Meeting the Other

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  • Dates : April 10, 2019
  • Opening hours: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Opening of the exhibition "Le Bénin en images" at 7pm.
Il était une fois les langues" show at 8:30pm.

Maison des étudiants Aimé Schœnig, Richter site - Rue Vendémiaire, Montpellier.
Open to all. Free

This evening event is organized as part of the UM's mission of action and education against racism, anti-Semitism and for secularism, in partnership with the UM Student Life Office.

"Le Bénin en images" - photo exhibition, opening - 7pm

By Ulysse Agassin, artist photographer*.

Located in West Africa, Benin is the cradle of the Vodoun religion and the territory of the former Dahomey. The exhibition focuses on this religion and on Ganvié, West Africa's largest lakeside city, built entirely on stilts.

Vernissage followed by a cocktail.

Exhibition on view at MDE Richter until April 30.

> See Ulysse's photos

* Ulysse AGASSIN, a Master 1 student at UM's Faculty of Economics, is himself originally from Benin. His exhibition is financed by the FSDIE (Fonds de Solidarité et de Développement des Initiatives Étudiantes).

"Il était une fois les langues" (1h15) - humorous, poetic and musical show - 8:30pm

By Robin Recours* and Cie Balladons

Drawing on stories from the collective memory of the world, Robin Recours juggles with words and shares the power to speak a multitude of languages during a show, while remaining understood by all.

What if English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Occitan, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swahili and Russian were rooted deep within us, and if humor and poetry were the keys to universal communication?

> See the teaser and press review

With : Robin Recours (storyteller) / Malina Roumegas (violinist) / Felix Liperi (guitarist) / Nadia Ammour (singer).

* Robin Recours is a comedian-storyteller and teacher-researcher at UM's UFR STAPS.