargue Montagnette 

Eugène Caselli Marseille-Provence-Métropole 

Maryse Joissains-Masini Jean Bonfillon Pays d’Aix 

Magali Giovannangeli Patrick Arnoux Pays d’Aubagne et de L’étoile 

Gaby Charroux Florian Salazar-Martin Pays de Martigues 

Maryse Joissains-Masini Sophie Joissains Ville d’Aix-en-Provence 

François Bernardini Nicole Joulia Ville d’Istres 

Roger Meï Ville de Gardanne 

Jean-Claude Gaudin Dominique Vlasto Ville de Marseille 

Michel Tonon Jean-Claude Fabre Ville de Salon-de-Provence 

Jean-Noël Guérini Michel Pezet Conseil Général 


Michel Vauzelle Patrick Mennucci Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Denis Louche Drac 

Hugues Parant Préfecture de la région 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 

Jacques Pfister Ccimp 

Jean-François Brando Aéroport de Marseille Provence 

Frédéric Chevalier Club Top 20 

Guy Teissier François Jalinot EuroMéditerranée 

Jean-Claude Terrier Grand Port Maritime de Marseille 

Yvon Berland Michel Kasbarian Aix-Marseille Université 

Gérard Chastagnaret Aix-Marseille Université 

Marc Pena Aix-Marseille Université 

Marc Saillard Franck Renucci Université du Sud Toulon Var 

Pascale Amenc Antoni Administrateur Indépendant 

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As of 30 October 2012

THE MARSEILLE-PROVENCE 2013 TEAM 

Lylia Abbes 

Sonia Adda 

Cynthia Albert 

Claire Andries 

Vincent Ain-Establet 

Isabelle Avril 

Marika Ayadi 

Jessy Badache 

Muriel Baillif 

Mathieu Basili 

Emmanuel Bigoni 

Catherine Bonte 

Guillaume Bourgain 

Claire Bourgois 

Marjorie Blas 

Justine Bouzy 

Audrey Brossat 

Fanny Broyelle 

Cyril Brunet 

Charlotte Brunet 

Sandra Buissonnet 

Nathalie Cabrera 

Denis Caget 

Rhonda Campbell 

Sabine Camerin 

Julien Chaix 

Camille Chaleil 

Jérémie Chastel 

Julie Chénot 

Jean-Francois Chougnet 

Damien Coffi 

Clara Cohen-Solal 

Rozenn Collet 

Bertrand Collette 

Marie-Josée Côté 

Laura Croonenberg 

Camille Daher 

Pamela de Boni 

Hugues de Cibon 

Jean-Luc Delest 

Carole Delrieu 

Laurence Demasures 

Marie Descoqs 

Elena Diaconu 

Floriane Doury 

Mélanie Drouère 

Pascale Fabre 

Didier Farion 

Yamila Farhat 

Anne Farré 

Amélie Feraud 

Ariane Flobert 

Nicolas Fournon 

Ulrich Fuchs 

Virginie Gaillat 

Julie Gardair 

Jonathan Girard 

Roch Giraud 

Béatrice Goudard 

Étienne Grandillot 

Mona Grid 

Simge Gücük 

Anne-Lise Guenegou 

Antoine Guyon 

Ondine Henry 

Jessica Hervo 

Chloé Heyraud 

Samuel Hergibo 

Olivier Huet 

Jean Iborra 

Anne Illemassene 

Christophe Imbert 

Lily Jouchoux 

Perrine Jouk 

Anaïs Kamal 

Sabrina Klai 

Simon Lavabre 

Juliette Laffon 

Bernard Latarjet 

Stéphanie Le Louarn 

Catherine Lebeke 

Bastien Lefebvre 

Anaïs Lemaignan 

Clémence Levassor 

Fanny Liatard 

Christophe Loiseau 

Ulrich Lopez 

Loïc Magnant 

Éléonore Maisonabe 

Anne Maniatis 

Julien Marchaisseau 

Arnaud Marichez 

Jean-Yves Marion 

Cédric Martin 

Élisabeth Martin 

Pierre Martinez 

Sandrina Martins 

Jean-François Mathieu 

Agnès Mattarozzi 

Nicolas Mémain 

Martin Meppiel 

Fabrice Merizzi 

Renaud Metzger 

Laure Meyniel 

Stéphane Moginot 

Cyril Molina 

Élodie Mollé 

Axelle Monge 

Jean-Pierre Moulères 

Érika Negrel 

Clémentine Nicolas 

Charlotte Nguyen 

Jean-Philippe Palan 

Marco Pasqualini 

Maud Pillaï 

Jérôme Plaza 

Nelly Pontier 

Yolana Presson 

Magali Puddu 

Pascal Raoust 

Anaïs Rebelle 

Thierry Roche 

Julien Rubio 

Étienne Russias 

Luisa Salvador 

Fanny Samatan 

Kenza Sammari 

Dominique Santini 

Lucie Saturnino 

Mélissa Sergent 

Thomas Serrière 

Rubin Sfadj 

Colette Siri 

Bernard Souroque 

Ina Studenroth 

Nathalie Sultan 

Isabelle Tomaso 

Thierry Torrès 

Laura Trappier 

Anne Valat 

Éric Valentin 

Guy Voulan 

Lily Wanat 

Chiara Zanettin 

Alexandra Zebrowski 

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PHOTO CREDITS 

p. 14 Akram Belaid 

p. 17 Tomas Cizmarik 

p. 28 Patrice Terraz 

p. 32 1: Dr 

p. 33 2: Andrea Gjestvang / Moment / Agence Vu 

3: Pierre Delavie 

4: Groupe F-Thiery Nava 

p. 38 Paul Cox 

p. 39 Ludovic Alussi 

p. 41 Ange Lorente 

p. 46 1: G.Gillet / Eso. 

2: Luc Pagès 

p. 50 Philippe Piron 

p. 52 Archi-tecture 

p. 54 1: Senate Collection, Spain 

2: Brian Griffin 

p. 58 Olivier Amsellem 

p. 61 1: Taysir Batniji 

2: Ludovic Alussi 

3: Mona Hatoum 

p. 62 Cyrille Thomas / Kengo Kuma associates 

p. 65 Franck Pourcel 

p. 66 Boeri Studio 

p. 69 DR 

p. 70 Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos 

p. 71 Marc de Fromont — Adagp, Paris 

p. 72 Stefan Altenburger 

p. 74 Rémi Bénali, Musée départemental Arles antique 

p. 75 Musée Rodin, Paris 

p. 77 Musée Regards de Provence 

— Atelier 9 — Imagoprod 

p. 80 Agnès Varda 

p. 82 1. Sylv 

2. Anthony Faraud 

3. Patrick Jouniaux 

4. Frederic Jauneau 

5. Marc Eisinger 

6. Martine Viton 

7. Sabrina Salloum 

8. Kb Ema 

p. 84 Stefania Ciocca 

p. 86 1. Christian Ganet 

2. Xavier Brousse 

3. JP Estournet 

4. Pavel Kolsky 

p. 89 1: Philippe Cibille 

2: Milan Szypura 

3: Dr 

p. 90 Flore Ael Surun / Tendance Floue 

p. 93 1: Jean-Claude Carbonne 

2: Jean-Baptiste Mondino 

p. 98 JR 

p. 101 1: Vhils 

2: Jay Nelson’Golden Gate 

p. 102 Jean de Pena 

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p. 106-107 Remed 

p. 110 1:Bruno Schnebelin / Ilotopie 

2: Vincent Lucas 

p. 113 Jean-luc Brisson / David Onatzky 

p. 114 Geoffroy Mathieu 

p. 117 1: Baptiste Lanaspeze 

2: Vincent Beaume 

p. 118 GR 

p. 120 Stephen Tanner and Morgan Lowndes 

p. 123 Vincent Muteau 

p. 124 Sophie Gama

p. 154 Lionel Roux 

p. 158 Agence AP-Golem 

p. 161 Agence Rudy Ricciotti 

p. 163 Antoine d’Agata 

p. 164 Ville de Marseille 

p. 165 DR 

p. 166 Ville de Marseille 

p. 167 Saluces 

p. 169 Top: Fondation Bemberg Toulouse 

Bottom: Rmn Musée de l’Orangerie 

/ Hervé Lewandowski 

p. 170 Gérard Dufrêne, Musée Antoine Lécuyer, 

St Quentin 

p. 171 Joseph Gibernau / Studio Pyrénées-Adagp, Paris 

p. 172 Succession Picasso 2012 

p. 173 Musée Ziem, Martigues 

p. 175 Philippe Piron 

p. 176 Thierry Ollat 

p. 179 1: Felice Varini- Adagp 

2: Courtesy 

3: D.B. Adagp, Paris 

p. 180 Luca Stoppini 

p. 185 Succession Willy Ronis / diffusion Agence Rapho 

p. 187 Ville de Nîmes 

p. 188 Laurence Poulange 

p. 193 JC Carbonne 

p. 195 1: Gérard Tissier 

2: Christophe Gremiot 

p. 196 Kolektif Alambik 

p. 198 1: Jean de Pena 

2: Julien Bourrelly 

p. 205 Knut Egil Wang / Moment / Agence Vu 

p. 208 1: Studio 37 

2: Studio 37, Diaphana 

3: Studio 37 

p. 211 1: Carlos Castaleira 

2 & 3: vidéo Samar Elbarawy 

p. 213 Drawings: Safi 

Photo graphics: Fabien David Coloc 

p. 214 Jean-Charles Verchère 

p. 218-219 Cyrille Weiner 

p. 236 Clémentine Crochet 

p. 240 Emile Luider / La Compagny 

p. 243 Fondation Le Corbusier — Adagp 

p. 244 Sébastien Véronèse 

p. 246 Atelier Van Lieshout 

p. 247 Kathryn Cook 

p. 248 Aleksander Rabczuk 

p. 249 Arthur Forjonel / Agence Let’s Pix 

p. 252 Smin Kim 

p. 254 Bureau des compétences et désirs, the artists 

p. 258 Nicole Crême & Chimène Voronkoff 

p. 262 Flore Ael Surun / Tendance Floue 

p. 265 Vincent Lucas 

p. 270 Jean Damien Laurent 

p. 271 1: Ville d’Arles Festival Suds 

2: Jean de Pena 

p. 275 DR 

p. 276 1: Michel-Vanden-Eeckhoudt 

2: Vincent “c@ctus” Vanheck 

p. 282 1:Ville de Marseille 

2: Emelyne Cachin 

p. 285 Dr 

p. 286 Isidro Ferrer 

p. 291 Patrice Terraz 

p. 299 Espace culture Marseille 

p. 304 Isidro Ferrer 

p. 307 Nicole Crême & Chimène Voronkoff 

p. 308 1. illustration Vincent Bourgeau 

2. Delphine Bournay 

3. Arno Celerier 

4. Amelie Jackowski 

5. Hélène Riff 

p. 309 Ghislaine Herber 

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