participative fresco
creation of a mural painting with local residents
neighbourhoods and the artist Rister
As part of a project with the Antin residence, we were asked to work with the Jacques Brel social centre to create a fresco. The theme of the fresco is life, and it was created by the artist Rister on the wall opposite the social centre in the Antin residence.
A number of workshops were held before the fresco was painted, to consolidate the participatory and inclusive nature of the project. Firstly, the children were able to learn about Rister's work and imagine the motifs for the future fresco, drawing inspiration from his world. They were also able to learn how to use aerosols, before putting this knowledge into practice the following week on the wall of the Antin residence.
At the same time, the installations from our former ‘Hanging Garden’ project were renovated by our team with artist Ilona Mikneviciute to help embellish the newly-decorated square.
At the same time, the installations from our former ‘Hanging Garden’ project have been renovated by our team with the artist Ilona Mikneviciute to help embellish the newly decorated square.
aire de convivialité
participatory art workshops
designed and built with local residents
from socially challenged neighbourhoods
For two years running, the ‘aire de convivialité’ scheme has been encouraging experimentation and local ownership. Working with residents of Romainville's priority neighbourhoods, and in partnership with the local social centres, these open-air discussions give a boost to the neighbourhood by encouraging conviviality and a desire to get together, take a break and meet each other.
At the end of the discussions and reflections initiated by the artistic workshops, the participants are invited to design and build innovative street furniture during a participative worksite.
The street furniture designed (the seats, the mobile kitchen, etc.) is then deployed in the places where the residents live, so that they can reinvest the public space with their creations.
• 2023 •
• 2022 •
îlots de fraîcheur in Londeau
a participatory art project initiated by Ilona Mikneviciute with residents of the Londeau neighbourhood in Noisy-Le-Sec
The project, which is currently underway, aims to create an island of freshness in the heart of the Londeau district by drawing on the experience of local residents. Their active contribution, through artistic workshops on the themes of nature and plants, aims to create a green space in the district.
frescoes
Workshops and a street art fresco
by Sifat Quazi - 2022
As part of the Semaine d'éducation et d'actions contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (Week of education and action against racism and anti-Semitism), we were asked to support the Espace Nelson Mandela in a project to create a fresco.
The theme of the fresco was the fight against all forms of discrimination, and it was painted on the outside wall of the building.
A number of awareness-raising activities were carried out beforehand to kick-start the project: one, in the form of a debate, helped to draw up a list of key words around the theme of the fight against discrimination.
Secondly, an intergenerational workshop was organised at the foot of the building to introduce residents to graphic design.
Finally, a fresco was created with Sifat Quasi, a self-taught artist born in 1987 in Dhaka. Her dual identity, French and Bengali, informs her artistic universe. She draws her inspiration from the alphabet, the patterns and colours of Bengali fabrics, everyday urban landscapes and childhood memories.
les coteaux
participative worksite in the
in the Coteaux district of Mulhouse -
2022
This project, initiated by Mulhouse c'est Vous, follows the installation of 3 electric and connected planchas in Mulhouse. One of them is in the Coteaux district. The Coteaux district of Mulhouse was built between 1961 and 1975, along the lines of a large housing estate. A call for projects was launched by the Agence de la participation citoyenne to design, create and install a convivial space around these planchas.
As part of this call for projects, the Art en Partage association organised participatory workshops for residents, with citizen involvement at the heart of the project.
This experimental urban development scheme gave residents a chance to express themselves and play a full part in creating the future convivial space, so that they could take greater ownership of the structures that had been built.
jardins suspendus
project initiated by Ilona Mikneviciute and
Amalia Ramanankirahina - 2021
The aim of this project is to explore the links between art, nature and plants. Since Yves Klein's attempts to capture the ‘states-moments of nature’, the Land Art movement and Arte Povera, plants have become a medium for creative experimentation. This opened up a whole new field of experimentation for artists, who gradually appropriated nature to create new works. Today, in the same way as they use pencil and paint, visual artists use plants in their work: grass, flowers and trees have become veritable materials in recent years.
sekretaï
artistic proposal by Ilona Mikneviciute supported by the association Art en Partage • 2020
This is an artistic and cultural project focusing on the themes of memory, identity and discovering others, involving children and families from Trois Communes, Cachin, Bas-Pays and Gagarine, as well as a CM2 class from the Fraternité school and NAP children from the Fraternité and Marcel Cachin schools in Romainville.
The project was inspired by Sekretaï, a popular game in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The childhood of all the young people of the time was marked by the practice of this widespread game. This ritual activity involved hiding small ‘treasures’. The child would dig a hole in the ground, lay out the objects, protect them with a piece of broken glass and then cover the hiding place with earth.
soudez - soudés
project • 2017
For several months, the association Art en Partage - in partnership with the Espace Mandela and with the participation of FlowUp - worked with a group of young people to design and produce a large-scale artistic project.
The aim was to
- to create a sculpture
- to be installed in the Jacques Duclos district of Romainville.
More than 30 young people aged between 12 and 25 were involved in the project.
Photo workshops led by Vivian Daval were also held to begin imagining the places where the sculpture could be installed. The aim was also to get to grips with the neighbourhood and take a different look at it through photography.
Ilona Mikneviciute then built and welded the sculpture with the help of the young people.
It was installed, again with the help of young people, and inaugurated on 5 July 2017.
