Its name speaks for itself: « La Grande Aventure » is first and foremost an artistic journey with no destination in mind, a process that is primarily based on people coming, or colliding, together.

It unfolded in three steps:

2017: SE DIRE BONJOUR (to say hello) – observation, installation & project pedagogy

At first, the creative team ought to understand how each institution or organization worked, and to what aim; to evaluate the various possibilities, frameworks and constraints; to begin manifesting an artistic presence in each individual place (building makeshift huts and other obsessive installations…)

2018: SE RENCONTRER (to meet up) – establish a bond between us and them, as well as a liaison between the various health and social centres involved.

Secondly, we set up several artistic exchanges between the institutions we had partnered with: Olbia’s radio, a special setting for Sophie’s birthday, a treasure hunt march for the pirate ship, sending out and receiving letters… but also between the theatre and the centres: an exhibition (installation & video) and symposium “Art et Handicap”

2019: FÊTER – REMERCIER – OUVRIR (to celebrate – appreciate – open up)

At last came the time to synthesize all creative materials. Staging a proper party, « La Grande Boum » at the theatre was a great moment of joy, acknowledgment and appreciation of our work together. Creating the eponymous show enabled to put into perspective how society manages disability collectively and to raise further questions on « the difficulty to find one’s place and fit into the world ». Adeline Debatisse’s podcast, « Comment tu me parles ? » (« you’re talking to me? »), gave the project a European dimension, thanks to the 2018 Gulliver prize.