This year we are proposing an open frame of propositions. Let's call them possibilities. EVERYONE is invited to make invitations. NO ONE is obligated to engage them. When it comes to your creative work - it's up to you. HOWEVER, that doesn't prevent us from dreaming into the possibilities of being together and the strange, inexplicable beauty that could emerge. SO - here are some of OUR propositions. When you come - you make your own. (Or not. Whatever excites you.)​
Possibilities can be posted in the library on the board by anyone at any time.
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OFFERINGS (occasional or regular)
CREATIVE FRAMES (ongoing or immersive)
Studio/Process Visits
In case you'd like some feedback, encouragement, critique, questions, references, interpretation, instinctive response, dramatic confrontation, delirious celebration, etc...
You pick the tone and the purpose - we do our best to respond in a way that meets your expressed needs with where you are in your flow. We're also happy to propose some tools if you'd like help deciding what's helpful. ​​
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Though this form is traditionally for visual artists, it can include any practice.
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Proposed by: Elise +/o Radu
Time: 45 - 60 minutes
Space: anyplace you'd like
the "Pages" Practice
A correspondence on the page.
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Two people sit down at a table, facing one another, with several sheets of A4 paper and any preferred material for writing, drawing, painting, collage, etc.
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While in silence - they exchange a question, often on a shared topic, and have 15 minutes to spontaneously respond on the page however they wish. They then exchange these pages and respond on a new page. This continues for 4-5 rounds. After - all pages are laid out in order with an optional discussion-space for observations and sharing.
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Very early in the morning, often in front of the fire - but other times of day are also welcome.
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Proposed by: Elise
Time: 60-90 minutes
Space: the library (or any silent space)
Urban Outings : Brest & Morlaix
We are surrounded by nature here. We have an ocean of green in every direction. It's magnificent. But, as a former city-dweller, I need some concrete and the anonymous flow of strangers in my field of vision.
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I'll travel to Brest by train, or Morlaix by bus at least once a week for inner-city walks, exhibitions, co-working/co-writing time, etc.
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I'm happy to share the commute and my favorite discoveries.
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Proposed by: Elise
Time: 7 am - 7 pm; weekdays
Space: Brest or Morlaix
OFFERINGS...
Vision Quest for the Future
of Humanity
- establishing new mythological infrastructures that could open unexpected horizons for humanity
- developing creative methods for exploring how narrative structures can transform in the future
- exploring how new patterns of life could emerge by cultivating new seeds of soul energy and developing them in various forms of creation
- working with the land, with shaping collective experience, with constellations of objects and installations to find new dimensions of story for the future
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Proposed by: Radu
Time: open
Space: varied
YouTube series that bridges wisdom with power
- creating YT content that develops fictional dialogues, exchanges, between people of great power and influence (for example, CEOs of large tech companies) and historical icons of wisdom (Jesus, Buddha, Socrates…)
- the participants can create a character that will represent their own wisdom in such a dialogue, or they can choose to give life to a historical figure that they can emulate and thus make their wisdom available in a fictional situation that would be relevant
- engage various arts and skills in order to create convincing video content that could eventually reach the people of great influence and help them in finding discernment for the decisions of great impact… (in matters like ethics of technology, for example…)
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Proposed by: Radu
Time: open
Space: the library
Experimenting a New Method for Philosophical Research
- exploring, through radical artistic practice, the language of materials, in order to explore ideas
- developing the capacity to invoke the presence of certain thinkers and enter the organicity of their worldview in order to find their insights on important contemporary matters
- working with a group setting and shared life, to make the presence of these figures consistent, by considering them a part of daily experience and having representations of them (like icons)
- designing various experiences, workshops, performances, to make their presence alive and to obtain the needed insights for certain matters discussed
- deciding various forms of artistic or theoretical expression to help disseminate the ideas obtained
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Proposed by: Radu
Time: open
Space: the library