Decazeville - la montagne qui brûle
France
Decazeville - the Mountan That Burns
a video installation
Directing & Text
Nina Gazaniol Vérité
The truth is: the outskirts are the centre. Or where else can you get to know an entire small town in one and a half hours?
Language
French with German & English subtitles
Duration
80 min
Please note:
Please wear warm shoes and clothing, as the temperature in the robotron-Kantine can feel lower than the outside temperature in November.
Location
robotron-Kantine
Kunsthaus Dresden in der robotron-Kantine
Saal West
Dates
more about the artist
DECAZEVILLE – THE MOUNTAIN THAT BURNS is a place, a landscape and a portrait of the people who live there. This small town on the outskirts of southwest France will pitch its tents in Dresden for Fast Forward in the former robotron-canteen. Through moving images, original sound recordings and a parcours with seven screens, DECAZEVILLE tells the story of life in a region that is similar to many other regions in Europe: post-industrial, lacking in infrastructure, marked by emigration and disappearing social and economic services. But DECAZEVILLE is not a social reportage, it’s an invitation: to something like an afternoon TV series, perhaps to the beginning of a friendship, to everyday life beyond the big events, to a montage of life, determination, commitment, resistance, humour and unexpected dark depths. DECAZEVILLE – THE MOUNTAIN THAT BURNS portrays life in the kind of place we rarely look at and brings it onto the screen, onto the stage and into the world.
Nina Gazaniol Vérité, b. 1987, studied Performing Arts, Journalism and Art in Public Space, works as a visual artist, video artist and documentary filmmaker in various contexts, and with and for other artists. In her own work, she seeks the connection between film, space, performance and documentary work in order to create situations for the audience that oscillate between reality and fiction, poetry and documentary. DECAZEVILLE was created over a period of two years and is her first full-length production.
On Screen Karim Achour, Virginie Barthelemy, Guy Brunet, Benoit Coquard, Simone Falip, Michel Falip, Charlotte Falip, Alexandre Filhol, Morgane Fernandes, Georges Marti, Lilou Martinez, Timeo Martinez, Gérold Martinez, Thomas Peres, Elaura Sanhes, Christine Teulier, Alexis Teulier, Marc Teulier, Manon Viret, l’équipe de Roller Hockey „Les gueules noires“ de Decazeville, le club de danse folklorique „La Crouzade“ de Firmi et le club de Twirling bâton d’Aubin
Concept, Writing, Video, Scenography Nina Gazaniol Vérité
Dramaturgy, Costume Marion Vincent Sound Recording, Mixing, Sound Design Alban de Tournadre Technical Director, Scenography Mahatsanga le Dantec Digital Device Development Atelier Hemisphere
Production Association Tropacool Coproduction Parallele (Marseille), Lieux Publics (Marseille), L’Abattoir (Chalon-sur-Saone), Association Eclat (Aurillac), Theatre Le Sillon (Clermont l’Herault)
With the support from KompleX KapharnauM (Lyon), Cultural Ministery (Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes), l’Atelier Hemisphere (Lyon), les Laboratoires deletere (Marseille), la FAI AR (Marseille)
The performances in the framework of Fast Forward take place with the kind support from the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture