27 — 30.05
Bâtir was born out of a disturbing discovery made by Salim Djaferi: the striking resemblance between the housing estate in Seine-Saint-Denis where he grew up, and the housing estates built in French Algeria in the 1950s. Following the success of his theatre performance Koulounisation, which explored the links between language and colonisation, Djaferi now turns his attention to the links between colonies and suburbs, and more broadly, between race and space.
Documents play a central role in Djaferi’s documentary theatre. Alone on stage, he recounts his investigation, mixing public archives relating to the construction of social housing with vivid personal accounts collected from those close to him and residents, whom he embodies on stage. His body in action brings to light archives that carry the weight of established narratives, but also of their silences. What do they conceal about the experiences they claim to document?
In a game shared with the audience, Djaferi questions how the issue of social housing has, from the outset, been viewed through the prism of race—without ever naming it. Bâtir seeks to deconstruct the colonial legacy that has erected the invisible walls of our identities, scrutinising the ways in which we inhabit the city and the stage—which has become a living construction-site of reinvention.
27.05
28.05
29.05
- 20:00
- + aftertalk moderated by Léa Drouet (FR)
- Sold out — Register to the ticket alert
30.05
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National
Concept and performance: Salim Djaferi | Directed by: Salim Djaferi, Clément Papachristou | Written by: Marie Alié, Salim Djaferi, Clément Papachristou | Documentation and artistic collaboration: Hanna El Fakir | Dramaturgy: Adeline Rosenstein | Research collaboration: Janoé Vulbeau | Set design: Justine Bougerol, Silvio Palomo | Lighting design and technical direction: Laurie Fouvet | Movement coach: Sophie Melis | Sound design: Maïa Blondeau | Stage and sound management: Alice Spenlé in collaboration with Yorick Detroy, Nicolas Marty | Assistant directors: Hanna El Fakir, Skandar Kazan Seckar | Artistic collaboration: Sasha Martelli | Support, production and distribution: Habemus Papam (Cora-Line Lefèvre, Rosine Louviaux, Alix Maraval, Apolline Paquet)
Executive production: Habemus Papam | Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Comédie de Saint-Etienne, Théâtre Public de Montreuil, La Machinerie, Maison de la Culture de Tournai, Théâtre de Namur, Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, Points Communs, Théâtre Joliette, Coop asbl and Shelter prod
With the support of the Service des arts vivants of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Bellone, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Institut français d’Algérie, Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse, taxshelter.be, ING and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government
