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Printemps de septembre — Theatres of the Fantastic

09.28 -- 10.14.2001

The Printemps de Cahors, established ten years ago, has attracted much critical and public acclaim, and is now a key fixture on the contemporary art calendar.

 

With its move to Toulouse, capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region, and the fourth largest city in France, it has been renamed as the Printemps de septembre.

 

With its student population of 100,000, Toulouse is a youthful city, and the Printemps de septembre, with its policy of free and unrestricted access to contemporary culture, aims to combine innovation, celebration and educational outreach.

 

The concept of the Printemps de septembre is unique. It presents the work of international artists in historic venues and sites, creating an exhibition trail, which will be transformed by the play of light and projection during the Nuits Blanches. 

 

This year, twenty-five artists from around the world, including our guest of honour, David Lynch, are showing in Toulouse at the invitation of Val Williams, curator of exhibitions. Stéphanie Moisdon-Trembley has invited ten artists working with video to show at Bemberg Foundation and is also responsible for the outdoor projection of the Media City project. Isabelle Gaudefroy has selected the programme of the Soirées Nomades, bringing together works from dance and performance, together with DJ evenings.

 

Unique in Europe, this celebration of contemporary culture gives the region of Toulouse a new opportunity to express its youthfulness, its vitality and its creativity. A series of complementary exhibitions is also being shown at the Abattoirs in Toulouse, at the Centre Photographique in Lectoure, at the Cimaise et Portique arts centre in Albi and, of course, in Cahors. 

 

I would like to thank Philippe Douste-Blazy, deputy mayor of Toulouse and former Minister of Culture, who had the desire and expressed his willingness to host this festival in the pink city. 

 

Marie-Thérèse Perrin
President of Le Printemps de septembre

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Programme
Exhibition

Ryuta Amae

Fondation d'entreprise espace écureuil pour l'art contemporain
Night projections

Alexandre Bianchini

espace publis
Concert

David Carretta

Place de la Daurade
Exhibition

Pierre Faure

Fondation d'entreprise espace écureuil pour l'art contemporain
Exhibition

Anna Fox

Couvent des Jacobins
Video

Mark Leckey

Fondation Bemberg
Performance

Melk prod

Freeze/défreeze
Auditorium Saint-Pierre des Cuisines
Concert

Peaches

Place de la Daurade
Video

Michael Smith

Square Saint-Pierre
Exhibition

Sophie Ansar

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Video

Dara Birnbaum

Square Saint-Pierre
Dance

Clo-Clopinette

Les soirées du CDC
École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Video

Rachel Feinstein

Square Saint-Pierre
Exhibition

Anna Gaskell

Couvent des Jacobins
Exhibition

Ulf Lundin

Fondation d'entreprise espace écureuil pour l'art contemporain
Concert

Miss Kittin

Place de la Daurade
Exhibition

Mario Rizzi

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Performance

Maren Strack

Latex
Auditorium Saint-Pierre des Cuisines
Exhibition

Shimon Attie

Couvent des Jacobins
Exhibition

Katharina Bosse

Couvent des Jacobins
Dance

Collectif Construct

Studio du CDC
Exhibition

Carole Fékété

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Night projections

Yann Kersalé

Carmen's hold
Canal de Brienne
Video installation

David Lynch

Couvent des Jacobins
Video

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Media City.
Square Saint-Pierre
Video

Ugo Rondinone

Fondation Bemberg
Exhibition

Albrecht Tübke

Fondation d'entreprise espace écureuil pour l'art contemporain
Performance

Patrick Auzier

Impromptu pyrotechnics
Place de la Daurade
Video

Olaf Breuning

Square Saint-Pierre
Light installation

Laurent Fachard

Urban colouring
espace publis
Video

Fischerspooner

Square Saint-Pierre
Night projections

Yann Kersalé

The lanterns of ô
Garonne river bank
Exhibition

Didier Massard

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Exhibition

Bjargey Olafsdottir

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Exhibition

Lars Sitlberg

Couvent des Jacobins
Video

Marnie Weber

Square Saint-Pierre
Exhibition

Roger Ballen

Couvent des Jacobins
Exhibition

Elina Brotherus

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Exhibition

Famille Fröberg/Bergman

Espace EDF Bazacle
Video

Sylvie Fleury

Fondation Bemberg
Night projections

Ange Leccia

Hôtel-Dieu
Exhibition

Paul McCarthy

Couvent des Jacobins
Exhibition

Anneè Olofsson

École des beaux-arts de Toulouse
Video

Paul Smith

Fondation Bemberg