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VIDEOFORMES @ LES ARTS EN BALADE
From 22 to 31 May 2026, in the context of the Arts en Balade, the DING collective will occupy the chapelle de l’Oratoire of Clermont-Ferrand.
On this occasion, his work Les Trois Lunes will be presented. Video installation.
This video triptych is built around the figure of the storyteller Alin Légarès, who here performs his own text, Wotè lalinn la (The Height of the Moon). As part of a series of creative residencies in Martinique, the two artists are undertaking a long-term artistic collaboration with him. A master of the oral tradition, the storyteller stimulates our collective imaginations through his vitality and the poetic power of his words. Here, he takes a scathing look at the consequences of colonialism.
Under cover of night, a man sits alone, speaking to the unseen. His Creole song laments the moon’s departure and rails against those who let it slip away. We hear the misery that ever so often tears at the same bodies: Tetilyen, Anastasi, Ti Georges. It is in the name of these labourers that, as night falls, the storyteller returns. His prayer repeats itself tirelessly: ‘Friends, watch the moon rise… As it rises, the misery of the black people grows.’
The DING collective
Jean-Paul Labro & Lyn Nékorimatè
In 2011, the two artists Lyn Nékorimatè and Jean Paul Labro joined forces under the name of the DING collective. Since its inception, the collective has undertaken a number of production and dissemination projects that lie at the intersection of different practices, media and genres. Their approach is based on the work-in-progress nature of the project, mobility, a collaborative spirit and a desire to pass on knowledge. The artist duo works immersively within residency contexts. They involve local residents, the community and the concept of the commons, the territory and the memory of places in their creative processes. They regularly collaborate with other artists, creators, thinkers and scientists. They live and work in Pau, Biot and elsewhere; Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, in France, in Saint-Denis, Labège, Billère, Nantes, Martinique… Their film practice is linked to video installation and exhibition.
Alin Légarès
Alin Légarès is a traditional Véyé storyteller born in September 1947 in the town of Gros-Morne in Martinique. He is one of the island’s ‘mèt a pawol’. With a clear determination to break free from clichés, this native of Gros-Morne has made a significant contribution to restoring a cultural dimension to Martinican oral traditions. An active and committed participant in the cultural renewal of Martinique in the 1970s, he was a co-founder and pillar of SERMAC, running a community theatre in the deprived neighbourhoods of Fort-de-France. Having become an actor, playwright and director, and a close collaborator of numerous artists and musicians as well as the playwright and mask-maker Jean-Marie Binoche, he has also enjoyed an international theatre career. He is a specialist in ethnomusicology, focusing on music and issues of orality in the Caribbean.
Practical information
Chapelle de l’Oratoire, 14 Oratoire street, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand
From 22 to 31 May 2026
During the Arts en Balade (29 > 31 May) : Friday & Saturday : 1 p.m. > 7 p.m. ; sunday : 2 p.m. > 6 p.m. ;
Outside of the Arts en Balade : Wednesday > Saturday : 1 p.m. > 7 p.m.
Opening 21 May at 6:30 p.m.
For all group visits, please contact us at : videoformes@videoformes.com