Name of organisation Halle Tropisme

Country France

Organisation website https://www.tropisme.coop//

Contact person Jeanne Chevalier

Organisation type Cultural and Economical Hub

Scale of the organization 10 employees; 600 events; 300 residents; 100,000 visitors/y

PIC number 875668956

Aims and activities of the

organisation

Tropisme is a diverse space that aims to promote cultural and

social growth inside and outside its walls.

It is all at once:

- a cultural space which promotes local and international

artists;

- a working space for over 250 entrepreneurs from the

cultural and creative industries, as well as over 50

artists crossing many disciplines

- a bar/restaurant to bring everyone together around

gastronomical events or just daily life

- a space to test social and cultural innovations

- a pool of professionals to drive international projects for

cultural cooperation, going beyond the walls of our own

space but holding the same values

Role of the organisation in

the project TBD

Sector or field Cultural cooperation

Description or summary of

the proposed project

Through several events and projects coordinated by Tropisme, since 2021, we’ve forged relationships with artists, creative hubs and institutions accross the African continent. Also working closely with African diasporas in France.

We are currently working on :

- the second edition of our Euro-Africa Biennale, which we

co-organise with the city of Montpellier

- the coordination of a project funded by the French

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to help structure artistic

projects in the fields of Hip-Hop, action sports and CCIs

across 4 African countries : Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana

and Tanzania

- the coordination of a project funded by the French

Institutes in Yaoundé and Kinshasa to facilitate

exchanges and co-creation between video game studios

in all three countries

- the support of a projet funded by the French Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, to amplify and structure the fashion

industry in Botswana

The aim through all these projects that we conduct all year

long, is to feed our Biennale. The event represented for its first

edition in 2023 :

- 100 events across 7 days

- In 30 different spaces all around Montpellier

- 20 countries represented

- 100 guests from the African continent

- 5 great litterary meetings

- 350 participants for the Euro-Africa Water days

congress

- Over 50 African entrepreneurs

- Over 30,000 visitors

It was a success.

But we would now like to empower the ”Euro” in Euro-Africa

Biennale, by developping year round programmes for visual

artists from the African and European continents.

The first step for us is to find partners across the European

continent who share similar activities or interests. Hubs or

companies that work with African artists and artists from

African Diasporas, across different medias and with whom we

could create on a rich and empowering exchange program.

Here in Montpellier (south of France) we have residency spaces

and a community of around 50 visual artists in our hub.

Our aim is to use our facilities and internal competencies to

promote inter-continental creation and cooperation.