As part of the Caen 2025 millennium, 10 local structures have joined forces to open the Millenial Academy, a cycle of masterclasses, seminars and research workshops led by creators and intellectuals for young millennial artists at the start of their careers.
For 18 months, between 2024 and 2025, some 15 emerging artists will benefit from 36 weeks of artistic guidance led by personalities of international renown in the fields of visual arts, cinema, theater, dance, sound, architecture, literary creation, design, landscaping, fashion design, etc. The project promotes intergenerational transmission.
Over thirty world-famous artists will participate in the Millenial Academy, among whom Jérôme Bel, Natacha Belova, Cathie Boyd, François Chaignaud, Patrick Chamoiseau, Hélène Delprat, Aurore Fattier, Jean-Marc Fournier, Thomas Hirschhorn, Etienne Klein, Nina Laisné, Tarek Lakhrissi, Christophe Lemaitre, Dirk Lootens, Clémence Mathieu, Olivier Mellano, Marin Schaffner, Elisabeth Taudière, Maël Trémaudan, Seumboy Vrainom.
Sarina Basta is the project’s artistic director, and the project is supported by:
- La Comédie de Caen – CDN de Normandie
- L’ESAM – école supérieure d’arts et médias de Caen/Cherbourg
- Le CCNCN – centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie
- L’IMEC – Institut mémoires de l’édition contemporaine
- FRAC Normandie Caen
- L’Artothèque
- Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
- Territoires Pionniers – Maison de l’architecture de Normandie
- Station Mir / Festival ]Interstice[
- Le Sablier – Centre National de la Marionnette
The 16 participants of the Millennial Academy are:
Mona Abousaid (theatre, staging, performance, writing)
Arthur Belhomme (styling, sound),
Flavien Beaudron (theatre),
Inès Cherifi (music and visual arts),
Antoine Duchenet (visual arts, editing),
Constance Diard (dance),
Amélie Gratias (theatre, performance),
Basile Hermann (dance, performance and circus arts),
Pauline Letourneur (theatre),
Naomi Lulendo (visual arts, performance),
Amine Mahzoud (dance, performance),
Maxence Moulin (puppeteering),
Milan Otal (writing, staging, collaborative creation),
Lorène Plé (digital creation),
Valentin Ranger (3D, visual arts),
Sacha Teboul (cinema, installations, photography)