Friday 18 December, 19:00

Solstice d’hiver

Solstice Psychomanteon is a documentary-performative staging by Jean-Daniel Schneider and Helena Patricio that opens a poetic portal to invisible worlds. Combining song, performance and film, it transforms archival traces — letters, objects, garments, songs and contracts — into a staged device mixing video, ritual and live singing. Directed by JD Schneider and produced by Maison Suspecte, the piece investigates possession, ghosts and identity projection, inviting a porous encounter between visible and invisible realms.

In French.

Chemin de la Gravière 10,
1227 Les Acacias
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Photo Credit: DR

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