Grandeur Nature

In site-specific art projects, the place and its inhabitants are sources of creation. Art insinuates itself into the everyday and fictions challenge concrete realities, whether they are of an environmental, political, or social nature. So how do we make the transition from the empirical experience of a place as a sensitive source of creation to an aesthetic transposition leading to the creation of a work of art? How does this impact creative processes and practices? This is what the members of the CCC collective have sought to answer in this full-scale presentation of their research.

“How does the great outdoors affect actors?
We’ve been active for several years in what we call in situ shows – in situ because they’re performed outside the conventional theatre frame, in urban spaces, or in the middle of nowhere. We wanted to go and meet other artists who are exploring this field of ‘open-air theatre’ in their own way, so that together we could ask ourselves how this approach has changed our artistic practice. After conducting a survey of around ten different companies in Switzerland and France, as well as of members of our collective, we offer to share the results of this research in the form of a lecture/performance, showcased outdoors, of course!”
_Collectif CCC