Audrey Gary invites students from Jean Jaurès University to explore employees' work gestures through innovative workshops. A human and artistic initiative that promises to bring together often distant worlds.
Discovering everyday gestures at Jean Jaurès University
Audrey Gary, designer artist, offers a unique project to students at the Jean Jaurès du Mirail University in Toulouse. This original initiative aims to bring students and university employees closer together through workshops for observing and interpreting work gestures.
A workshop to create connections
The idea is simple but innovative: invite students to observe the actions of university employees — whether administrative staff, catering, security or housekeeping. These workshops offer the opportunity to highlight gestures that are often ignored, but carry particular beauty and meaning.
An artistic approach for a human encounter
Audrey Gary, who has already experimented with this type of project in daycare centers, underlines the importance of changing the way we look at these daily actions. For her, it is a way to bring out the hidden beauty of work and to restore value to tasks often considered mundane or thankless. The workshops will conclude with a show inspired by these observations, with the participation of the students.
An initiative supported by the INA
The National Audiovisual Institute (INA) is joining forces with this project to provide archives of ancient trade gestures. These archives will enrich the artistic process and will give a historical and emotional dimension to the work of the participants.
A success already there
The approach has aroused strong interest, with students and employees ready to play the game. This project also inspires beyond the university, with institutions such as a penitentiary center having already expressed their interest in similar initiatives. For Audrey Gary, every gesture counts and deserves to be observed, shared and appreciated.
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