top of page

QUARTIERS EN MOUVEMENT

The Pierre Rollin district of Amiens is undergoing major urban redevelopment over several years. Under the impetus of the Jacques Tati cultural center, located in the heart of the district, and with the support of the Daniel et Nina Carasso Foundation, a dozen artists have developed a citizen art project: Rollin(g) Stones. The aim of the project is to help local residents transform their environment.

Valerie Oberleithner, choreographer, and Martine Marras, photographer, have carried out a unique experiment: that of reversing the path of encounters by first proposing artistic practices in the homes of local residents, and then gradually encouraging people to go out, open up to others, collaborate and (re)become actors in their own lives.

This process unfolded following the same protocol: Valerie and Martine knocked on doors, Valerie proposed dance practices to people and then took them outside to create dance actions under Martine's photographic gaze. Together, they create a series of events which, after a few months, form a real dynamic between local residents, touched by movement and images. Choreography and photography are in dialogue, in synergy, as a driving force for social emancipation.

In this book-object, Valerie and Martine bear witness to a sincere approach that confirms the need for artists - and their practices - to be as close as possible to citizens.

Concept: Valerie Oberleithner and Martine Marras, in collaboration with Superamas

Rollin(g) Stones: Citizen art project in the Pierre Rollin district of Amiens www.rollingstones.website
Production and coordination: Centre culturel Jacques Tati and Superamas.

Quartiers en mouvement : Dance practice and choreography: Valerie Oberleithner | Photographs: Martine Marras | Interviews with residents : Sarah Baraka | Inside cover illustration: Leslie Dumortier | Coordination and graphic design: Superamas | Acknowledgements : Jean-Claude Becquerelle, Gérard Belliot, Lola Boufassa, Frédéric, Enzo, Thyméo and Gabriel Bordas, Claude and Irène Decamps, Nadine Delécolle, Cybille, Ylianna and Lylia Derambure, Naïm Diakhite, Danielle Dollé, Martine Du Cornet, Petra, Flore and José Galambas Pedro, Bruno Kurzawa, Laetitia Lefèvre, Chantal Legrandois, Emma Leroy, Mostapha Mhannaoui, Lindsay Olivier, Clémence Pagnier, Christiane Personne, Yoro Souleymane, Tenzin, Kunga and Sonam Tashi Tsang.

Rollin(g) Stones was funded by : Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso | Amiens Métropole | Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Hauts-de-France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication | Région Hauts-de-France | Département de la Somme | Direction départementale de la cohésion sociale de la Somme | Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires | Bailleur Clésence.

​

bottom of page