In 2025, Atelier 11 —the last active artist studio of La Cité Falguière— celebrates its 150th anniversary. As part of the National Architecture Days with the theme Architectures du quotidien / Architecture of the Everyday, we reflect on how the daily life of an artist’s studio becomes part of our architectural and cultural heritage, while remaining a vital site of contemporary creation within urban life.
Open Studio, Exhibition, Performance...
Performance by Hiie Saumaa (Estonia / France) and Christopher Brooks (USA)
Saturday, October 18 starting at 17h, followed by a talk and a Q&A session with the artists
Somatic movement artist Hiie Saumaa and violinist Christopher Brooks will interact with the Atelier and the installations to explore the questions:
What happens if the moving, sensing, listening human body steps into an artistic conversation with inanimate architectural spaces and objects?
What emerges out of this interaction? Who leads whom and who follows whom?
Does anything transform in the performers or the audience as a result of this interaction?
Do we see the object or ourselves differently?
By extension, could some of our everyday interactions with objects and spaces become more animated, soulful, and artistic?
