THE PROJECT
“Antichambre,” both an animated film and live performance, blends multiple artistic forms into a single captivating experience. This production marks another significant step in the company’s ongoing exploration of cross-disciplinary art, engaging audiences of all ages and cultures. Beyond words, it opens up a space for imagination and poetry. Using just paper, charcoal, and a guitar, the artists bring the creative process to life, immersing viewers in the intimate and often solitary act of creation.
Premiered in 2023, this latest work by the company has been recently showcased at prestigious venues, including the Barbican Centre in London, the Venice Biennale, and Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, among others. The two artists behind STEREOPTIK, Romain Bermond and Jean-Baptiste Maillet, push their artistic boundaries with this production, combining animation techniques like hand-drawn cartoons, stop-motion, painting, object theatre, and music. As both a film and a live creation, the show reveals the intricacies of the company’s creative process, offering audiences a rare glimpse into the art of making.
ABOUT STEREOPTIK
Formed in 2008 during the creation of the show of the same name, Stereoptik is a duo composed of Romain Bermond and Jean-Baptiste Maillet, both visual artists and musicians. Based on a score they write and develop together, each of their shows is created in front of the audience. Painting, drawing, shadow, object and puppet theatre, silent film, live music, and animation are all areas in which Stereoptik blurs the boundaries. The many arts brought onto the stage are guided by one principle: showing the audience the technical process that leads to the development of characters, scenes, and a story. The audience is free to be carried away by the projected images and story or to focus on the details—how the drawing moves on the screen, how the ink gives birth to a silhouette on a transparent background, and which instrument is used to bring it to life. Visual, musical, and devoid of text, Stereoptik’s creations arouse curiosity and astonishment in audiences of all ages and cultures.
CREDITS AND MENTIONS
Conception and interpretation: Romain Bermond, Jean-Baptiste Maillet.
A STEREOPTIK production, production exécutive et diffusion : Les 2 Bureaux.
Co-production: Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Le Trident – Scène nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, l’Hectare – Territoires vendômois – Centre national de la Marionnette, Le Sablier – Centre national de la Marionnette – Ifs, Le Parvis – Scène Nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Lux – Scène nationale de Valence, Folimage-Valence.
In partnership with: L’Echalier – Agence rurale de développement culturel – Couëtron-au-Perche, Théâtre des 2 Rives – Charenton-le-Pont.
Support for project setup (création 2023): Hélène Icart.
STEREOPTIK is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and the Centre-Val de Loire Region as well as being an associate artist at the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris and the Hectare, Territoires Vendômois, Centre National de la Marionnette.
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