Vision vapeur

A cultural action project initiated by the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap), the Fondation Fiminco and La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain de Noisy-Le-Sec

“Vision vapeur” is a collaborative project by artist Fériel Boushaki with the people who live in and frequent the Horloge (Romainville), Sept-Arpents (Pantin) and Béthisy (Noisy-le-Sec) districts. Unfolding over 2021 and 2022 with meetings, workshops and artistic actions, “Vision vapeur” develops a reflection on the city and the way in which it acts on the body, the gaze and the sensations of those who live in and pass through it. From peregrinations to parades, with walking, dancing and storytelling, it constructs a sensitive journey, bringing into play physical and emotional, individual and collective, states and representations.   

Spring, summer 2021: “Flouter”

For the first stage of “Vision vapeur”, Fériel Boushaki proposes sensory walks for small groups.

• Horloge (Romainville): Saturdays 6 and 13 March, Wednesday 23 June 2021
• Béthisy (Noisy-le-Sec): Saturdays 3 and 10 July, Wednesday 14 July 2021
• Sept-Arpents (Pantin): Saturdays 24, 31 July and 7 August 2021

From 1^st to 23 September 2021, an exhibition of photographs taken during “Flouter” is presented in the three neighbourhoods:   

• 1^st to 8 September 2021: on the Friche Gyntiana gates in the Sept-Arpents disctrict in Pantin (outdoors)
• 9 to 16 September 2021: Béthisy district in Noisy-le-Sec (outdoors)
• 17 to 23 September 2021: Fondation Fiminco in Romainville (Monday to Friday, 2pm – 6pm)

Autumn 2021, Winter 2022: “Légender”

The “Légender” workshops constitute the second stage of “Vision vapeur”. Fériel Boushaki invites us to interweave the small and big stories of Romainville, Pantin and Noisy-le-Sec. Participants are invited to describe where they live, their own stories and memories.

• Noisy-le-Sec (La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain): Saturdays 2, 23 October 2021 and 8 January 2022
• Pantin (Ehpad Les Jardins de Pantin and recreation centre Les Gavroches): Wednesdays 13 October, 24 November 2021, 26 January and 16 February 2022
• Romainville (Fondation Fiminco and association La Main dans la Main): Saturdays 16 October, 6 and 27 November 2021, Wednesday 19 January 2022

From 1^st to 4 March 2022, Fériel Boushaki proposes to prepare a culinary map of the three districts, in collaboration with women chefs Brigitte and Héloïse (Relais Solidaires), Marla Minkiewicz and Alicja Jurasinska (Soma Kitchen), and Nadia Najeh El Idrissi (president of the association La Main dans la Main).

• Cooking workshops from 1^st au 4 March 2022
• Tasting opened to everybody on 5 March 2022, 5:30pm

At Relais Solidaires: 61 rue Victor Hugo, 93500 Pantin

Spring 2022: “Archiver/activer”

The third and penultimate stage of “Vision vapeur” is title “Archiver/activer”. Fériel Boushaki invites inhabitants to activate and archive the collected, used and produced documents in the three districts since the beginning of the project.

• Fondation Fiminco (Romainville): Wednesday 4, Friday 6, Saturday 7 May 2022

Spring, summer 2022: “Circuler”

Following the project’s three stages, the participants are invited to join Fériel Boushaki in writing and making an artistic trail between the three districts on Saturday 9 July, 2022.

Preparatory workshops: 

• Fondation Fiminco (Romainville): serigraphy workshop, creation of tote-bags on Wednesdays 1^st and 15 June 2022
• Esplanade Simone-Veil (Noisy-le-Sec): workshop to create stencils for a fresco on Saturday 25 June, 2022, as part of Escales culturelles de Noisy-le-Sec
• Parc Stalingrad (Pantin): repetition to create a collective performance on Saturday 2, Sunday 3 and Wednesday 6 July, 2022 (from the age of 10 years)