daniel buuren monumenta

Through the workshops, students learn to understand Daniel Buren’s work within its wider context.

FULL - "Perambulations", dance studio visit in partnership with the Théâtre national de Chaillot
LEVELS: FROM CP [1st year of primary school] TO HIGH SCHOOL

Daniel Buren’s art requires spectators to be active, and to constantly look and walk around the site. Pupils are encouraged to discover multiple viewpoints in exploratory, choreographic ways, organised in symbiosis with the dancers of the Théâtre national de Chaillot. Dance will allow children to explore and appreciate physically the full intensity of the artwork. The workshop will demonstrate how contemporary art encourages the visitor to take an active role, rather than simply to contemplate.

FULL - "Photos-souvenirs"/Attention "this is not an objet d'art", photographic studio visit
LEVELS: FROM THE 6TH TO THE UPPER 6TH
(FORMAT CAN BE ADAPTED FOR PROFESSIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS)

Photography is a key practice for Daniel Buren, who systematically photographs his works. He calls these snapshots "photo-souvenirs" and these photos become witnesses of a state, a moment, a site, a viewpoint. Subtitled in this way, they force us to question the status of the work of art and its reproduction, so that a distinction can be made between the two. Once this has been established, the studio takes the pupils on a creative walk, looking for viewpoints. Mounting snapshots requires the pupils to make a personal choice between the play of light, framing and perspective.

"Colours, Light", studio visit in partnership with the Palais de la découverte
LEVELS: FROM CM2 TO UPPER 6TH

Studio visit to "Colours, Light" offered by the CNAP in partnership with the Palais de la découverte, with an animated talk by two "artistic mediators" and one "scientific mediator", encouraging pupils to study colour through the dual approach of physics and art. These two aspects, one more scientific, the other more aesthetic, complement each other and open up different perspectives.

FULL - Studio visit, writing
LEVELS: FROM THE 6TH TO HIGH SCHOOL
(FORMAT CAN BE ADAPTED FOR PROFESSIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS)

This studio visit encourages pupils to play with words, colours and forms, to compare their own efforts with the work of Daniel Buren. In this way, pupils themselves participate in a creative adventure, devoting themselves to a writing exercise that is also carried out by the artist, as his works are always accompanied by a descriptive or theoretical text. From fiction to descriptions and crititiques, pupils are encouraged to write and share their experience.