The term « coven » is used in magic and witchcraft to refer to a gathering of people, of individuals with similar interests or activities; an assembly or a group of insiders, usually consisting of 13 or 8 sorcerers. From the Latin « convenire », « conven » which means « to come together »; from the Middle English « covin » refers to a [lire la suite]
To think of magic from a symbolic point of view and its uses as a lever for the emancipation of socially committed practices is to pose it as a support for intuition rather than as a mystical truth. Activismes Ésotériques is an open performance and research-creation programme, which explores the relationship between communities, arts and [lire la suite]
25.11.2022: Performative reading, Permanence Poétique, L’orée 85, Strasbourg 18.06–12.09.2021: Restitution of the workshop with the students of the Master Critique-Essais, écriture de l’art contemporain, presented in their curatorial project Nouer le reste, at CEAAC (Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines), Strasbourg. 6-7-8.06.2021: Residency at 49° Nord 6° Est Frac Lorraine, Metz 05–06.2021: « Activismes Ésotériques ». – workshops [lire la suite]
The research coven will gather again in May 2025 at Ferme d’en Haut, Bruits d’en Bas, Haute-Saône, France, for a ten-day residency. More news soon !