“TO ACHIEVE HARMONY, SHAPES AND COLOURS MUST LEARN TO LIVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AS WE DO IN EVERYDAY LIFE. CREATING A MURAL TOGETHER IS A SMALL LESSON IN LIFE: COMPOSING WITH RIGOUR DOES NOT EXCLUDE CREATIVE FREEDOM AND RESPECT.”

The aim of HARMONIA GAMA is to promote the learning of knowledge through experience by understanding our place in biodiversity, by valuing our participation in society, by developing our ability to create the world that corresponds to us; to defend the simple and natural…

THE TOTAL ART WORK

“Producing a total art work is not just a matter of combining several techniques, disciplines or media. It is also about embracing the spectator, investing all his senses, leading life and art to merge. This is why the theme of the total work of art can be found both in the history of the arts (architecture, cinema) and in the dream of artistically guiding the course of life”.

 

Source: L’Œuvre d’art totale, Collection Art et Artistes, Gallimard

THE SITE SPECIFIC ARTISTIC METHOD

Site specific art refers to an artistic method that dedicates the work to its host site. This method also qualifies a work that takes into account the place where it is installed.

 

Urban art and Land art are the archetypes of the site specific artistic method and fully characterize the approach pursued by the artists of the HARMONIA GAMA collective.

Ecological continuities correspond to all the vital areas (biodiversity reservoirs) and elements (ecological corridors) that allow a population of species to circulate and access vital areas.Green and blue infrastructure (TVB) is a network of the land and water ecological continuities identified by the SRCEs and planning documents produced by the French government…

During the production of the artistic works, the participation of mixed-age groups, children and adults, residents and even users, professionals, associated with the public in social and professional integration, makes it possible to approach the respective lives of each person in a new relationship, in the virtues of mutual trust…

Public spaces are by nature places of conversation and debate. Implementing artist(s) residencies with the participation of the public in the heart of cities is an effective way of creating society, contributing to the improvement of the living…

Our artist(s) residencies are residencies for participatory artistic creation and education, generally implemented in open spaces and most often associated with green spaces, in partnership with public authorities and/or local socio-cultural, citizenship, education, integration and health actors.They involve…

Embryonic project for the opening of a place for artistic creation and education in rural areas, associated with the creation of a biodiversity park, a place of crossed resources, the recycling of an industrial wasteland or the preservation of a natural area…