As part of its regional Culture-Reading-Justice mission, in partnership with the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Culture), the Interregional Directorate of Prison Services (Ministry of Justice), the Théâtre de Lorient, the Ligue de l’enseignement du Morbihan, Livre et lecture en Bretagne is organizing a professional day for actors and actresses from the cultural and prison worlds.
Program
9am
Welcoming participants – Situation bingo
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Introduction
10am – 10:15am
Dissemination of works produced in detention
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Round table – The place of culture in the prison environment
Hosted by Mathieu Masson, book mediator
Culture allows people placed under the control of justice and the prison administration to maintain an essential link with the outside world. Used as a tool for integration and reintegration into society, culture is therefore a crucial link in the prison journey.
With contributions from Jean-Pierre Chrétien-Goni, theoretician and detention worker in the radicalization unit at Villepinte prison; Anne-Claire Dubois, Director of Penitentiary Integration and Probation for the SPIP of Morbihan – ALIP Lorient / Lorient-Ploemeur Penitentiary Center; Alexandra Olivier, Secretary General of the Lorient Theater; Xavier Rideau, Director of the Vannes Remand Center; Alexia Stathopoulos, Doctor in Prison Sociology and Arts, author of the book Le théâtre carcéral
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Free lunch
From 1:45 p.m.
Sale of books by the bookstore On the line from Lorient
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Discussions over coffee and an exhibition of prison works
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Speed-meetings by prior registration
3 meetings with cultural coordinators for an exchange around cultural proposals
3 meetings with the DRAC for information on Culture-Justice systems
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Round table – Artistic perspectives behind bars
Hosted by Mathieu Masson, book mediator
What are the motivations for intervening with people placed under the supervision of the justice system when you are an artist? And what repercussions have this had on their artistic practices? During this meeting, the cultural actors present will share their testimonies. With the interventions of Margaux Germain, visual artist and videographer; Emmanuelle Le Ménach, cultural coordinator at the Ligue de l’enseignement du Morbihan; Vincent Malassis and Sara Petit, members of the group Tempêtes, a pop and electronic music duo; Maële Vincensini, author
4 p.m.
Conclusion and perspectives
4:30 p.m.
Visit to the Lorient Theater
The day will take place on Thursday, September 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Théâtre de Lorient, in the Marguerite Duras room, at 11, rue Claire Droneau, in Lorient.
More information and registration at this address.
Photo: Baie-Mahault Penitentiary Center, Guadeloupe, in 2020 (illustration, Bénédicte Jourdier, CC BY 2.0)
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