In the Middle Ages, there was no clearly defined line between the real and the imaginary, which is why historian and medievalist Jacques le Goff speaks of “material” vs. “imaginary reality”. French visual artist and director duo Clédat & Petitpierre have taken this theory and composed a chimerical world populated by fascinating medieval creatures that live in a plastic, sculptural and sonic biotope, creating a poetic backdrop to a journey into our ancestors’ little-explored imagination.

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• Distribution

  Conception, choreography, sculptures, costumes : Yvan Clédat and Coco Petitpierre

  With : Sylvain Prunenec Le Blemmye / Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher alternating with Max Ricat Le Sciapode / Sylvain Riéjou Le Panotii

  Sounds creation : Stéphane Vecchione

  Lights creation : Yvan Godat

  Development of motion sensor : Yan Godat and Stéphane Vecchione

  Textile production assistant : Anne Tesson

  Texts : based on Empédocle, Ovide, Pline l’Ancien, Jean de Mandeville…

• Mentions

  Production : Lebeau et associés

  With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès as the part of the program New Settings

  Co-production Parc de La Villette Les Subsistances – laboratoire international de création artistique La halle aux grains – Scène nationale de Blois

  With the support of DRAC Ile-de-France for the project help

  Photo: © Martin Argyroglo

• Around the show

  Wesnesday december 21st décembre at 2pm : workshop in family