La Cité des arts de la rue

FAI-AR is a resident organisation at the Cité des arts de la rue in Marseille, which contributes to the local and international development of street arts.

FAI-AR is a resident organisation at the Cité des arts de la rue in Marseille. The Cité is designed to be a 36,000 m2 artistic laboratory and is the only facility in Europe that contributes to the local and international development of street arts.

A whole range of shows and performances are developed in this experimental playground. The seven organisations based here combine skills from creation and training to construction, dissemination and cultural mediation.

The Cité des arts de la rue opened on 30 November 2013. Around one hundred people work there every day.

FAI-AR has multiple workspaces available for artists on its higher education course:

  • Rehearsal stage
  • Classrooms, meeting rooms and resource rooms
  • Construction workshop
  • Fully-equipped offices available for former apprentices
  • Housing and kitchens
  • Storage rooms

It also provides access to the resources and skills of the professionals working on site.

Other resident organisation

LIEUX PUBLICS – Centre national de création et pôle européen de création en espace public
GÉNÉRIK VAPEUR – Compagnie de théâtre de rue – trafic d’acteurs et d’engins
KARWAN – Bâtisseur de projets culturels territoriaux en arts de la rue et arts du cirque
LÉZARAP’ART – Groupe d’action culturelle de proximité
SUD SIDE – Ateliers spectaculaires de constructions scéniques
LE BUREAU DES GUIDES – Balades, rencontres et rassemblements
EX-NIHILO – Compagnie de danse contemporaine
LE COLLECTIF GENA – Théâtre contemporain et spectacle très vivant
À L’ÉCHELLE II – Laboratoire pictural à grande échelle

Contact

Association pour la Cité des Arts de la Rue
225 avenue des Aygalades – 13015 Marseille
04 13 25 77 13 – info@lacitedesartsdelarue.net
www.lacitedesartsdelarue.net