12th Rencontres Recherche et Création - Crossing secrets

10 and 11 July 2025 - Avignon - Cloître Saint Louis 
Organised by the Festival d'Avignon and the ANR

Since 2014, the ANR and the Festival d'Avignon have been organising the Rencontres Recherche et Création. By bringing together authors, actors, directors and choreographers programmed at the Festival d'Avignon and researchers from different disciplines, these Rencontres help to bring together the thinking behind the works and the most recent research work. It's a new space for sharing knowledge with the public.

The arts, fiction and live performance never cease to nourish our experience of the world and our thinking, and the scientific approach, through analysis, observation and experimentation, never ceases to push back the frontiers of knowledge. Advances in research provide new knowledge that shows how culture is an essential driving force in human evolution and in the formation of societies. More than ever, both culture and research need to harness their power to describe the world, to reflect and to invent.

The eleven editions have shown how rich the dialogue between artists and researchers in the humanities, social sciences and cognitive neuroscience is in terms of new scientific perspectives. The confrontation between the different currents of research and the concerns of cultural players makes it possible to explore the transformations of creation and its social function, and to think differently about the world today.

In keeping with the primary function of the theatre and the festival as an Assembly, these encounters create a close relationship with the audience that encourages the exchange of ideas and shared reflection.

Since 2014, more than 220 scientists and 77 artists from 20 countries around the world (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, the United Kingdom and the United States), 82 cultural professionals have shared their knowledge, experience and thoughts with the Festival's passionate audience.

Detailed programme on https://www.recherche-creation-avignon.fr/programme/

6^e Forum
Cultural intelligence 
Creating and transmitting in a changing world
Organised by the ANR and the Festival d'Avignon with Onda and Thalie Santé 
in collaboration with Afdas and Audiens

Saturday 12 July 2025 
10am - 12.30pm / 2pm - 4.30pm 

This 6^e This year's edition will provide an opportunity for cultural professionals and scientists to share their thoughts on the cultural intelligences that contribute to human development and the development of societies. It will explore the essential conditions for the creation and dissemination of works.

Register on https://www.recherche-creation-avignon.fr/forum/