Presented alongside the performance On dirait que le soleil, the installation invited visitors to step into a living environment where light, sound, vibration and movement form a shared language. More than an installation to be observed, Perception(s) is a collective instrument that comes into being through the presence and gestures of everyone who takes part.

An Experience Where Bodies Become the Medium

As they move through the installation, participants discover, carry and reposition sensitive modules that respond to movement, vibration and sound. Interactions ripple through the space as waves of light, sonic resonances and tactile vibrations. Every gesture becomes an impulse, every encounter reshapes the behaviour of the environment.

Gradually, the installation ceases to be a scenographic setting and becomes a collective organism, brought to life by the bodies that inhabit it. Visitors are no longer spectators of an artwork; they become its performers, its partners and, in a sense, its co-authors.

Designing a Truly Accessible Experience

From the outset, Perception(s) has been guided by a single question: how can we imagine an experience that does not privilege one way of perceiving the world over another?

The project was developed in dialogue with blind and partially sighted people, Deaf and hard-of-hearing participants, neurodivergent and neurotypical people, as well as accessibility specialists. From the very beginning, we set out to create an environment in which multiple perceptual modalities coexist and enrich one another.

The feedback gathered during this first public presentation reflects this ambition:

“I really appreciated it in relation to my disability (I’m hard of hearing and partially sighted). I could really feel the vibrations and the sound of the rain — I loved that.”
— Mathilde, partially sighted and hard-of-hearing visitor

“What I really appreciated was that it was designed for partially sighted people, blind people and people with hearing impairments. The light effects, the Perception(s) workshop… it was astonishing.”
— Andrée, partially sighted visitor

These testimonies confirm that accessibility is not an additional layer applied to the artwork, but one of the driving forces behind its artistic conception.

A Major Milestone in an Ongoing Journey

This first public presentation marks an important milestone in the development of Perception(s), but it is by no means its final destination. The observations made over these two days are already informing the next iterations of the installation.

In the months ahead, we will continue to expand this sensory ecosystem while preparing new public presentations, residencies and collaborations.

We would like to warmly thank Le Phénix, the teams at Contour Progressif, all of our partners, and everyone who embraced the experience, shared their impressions and helped bring this first version of Perception(s) to life.

To mark the closing of the European project Replay, which explores the connections between play and performance, two Rôles de Danse sessions will be open to the public on July 8 at Maison des Métallos, Room 3.

— Round 1 : 3:30 — 4:15
— Round 2 : 4:15 — 15:00

Replay is an European project funded by Creative Europe and made possible by the partners Orbe (France), Comune Di Bassano Del Grappa (Italy), Holonic Systems Oy (Finland) and ICK Dans Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

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Once again, Les Nouveaux Stades are setting up to celebrate the olympics, right in the center of Paris, opposite the Hôtel de Ville! Designed for the greatest number of people, the collective is offering new colour workshops, games and parades dedicated to all audiences.

Located on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville, the Terrasse des Jeux is one of the key locations of the summer. Referenced “Club 2024” by the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the venue benefits from a unique positioning: both a festivities and competition site, to allow as many residents and visitors as possible to celebrate the Games together, free of charge. It opens its doors to everyone on 14 and 15 July, to welcome the Olympic Flame, then from 20 July to 8 September 2024 continuously.

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Terrasse des Jeux, August 21st from 12am to 7pm
Terrasse des Jeux, September 2nd from 10am to 7pm

To celebrate the Paris Olympic Games, Les Nouveaux Stades are being deployed in many Olympic villages. Discover the project during the workshops offered throughout the summer:

Olympic Village — Terre de jeux at Niergnies, July 8 to 21 from 10am to 6pm
Olympic Village in Huvier Stadium at Noisy-le-Sec, July 30 and August 1st from 2pm to 6pm
Parc des Jeux in Valbon Parc at La Courneuve, August 3rd from 2pm to 6pm

La conférence MOCO’24, “Beyond Control” à Utrecht, marque le 10e anniversaire de l’initiative pionnière MOCO, qui a réuni des chercheurs des arts, des sciences humaines et des sciences pour des rencontres interdisciplinaires à l’intersection du mouvement et de l’informatique. Étant donné que le MOCO est organisé à la Faculté des sciences humaines de l’Université d’Utrecht cette année, la conférence met en lumière le potentiel critique des échanges entre les arts, les sciences humaines et les sciences.

Dans le cadre de cette édition, le collectif Orbe propose plusieurs session de Rôles de Danse :
Vendredi 31 mai — de 14h à 18h
Parnassos Cultural Centre à Utrecht.

Les participants sont tour à tour spectateurs et protagonistes et sont guidés dans le jeu par une intelligence artificielle qui détermine les rôles et les actions dans l’espace et en relation les uns avec les autres.

Plus d’information :
Site du MOCO’24

Participants take turns as spectators and protagonists and are guided in the game by artificial intelligence that determines the roles and actions in space and in relation to each other.

The workshop is open to everyone, no dance training is required. We ask participants to wear comfortable clothing.

Plus d’informations : https://www.agglo-cambrai.fr/nos-missions/culture/clea-contrat-local-deducation-artistique

6th opus of Creative Europe Vibes project, orchestrated by Orbe team, Danse l’Europe! is a connected dance experience choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj, with music by Jeanne Added. Danse l’Europe ! has been created to embody the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Innovative, interactive, inclusive and open to everyone, this artistic experience can be discovered across Europe throughout the first half of 2022.

The 9-minute choreography is available via an application specifically created for the project. Everyone, whether amateurs or professionals, can share a moment of dance, alone or as a group, in various cultural spaces as well as at home, at work, in schools and in public spaces. Guided by the voice of Angelin Preljocaj in French and by other artists in the other European languages, participants get ready, warm up then perform this fun and joyful choreography in their own way.

The application also includes a film by director Tommy Pascal, which portrays the dance protocole performed by 27 European dancers and dance-lovers of all ages. Participants can also send a video of their dance to Numeridanse.tv, the digital platform of Maison de la Danse and coordinator of this shared experience, or upload it to social media using the hashtag #DanseLEurope.

Events for all audiences geared towards discovering dance and dancing together will be held in several locations throughout Europe during the six months of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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