La galerie de la Biennale

Latifa Echakhch’s site-specific work for the Biennale is some 100 square metres of linoleum laid seemingly at random on the floor. On closer examination we see linocut designs, the linocut being a technique similar to the woodcut, using gouged-out blank areas to form the motifs. Visitors walk over these motifs, which reuse drawings, sketches and texts by Le Corbusier. Here the bard of communal building and the instigator, in spite of himself, of the big urban housing estates that began to go up in France in the late 1940s, has been downsized: even if his ideas engendered large-scale and often controversial projects, those housing estates remain places full of life, places symbolised by the affect-charged linoleum Echakhch remembers as part of her life as a child. The artist’s precise yet nuanced gestures thus home in on zones of contact created by the coexistence of different cultures in a single territory – a point emphasised by the fact that her drawings also include the logos of various funding bodies and other images associated with social housing.

With the support of Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris.

Latifa ECHAKHCH

Sans Titre (Architectures ou Révolutions), 2009

Photos: Blaise Adilon

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Guided tours

Tours for children

Family Tour

Grown-ups and under-18s can enjoy discovering the works together, mixing their mutually-enriching perspectives. An inter-generational visitor experience!

At La Sucrière
Sunday 2.30pm
Duration: 1hr30
Price:
2 adults + 2 children: €28
1 adult + 1 child: €15
€5 per extra child

Sugar Pit Workshop

The "Sugar Pit" is an original, interactive workshop to raise awareness of contemporary art.
After discovering exhibition highlights, the children become hands-on creators and explore a world of possibilities...

At La Sucrière
Wednesday 2.30pm for 5-7 year olds
Saturday 3pm for 8-10 year olds
Duration: 2hrs30
Price: €8 per child (To book, call: +33 (0)4 72 82 13 05)

Birthday Tour

A Biennale birthday is an original, educational experience. After visiting the exhibition, the young friends gather in a specially converted area to have fun and blow out the candles!

At La Sucrière
To book, call: +33 (0)4 72 82 13 05
Duration: tour + 1hr for birthday snack
Price: €50 (maximum: 12 children)

Discovery Tour

Guided tours are also on offer to groups from non-school organisations (holiday, youth and social centres, etc.).
Hungry for enigmas, questions and investigation? Head off for an adventure to discover contemporary art! A 90-minute session, exchanging ideas about today's young artists.

At La Sucrière and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Every Wednesday during school holidays.
Price: €50 (maximum: group of 20 children)

Download the games booklet for childrens

Tours for adults

pARTage Tour

Visit the exhibitions with a mediator, who will help you engage with the works and maximise your visitor experience.

At La Sucrière and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm
Duration: 1hr30
Price: €5
Entry + tour deal: €14 instead of €17
Make yourself known at least 15mins before the tour starts

Aperitif Tour

Visit La Sucrière, then discuss the exhibition over a drink at La Rue Le Bec. A convivial way to share contemporary art.

At La Sucrière
Duration: about 1hr30
Price: to be confirmed. Covers tour + aperitif.
Make yourself known at least 15mins before the tour starts.

Thema tour

At lunchtime, discover an artist or artwork.
- At La Sucrière
on Wednesdays 14 October, 11 November and 9 December at 12.30pm.
- At the Museum of Contemporary Art
on Thursdays 22 October, 19 November and 17 December at 12.30pm.
Duration: 1hr
Price: €4
Entry + tour pack: €13

"One hour at the Museum" or "One hour at La Sucrière"

Spend your lunch break at the Museum, and tour the exhibition essentials with a mediator.
- At La Sucrière
on Wednesdays 23 and 30 September; 7, 21 and 28 October; 4, 18 and 25 November; and 2, 16, 23 and 30 December.
- At the Museum of Contemporary Art
on Thursdays 24 September; 1, 8, 15 and 29 October; 5, 12 and 26 November; and 3, 10, 24 and 31 December.
Price: €4
Entry + tour pack: €13

"Comme une Saint-Valentin" Evening

Enjoy a romantic soirée for two, touring the exhibition at La Sucrière and then dining next door at Rue Le Bec, the new address by a leading Lyon chef.

At La Sucrière.
Price of entry + dinner pack for two: to be confirmed

Training days

Two local non-profit organisations, Histoires et Toiles and La Veduta, are running training days during the Biennale de Lyon. These aim to help attendees improve their viewing of contemporary artworks and to foster dialogue and the expression of opinions on a selection of works and artists, as well as providing autonomous tour periods.
Trainers: Béatrix Burlet, art historian and visual artist, and Marie-Josée Bourriot, art historian and mediator at the Musée de Grenoble. These courses can be accredited as part of a continuing professional development programme.
Details and enrolment: histoire-toiles@wanadoo.fr
or 04 76 21 34 67
or 06 89 35 22 66 (La Veduta)
www.histoires-toiles.fr
Dates: Friday 27 November, 2-10pm; Saturday 28 November, 12 noon to 7pm; Saturday 5 December, 10am to 7pm.

For details and bookings:

+33 (0)4 72 82 13 05
public@biennale-de-lyon.org

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