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INTERMITTENTS (CONTRACT WORKERS IN ENTERTAINMENT) It is hard to determine the exact number of intermittents who worked for Lille 2004’s partners on an associated project. One thing is certain, that in 2004 alone, the association Lille Horizon 2004 employed 485 intermittents. This happened at a time of turmoil, the summer of 2003 when their rights were under review. The scale of production and the diversity of projects undertaken in the context of the European Capital of Culture demonstrates, as if it was necessary, the importance of the artist’s rights and the need to seriously reconsider the way culture is financed. Despite this, not a single event was disrupted. Artists and intermittents participated in culture forums (>Colloques) initiated by Martine Aubry in the autumn of 2004.
LAND ART Jacques Simon, the renowned landscape artist, transforms the Parc de la Deûle (>Aménagements). A successful experiment in Land Art happily combines the virtues of a breath of fresh air with artistic invention. A Sunday in the countryside, what could be better?
(J) JEU (GAMES) A vous de jouer (Your turn to play) is the title of an exhibition held at the Forum des Sciences in Villeneuve d’Ascq. Game on, created by the London Barbican and the Museum of Scotland, comes to France for the first time. Traditional games are the order of the day in the town of Wattrelos (La ville du jeu). The Bazato collective takes a travelling exhibition of innovative game concepts to Roubaix, Lille and Maubeuge. Next player shoot again….
Dead Chickens’s mechanical creatures in Tourcoing
LIEUX (VENUES) In addition to the Tri Postal and the Barnum des Postes, Lille 2004 venues played host to projects directly produced by the Association Lille Horizon 2004, such as «Le 2004 à Euralille» (in the middle of a shopping centre!), the Eglise Sainte MarieMadeleine (a converted church) and the two Maison Folies in Lille. A host of unusual or temporary installations, staffed by a team of around a hundred hospitality and welcoming agents led by Fabrice Bongiorni.
LITTÉRATURE (LITERATURE) Under the leadership of Kathrin Muller the literary project is defined by the commissioning of eight short stories. Endorsed by Marie Desplechin, the Migrations novellas were distributed free of charge in Lille 2004 venues and in the regions’s railway stations. The notion of mobility is important to the project, one which Jacques Bonnaffé serves in a tasty sauce with his Banquet du faisan, in seven towns of the region. Local bookshops are actively involved all year, organizing meetings and competitions. The Conseil Général du Nord puts on a festival based on the Villa du Mont Noir, where European authors come to work. Finally, the last Monde Parallèle of the year, shared with Genoa, is dedicated to the written word.
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Peter Greenaway’s installation in Eglise Sainte-Marie Madeleine
JONES (BILL T) One of the greatest contemporary choreographers, and virtually a godfather to Lille 2004. Bill T Jones is a central figure in the Monde Parallèle New York in December 2003, the first of thirty monde parallèle events in 2004. Also the first artist to tread the boards of Lille’s «new» opera house. JUMPER Lille 2004’s mascot, this wondrous Tom Thumb type character wears seven league boots. He can be spotted everywhere, and is known to take some unauthorized detours. He is also seen painted on the faces of participants in the grand finale. Adopted by inhabitants of planet Lille 2004, he will doubtless be the lasting symbol of the cultural project. The Jumper was dreamt up by Designlab, graphic designers based in Brussels.
(K) KUSAMA YAYOI The psychedelic icon of Flower Power Yayoi Kusama gives Lille a lasting métamorphose. A pacifist’s dream planted in the midst of the speed rings between Lille’s two railway stations, and a signal to visitors that there’s something going on in Lille.
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MAISONS FOLIE The ongoing heritage of Lille 2004. Twelve new venues across the Lille 2004 territory (Nord/Pas-deCalais, Belgique), in original settings, converted factories or sites of local patrimony. They are festive venues which bring artists and local residents together. Creation is a firm priority, with the most suitable equipment provided. These facilities are intended for future use, and, now, in 2005, they are a symbol of Lille 2004. Beyond their specific characteristics, they represent several fundamental objectives: the desire to take away the sacred aura of existing temples of culture, to explore the crossover potential of disciplines, and to encourage the sense of community with local residents. Mostly open by the beginning of the second Lille 2004 season, they are immediately met by the curiosity of the public, recording some notable successes. A rich and promising year. The post-2004 period starts now, with no respite, in the Maisons Folie. To be continued… See list of Mondes Parallèles in French version. MÉDIAS (MEDIA COVERAGE) In 2004, 3,500 journalists were received by the teams led by Olivier Célarié (in Lille) and Bodo and Claudine Colin (in Paris). More than 1,500 radio and TV reports were made. The written press was very present. The local press wrote over 5,000 articles and dedicated special supplements to the event… All national French newspapers consecrated column space to Lille 2004 (over 1,000 articles written). See the details of media coverage (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines) in French version
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METAMORPHOSES The figurehead of Lille 2004, and a powerful concept: to give the city (its streets and buildings) to the artists. The invention of an urban transformation with unusual installations, such as modern chiming clocks and lighting displays. A hanging forest (>), a pink railway station (Patrick Jouin and Hervé Descottes), an astroport for passing spaceships (Jean-Claude Mézières), a luminous serpent (Daniel Buren), kinetic projections in the underground metro (Bernard Godbille and Pierre Semal), an olfactory labyrinth (Serge Lutens), a «dream cube» (Walter van Beirendonck), an authentic reconstruction of a Chinese tea pavillion, François Azambourg’s micro-restaurant, François Boucq’s source d’abondance, a bamboo jungle (Bambuco), a menagerie of mechanical monsters Hannes Heiner and Dead Chickens)… The métamorphoses put visitors straight into the spirit of Lille 2004. Unveiled a few days before the official opening of the European Capital of Culture, these urban metamorphoses set the tone of the following events. The different seasons take them to different parts of the region. They are among the most memorable features of the 2004 event. The métamorphoses will remain THE hallmark of Lille 2004. MEXIQUE (MEXICO) The major exhibition Mexique-Europe, allers-retours set the tone for a third season in which Mexican art featured strongly. Works by Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José-Clemente Orozco and Hervé di Rosa are displayed. MONDES PARALLELES The backbone of Lille 2004: thirty-two themed weekends (New York, Genoa, Japan, Africa, the Soup Festival, Great Black Music, Montreal, Poland, l’Eau Bleue (Blue Water)… There’s no peace for the wicked with a continuous line-up of exhibitions, shows, performances, free concerts and nights at the Tri Postal. A concentrated, audacious programme, with a blend of well-known and new talent on view. These Mondes Parallèles reinvent Lille 2004 almost every week, setting quite a pace! MUSIQUE (MUSIC) Jean-Claude Casadesus and the Orchestre national de Lille open the ball (>Opening!), explore the beauty of piano music in an amazing Monde Parallèle and pay hommage to Rubens and Boulez. Respects are also paid to America’s minimalist composers, in a Monde Parallèle Maximal where we come across Steve Reich and Terry Riley, as well as