Voices of citizen art

A long-term project carried out with the association Toutes nos façons d’être. Today, we’re accompanying actress Audrey Delemer in a body percussion workshop where participants confide in Léa Minod. Beyond words, we invite you to a moving and sensitive encounter!

A podcast from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio

Under the guidance of María Inés Rodríguez, Director of Tropical Papers, Director of the Walter Leblanc Foundation and Deputy Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, the artists meet, discuss and imagine collectively, while retaining moments for individual work. A restitution will take place at the end of the 6-month program. In the meantime, Léa Minod visited the Cité Internationale des Arts, guided by Vincent Gonzalvez, in charge of residencies at the Cité.
A podcast by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio. Photo credit: Cité internationale des arts © Maurine Tric / Adagp, Paris 2024

This new location and the change of scale have been a success, and the local population is genuinely attached to it: in just a few months, Le Cube Garges has found its place.

At the same time, the venue is developing an eco-responsible approach, notably with the programming of ISEA 2023, an international symposium on digital arts, last summer.

An episode by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault.a podcast from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

A report by Léa Minod, directed by Guillaume Girault.
A podcast from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

In addition to the ressourcerie (a member of the national network of artistic and cultural ressourceries, le Ressac), la vie brève runs workshops to support the development of responsible manufacturing approaches in the construction workshop for artistic and technical teams in residence here. It also co-hosts and co-organizes Les Augures, professional gatherings dedicated to ecoscenography. An approach that reflects the question running through the world of culture: how to create while fully embracing the challenge of eco-responsibility? Report and guided tour by Léa Minod, directed by Guillaume Girault. Produced by Wave audio.

The debate, entitled “Faire société ensemble, le grand défi de la culture?”, focused on a resolutely sharing and inclusive culture that cements, brings together and strengthens democracy.

After leading the discussion, journalist Olivier Milot invited questions from the floor. The cultural professionals present seized the opportunity, and we invite you to listen in.

Recorded at the Groupe Le Monde auditorium, Paris, March 11, 2025.

The CREF association (Centre de recherche et d’étude de la forêt), created by a group of young researchers and artists, is working more formally to breathe new life into the site, with the support of the commune of Faux-la-Montagne: library, children’s activities, restoration of buildings… and the creation of an experimental anticipatory garden. The commission was entrusted to artist Michel Blazy as part of the Nouveaux Commanditaires initiative, with the Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière. Green and sustainable to be experimented with together, in the center’s former refectory. As the plants grow, the garden will gradually merge with the building. Giving strength back to nature, in an evolving cohabitation with humans… Visit with Léa Minod.

Directed by Guillaume Girault and produced by Wave Audio.

In Montreuil, near Paris, the Dulala (D’une langue à l’autre) association promotes children’s multilingualism and linguistic diversity, through writing, calligraphy, songs, nursery rhymes and stories. Working with artists, researchers and trainers, Dulala creates educational tools for teachers. Talk better, understand better, and play with languages. Or how to make languages an art and a game.
Reported by Léa Minod, directed by Guillaume Girault.

More than a hundred people are taking part in this collective adventure, which combines festivities, artistic workshops and civic action. Together, they are working to reinvent their territory, open it up and make it a symbol of social cohesion through art, care and nature.

A report by Léa Minod, directed by Guillaume Girault.
A podcast from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

“Les voix de l’art citoyen” invites you to relive these public meetings.

Artists share their vision, giving us another angle on the world. They create links, they make art a tool for sharing with citizens. Today, more than ever, we need artists. Their gestures remain indispensable, at a time of widespread vagueness, and sometimes even anguish.

Journalist Olivier Milot welcomed 3 personalities involved in the creation, promotion and defense of culture, Cécile Robert, Geneviève Flaven and Thierry Boutonnier.

Cécile Robert is a neuropsychologist at the Centre hospitalier Aiguille-Queyras (05), in charge of cultural projects. Geneviève Flaven is artistic director of the 99 Soignant.e.s project, presented at the Théâtre de La Criée on May 23 and 24, 2025. Thierry Boutonnier is an arboricultural artist.

Their exchanges were recorded in public on April 3, 2025, at the Mucem in Marseille.

Executive producer wave.audio Thomas Baumgartner, director Franck Haderer.

Here, past, present and future intertwine in a spirit of creativity and joy. This vast 2680 m² space offers workshops, studios, a performance hall… Through cross-disciplinary programming combining the arts, sciences and local participation, La Rayonne is a place where artists and citizens create together to bring their territory to life. A real-life application of the concept of cultural rights, offering everyone the chance to participate in local cultural life.

A report by Emilie Chaudet, sound recording and production by Guillaume Girault.
A podcast from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

“Les voix de l’art citoyen” invites you to relive these public meetings.

French society is undermined by multiple fractures (economic, cultural, geographic, etc.), resulting in a loss of confidence in institutions, a questioning of the foundation of republican values, fear of the other and withdrawal into oneself. Hence the need to recreate dialogue, social ties, common ground and trust. Culture has this power. Provided we don’t forget anyone, create shared imaginations, new narratives in tune with the reality of the times. Provided, too, that we consider everyone as the bearer of a cultural identity, and as such capable of becoming a cultural player in their own right.

Journalist Olivier Milot welcomed 3 personalities involved in the creation, promotion and defence of culture, Amanda Crabtree, Sylvie Robert and Emmanuel Ruben to answer the question “Faire société ensemble, le grand défi de la culture?”

Amanda Crabtree is the co-founder and director of artconnexion, a contemporary art center in Lille that forges links between art, society and the public through artistic mediation projects, citizen commissions and residencies. Sylvie Robert is Senator of Ille-et-Vilaine, Vice-President of the French Senate and member of its cultural commission. Emmanuel Ruben is a writer and former director of the Maison Julien-Gracq.

Their exchanges were recorded in public on March 11, 2025 in the auditorium of the newspaper Le Monde.

Executive production wave.audio Thomas Baumgartner, direction Malo Williams.

This new model of artistic action, open to the world, integrates an original social, agricultural and environmental dimension. After studying Fine Arts in Abidjan, Grenoble and Dusseldorf, “I had to return to Africa to give back what I had learned, by creating something physical and concrete”, explains Barthélémy Toguo, for whom “Giving is an artistic gesture”.

Emilie Chaudet met him in his studio in Paris, between two planes.

Barthélémy Toguo was awarded the Prix artiste citoyen engagé 2022 by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.
To find out more about Barthélémy Toguo, visit the Galerie Lelong website.

This interview is conducted by Émilie Chaudet and directed by Emmanuel Baux, with Jules Benvéniste as sound engineer. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. Voices of Citizen Art is a podcast by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio

Creating community, turning the city into a laboratory and space for conflict resolution, as is the case with the social and community center in Madrid’s Cañada Real district. This is what they call the architecture of complicity, where the experience of living together counts for more than the building itself. They are the 2020 winners of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation’s Committed Citizen Artist Award.

This interview is written by Mélanie Bouteloup and produced by L’arrière-boutique Studio. Translation and dubbing: David Rousseau. Léa Minod, Emmanuel Baux and Guillaume Girault. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez.

To be open to digressions, to remain on the sidelines of what society expects of us, to take an interest in what goes on around the norms, while crossing poetic and political action… This is his vision of art, commitment and life on the bangs of the mainstream…

Julio Jara is the 2020 winner of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation’s Committed Citizen Artist Award.

This interview is written by Mélanie Bouteloup and produced by L’arrière-boutique Studio. Translation and dubbing: David Rousseau. Léa Minod, Emmanuel Baux and Guillaume Girault. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez.

Involved in educational and social projects, including Silkroad, created by Yo-Yo Ma, she has produced a program focusing on memory and diversity through the arts, as holder of the Chair of Spanish Culture and Civilization at New York University.

She is the 2020 winner of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation’s Committed Citizen Artist Award.

This interview is written by Mélanie Bouteloup and produced by L’arrière-boutique Studio. Translation and dubbing: David Rousseau. Léa Minod, Emmanuel Baux and Guillaume Girault.

During the performance, only the gesture, the poetry and the emotion count. Eric Minh Cuong Chastaing has been awarded the Prix de l’Artiste citoyen engagé 2022 by the Daniel et Nina Carasso Foundation for the inclusive approach that permeates his career.

Journalist Emilie Chaudet met him at his home in Marseille.
To find out more about SHONEN and its programming: http: //www.shonen.info/

This interview is conducted by Emilie Chaudet and realized by Guillaume Girault. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez.

Graphic designer Jeanne Ostorero was able to accompany a group of teenagers in the design of personalized soccer shirts. Visit and meet Léa Minod.
To find out more about Artagon, visit Artagon.org

This report is written by Léa Minod and directed by Emmanuel Baux. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez.

With the “Parler Debout” project, Anne Brochot and Marion Fabien, visual artists, Margaux Liénard, musician, and Charlotte Proneau, actress, lead the inhabitants towards a reappropriation of places and legends in perdition. Stories come back to life, gardens bloom and residents come together around a common and civic artistic project.

Find out more: The water chamber

This episode is written by Emilie Chaudet and directed by Guillaume Girault. Executive production: Isabelle Duriez.
LES VOIX DE L’ART CITOYEN is a podcast of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

This is what visual artist Elise Alloin is trying to bring to life in her “Demain Fessenheim” project, accompanied by the Kunsthalle, Mulhouse’s center for contemporary art, and its team, including Emma Werler.

To find out more about the Kunsthalle residencies and Elise Alloin’s residency, click here.

This episode is written by Emilie Chaudet and directed by Vincent Decque. Executive production: Isabelle Duriez.
LES VOIX DE L’ART CITOYEN is a podcast of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

With Claire Gibault from the Paris Mozart Orchestra, Ambre Delaunay from Eugénie Cotton high school in Argenteuil for the PEGASE program, novelist and video artist Valérie Mréjen and director and author Mohamed el Khatib for the Blés d’Or art center, Anna Labouze and Keimis Henni, founders of Artagon, Victor, cultural mediator at Chambre d’eau in Le Favril, Emmanuel Paris, deputy director of cultural affairs for the Côte d’Opale children’s homes, choreographer Eric Minh Cuong Castaing, head of Compagnie Shonen, and Stéphane Sauzedde, former director of ESAA, Annecy’s art school.

We look forward to welcoming you to season 3 of Voix de l’art citoyen in autumn 2023.

This episode is written by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault. Production: Isabelle Duriez. THE VOICES OF CITIZEN ART is a podcast of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

He strives to create micro-possibilities for emancipation, and highlights the technological battle in which he intends to take part, notably by accompanying high-school students in his studio. Neïl Beloufa is the 2020 winner of the Prix Artiste citoyen engagé.
Interview in her studio in Montreuil with Mélanie Bouteloup, independent curator and head of exhibitions at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. This interview is written by Mélanie Bouteloup and produced by L’arrière-boutique Studio. Design by Léa Minod and Guillaume Girault.

Nearly 7,000 students from 5 schools are involved in some 30 new projects every year. At the Eugénie Cotton secondary school in Argenteuil, several 4th grade classes are working together to create seats for the school garden. An unexpected opportunity to immerse oneself in nature, design and museums.
Meeting with Ambre Delaunay, librarian teacher and culture referent for the PEGASE program, and Malaury Rosier, French teacher; with Designer Xavier Auffret; and with students from the 4e1 class.

Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. This episode is written and presented by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault.

A podcast by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. This episode is written by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault, assisted by Jules Benvéniste.

The poetry is already there,” says Mohamed El Khatib. “It’s just a matter of being attentive to the common emergence of new narratives. The duo have brought with them some fifteen artists: Yohanne Lamoulère, Mireille Blanc, Dominique Petitgand, Alain Cavalier…
Les Blés d’Or is now a living space that welcomes people losing their autonomy, artists and works of art.
Valérie Mréjen and Mohamed El Khatib were awarded the Prix artiste citoyen engagé 2022 by the Daniel et Nina Carasso Foundation.
To find out more about the Les blés d’or art center: Les blés d’or

This interview is conducted by Émilie Chaudet and produced by Guillaume Girault, with Jules Benvéniste recording. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez.

By playing with jurisprudence, he brings common sense back into the judgment of life’s affairs. Patrick Bouchain is the 2020 winner of the Prix Artiste citoyen engagé. Interview in Paris with Mélanie Bouteloup, independent curator and head of exhibitions at Beaux-Arts de Paris.

After several workshops over the course of the school year, the orchestra’s presence at the school marks the culmination of a long process, in which the children’s high standards, curiosity and joy provide fertile ground for creation.

Meet Claire Gibault, conductor and founder of the Paris Mozart Orchestra and the La Maestra international competition for female conductors, in the presence of Alexandra Grimal, Alexandra Grimal, musician and composer of the melologue Le jardin en mouvement inspired by Gilles Clément’s book of the same name, music teacher Jairo Coronado Vargas, double bassist Stanislas Kuchinski, and students from the May-Britt Moser fifth-grade class, named after the Norwegian neuroscientist.

Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. This episode is written and presented by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault.

As part of her thesis, she is taking part in the Reflective Interaction program, directed by artist-teacher-researcher Samuel Bianchini and supported by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation’s arts and sciences chair. She takes us through the impalpable traces of the digital world.

Interview with Raphaëlle Kerbrat and Hugo Scurto, postdoctoral researcher at EUR ArTeC (Université Paris 8 / EnsadLab). Thanks to Christophe Pornay, ENSADLAB stage manager, Rémi Sagot-Duvauroux, Julie Sauret.

This project, combining technical prowess and creative imagination, is being carried out in partnership with IRCAM – Centre Pompidou, the CNRS SON:S network, and the Music Unit studio, with the duo Martin Antiphon and Manuel Poletti. “What we’ll be listening to is not the past, but an evocation of the past, mixed with the environment, to gain a different perspective”, explains Manuel Poletti.
Léa Minod met them during the first bluffing tests in public. The inauguration is scheduled for autumn 2024, with a major concert.

To find out more about the Abbaye de Royaumont and its programming, go to
This episode is written by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault. Executive production: Isabelle Duriez.
LES VOIX DE L’ART CITOYEN is a podcast of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, produced by wave.audio.

At the Marais de Villiers secondary school in Montreuil, pupils in seventh grade took part in the play Un jardin en mouvement, composed by Alexandra Grimal. It’s a way of ‘planting a seed’ for the future,” explains Jairo Coronado Vargas, their music teacher. It’s also a way of bringing young people in schools classified as Priority Education Networks into contact with the world of culture and music.
Thanks to the pupils of the May-Britt Moser fifth form, named after the Norwegian neuroscientist, from the Marais de Villiers secondary school in Montreuil.
To find out more about the Paris Mozart Orchestra: https://parismozartorchestra.com/
This episode was written by Léa Minod and directed by Guillaume Girault. Executive producer: Isabelle Duriez. It was first broadcast on 9/06/2022.