Frsh (𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡) is a critical study of the production and performance methods of discourse : from speech to song, from gesture to dance, from text to score. Investing performance, Soto and Nadjim focus on the power economies associated with the (hi)storytelling and invite the audience to join them – with their ears and/or mouth – to think about ways to reshuffle the deck. During this residency, they will work around some theoretical and videographic materials to find ways to transcribe them into perfomative language.

Soto Labor (FR) & Nadjim Bigou-Fathi (FR)

Soto Labor (1993, FR) is a poet, visual artist and performer. Their interest in discursive conditions has led them to invest forms of narration, performative collaborations and autofiction. Strongly influenced by hip-hop, they inscribed their writings in the field of orality through readings, performances and open-mics.

Nadjim Bigou-Fathi (1990, FR) is a designer, visual artist and performer. He develops his practice around limits’ emergences, from walls to words, raising questions of normative dynamics. Through curatorial, sculptural or performative projects, he explores waiting and expecting situations (attente and attente) questionning the power relations between participants.