In Sutton, the Pour la suite du monde festival returns for a third edition dedicated to the links between the arts, the territory and the living world. Presented by Espace DesPrés under the artistic direction of Jasmine Catudal, this multidisciplinary event brings together artists from various disciplines around a program that invites us to take a fresh look at our way of inhabiting the world.
“This year, we are launching a first draft of the manifesto Declaring the living as a creative partner. We believe that artists have an essential role to play in reinventing our relationship with life. They know how to touch our imaginations, infiltrate our dreams, our hearts and our desires. This is where the real transformations begin. The works presented during the festival extend this reflection and open spaces where we can imagine new stories for tomorrow together. »— Jasmine Catudal, general and artistic director of Espace DesPrés
Shows, exhibitions, meetings and festive gatherings will extend this reflection. An agora will host the performances under the stars while the meadows will become a place of discovery, dialogue and celebration. This third edition will culminate with a public discussion devoted to reparation, seen as a way of taking care of our relationships, our communities and the environments we inhabit.
TERRESTRE ALLIANCE Opening and launch of the manifesto August 29, 5 p.m. — Free The festival will open with the opening of the Terrestrial Alliance exhibition, which brings together eighteen visual arts artists around our relationship with life. This evening will also host the launch of the first draft of the manifesto dedicated to the arts and living things. The fruit of a writing laboratory bringing together artists, thinkers and local actors, this manifesto invites us to rethink the relationships we have with the environments we inhabit and to imagine new forms of creation based on reciprocity, attention and responsibility.
ÉMONDAGE I STÉPHANE LAFLEUR August 29, 8 p.m. — Outdoor show Taking advantage of a break between two albums, Stéphane Lafleur presents a solo show where he revisits twenty-five years of compositions past, present and future. A rare opportunity to discover his universe in a stripped-down form. Filmmaker, musician and author, he has been shaping sensitive folk for over twenty years with Avec pas d’casque.
WESUWECUWON I IVANIE AUBIN-MALO AND HER PERFORMERS September 5, 7 p.m. — Outdoor show Guided by choreographer Ivanie Aubin-Malo, this collective stages the memories, dreams and stories of the peoples of the Wabanaki Confederation in a work where dance, song and narration meet. In the Wolastoqey language, wesuwecuwon means “the returning current”. Inspired by the movement of water, the work makes the movement of bodies a language where memory, territory and transmission respond to each other.
A BARK CANOE IN GREENFIELD PARK PATRICK HIVON September 6, 9 p.m. — Outdoor show In a dramaturgy by Christine Beaulieu and directed by Sarah Beauséjour, Patrick Hivon plays a man in search of meaning, inhabited by the myth of the coursers des bois. Through the construction of a bark canoe, he revisits his personal history and seeks to reconnect with a form of freedom, courage and belonging.
PANEL WHAT DOES REPAIR MEAN TODAY? September 7, 11 a.m. In an era marked by acceleration, replacement and obsolescence, what would we gain from learning to repair again? Hosted by Isabelle Craig, this panel brings together Ivanie Aubin-Malo, Patrick Hivon and Nathalie Plaat around the multiple forms that repair can take in our lives and our communities. The culmination of the festival, this meeting explores the gestures, knowledge and relationships that allow us to take care of what lasts. From objects to the social fabric, from landscapes to collective stories, it invites us to imagine repair as a way of inhabiting the world differently.
About the festivalPresented by Espace DesPrés, Pour la suite du monde is a multidisciplinary festival that explores the links between the arts, the territory and the living world. Theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, philosophy and citizen meetings intersect to bring creation into dialogue with the major issues of our time. Anchored in Sutton, the festival brings together artists, citizens, thinkers and partners around a program rooted in the territory and attentive to the relationships that unite us with life.