Residence 2: Contemporary mask

Dates: from 10 to 21 February 2025

Masks as a tool used today

In collaboration with organizations on Les Hautes de Chambery, the Lišov Museum and Theatre Transformations, events for young people, teachers, youth facilitators, artists and locals.

The conferences

A platform for in-depth discussion and knowledge sharing

Links between museum masks in Lišov and Carnival.

Exploration of the rich history and cultural importance of the mask and its links with carnival celebrations.

Learning, Creativity and cultural appreciation.

Bring together diverse perspectives

and various experiences

Tool Kit: mask

The mask making activity will continue with Lišov Museum and Theatre Transformations completing the 2 mask kits.

Key events

Two weeks in and around Chambery.

A rich, educational and fun program of exchange and discovery of contemporary masks of the museum team, Residents of Chambery and their partner organisations.

In Theatre Transformations Workshop

Exchange of mask making techniques: Tool kit of masks

Collaborative session between:

Jakub Dvorský,
Co-founder of Lišov Múzeum

ADELa JELOKOVA, Lišov Múzeum

Tracey Boot, artist, mask maker and performer

Helene Lenoir, artist, workshop leader and performer

CSC des Combes, MJC Chambery and Ciné Malraux,

Four conferences

These conferences provided a platform for enriching discussions and knowledge sharing between educators, youth facilitators and youth, fostering a spirit of community and collaboration. By bringing together diverse perspectives and experiences, these events fostered learning, creativity and cultural appreciation.

Collaborative session:

Share our project/ promote European collaboration

- 4 conferences on masks and 1 workshop on initial mask making for families, collaboration with the Ciné Malreau
  
  1 fixed exhibition, 4 days(14-17/02/25 at the Maison des Jeunes et de La Culture de Chambéry( Youth and Culture House)
- 2 workshops/ conferences/ exhibitions: masks in motion (heritage of masks and contemporary performance), 2 half days (13 and 20/02/25 at the Combes Social Center.

Practical session:

Contemporary mask:

1 professional meeting, 1 half day (15/02/2025) with cultural actors, educators and artists. With:

David Sillet, mask creator, teacher and performer: presentation and workshop with animal masks.
Charlotte Bauduin, Mask performer and teacher: presentation and demonstration of her method (mask and padded body foam). Theatre Transformations and Lišov Museum: sharing our project and promoting European collaboration.

2 representations of contemporary masks.

Contemporary representation 1, 15/02/2025 at 10am, La Moufle by Théâtre Transformations (Chambéry, 73).
Contemporary representation 2, 15/02/2025 at 6pm, Frimousse Contre Vente et Galères, Pilouchat Company (Montreuil, 95).