“Sworn: A Week-long Tribute to the Utopian Ideals of Charles Fourier and Victor Considerant”

The project for this cultural week, in homage to the social utopia of Besançon Charles Fourier (1772-1837), was built on the occasion of the publication of the book by Sherill Tippins« Inside the Dream Palace, The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel » ( «Dans le palais des rêves »).

The book tells 130 years of Chelsea Hotel history. This establishment housed an incomparable community of artists and musicians. The American Singer Bob Dylan notably resided there.

Salins-les-Bains in the spotlight

This idea of ​​a shared artistic life is inspired by the ideas of Charles Fourier and his Saline disciple Victor Considerate (1808-1893). Hence the attention paid to the town of Salins-les-Bains, which will symbolically receive The Tulip by Julie Considerant on Friday March 17 in Besançon, molding of an object dear to the Fourierists, a symbol of uprightness.

“It’s an interesting story to tell: the utopia born at the Saline d’Arc-et-Senans was made in Guise. It has gone from a “social” architecture in modern New York with the apartment building, to shared spaces and services as we know them all over the world now”.

Prestigious guests

“Our project associates, among others, the historian Jean-Noël Jeanneney and Martin Scorsese as executive producer of the documentary “Dreaming Walls”, but also the sociologist Christian Guinchard, the historian Michel Vernus and Frédéric Panni, the director of the Familistère de Guise “.

The program in Besançon

Friday March 17, at 6.30 p.m., at the town hall, Courbet room. Welcome. Presentation of the Tulip by Julie Considerant to the City of Salins-les-Bains. Proclamation of the Fourier-Considerant Book Prize by Jean-Noel Jeanneney. Friendship Glass.

Saturday March 18as part of the Télérama weekend: at 3 p.m., at the Mégarama Beaux-Arts cinema, screening of the documentary “Dreaming Walls” and discussions with co-director AMelie van Elmbt.

At 5 p.m., at the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology: table-ronde live on Radio Campus, opening of the “Parcours Fourier dans les murs” and performances in partnership with the Center d’Art mobile and the professional license METI. Friendship Glass.

Sunday March 19at 2.30 p.m., at the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology: theatrical conference “Three Comtois women, Fourierists” by the Cie L’arÊTE.

In Salins les Bains

Wednesday March 22at 5 p.m., at the Médiathèque, salle Guigone: screening of “Dreaming Walls” and discussions with the co-director Maya Duverdier.

At 7 p.m., at the Maison de Salins Foundation: theatrical reading of “Trois femmes comtoises, fouriéristes” by the Cie L’arÊTE and presentation of the Fourier-Considerant Book Prize to the winner.

Thursday March 23at 11 a.m., at the Médiathèque, round table with Christian Guinchardsociologist, Frederic Pannidirector of the Familistère de Guise, and Michel Vernus, historian. Signing session by the winner of the Fourier-Considerant Book Prize

To Dijon

Friday March 24, at 7 p.m., at the Consortium Museum: screening of “Dreaming Walls” and discussions with the directors Amelie van Elmbt et Maya Duverdier. Presentation of the Fourier-Considerant Book Prize by Louis Ucciani of the Mobile Art Center and exchanges with its Laureate. Friendship Glass.

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