Artists in residence

Sorour Darabi is a transdisciplinary artist from Shiraz, Iran, based in Paris since 2013.

Soriur Darabi’s work explores the reinvention of Persian dance culture and a contemporary understanding of queer culture in pre-modern Iran, drawing inspiration from poetry and literature. Sorour deeply engages with the concept of trance as a constant state of transformation and as the root of Persian dance. His creations address socio-political issues, offering profound reflections on identity, culture, resistance, and the potential of classical forms to open spaces for contemporary concerns.

His works have been presented internationally since 2016 in venues and festivals such as Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Arsenic – Centre d’arts scéniques contemporains (Lausanne), ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival (Vienna), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Fondation Lafayette Anticipations (Paris), Festival Montpellier Danse (Montpellier), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zurich), Tanzquartier (Vienna), Tanztage Festival (Berlin), BIPOD Festival (Beirut), December Dance Festival (Bruges), A Corner in the World Festival (Istanbul), Centre national de la danse (Pantin), and Spring Festival (Amsterdam), among many others.

In June 2024, he premiered his first contemporary opera for eight performers on stage. He is currently developing his second contemporary opera, MAJNÛN, for ten performers, set to premiere in 2026. 

Films, photos or multimedia installations, the work of Jivko Darakchiev and Perrine Gamot focuses on the relationship between people and their environment. Each project is an opportunity for new cinematographic experiments that also seek echoes in plastic forms. They engage in new forms of storytelling to explore issues that are dear to them: the mutability of our everyday environments and objects, their evolving “uses” and the links between individual and collective heritage.

Their new project is a creative documentary focusing on the practice of climbing through natural and artificial spaces, as a prism through which to question the evolution of morals – the interdependence between an activity and its environment shaped over time.

Jivko Darakchiev was born in Bulgaria. He lived in the United States for 17 years where he studied film at Tisch, the art school of New York University. In 2013, he completed the post-graduate course at Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains with congratulations. In parallel with his practice, he works as an artist in schools. His work has been presented in international film festivals, cinematheques, galleries and museums, as well as on the cultural channel Arte.

Perrine Gamot is a photographer-plastician, graduated with a DNSEP from the École d’Arts de Grenoble and a Master II from the University of Rennes. In parallel with her artistic practice, she has been associated since 2011 with several cultural structures for the implementation of artistic projects: exhibitions, festivals, residencies and publications.