CAC Brétigny

Designed as a kind of intermediary between a multimedia library and a theater, CAC Brétigny is not merely open to its surroundings. From the creation of on-site artworks that make it possible to take over and significantly alter a site, to involving amateur groups in producing and appreciating art, CAC Brétigny has always emphasized its singularity by paying special attention to the women and men who form the center and help it to grow, artists, craftsmen, students, pupils, researchers, inhabitants, technicians, and so many others…

Our current age is marked by a number of changes which art practices are rooted in, be it the reconfiguration of knowledge and territories, the sharing of technologies, the questioning of democratic institutions, the questioning of identities, or the profusion of images. These evolutions are inducing artists to constantly push themselves and their work further in the era we are living through and to come up with new possibilities for the times. They are taking over processes of making art with others, creating alternative systems of understanding and modes of production, and disseminating new forms of knowledge. It is a creative drive that is also found in university research, industrial development, and amateur practices. And one that resonates with the growing multicultural diversity of territories as well.

Responding to these changes, CAC Brétigny has focused on supporting and helping to sustain these artistic and cultural practices, and offering them a range of spaces in which they can develop and thrive. CAC Brétigny has been fashioning a structure and a program of events and exhibitions that make both artists and audiences true end users. The program of art events, structured by Céline Poulin, includes all the activities of the art center, from communications to production to outreach. The CAC Brétigny finds itself functioning as a collective space, where each guest, each partner and each member of the team is actively participating in the construction and identity of the project. For example, coming in 2019-2020, Laura Burucoa's residency was largely conceived by Camille Martin and Etienne de France's residency follows a proposal by Elena Lespes Muñoz. Thus, the graphic designers Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé came up with an identity for CAC Brétigny that is an ever-evolving joint construction with the center. It is a project that embodies CAC Brétigny, which is diverse and open, like any space that wants to remain vibrant and alive and continue to be relevant.

A public service of Cœur d’Essonne Agglomération, CAC Brétigny benefits from the support of Ministère de la Culture—DRAC Île-de-France, Région Île-de-France and Conseil départemental de l’Essonne, and with the complicity of the Brétigny-sur-Orge's municipality. CAC Brétigny is a member of TRAM and d.c.a.