Récits du futur, a residency in research, writing and creation

The need for new narratives

Faced with numerous environmental crises (climate change, loss of biodiversity, pollution, etc.), we need to transform the way our societies function. To achieve this, we need new narratives that can enrich our perceptions, open our imaginations, renew our representations of reality and the future, and mobilize us. At present, these unifying narratives are struggling to emerge, even though they are an essential lever for moving towards ecological transition. It is to participate in this vast undertaking that far° Nyon has designed Récits du futur (Stories of the Future), a research, writing, and creation residency open to competition for the first time in 2023. In 2025, far° will launch Récits du futur #3.

The power of the performing arts

New narratives can emerge from many disciplines (literature, film, comics, podcasts, etc.). However, the performing arts offrent a particularly interesting breeding ground in that they create a community at each performance. Although ephemeral, this assembly gives a sense of the potential strength of the collective, of the city. The Récits du futur residency does not aim to produce an unambiguous text or provide simplistic solutions. If the performing arts play an important role in society, it is also because they know how to touch us both intellectually and emotionally. By deploying plural significations and dealing with the ambivalence of the world, they can influence our relationship with reality and with living beings (human and non-human).

Through this residency, far° Nyon and its partners offer

→ Four weeks of research and writing residency between February and August 2025,
three weeks at Les Marchandises in Nyon and one week at La Grange.
→ Remuneration for writing work and public presentation.
→ The organization of meetings with sustainability specialists (choice of field(s) depending on the project: biology, urban planning, economics, humanities, engineering, etc.) working in research or in the field.
→ Reading or staging of the text during the 41st edition of the far° festival des arts vivants, which will take place from Thursday, August 7 to Saturday, August 16, 2025, in Nyon.
→ A video recording of this public presentation.
→ Visibility thanks to the communication work of far°.

The winning project may also be presented at La Grange during the 2025-2026 season (format and date to be discussed).