Presentation of Lyon Public Library at My French Library stand, IFLA 2014

1. RESIDENCIES
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
A creative adventure at the library
IFLA World Library and Information Congress
Lyon
19 August 2014
Crédit photo: Romain Silvi

2. A library oriented towards the
performing arts
• The Public Library of Vaise in Lyon
• A resource centre
• A place of creation and meeting around the
performing arts
Crédits photos: H.T.V.S. Architexture ; Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

3. « A residence »…
what are we talking about?
“We call residence the invitation to artists
in a place that offers them the means
and tools to achieve an artistic creation.”

4. Residencies in our way
• Stakeholders: artist(s); librarians; public; partner(s)
• Spirit of collaboration
• Artistic and cultural project
• Precisely defined duration
• A space and time for creation: an 85-seat auditorium for
several weeks
• Means for the artistic work: technical and logistic
backup; financial support
• Various public sessions (meetings, workshops, open
rehearsals, performances, lectures, exhibitions…)

5. A residence : what for ?
• To support emerging artists
• To raise the awareness of the general public to
the creative process of a performance
• To link creation to the library’s resources
Crédits photos: Christophe Loiseau ; Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon ; La Perruque-Coopérative

6. A residence in a few figures
• 4 to 7 months of artistic presence at the library
• 60 rehearsal days
• 13 public sessions
• 500 participants

7. Sharing with the public
Making puppets for the
show in the middle of an
exhibition room
Soulier Rouge Company, 2011
A 3-steps discovery
sequence for primary
schools’ classes
La Perruque Company, 2013
Crédits photos: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon ; Gisèle Gonon / La Perruque-Coopérative

8. Sharing with the public
A meeting-and-screening
with the resident dancers
Showing dance films
from our collections
Aux Pieds Levés Company, 2014
Open rehearsals
&
Final show !
Crédit photos: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

9. An ephemeral adventure :
Making it visible, keeping a trace
Teaser Interface
Site AADN

10. Our intuitions and questions…
what do YOU think about it ?
By ranking as a creation
place, the library becomes a
place of risk, of
« disorder »,
experimentation,
sensibility… A place that
sets the body as well as the
intelligence in motion.
Is supporting
artistic creation
the role of a
library ?
As a librarian, one
doesn’t always feel in
one’s own right
handling artistic
creation.

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION,
…now let’s share ideas !
IFLA World Library and Information Congress
Lyon
19 August 2014
Fanette PERRET
Manager of the Performing Arts
Section / Lyon Public Library
fperret@bm-lyon.fr