On 12 December, the Château de Kerminy will host a full-day seminar dedicated to exploring how situated artistic practices can contribute to the long-term transformation of territories. Led by Patrick Degeorges, this event is part of our European project Transformative Territories, co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme. The project investigates how artists, working alongside residents, researchers and local actors, invent new forms of attention, cooperation and socio-ecological coexistence.
This seminar is open to anyone interested in understanding how art can help make a territory more liveable, fair and sustainable. When grounded in living environments, artistic practices can bring local issues to light, renew ways of perceiving a place, open spaces for dialogue around territorial controversies, and create shared experiences that weave connections between ecosystems, inhabitants and institutions.
The ‘Parcelle nourricière’ of Kampus-Kerminy: a field of exploration for Transformative Artistic Practices
At the heart of the Kerminy estate, the Parcelle nourricière offers a concrete example of what Transformative Artistic Practices (TAP) can be.
Embedded in the “Learning with and from Living Environments” approach, this initiative links artistic practices with nourishing cultures and vernacular ecological knowledge. Supported by DRAC Bretagne, the project will grow substantially in 2026, with the ambition of becoming an infrastructure for territorial cooperation, a space for learning, intergenerational transmission and practice-based research.
The training day will draw on this example to explore, step by step, how a situated artistic project can support the transformation of a territory—at the pace of the environment and with those who inhabit it.
A day led by practitioners with on-the-ground experience
The seminar will be facilitated by Patrick Degeorges, philosopher, member of the Scientific and Artistic Committee of the Transformative Territories programme, and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Practices and Arts of Transformation (IHEPAT).
Artists Marina Pirot and Dominique Leroy, co-founders of the Kerminy practice environment, will guide participants through an embodied exploration of the site and lead the afternoon workshops.
The training will take place at the Château de Kerminy, Rosporden (29140).
PROGRAM:
Morning — Grounding in the environment & methodological framework
10:00 – Coffee welcome
Arrival of participants and introduction to the day.
10:30 – Sensory exploration of the environment
With Marina Pirot and Dominique Leroy.
11:30 – Presentation of the Transformative Territories programme
Patrick Degeorges will share key insights from the programme and outline an initial characterisation of Transformative Artistic Practices, drawing on experiences in France and across Europe.
12:30 – Shared lunch
Afternoon — Three workshops to explore the programme’s methodological tools
14:00 – Workshop 1: Needs, issues and transformative intention
Collective analysis of needs, tensions, potentials and mobilising questions related to the Parcelle nourricière, in connection with its transformative artistic intention.
15:00 – Workshop 2: Engaged publics and territorial alliances
Identification of relevant human and non-human actors, and reflection on how to cultivate an engaged public and build potential territorial alliances.
16:00 – Workshop 3: Ongoing evaluation and creating a shared commons
Co-construction of pathways for a sensitive and shared evaluation process, and for establishing the Parcelle as a lasting commons: governance modes, usage agreements, reciprocity principles and sustainable economic frameworks.
17:00 – Collective recap
Sharing of learnings, possibilities for adaptation in other projects, and next steps for the Parcelle nourricière.
17:30 – Closing refreshments
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