The Syllabus is Marie Constant + EE
Residency dates : July & August 2023
Research and writing residency, performance.
The performance lists all 210 nuclear weapons tests carried out by France, in the areas of Reggane and In Ekker in Algeria, and the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in French Polynesia, from 13 February 1960 through 27 January 1996. Every accidents are noted, with their level of toxicity. Excerpts of testimonies of contaminated militaries who have attended the tests, and of civilians living on the sites, come to disturb the monotonous and unbearable list, as well as several excerpts of recent scientific researches on the toxicity developped in the areas (Sébastien Philippe and Thomas Statius, "Toxique", 2022).
– Recorded in la Compagnie, Belsunce, Marseille, on the 2nd of December, 2023, during the exhibition CAPITALISMSXIT.
