A GLOBAL AND ADAPTABLE CULTURAL PROJECT

Inspired by the emblematic Folies of Bernard Tschumi, the architect of Parc de la Villette, Micro-Folie aims to offer three complementary functionalities serving a global cultural project.

Offering the nation’s treasures to the people, by disseminating cultural content produced by partner national cultural establishments.
Within the Micro-Madness, visitors can through a cutting-edge technological device, explore the cross-referencing museographic contents of major institutions, in dematerialized form, accompanied by mediation actions.
Encourage creation, by allowing local artists to perform within the Micro-Folies network and to be programmed in partner national cultural establishments.
Local stage actors and amateurs will benefit from a range of stage equipment made available to them within the Micro-Folie to develop their artistic proposals.. Danse, design, photo, etc., all forms of expression will find their place within this creative space. The most interesting proposals will be distributed to partner cultural establishments. The Workshop/Fab Lab will also be accessible and will allow everyone to develop their creativity.
Enliven the territories, to create new popular living spaces that reflect the values ​​of the Republic.

The Micro-Folie project, coordinated by La Villette, could not have seen the light of day without the commitment of major cultural institutions : the Palace of Versailles, the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre museum, the national Picasso museum, the Quai Branly museum – Jacques Chirac, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Rmn-Grand Palais and Universcience.

It is all the richness of the Micro-Folie to be not only the place for disseminating the content of each establishment but above all the place where these masterpieces meet new audiences.. The Micro-Folie is also thought of by all of these partners as a means of encouraging the arrival of these audiences within the institutions themselves.

The project quickly benefited from the interest of numerous private and public partners. who share La Villette’s commitment to the democratization of culture, artistic education and solidarity, vectors of living together.
La Micro-Folie is a project that intends to feed on the singularity of each territory where it is established., via close work with local stakeholders in order to adapt content and activities to the characteristics of the territory. The challenge is to promote the many local talents by offering them production and distribution tools. (stage equipment, fab lab, screens…) and to offer a new place to meet and live.

Marvel, learn, surpass oneself, s’amuser, create and share, these are the experiences that Micro-Madness promises, in Brignoles in the Provence Verte Agglomeration today and everywhere else tomorrow.