Interdisciplinary approach to art

Crossroad of disciplines: create and explore artistic language with different talents (music, dance, visual arts, etc.). How does one work in an interdisciplinary creation?

Phase(s)

Production

Subject

Production of artistic projects

Target groups

Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions, Trainers/Coaches

Sectors

for all sectors, photography, visual and graphic arts, music, webdesign, dance, media, performing arts

Level of experience

for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced

Prerequisites

None

Description

How to work and create in an interdisciplinary framework? How to work with dancers when I'm a musician, etc.? How to understand and take account of the other artists and their specificities on a creation residency? Crossroad of disciplines: how to work in an interdisciplinary and intercultural framework?

Content

Multidiscilinary creative residency
Exchanges between the participants and with peer coaches
Discussion with professionals of the creative sectors.

Method

Multidisciplinary creative residency. Active methodology, putting the accent on the participants' inputs and giving them the possibility to exchange among peers. The trainer as an expert of that field acts as facilitator.

Objectives

The participants will increase their own sense of responsibility as artists and as active citizens in contemporary society. They will exploit their creative vocation in the perspective to balance an artistic vision and the requests from the work market.

Results

Exploring diverse artistic language allow you to improve your creative skills and to adapt to contemporary creation.
Being aware of the recent artistic trends in various disciplines is important for the creation of a competitive professional profile, able to work in festivals, exhibitions, contemporary arts centres, etc.

Resources

Space for artistic work: dance room, music hall...
Basic equipment (computer, video projector, flipchart, wifi).
Video equipment

Evaluations

Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (given and collected at the end of the session) digital capture prior to session and after session

Support material

Physical exercices, Exchange and discussion with the trainer.

Duration

48 h

Participants

8 to 25

Course language(s)

Français, English

Past track experience

since 2007

Trainer

Nabil Ouelhadj (dancer, choreographer)
Gaëlle Werkling (project manager)
Chloé Bonamour (administrative and financial manager)

Personal curriculum

This Curriculum was developed with funding from the EU programme ERASMUS+ as Strategic Partnership in the field of Vocational Education and Training.

This curriculum reflects only the authors’ views; the European Commission and the ERASMUS+ national agencies are not responsible for any use that may be made of the informations it contains.

RiF is based in Lille/France and has been working on local cultural development, sustaining innovative artistic and cultural projects, and organising events since 1990.