Weekend ouverture 10 ans du Mucem
The Mucem is 10 years old, and it’s time to celebrate! From June 2023 to June 2024, 10 exceptional events will punctuate the year: an anniversary year to which you’re all invited!
The festivities kick off with a grand opening weekend on June 3 and 4:
For two days, the artists mingle with the public in an abundance of surprises and unexpected encounters, in the exhibition halls as well as in the museum’s corridors and the gardens of Fort Saint-Jean.
As you stroll along, you’ll come across dancers, storytellers, graffiti artists, musicians, comedians and performers; sometimes all you have to do is open a door and you’ll be projected into another universe: that of all the artists who wanted to share their dreams for the Mucem’s 10th anniversary.
During the opening weekend, there will also be evening events:
On Friday June 2, a concert by Black M and Alonzo will bring together the best of the French rap scene as part of Inclusion Day (sold out).
Saturday June 3, at dusk, Le Temps des lumières vives, by Groupe F, will celebrate the beauty and richness of the Mucem’s architectural ensemble: exploring the mesh, climbing the landmarks, mischievous characters activate the bright lights that will make the building, the sea and the sky shine.
And last but not least, on Sunday June 4, we’ll be dancing the summer away with three great balls!
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mucem is to begin a new story: let’s design the next 10 years together!
The Mucem is 10 years old, and it’s time to celebrate! From June 2023 to June 2024, 10 exceptional events will punctuate the year: an anniversary year to which you’re all invited!
The festivities kick off with a grand opening weekend on June 3 and 4:
For two days, the artists mingle with the public in an abundance of surprises and unexpected encounters, in the exhibition halls as well as in the museum’s corridors and the gardens of Fort Saint-Jean.
As you stroll along, you’ll come across dancers, storytellers, graffiti artists, musicians, comedians and performers; sometimes all you have to do is open a door and you’ll be projected into another universe: that of all the artists who wanted to share their dreams for the Mucem’s 10th anniversary.
During the opening weekend, there will also be evening events:
On Friday June 2, a concert by Black M and Alonzo will bring together the best of the French rap scene as part of Inclusion Day (sold out).
Saturday June 3, at dusk, Le Temps des lumières vives, by Groupe F, will celebrate the beauty and richness of the Mucem’s architectural ensemble: exploring the mesh, climbing the landmarks, mischievous characters activate the bright lights that will make the building, the sea and the sky shine.
And last but not least, on Sunday June 4, we’ll be dancing the summer away with three great balls!
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mucem is to begin a new story: let’s design the next 10 years together!
Weekend ouverture 10 ans du Mucem
The program
On J4
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On J4
- On June 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., the exhibitions are open to the public, and are complemented by a trail of surprises in the museum’s interior and exterior spaces.
All over the world
Take a look
10 passe-têtes are scattered around the Mucem. Collector’s photos guaranteed!
This work was based on postcard albums on the funfair and circus by painter Gustave Soury, held in the museum’s collections.
Graphic design by Paul Gilonne.
In the lobby
The whale
Monumental, self-lighting aerostatic puppet, by Aérosculpture.
In the forum
Hip-hop session
Graff & calligraphy initiation and demo with Planète Émergences artists, hip-hop dances with Créscène 13.Mega yippee coloring!
Young and old are invited to come and color a 10m-long frieze. Felt-tip pens at your disposal!
Illustration by Quentin Vijoux
In the auditorium
Screening of a selection of films by Dan Hodgson, Chloé Alliez, Violette Delvoye, Jean Lecointre, Nash Edgerton, Alexandre Dubosc, Elisabeth Leuvrey, Célia Schaeffer and Philippe Decouflé, between humor and celebration, with the Agence française du court-métrage.
In the “Le grand Mezzé” and “Connectivités” showrooms
Temps contés, in partnership with La Baleine qui dit “Vagues”
Malika Halbaoui, Jean-Michel Hernandez, Ralph Nataf, Chloé Gabrielli and Laurent Daycard… five singular storytelling universes echoing the themes and works in the “Le grand Mezzé” and “Connectivités” exhibitions.
In the Médinathèque
A look back at 10 years of the Mucem: from the major stages in the museum’s creation to the presentation of its major exhibitions, not forgetting the originality of its collections and projects, and its influence from the Phocaean city, INA offers a selection of archive images to celebrate the anniversary of the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean.
Accessible continuously.
In the rooms of the “Barvalo” exhibition
Concerts by Haïdouti Orkestar – Gipsy turkish & oriental brass band (Saturday 3) and Yardani ensemble – Résonances gitanes (Sunday 4), in partnership with Les Suds à Arles.
Haïdouti Orkestar with Sylvain Dupuis (tapan), Martin Saccardy (trumpet), Gilles Strock (saxophone), Moncef Hakim Besseghir (snare drum), Denys Danielides (soubassophone), Alon Peylet (tuba), Simon Balleyguier (tuba), Nuria Rovira Salat (dance). Résonances gitanes with Yardani Torres Maiani (violin and direction), Lea Pisani (piano), Atanas Marinov (clarinet), Engé Helmstetter (guitar).
In the Galerie mer (2nd floor)
Le Ballet national de Marseille – (LA)HORDE
With 20 dancers and, alternately, 5 pieces and projections (non-stop from 1pm to 6:30pm).
Weather is sweet by (LA)HORDE, choreographic piece for 6 dancers [11 min], 2022
Grime Ballet(Danser parce qu’on ne peut pas parler aux animaux) by Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud, choreographic work for 5 dancers [12 min], 2022
Concerto by Lucinda Childs, choreographic piece for 7 dancers [9 min] 1993, adapted for BNM 2022 dancers.
Lazarus by Oona Doherty, adapted for BNM dancers [8 min], 2021
Room With a View – extract from (LA)HORDE, choreographic work for 18 dancers [11 min] 2020.Dancers: Abicht Sarah, Bergakker Alida, Carroll Izzac, Castro Joao, Crozier Titouan, Fogli Matteo, Georgiadi Myrto, Gombert Nathan, Hookham Eddie, Jorgensen Jonatan, Kato Nonoka, Kinoshita Yoshiko, Lim Amy, Mello Rella Laura, Ruscica Lola, Sato Aya, Tato Horcajo Paula, Valls Garcia Elena, Vander Linden Antoine, Vandenbussche Nahimana
Screenings : The Master’s Tools (18 min) , Cultes (16 min), clip Room With A View (5min), Download & Run Zoom (min), Ghosts (8min)
On the terrace
Short story and musical readings in the Mediterranean.
Balad, voyage sans bagage
Bilingual musical reading by the duo Catherine Vincent and Mohamad Al Rashi. Text and illustrations by Walid Taher, translated from Arabic (Egypt) by Mathilde Chèvre. Editions Le Port a jauni, 2017.
Wandering from Cairo to Marseille, from Barcelona to Tetouan… an urban adventure, zany and attentive to the little things that make up everyday life.Histoires vraies de Méditerranée
Readings by Daniel Mesguich, Grégory Montel and Sophie Cattani. Texts from the “Histoires vraies de Méditerranée” project, prepared for the occasion by authors François Beaune, Claire Castan and Marine Vlahovic. For the past 10 years, “Histoires vraies de Méditerranées” has involved artists, authors and researchers collecting and archiving “true stories” from people living around the Mediterranean.
Production: Mucem and Piment Rouge Production
At the island workshop
Escales en Méditerranée
Family workshop for ages 4-8, led by Mucem guides
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At Fort Saint-Jean
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Fort Saint-Jean
- All over the world
Bodies in urban space
Bodies In Urban Spaces returns to Marseilles after a successful run in cities around the world. Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner’s collective performance will this time take over the spaces of Fort Saint-Jean. The interweaving of bodies and the human sculptures formed by the dancers invite us to take a fresh look at architecture and the environment.
Pop-up interventions throughout the day.
Dancers: Katell Boisneau, Elsa Ferret, Juliette Nicolotto, Mohamed Kouadri, Henri Bruère Dawson, Greta Sandon, Nadine O’Garra, Pierre Seez, Julien Dégremont, Liselotte SingerInstants musicaux with Marseille Concerts
With Juliette Gaudin (cello), Gaspard Domzalski (clarinet), Arsène Coulanges-Manoian (flute), Gloria Birardi (Celtic harp) & the Quatuor à plectres phocéen (4 mandolins). Appearances throughout the day.L’Homme-orchestre, Cie La Mue/tte
By and with Santiago Moreno
Performance by Argentine multi-instrumentalist Santiago Moreno. A virtuoso musician and puppeteer, he plays a rhythmic score with South American influences, drawing the audience into an intensely poetic world.Animation of old photography
With the collective La Photo sensible.Take a look
10 passe-têtes are scattered around the Mucem. Collector’s photos guaranteed!
This work was based on postcard albums on the funfair and circus by painter Gustave Soury, held in the museum’s collections.
Graphic design by Paul Gilonne.
On the Place d’Armes
Marseille’s quarter of an hour
Meeting place with personalities having a special link with the city of Marseille or the Mucem, hosted by Hervé Godart (11h>12h et 14h>15h)
Espace de convivialité́ avec panisses, terrains de pétanque et baby-foot.
In partnership with France bleu Provence. Furniture on loan from Honoré Déco et Aussih
In the Georges Henri Rivière building
Bank of sardines
A nod to the installation of sardines in the dock for the opening of the museum in 2013 by Aérosculpture.
In the gardens
Gardeners and plants
Mediation in the Jardin des Migrations around aromatic plants. Regular visits throughout the day by Mucem gardeners.
Cour de la Commande
And in 10 years’ time?
A proposal by Les Chichas de la pensée. Since October 2021, Les Chichas de la pensée is an infinite, itinerant collective cultural program bringing together a new generation of artists and ideas. For the first time, Les Chichas de la pensée leaves the Paris region and arrives in Marseille.At the invitation of the Mucem, and to mark its tenth anniversary, Les Chichas de la pensée take over the Cour de la Commande. For two days, Les Chichas de la pensée offer a random and surprising program, posing ten local questions and inviting ten artists to answer them, thus playing the surprise card to open up the horizon of the next ten years and asking: how can we rebuild the future?
Encounters, musical performances, readings, sound listening…
With Chouf & Inès Cherifi, Omar Keddadouche, Saaphyra, Mehdi Ahoudig & Hassan Ferhani, Eva Doumbia…
With the loan of furniture from Jiji La Palme d’Or.
In the village
Play, make, remember… with Mucem mediators:
Play tables to discover “Collect'”, the brand new board game on the museum’s collections, with Mucem mediators.
“La minute fabrique” workshops to make a souvenir creation in just a few minutes: postcards, posters…
Collection of memories: a memorable sunset, a family walk, an aesthetic shock, a first kiss… The public is invited to share their fondest memories at the Mucem.
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Evening
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Evening events
- Friday, June 2,
7.15pm-1am, free admission (booking essential)
Concerts by Black M and Alonzo (Place d’Armes)
Reserve your place (sold out)
Saturday, June 3
8pm-midnight, free access
Fireworks show by Groupe F from 10pm to 10:30pm, visible from the J4 esplanade and the Place d’Armes at Fort Saint Jean.
Before and after: picnic with sunset music and Le Bon Air, Dj set by Mystique and Orsso (Place d’Armes, J4 terrace).
Sunday, June 4
Closing 7-10.30pm, free admission
The weekend closes with three balls, three musical atmospheres– Le Grand Balèti created by Eric Montbel and the Cité de la Musique de Marseille (place d’Armes):
Illustrating the creative energy of traditional music, Le Grand Balèti is a troupe of talented musicians brought together for the pleasure of celebration and togetherness, in keeping with the dynamics of today’s dance music.Cast:
Music: Alice Allessandri, Christine Volpi, Noémie Herry, Christian Fromentin, Pascale de Pracontal, Virginie Prieto, Katja Wesselmann, Mathilde Catoire, Rémy Ross, Luca di Mercurio, Gaetan Colloc, Didier Chevallaz, Quentin Allegranza, Yvon Bayer, Nuria Grana, Karin Casier, Eric Montbel, Elsa Montbel.
Dance: Luc Petitdemange, Laure Petitdemange.– Grand Bal Raï, a creation by Arabesques (cour de la commande du fort Saint Jean):
Le Grand Bal Raï revives the great Raï hits of the 70s through to the worldwide explosion of this music in the decade 1990-2000. Presentation of their latest creation, Arabesques.Cast:
vocals: Adil Smaali
electric violin: Rabie Houti
electro keyboard: Stéphane Puech
bass: Guilhem Centurion
drums: Pedro Coudsi
percussion: Mélaine Cogez.– Le Bal hip-hop avec la Cie 6e Dimension (terrasse J4):
Séverine Bidaud and her dancers bring the crowd to the dance floor for a festive, collective dance accessible to all. This ball has been created for a playful and joyful immersion in urban dance and the company’s universe.Distribution:
Compagnie 6e Dimension
Choreography: Séverine Bidaud
Performers: Cault Nzelo, Clément James and Séverine Bidaud
DJ : Lucky Locker
In partnership with L’intercontinental, Hôtel Dieu
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