Performing arts at the museum

How do younger generations imagine visiting exhibition sites and museums? What sorts of artistic interactions might this involve in relation to the works? How are they moved by the sculpture of an ancient Indian deity, uprooted from her place of origin and exhibited in Paris? Since 2012, an international network has developed involving hundreds of students, artists and researchers spanning France, India, Europe and Latin America, who have created all sorts of in situ artistic performances (dance, theatre, music, poetry), in order to convey their ideal museum experience. They are shaking up certain codes between visitors to create forms of togetherness, involving sensitive, transcultural and ecological approaches for the transmission of intangible heritage. The videos of these performances are available on the project website www. creons-au-musee .com.