August 1–5, 2023
Venice 30100
Italy
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6pm
info@institutfrancais.com
The Ball Theater, the French participation at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition—the Venice Biennale—under the coordination of the Institut français, with the partnership of the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Minister of Culture, opens the Radio Utopia Ball, organized by the LIAT laboratory, ENSA Paris-Malaquais, and the AAU Cresson laboratory, ENSA Grenoble.
Radio Utopia is a sound laboratory imagined by Carlotta Darò and Nicolas Tixier, a radio theater that will take place inside the Ball Theater from August 1 to 5. As a recepting and broadcasting antenna, Radio Utopia extends the experience of debate, sound perception and exchange beyond the geographical and temporal perimeters of the Pavilion, the Giardini, and Venice. Conversely, this sound laboratory also invites voices from elsewhere to communicate with the temporary occupants of the Ball.
The program features sound installations, radio programs, broadcasts, and sound performances. Each day, different guests will debate and listen to testimonies and recorded documents on several subjects: listening to the world, the lasting sound, utopian territories, hearing cities, sound futures and sound fiction architecture. Finally, over 150 “news from around the world” will be broadcast during the week, inviting us to better grasp our times, learn to listen differently and make audible new voices from here and elsewhere.
The Ball Theater is a project by Gilles Delalex and Yves Moreau (Muoto) and Georgi Stanishev as lead curators, Jos Auzende as associate curator, Clémence La Sagna and Georgi Stanishev for the scenography and Anna Tardivel for the programming.
Direction: Carlotta Darò, laboratoire LIAT, ENSA Paris-Malaquais / Nicolas Tixier, laboratoire AAU, Équipe Cresson, ENSA Grenoble.
In collaboration with juL McOisans, Cédric Pichat, Marc Higgin, Sébastien de Pertat, Théo Marchal.
Curators of the French Pavilion: Muoto (Gilles Delalex, Yves Moreau), Georgi Stanishev
The program is supported by: Réseau International Ambiances, B_AIR—Art Infinity radio / Creative Europe, École Supérieure d’Art Annecy Alpes, D-ARCH ETH Zurich, Radio France Internationale, Translitterae-Université PSL.
The upcoming Balls’ program:
July 26–30
Earth / Ball / Theater, le bal de la Terre. By Frédérique Aït-Touati (compagnie Zone Critique). With Maya Boquet, Emanuele Coccia, Esther Denis, Duncan Evennou, Madeleine Fournier, Olivier Normand, Alvise Sinevia.
August 1–5
Radio Utopia, le bal des sonorités. By Nicolas Tixier, AAU Research Unit , Cresson Team , ENSA Grenoble and Carlotta Darò, LIAT Research Unit, ENSA Paris-Malaquais, supported by Translitteræ-Université PSL
September 13–17
Echotopy, le bal des voix. By Violaine Lochu with Yannick Guédon and Anne-Laure Pigache
October 14–21
Les bals des écoles
October 14–17
The joy of tilting. By Can Onaner and Mathilde Sari with students from ENSA Bretagne, Johanna Rocard, Damien Marchal and the Synopsis Collective, in partnership with EUR-Caps
October 17–21
After the revolution. By Xavier Wrona, Manuel Bello Marcano and Cédric Libert with students of ENSA Saint-Etienne
November 19–26
By Alice Carabédian and Fanny Lopez, in collaboration with Claire-Rose Barbier, Marthe Drucbert, Caroline Gallez and their students, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel.
