PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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.

ORGANISATION DESCRIPTION

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