Nora Moutawahid, a student in the Bachelor in Cultural Production and Mediation, is one of the organizers of the NO FRONTIERS festival, an event created by IESA three years ago, a charity event because it aims to support political refugees.
She presents the 2020 edition to us:
What program are you taking at IESA arts&culture?
In September 2020, I started my third year of the Bachelor in Cultural Production and Mediation, specializing in the performing arts.
Why did you decide to join IESA arts&culture?
I decided to join IESA arts&culture because I really liked the idea of combining theoretical training (the classes and the various guest speakers) with practical training (internships and real-scale projects). I wanted to be able to train professionally while continuing to learn.
Can you tell us about the 2020 edition of NO FRONTIERS?
No Frontiers is a cultural and charity festival whose aim is to raise funds for associations working for the cause of migrants in France.
The entire festival is organized on a volunteer basis, and all proceeds will go to three associations (autremonde, Ticket d’entrée, Place) working for the reception and integration of refugees in France.
This third edition was organized in collaboration with Maison des Métallos, an emblematic Parisian venue where the performing arts and the major issues of the 21st century are in dialogue!
Participatory workshops, conferences, performances, concerts, and exhibitions: this year, the lineup was meant to be varied and bold, featuring, among others, the electro-tropical trance duo Péroké in a DJ set, the Senegalese soul-folk singer Yaya Minté, a theater production by Cours Florent, as well as works by the artists Demir Cassim and Khaled Youssef.
The event took place on Sunday, September 27, 2020, from 14:00 to 22:00 at Maison des Métallos (Paris 11th arrondissement).
Can you tell us more about this event: its main ambition, partnerships, student involvement?
The main ambition of the No Frontiers Festival is to collaborate with associations working for the reception and cause of refugees in France, with the ultimate goal of raising funds to help these associations take action. For this 3rd edition, the festival renewed its support for 3 associations selected for their commitment: Ticket d’entrée, Place, and autremonde. All proceeds, as well as donations collected via Ulule, go to them.
This third edition of the festival also marks a wonderful partnership between IESA arts&culture and Maison des Métallos. We worked hand in hand to create this multidisciplinary festival. The team at Maison des Métallos, an emblematic cultural venue in Paris, has a say in the process and gave us a great deal of advice.
But No Frontiers Festival is above all an event that has been organized for 3 years by IESA’s Bachelor 2 students specializing in the performing arts, the art market, and communications, in collaboration with our professors and professionals from the cultural sector. We therefore work in groups (production, mediation, communications, and exhibition) and, for this third edition, about fifty future cultural professionals carried this ambitious and committed project! The fact that we had to postpone the festival, originally planned for April 2020, gave us a chance to give the project a fresh impetus and aim even higher. We stayed motivated and involved despite the unforeseen setbacks!
Thank you to everyone who supported the festival!
