FAI-AR offers a 22-month higher education course, preparing students to become creators and producers of artistic projects in public space. Every two years, a class of around fifteen students is selected to take the course.
Teaching is provided in France and occasionally abroad, with the aim of giving students the skills to manage a professional creative project as a creator and artistic director. It especially focuses on the specifics, constraints and opportunities associated with choosing to do art in public space.
The teaching approach is cross-disciplinary and collaborative, combining theoretical, methodological, technical and primarily artistic content.
Two years of study leads to an institutional diploma as an “author for public space”, alongside a Master’s in “Arts et Scènes d’aujourd’hui – écritures scéniques en espace public”(Arts and Scenes Today – Scriptwriting for Public Space) (Master 2), in partnership with Aix-Marseille University.
In the context of contemporary developments around artistic creation in public space, this course questions the ways in which dramaturgy, scenography, relationships with audiences and staging can draw on the performance context and, more particularly, the variations provided by public spaces, including urban, peri-urban, natural and industrial.
The two years of the course have different objectives and content:
The first year is geared towards acquisition of the knowledge, skills and know-how required to work as an artistic assistant on projects in public space.
The second year goes further into artistic research, preparing students for team management and developing a professional career as a creator and producer of projects in public space.
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Course organisation
The course is spread over two years, corresponding to four university semesters. Teaching is given, in part, in Marseille at the Cité des arts de la rue where FAI-AR is based, and, in part, in partner venues in France and occasionally internationally.
The first year is primarily dedicated to collective artistic teaching and research, which is occasionally shared with partner art schools.
This includes:
Creative research laboratories use artistic role-playing in a collaborative framework around a topic or professional practice, developed from previously established work instructions. This tests knowledge and teaches practical understanding by confronting theory with practice. Here, learning is based on sharing an experience and a research process, rather than on “ways of doing things” and the aesthetics of the artist teachers. There are 3 to 5 creative research laboratories for every year group, each lasting 2 to 3 weeks, under the supervision of recognised artist(s), at the Cité des arts de la rue, or at partner venues elsewhere in France or internationally.
Following on from the first year, which mainly features collective and cross-disciplinary modules, the second year focuses on each apprentice developing a personal creative project.
This project is designed as a training process, positioning the apprentice as creator and manager of a project for public space. From the first director’s statement to presentation of a draft performance of the project at the end of the course, each student works to establish a team, build a production and organise residencies by working with professional partners.
Combined with independent work, teaching provided in this second year includes:
De modules d’accompagnement au développement du projet personnel de création : écriture d’une note d’intention, dramaturgie et essais performés, production et fiche technique…
The FAI-AR course leads to a double qualification:
All of the higher education modules are assessed.
Depending on the objectives of each teaching unit, assessment is carried out by those best qualified to observe the results, whether teachers, panels, tutors or the teaching coordination team.
Assessment methods may vary depending on the teaching, and include continuous assessment, written assignments, interviews, reports, oral presentations and performances.
Overall coordination of the higher education course is provided by the FAI-AR permanent team, which designs programmes and content, monitors the class collectively and individually, and draws up periodical reports.
Module teachers are working or teaching artists and professionals. They consist of a mix of regular partners, closely linked to the FAI-AR project, and occasional teachers with unique and tailored experiences.
Since 2019, all apprentices on our higher education course are also enrolled in the Master’s degree “Arts et scènes d’aujourd’hui : écritures scéniques en espace public” (arts and scenes today – Scriptwriting for public space) at Aix-Marseille University. This double qualification consists of:
Marseille is FAI-AR’s primary location, but some of the course takes place elsewhere. In total, the time spent outside Marseille can represent up to 4 months of the entire programme. This time is organised in partnership with professional partners and host venues across France so that apprentices can work under professional conditions and start to structure their professional network.
Marseille is FAI-AR’s primary location, but some of the course takes place elsewhere. In total, the time spent outside Marseille can represent up to 4 months of the entire programme. This time is organised in partnership with professional partners and host venues across France so that apprentices can work under professional conditions and start to structure their professional network.
The higher education course also includes partnerships with other professional higher education institutions. These partnerships can be one-off or long-term, and they enable targeted experimentations and shared teaching that facilitates collaboration between students from complementary disciplines and backgrounds.
In 2019-2020, teaching partners included:
Students on our higher education course are called apprentices in reference to the Bauhaus school in Germany. Around fifteen are accepted every two years, selected on the basis of a competitive admissions procedure.
Students are selected every two years on the basis of a competitive admissions procedure.
This opens one year before the next class starts, and is divided into two stages:
Submission of written applications, some of which are then shortlisted.
Artistic auditions in Marseille, after which the final selection is made.
In order to give successful applicants enough time to organise their two-year course, the results are communicated 6 to 7 months before the course begins.
This course is designed for artists wanting to develop their professional skills for collaborating on, creating and producing artistic productions in public space:
Apprentices are united by a desire to learn more about project management and their interest in public spaces and issues. Classes are varied both in terms of disciplines and levels of experience.
This diversity, combined with teaching on artistic collaboration, encourages mutual development, travel and the invention of hybrid forms.
This FAI-AR course is a full-time higher education programme (35 hours per week). It is demanding and requires significant personal investment.
Working while enrolled in the programme is not recommended. Please be reminded that the course requires a period of travelling (3 weeks) and each student must regularly present work from personal assignments.
Apprentice holiday periods:
Facilities
While in Marseille, apprentices will have access to a kitchen, shared offices with a Wi-Fi connection, a resource centre, a rehearsal room, a construction area, outdoor working spaces, and a selection of technical performance equipment.
For modules outside Marseille, FAI-AR will provide transport, accommodation and one meal per day.
From September 2020 to March 2021, the FAI-AR is recruiting the students for its 9th class (2021-2023), the FAI-AR is recruiting the students for its 9th class (2021-2023).
The deadline for applications is 11 February 2021.
Applications must be submitted :
in digital format to concours@faiar.org
AND by post, postmarked at: FAI-AR – Concours Cité des arts de la rue 225 avenue des Aygalades 13015 Marseille The application is validated upon receipt of the application fee (30 €) and the application form. Late or incomplete applications will not be examined.
Pre-subscription form :
8/01/21
Marseille
Become an author & director of artistic projects in public spaces from Septembre 2020 to March 2021, the FAI-AR is recruiting the students for its 9th class (2021-2023). Apply — Application package: here — Application guide: here — Pre-registration (click …
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