The project
With a focus on research and the development of theatrical tools, Collectif MxM has come up with a new project with two distinct strands, one focused on transmission and the other on video research.
In 2023, work was carried out on the development and artistic research of the image through workshops. This first stage documented the tools developed over the course of the Collectif MxM's creations and led to the questioning of a common direction combining transmission and research. The aim was to capitalize on experience and retain only the most relevant.
In 2024, the Francis Kurkdjian Endowment Fund is renewing its support for Collectif MxM for a one-week residency:
- Experimentation with new stage configurations via pilot projects.
- Developing innovative multimedia content based on interaction between actors and video projections.
- Research into temporality and presence through the medium of video technology.
- Use of emerging technologies at the time of the courses.
At the same time, Cyril Teste and his team are touring France with Tchekhov's play Sur l'autre rive, which will be staged for the first time in 2024 and 2025.
Founded in 2000, the Collectif MxM is a flexible core of artists and technicians, united by the same desire to research, create and transmit together, to question the individual simultaneously as a spectator of reality, representation and fiction. A collective writing that Cyril Teste projects and coordinates in common grammar. To date, the Collective has created about thirty works, film performances, sound pieces, installations, clips and is developing the nomadic laboratory of scenic arts, a transdisciplinary transmission network.
