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dEMAIn LE CIRQuE
New pieces of apparatus for circus artists
A collaboration that makes reciprocal sense
An ExAMpLE oF A coLLABorAtIon BEtWEEn
tWo InstItutEs oF hIGhEr ArtIstIc EDucAtIon:
thE EcoLE supérIEurE DEs Arts Du cIrQuE
(BELGIuM) AnD EcoLE nAtIonALE supérIEurE
DEs Arts VIsuELs LA cAMBrE
after the first collaboration between eSac and la cambre
(which in 2010 led to defining a new graphic identity for
the institute of higher artistic education in circus arts),
the two institutes chose to continue these pedagogic and
artistic collaborations through a research project on new
circus apparatus.
if such collaborations are proof of the favourable environment
provided by the Brussels region in terms of
an artistic melting pot, they also have the advantage of
promoting quality in artistic teaching in Belgium, allowing
the sharing of knowledge and to engage in debates for
students. an enriching experience that Gérard Fasoli, the
eSac director and caroline mierop, la cambre’s director
wished to enhance.
the industrial Design option department in la cambre
has worked with some students and teachers at eSac to
deal, first of all, with movement and space management.
contemporary circus equipment was then reinterpreted
creatively, with the idea of going beyond the constraints of
space and of the body within it.
Gérard Fasoli was invited to present the project to la cambre
students in november 2010. research and prototypes
have been supervised by la cambre’s professors, especially
marion Beernaerts (workshop leader) and Giampiero
adelmo Pitisci. Students from the two institutes met up on
several occasions and then went on to create smaller working
groups to pursue a specific research project related to
cyr wheel and ladder techniques.
52 CYR WHEEL © FeDec 2011