La fracture

Yasmine Yahiatene

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Live performance

Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille
55min
Pass Latitudes

In this raw, edgy one-woman-show, Yasmine Yahiatène is tracking Ahmed, her father, whom she basically had to mourn while he was still alive. Words and images dialogue with each other, filling some of the fractures exposed in the silence.

“Papa, do you know what the war in Algeria and alcohol have in common? I found three points: silence, the taboo, and shame.” Using video and geo-mapping as essential components and scene partners, Yasmine Yahiatène explores the holes and flaws in her painful, interrupted relationship with her father, finding his journey among the fragments of her heritage which are part of her but which nonetheless feel very far away. Images of her personal archives and some historical documents blend together, and the memory of Ahmed begins to form in little bits: his Kabylian roots, his exile to France in the middle of the Algerian revolution, his losing his native language, which he left behind in order to better assimilate to the colonial conqueror … But she includes his overpowering elation during the World Cup final in 1998, the two goals scored by Zinédine Zidane, a glorious version of a Franco-Algerian memory covered in scars. And between them is Ahmed’s alcohol abuse, a poor remedy for his deconstructed past.

Accessibility infos :

Sudden changes of lighting
Brief moments of complete darkness
High sound level
Presence of written text
Some lines are in Arabic, with French subtitles

Supported by les Lieux Culturels Pluridisciplinaires de la Ville de Lille

Biography(s)

Born in 1990, Yasmine Yahiatène is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels.
She studiedn video and performance at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tournai (Belgium), the University of Fine Arts in Valencia (Spain), and the Rencontres Audiovisuelles de Lille (France). Between 2016 and 2019, she produced several video mapping and interactive video installations, including Ma mère, aussi, J’avais 10 ans and OXO Beat Gender. At the same time, in 2017 Yasmine starred in Philippe Lion’s film Plein la Vue and began working with Compagnie ZA! as a performer and video artist on the show À ta place. In 2020, she began writing her first work for the stage, La Fracture.

Credits

Conception and performance : Yasmine Yahiatène
Dramaturgy and co-conception : Sarah-Lise Salomon Maufroy
Artistic collaboration and co-conception : Olivia Smets et Zoé Janssens
Sound creation : Jérémy David et Martin Coutant en alternance
Video creation : Samy Barras
Light design : Charlotte Ducousso
Diffusion and development : Ad Lib · Support d’artistes

Delegate production de l’Atelier 210
In coproduction and coprésentation with le Kaaitheatre
In coproduction with BUDA Kunstencentrum, Little Big Horn asbl, la Coop asbl et Shelterprod
With the help of la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Service du Théâtre, de la Ville de Bruxelles / Bourse Kangouroe et de la Vlaamse Gemeenschap Commissie
Supported by Kunstenwerkplaats, Citylab, Darna asbl, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris, Montevideo – Centre d’art, Espace Senghor, Cie L’hiver nu, Le Sillon Lauze, taxshelter.be, ING et le tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge.