The forest has an appointment with art on the occasion of the third edition of the Les Nuits des Forêts festival.
The 2021 edition had welcomed ten thousand participants in a hundred forests throughout the territory.
Faced with success, the association returns with a richer program while continuing to push the boundaries, as far as the Amazon this time.
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The festival will take place over ten days, from June 17 to 26 in several forests in the territory.
Fontainebleau, Chantilly, the Landes, Compiègne, the Amazon... But also private forest estates – this is the case for seventy-five percent of French forests – will open their doors to activities for young and old.
On the program: bivouac, storytellers, performers, exhibitions, evenings...
"The idea of creating the festival was born from a reflection on the need to rethink the link between humans and the forest"
declares Clara Anguenot the co-founder and responsible for the festival.
“The objective is to encourage dialogue between forest, art and culture,” she concludes.
Dialogue between nature and culture
With the help of the Cité du développement durable – an international center for research and cooperation on sustainable development – the association Les Nuits des Forêts has launched a call for projects aimed at researchers, wood professionals and also musical artists. , circus artists, committed theater companies.
For the organizers, “
artists have a role to play in the ecological transition because they create new stories and imaginations around forests
”.
“
Art and forest have been working hand in hand for a long time
”, specifies a partner of the event.
From 1853, the first artistic reserves were created in the forest of Fontainebleau, mobilizing several hectares for the creation of “
nature sanctuaries
”.
The founders of Nuits des Forêts are following in these footsteps to carry their ecological convictions.
The festival emphasizes culture but not just any culture.
An eco-responsible art practice, respectful of wildlife with a “
neutral carbon footprint
” objective .
The association offers activities in small numbers and encourages artists to reduce sound and light pollution.
The latter intervene in a radius close to their home for shows and concerts certified in short circuit. The same goes for installations and plastic works designed with renewable materials.
It will be possible to go canoeing on the Morin, visit sawmills, sensory walks in the middle of nature, conferences on the profession of nurseryman/reforester... The program of activities for the most part, free, is available on the Forest Nights website.
