Artistic approaches to the urban project
May 8th, 2009 | Metropolitan Exchanges
Monday May 18, 2009, 7PM
A discussion with Maud Le Floc’h
Urban planner/theater professional Maud Le Floc’h is an expert at establishing collaborations between artists, government officials and urban planners. At MEx, she will speak about her current work connecting the “living arts” (theater, urban art) to urban planning and urban space in France. Her presentation will be followed by a discussion comparing possibilities for this kind of work in Europe and the United States.
About Maud Le Floc’h: Maud is a French urban planner who has dedicated herself to connecting the living arts and the city. After earning a degree in urban planning and working as a journalist specializing in the street theatre scene in France, she developed and programmed festivals of live arts in the city. With Philippe Freslon, she co-founded and developed the Compagnie Off, a street theatre company in Tours, France in 1996. From 2002 to 2006, Maud conceived and led the initiative of “one elected official/one artist in the city,” through the project Mission Repérage(s), where she united an elected political official and an artist to reflect on their city, its development and future. The results, Mission Repérage(s), un élu – un artiste (Location Scouting – One Elected Official, One Artist) were published in 2006 by editions L’Entretemps. Maud is the founder and artistic director of POlau-pôle des arts urbains, a research center and platform of experimentation between artists, cultural workers, and urban planners. She is also currently a consultant for Ateliers Jean Nouvel for the “Grand Paris” project of re-envisioning the Parisian Region.