Artists’ Tales

Danaé Panchaud, museologist, curator and lecturer specialising in photography, based in Switzerland. Currently the director and curator of the Photoforum Pasquart, in Biel, writes about her participation (as curator) in the project “Au-delà/In Beyond”.

“Platform 2020 was a wonderful experience too in seeing myriad projects by up and coming and established artists”  

“I got the chance to meet writers, critics, publishers and playwrights from day one and once again I was astonished by the richness and creativity of the local art scenes”

I am still being asked about when he’ll be back to Lebanon, and my answer is, every time: as soon as possible!

As moving 15 musicians to another continent is always a big logistic challenge, we had to figure out how we can make our dream come true and we finally managed to put a tour together for fall 2019.

“I had the opportunity to learn from Egyptian Artists about their culture and engage in very productive artistic collaborations and personal exchanges”

“We think that model of residency should be applied widely and in different places; it opens doors for future collaborations between artists”

I learned a lot about the culture and about different ways of making music, since I work alone most of the time. I laughed hard during the residency; there is always a big smile on my face when I think back and remember those days.

We’re looking back on an amazing residency with a lot of beautiful, difficult, and important discussions, 10 hours of recorded music for the first sailing stones tape, a lot of improvisation, and the organization of an amazing festival, even though the weather was not with us. And with the result, that the small scene of current music in Tunisia, after this crazy, unexpected experience…