Crac Occitanie
Located in the heart of Sète, the CRAC faces the Mediterranean harbour. The architecture of this 1,200 m2 building reflects its industrial nature : a former fish-freezing factory renovated in 1997.
Located in the heart of Sète, the CRAC faces the Mediterranean harbour. The architecture of this 1,200 m2 building reflects its industrial nature : a former fish-freezing factory renovated in 1997.
Programme
Outside
The exhibition invites eight contemporary artists directly affected by disability and/or illness to present works that reflect their experiences from the perspective of emancipation.
Tragic existences, irremediably suffering bodies or psyches, bodies to be cared for and rectified for the sake of productivity - this is how the validist imagination portrays the disabled and/or sick. Derived from systemic oppression, it is based on a medical reading grid and its implicit norms. Cultural representations help to fuel oppression and discrimination by creating a hegemonic imaginary that shapes our perceptions, thoughts and language, and vice versa. How can we free ourselves from this?
Taking over the public arena, overturning the dominant gaze or gaining legitimacy in the field of academic research; building collectives, performing other relationships to the body or approaching disability as a transformative practice are all strategies of resistance in the face of a confining representation. En-dehors multiplies approaches, deploys counter-narratives and reconfigures the place of the intimate in the development of political discourse.
Vertigo, Alice Brygo
The Crac Occitanie is presenting the work of Alice Brygo (born in 1996 in Montpellier), as part of the Occitanie Médicis prize, of which she was the winner in 2023. The Vertiges exhibition consists of a new video and sound installation produced for the occasion, entitled Montagne profane, and a film made in 2022: Le Mal des ardents.
At the crossroads of cinema and video installation, Alice Brygo develops a hybrid visual universe between fantasy cinema, science fiction and documentary. Her work is often concerned with the anxieties of the contemporary world, and in particular the generation to which the artist belongs. Constructing new narratives, shooting films as if writing a 21st-century initiation tale, these are all ways of trying to live in the ruins produced by capitalism, at the heart of a world dominated by productivity, the accumulation of capital, the desire for individual success and the spirit of competition.
Access
Crac Occitanie, le Centre régional d'art contemporain
Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée
26, quai Aspirant-Herber
34200 Sète
+33 (0)4 67 74 94 37
crac.laregion.fr
Every day except on Tuesday: 12.30pm - 7pm.
Saturday & Sunday: 2pm - 7pm.
Free entry.
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CULTURE & HERITAGE
• Musée Paul-Valéry
• Miam : Musée International des Arts Modestes
• MACO, le Musée à Ciel Ouvert : art walks through the city, marked by street art works.
• MID, Maison de l’Image Documentaire
WALKS
• Le Mont Saint-Clair : an outstanding panoramic view of the Mediterranean and the Bassin de Thau.
• La Pointe Courte : typical alleys convey the Sète’s culture.
• The marine cemetery
FESTIVALS
• Fiest’A Sète (late July, early August)
• Worldwide festival (early July)
• K-Live festival (early June)
• La fête de la Saint-Louis (end of August)
PLACES TO STAY
• L’Orque Bleue Hotel : boutique hotel on the banks of the Royal Canal in the heart of Sète.
PLACES TO EAT
• Le Paris-Méditerranée : a gourmet and inventive cuisine, evenings only.
• Midi Là-Haut : restaurant and café of the Museum Paul Valéry with sea view.
• Chez Lanchois : delicious fusion cuisine in a wonderful setting (access through an industrial area).
• Là-Haut : a snack where we reportedly eat the best tiellas.
• Chez Nossa : deluxe pizzas and natural wines.
• Chez Alphonse et Fils : enjoy the black sesame ice cream and the view…
