Faire la fête

A lecture exploring artistic and sociological representations of collective jubilation through the centuries.

Parades, festivals, banquets, balls and even carnivals: celebration – a manifestation of life in all its forms, an expression of bodies and beings in all their diversity – is abundantly represented in art. This lecture explores the many themes that serve as a pretext for celebrations, their ephemeral or permanent settings, their array of spectacular attractions and their dedicated architectural designs. It also offers an opportunity to explore the festival as a social phenomenon in which the relationships between the centre and the margins become blurred and reversed, challenging our normative frameworks and opening up new perspectives, both individual and collective.

by Eva Prouteau, art critic and lecturer

Ages 15 and over

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Single ticket price: €6

Limited number of places,
booking recommended