The School : The Sonorous, The Audible, and The Silenced
9 OCTOBER – 29 OCTOBER 2020

Le Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Régional

During Manifesta 13 Marseille, Le Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Régional Pierre Barbizet (name of its former director) presented artistic interventions through sound, music, dance, body and game practices. The works and spaces will reveal different functions for preserving knowledge, education and performativity.

Le Conservatoire is located in the former Palais des Arts, designed in 1864 by Marseille’s leading architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, also known as the architect of Palais Longchamp, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde and Cathédrale de la Major. The Palais des Arts was one of Marseille main cultural centres, hosting the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the public library until the end of the 1960s. In 1973, the main building was assigned to the municipal archives and the annexes to Le Conservatoire. In 2001 the entire building became le Conservatoire. Since March 2020, le Conservatoire and the Beaux-Arts de Marseille have been brought together in a single public institution, the National Higher Institute of Artistic Education Marseille Méditerranée – INSEAMM.

Situated in the centre of Marseille, le Conservatoire is a National music and drama school. It offers a diverse range of classes for beginners to professionals, as well as a rich cultural and musical programme.

Participants : Yalda Afsah* (1983, DE), Mounir Ayache* (1991, FR), Mohamed Bourouissa* (1978, DZ/FR), Julien Creuzet* (1986, FR), Benjamin de Burca & Barbara Wagner* (1975, DE / 1980, BR), Ymane Fakhir* (1969, MA), Tuan Andrew Nguyen* (1976, VN), Reena Spaulings.

Venue is not accessible to visitors with disabilities.