Gestes Collectifs Festival
What If Women Ruled the World? ©Judy Chicago
From Thursday, September 17th to Sunday, September 20th
La Roche
@ Judy Chicago, What if Women Ruled the World? - in collaboration with DMINTI
Gestes Collectifs Festival
What If Women Ruled the World? ©Judy Chicago
From Thursday, September 17th to Sunday, September 20th
La Roche
@ Judy Chicago, What if Women Ruled the World? - in collaboration with DMINTI
Outdoor parcours
Over 4 days, visitors are invited to discover an art parcours throughout the gardens and can register for guided tours on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 of September.
The parcours presents works by:
Judy Chicago
What If Women Ruled The World ? Digital Quilt, 2024 - ongoing
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Sfera di giornali, 1966 - ongoing
Terzo Paradiso, 2003 - ongoing
In collaboration with Galleria Continua
Liselor Perez
AUTOMNE 004, 2025
Marina De Caro
The Glowing Homeless, 2011-2026
and the CE2 B class (Year 4) from École Agnès Varda, Paris 14th arrondissement,
together with participants from Fondation Falret and the Aurore association
Paysage suspendu (Suspended Landscape), 2026
Workshops in collaboration with Rubis Mécénat
Art parcours from top to bottom, left to right : What If Women Ruled the World? © Judy Chicago / Sfera di giornali © Michelangelo Pistoletto / AUTOMNE 004 © Liselor Perez / Leurs yeux se cachent à mesure que le rouge nuance le chant © Marina De Caro / The Glowing Homeless © Fanny Allié / Terzo Paradiso © Michelangelo Pistoletto
Opening Day
4pm – 4:30pm: Reading by Cynthia Fleury, Philosopher and Psychoanalyst - Selection of the author's works
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Guided tour of the art parcours with the Thanks for Nothing team, including presentations of works by Fanny Allié and Liselor Perez, in the presence of the artists
5:30pm – 6pm: Talk by artists Fanny Allié and Liselor Perez
6pm – 6:30pm: Performances by Ismael, Prune and Zoé as part of la Nouvelle Agora
6:30pm – 7pm: Reading of selected pieces from The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, performed by Actor Thierry Frémont - staged reading by Sophie Parel. A preview of the one-man show adapted and directed by Sophie Parel - premiering in 2027
7pm – 7:30pm: Reading by Boris Bergmann, Writer and Poet, from his latest book Minotaure
7:30pm – 8pm: Reading by Actresses Elisabeth Ventura and Sarah Suco of an excerpt from the play Suivez la ligne rose, written by Sandra Vizzavona, Lawyer; staged reading by Juliette de Ferluc and Sandra Vizzavona. Artist Juliette de Ferluc will also present the sculpture Arrimage #1 in the gardens of La Roche throughout the day on Thursday.
Intervenants' portraits from top to bottom, left to right: Cynthia Fleury © John Foley / Opale , Ismael © Philippe Denis, Liselor Perez © Clara Duflot, Elizabeth Ventura, Sarah Suco © Christophe Brachet, Prune © Philippe Denis, Thierry Frémont © Nisian Hughes, Sophie Parel © Béatrice Cruveiller, Fanny Allié © Fanny Allié, Zoé © Philippe Denis, Boris Bergmann, Juliette de Ferluc
Friday, September 18th
10am – 2pm: Co-creation workshop with Stéphane Thidet, Artist
2pm – 6pm: Centre Pompidou workshops
4pm – 6pm: Meetings between artists and art professionals. With: Dominique Castro, Director of Development, POUSH / Ophélie Julien-Laferrière, Cultural and Artistic Projects Manager, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation /Alice Narcy, Residency Projects Manager, Institut français / Martin Phéline, Deputy Director, Galerie Nathalie Obadia / Leanne Sacramone, Senior Curator, Fondation Cartier / Jeanne Turpault, Director, Artagon
Professionals' protraits : Ophélie Julien-Laferrière, Dominique Castro © Pierre Tostain, Jeanne Turpault Artagon Pantin, Leanne Sacramone © Thibaut Voisin, Martin Phéline, Alice Narcy
Saturday, September 19th
12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm: Guided tours of the art parcours
4pm - 6pm: Centre Pompidou workshops
Sunday, September 20th
12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm: Guided tours of the art parcours
4pm - 6pm: Centre Pompidou workshops
