RESOURCES
The cooperation project is about sharing and questioning. Through the exchanges and encounters throughout the years, two collective productions have emerged, a publication and a short documentary, as well as ongoing virtual and in-person conversations. They aim to share ideas and solutions for the main issues that were raised in both cities, including gentrification, displacement, equitable citybuilding, the role of artists in urban development.
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THE PUBLICATION - TRANSLATING CITIES AND CULTURES
Co-written by Californian and French partners, this collective production has a dual approach: encourage mutual understanding between the two cultures and different practices and share economic/ cultural/ legal solutions and innovations - based on concrete case studies - that could be modeled on a large scale. ”Translating Cities and Cultures” was released on October 13, 2020 during the first event of the conversation series.
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THE SHORT-DOCUMENTARY - EMPOWERING CULTURES IN OUR CITIES
Directed by Camille Servan-Schreiber and produced by California Humanities, the 14-minute video recounts the two learning expeditions organized in Oakland and Saint-Denis in October and November 2019. This inspiring documentary beautifully highlights the strength and vitality of the two cities and its inhabitants as well as their capacity and willingness to change things for the better.
LISTEN TO
October 12, 2022 - A conversation with the two curators of the international exhibitions in San Francisco, Oakland, Paris and Saint-Denis: Laure Gayet and June Grant.
May 20, 2021– City/Cité: Reframing Sacramento – Looking ahead: lessons from Oakland/Saint-Denis
March 29, 2021– City/Cité: Oakland/Chicago/Detroit
January 13, 2021– City/Cité: Two Cities, Two Mayors, One Goal
December 3, 2020 – The Brooklyn Rail // Oakland/Saint-Denis: How Culture Makes the City
October 13, 2020 – City/ Cité: Translating Cities and Cultures.