SAVOIR [RIEN] FAIRE

Minute Vidéo 2022

@ Folie/Culture, Quebec, Canada

Date : 30 juin 2022
Heure : 20 h
Lieu : L’îlot des Palais, 8, rue Vallière, Québec (Québec) G1K 3M7

with : Mauro Bustos - Laurence Caron-Castonguay - Alexandre Demard - Patrick DEMAZEAU - Bruno Marceau – Donghee Nam - Jacqueline van de Geer – Katrin Woelger - Danick Lizotte/André Marceau - Wayner Tristao

Savoir [rien] faire

The notions of “knowing”, “making” and “doing” are often tied to the idea that productivity is mandatory. Savoir [rien] faire rejects that imperative and explores different forms of doing, making, knowing, nothing, doing nothing, Know-how, knowing nothing, nothing doing, making nothing… It’s an invitation to explore unconventional, forgotten, useless, or unproductive forms of knowing, doing and making and their potential for resisting the status quo while encouraging softness and human connections.

Through this theme, Folie/Culture invites artists, thinkers, and citizens to explore how “nothing” can become a disruptive, destructive force for questioning and disarray. “Nothing” isn’t useful. It doesn’t drive the economy, it doesn’t get us anywhere, and it’s just fine with that. “Nothing” is absurd, stupid, foolish, irresponsible, delusional, unbalanced, extravagant, alienating, mad.

“Nothing” is a blank slate, full of potential waiting to be brought to life through madness.

screening 2 videoworks: "1 Minute Nothing"  and "somomBatB39"