Canal Royal 2022

Every form of creativity is invited to the Crac this summer _with Hugo Bel, Alexandra Cuesta, De l’impertinence, Yohann Gozard, Per-Anders Kraudy Solli et Zoé Lakhnati, Dove Perspicacius, Pierre-Guilhem, Pauline Rigal, Aria Rolland, Töfie & le collectif Linge

For the third consecutive year, the Crac Occitanie and Mécènes du Sud Montpellier-Sète-Béziers are teaming up for an energetic and intensive hybrid event through several projects: exhibitions, workshops, screenings, concerts, performances…

Canal Royal was born in the wake of the first lockdown in 2020, and its purpose is to assist artists by supporting new productions or the circulation of a recent work.

Canal Royal promotes the art scene in the Occitanie region: all of the invited artists have a strong link to this territory, either as a home or as a direct inspiration for their work.

The title of this summer program refers to the city of Sète’s main canal, which runs alongside the Crac Occitanie.

The schedule :

• Paysages scéniques - Hugo Bel, exhibition from 5 to 14 August

• Dis-lui que j’en rêve - Dove Perspicacius, exhibition from 17 to 21 August

• Where the fuck am I ? - Per-Anders Kraudy Solli et Zoé Lakhnati, performance 17August at 6p.m. / Residency re-creation De l’impertinence #1, 17 August at 6:45p.m.

• Saynètes - Aria Rolland, actions from 22 August to 4 September

• En atelier, une semaine d’août - Yohann Gozard, exhibition from 24 to 28 August

• Fais-nous rire, fais nous pleurer - Pierre-Guilhem, exhibition from 31 August to 4 September

• Concerts, performances - Töfie & collectif linge (Clémentine Poirier, Étienne Bègue et Maël Gagnieux), 2 September 6p.m. - 10p.m.

• Les Calbertettes - Pauline Rigal, exhibition from 7 to 11 September

• Alexandra Cuesta - Revue Les Saisons, cinema and reading, 9 September 7:30p.m. and 9p.m.

• Maldormir PT.2}. - Pierre Unal-Brunet, open studio and edition launch, 22 September 5:30 pm

Mécènes du Sud Montpellier-Sète-Béziers is an association that was born as a spin-off of the organisation of the same name in the Aix-Marseille area. It is a collective of companies supporting art and financing various works, events and collaborations in the field of contemporary art.Mécènes du Sud Montpellier-Sète-Béziers benefits from a dedicated site for its activities, located right in the Montpellier city centre, where a yearly programme of exhibitions is conceived and offered to the public.

CANAL ROYAL is part of L’Été culturel and is receiving support from the Drac Occitanie for this project.