Oblique Festival — Tendresse

What can tenderness do? A 100% arts weekend featuring music, dance, theatre, exhibitions, screenings…

As the world accelerates, tenderness emerges as a choice, an attention paid to others, to living things, and to our interdependencies. A sensitive way to resist, to imagine other ways of being together. What can tenderness do? That is the question we are asking. This year, Oblique Festival returns to explore the theme of tenderness between intimacy and militant action with emerging artists from dance, theatre, music, circus, as well as visual arts and cinema. Following a call for projects that attracted over 400 applications, the Festival brings together 30 performing and visual artists and collectives, offering as many approaches to tenderness. A festive weekend punctuated by performances, exhibitions, and encounters. The detailed programme:

OPENING of Oblique Galerie

Friday 4 September from 7 p.m.

Exhibiting artists:

> Friche Hanaé Bradshaw

Nouvelle mythologie de l’eau | installation/sculpture

Stained glass, chalices, and a laboratory notebook to connect with the microscopic life of threatened wetlands.

Juliette Charpentier

Pietas – Perfuser ceux qu’on ne pleure jamais et Sérigraphie Champ Opératoire | installation

Two works combining medicinal plants and single-use surgical fields where medical care meets the care of living things.

Jade Gabion

Géographie du temps | photo

Silver gelatin prints of family archives and observations of the Finistère Nord landscape to question the emotional ties that bind us to a living territory.

Éléonore Guiraud

PHILIA | photo

Portraits exploring friendly relationships within gender minorities. Women who draw strength from each other.

Romane Desbois

Chair sensation | painting

Oils on fabric that cast a tender and sensual gaze on men's bodies, paving the way for other forms of representation of masculinity.

Morgan Bisoux

Eidolon et GHOST | painting

Hyperrealistic oil on canvas paintings that i