Sundown Sessions is a project that came to life at IESA arts&culture with the aim of energizing student life, helping people in isolation build connections, and also showcasing artists who no longer have the chance to perform live.
This project is carried out by different classes: 1st- and 2nd-year Bachelors in Cultural Productions students, the Masters 1 and 2 in Performing Arts Productions and the Masters 1 and 2 in Cultural Communication under the guidance of their professor Frédéric Antetomaso.
This project is in partnership with Cours Florent Musique, whose current and former students will share the stage.
To offer the best possible live-stream experience, the Sundown Sessions team worked on creating a singular set design. In search of lost time, of a place cut off from the world and its realities: IESA’s retro jungle awaits you for ecstatic musical sunsets.
PROGRAM
The artist KALIKA opened the ball on March 4 at 20:00 on Facebook and Twitch!
What KALIKA loves is the truth of the stage. Where, unlike in the studio, this perfectionist cannot rework her piece a hundred times, but must embrace the letting go of the present moment.
Taking her nickname from Sara-la-Kali, this modern-day Catherine Ringer belts out her songs, her eyes crackling with rage but a smile spread across her sweet face. Her anthems, she wants to share them, and wholeheartedly.
Tracy de Sà then set the cultural innovation campus on fire with her powerful RAP. The stage, the ring for which Tracy rehearses tirelessly, alongside her partner in crime Comix Delbiagio, adjusts every detail, perfects everything that can be perfected, and fine-tunes her shows to bring them ever closer to perfection, with no dead time and no room for approximation.
All these live sessions can be found on the IESA arts&culture Facebook Live on 1 Thursday out of 2. Kickoff on March 4 in LIVE STREAM with Kalika, then Tracy de Sà on Thursday, March 25! All these concerts are recorded and then available on the IESA arts&culture FB pages.
Watch the footage from the live on our Facebook
Next, Orē performed on the Sundown Sessions stage on Thursday, April 1.
Between realistic fantasy and fantasized reality, Orē doesn’t choose and drops her “pop-hiphop” onto the electronic wave of the 21st century.
Watch the full live: Facebook Live
His music is made for those who love Frank Ocean, Blood Orange, or Kid Cudi, so many influences that the rapper has managed to digest and dilute with subtlety and genius to make something never heard before.
Watch the footage from the live on our Facebook
Achile loves to write and his lyrics speak for themselves, on subjects that touch everyone through his melancholic yet playfully irreverent vision, as in Kappa, his first single, which has accumulated more than 2 million streams and views. After releasing two singles, he is preparing to release a first album.
Watch the full live: Facebook Live
Live musical performance by Mauvais oeil / in collaboration with No Frontiers Festival.
No Frontiers #4 is a multidisciplinary festival that invites us to shed our prejudices and question the way we look at inequalities. Organized by the students of IESA arts&culture, this festival is designed as a moment of sharing and dialogue through the work of contemporary artists invited for the occasion.
The entire live stream can be found on Facebook
CONCEPT
Festive live shows on a rooftop at sunset (from April; indoors in March). The concerts take place regularly, every month at the comedy club.
SUPPORT
Early-career contemporary music artists whose success is threatened by health restrictions. The lineup will be made up mostly of women, who are still underrepresented in today’s music industry.
PRESERVE
Their artistic and creative drive and their connection with the public. Showing that desire, artistic momentum and professional commitment allow us to find alternatives.
VISIBILITY
Ambitious communication on social networks (FB, IG, TWITCH) to reach as wide an audience as possible aged 16 to 30. The goal: reach at least 5k per live stream.
All these live sessions can be found on the IESA arts&culture Facebook Live 1 Thursday out of 2. Kick-off on March 4 with a LIVE STREAM by Kalika, then Tracy de Sà on Thursday, March 25! All these concerts are recorded and can then be viewed on the IESA arts&culture Facebook pages.
PAY FAIRLY
Ovastand is committed to paying fair and equitable compensation to all scheduled artists and technicians, regardless of their career stage.
SCENOGRAPHY
Néon Jungle: an enchanted, wild and illuminated interlude that rekindles your "lost dreams."
VIDEO
5 cameras, 1 crane, 1 slider. In exchange for a free assignment of rights, the artists leave with the HD rushes of the session and a "multitrack audio" recording.
COLLABORATION
Seeking to combine professionalism and education, Ovastand is partnering with IESA and its students in the Master in Performing Arts Production and Communication, allowing them to gain professional experience while supporting artists who have been penalized for a year.