visits & discoveries
Throughout the Biennale, the public is invited to take the Ressource(s) theme literally, to take time out to for a break, to relax and discover something new, to recharge the batteries that are their essential resource. The opportunity to live unique and personalised experiences, Ésad SaintÉtienne students and the event’s facilitation and education staff.
Visits
Self-guided visits "Be your own guide!"
The Biennale, at you own pace, listening to interviews with thecurators.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 10am - 6 pm
Friday and Saturday: 11 am - 8 pm
Guided tours "Let us guide you!"
Take in 3 of the main Biennale exhibitions
(La Platine – Cité du design and Halles Barrouin).
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday: 11.15 am/ 2 pm / 4 pm
Duration: 1 hr 30
Added price : 5 €
Family visits "Follow the guide!"
An original guided tour, taking in the exhibitions and a creative workshop at La Fabrique.
Halles Barrouin
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday: 2.30 pm
Duration: 1 hr 30
Guided tours in French Sign Language (LSF)
Bilingual visits open to all (LSF/spoken French) with an interpreter, organised under the auspices of Ville en partage.
24.05, 21.06 and 05.07 at 2 pm
Duration: 1 hr 30
No time to take a guided tour?
Active facilitation
Brief presentations of the main exhibitions by facilitators posted in the rooms.
Saturday: 3 - 7 pm and Sunday: 2 and 6 pm
Free
Relaxation, music and tasting
To tie in with the "Ressourcez vous"
themed weekend proposed
by Saint-Étienne Métropole:
yoga, meditation, musical
siesta, cocoa ceremonies (in
partnership with Chocolats
Weiss), and a concert for the
Fête de la musique...
Subject to confirmation - 14, 15 and 21
June
Digital facilitation
Audio-guides/QR code trail
Interviews with the curators for a self-guided tour.
Accessible via QR codes
Histories of design
3 information panels augmented with digital content on the history of design, in the world and in Saint-Étienne.
Halles Barrouin
Free admission
Children’s audio trail
A sound journey to listen and see better, with corded phones, autoplay headsets, and minitels converted into facilitation aids for children.
School and after-school/holiday club groups
The Biennale welcomes after-school/holiday clubs and crèches. Possibility of booking a workshop for 0-2 year olds, or from kindergarten upwards, a custom guided tour.
"Re-source(s)": a moment of contemplation
A visitor path for school cycles 1,2 and 3 including visit of the Ressource(s) exhibition and a workshop in the La Fabrique area, plus a short time in the I hear voices installation.
Duration: 1 hr 30
« Rêver le monde »
Dreaming the world: a visit for high school and higher education groups, with the chance to meet designers, students, artists, thinkers, researchers, … to get permission to dream!
Duration: 1 hr 30
Installations: a different experience of the Biennale
I hear voices
A scenographic and sound installation by Nadia Lauro, I hear voices: a fictional landscape made of rocks emitting voices. This immersive space is designed like an indoor park, a visual environment to hear, an invitation to experiment with different listening postures and sound practices. It presents a selection of sound works from the Centre Pompidou’s Nouveaux Médias collection as well as a choice of episodes from the Centre Pompidou’s Atelier des Podcasts.
La Platine – Cité du design
Open to all, free admission, places limited
Cockpit : atelier 0-2 ans
Devised by designers Marion Pinaffo and Raphaël Pluvinage, this micro-architecture is animated by the babies themselves, with around a hundred mechanisms mounted on the walls for them to set in motion. A mille formes Ville de Clermont-Ferrand production.
La Platine – Cité du design
Duration: 30 to 45 minutes
. For families : Wednesday, Friday et Saturday: 3 / 3.45 / 4.30 pm
. Booking required for groups
reservationbiennale@citedudesign.com
La Fabrique des Desseins Animés
A workshop-sculpture by
Boris Raux. An invitation to
participate in a collective
fresco by playing with the
pictograms created by studio
vu-huu for the new visual
identity of the Cité du design
and the Biennale.
Halles Barrouin
Open to visitors with a ticket
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday: during opening hours and subject to availability
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