LE PHALÈNE / THIERRY COLLET
FauxFaire FauxVoir
INITIATIVES D'ARTISTES
Suitable for 11+
Est. 1h30
Can we still believe what we see? What do you trust as you try to understand the world? Your eyes, your brain, social media, or artificial intelligence? FauxFaire FauxVoir (Fake Make, Fake Sight) is a magical, cognitive, connective experience that explores our perceptions, beliefs, and the new tools that manufacture our realities.
A successful illusion does not rely solely on the skilfulness of a gesture or a mastery of diversion. It also feeds on we think we know, on our personal reference points, and on our brain’s shortcuts. FauxFaire FauxVoir joyously activates these fault lines. At the crossroads of magic and the cognitive sciences, three virtuoso magicians immerse us in a world where the manipulation of our senses, exercises in perception, and mental detours reveal how our senses can be misled. The stage thus becomes a veritable laboratory of thought: a playful, powerful journey that looks at how technology affects what we see and believe. Magic here does more than get us to dream; it unsettles, awakens, and sharpens our view of things. To doubt becomes an act of intelligence, and being fooled, a healthy experience. Between astonishment and awareness, a critical journey through the manufacturing of falsehoods.
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Cultural action and mediation
As part of its Artistic and Cultural Education (EAC) policy, La Villette will welcome in 2025/26 more than 16,000 pupils and participants from social-sector organizations or healthcare and medico-educational institutions, as well as 2,000 university students.
Concept and general coordination Thierry Collet Artistic collaboration Cédric Orain Performance and prop construction Soria Ieng, Nicolas Gachet, Thierry Collet Assistant magician Nicolas Gachet Lighting design Yann Struillou Sound design Dylan Foldrin General stage management and construction Franck Pellé Touring stage management Franck Pellé, alternating with Yann Struillou, Florian D’Arbaud and Hugo Revy Set elements fabrication Les ateliers Jipanco et Cie Accessory fabrication collaboration Lucien Bitaux, Tom Balasse and Olivier Merlet
With thanks to Clara Rousseau, Yves Rossetti, Romain Lalire and Johanny Bert for their support and exchange of ideas during the development of the project, as well as to Mark Setteducati for granting permission to share his work on interactive magic.
Excerpt from “Television, the Eye of Tomorrow” by J.K. Raymond-Millet © Les Documents Cinématographiques, Paris
Executive production Compagnie Le Phalène / Thierry Collet Co-productions La rose des vents – National Stage, Lille Métropole Villeneuve-d’Ascq; Scènes Vosges; La Garance – National Stage of Cavaillon; Maison de la Culture d’Amiens; La Villette – Paris; La Comète – National Stage of Châlons-en-Champagne; Le Grand R – National Stage of La Roche-sur-Yon; CdbM – Centre des Bords de Marne Support Les Théâtres de Maisons-Alfort and CDN Normandie-Rouen
Partners Thierry Collet is an associate artist at the Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, at CdbM – Centre des Bords de Marne (Le Perreux), at Scènes Vosges, and at La rose des vents – National Stage Lille Métropole Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Compagnie Le Phalène is funded by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Île-de-France and receives support from the Île-de-France Region and from the City of Paris residency creation grant.
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Practical information
Grande Halle – Salle Boris Vian
Métro
Ligne 5 - Porte de Pantin
Tram
Tram 3b - Porte de Pantin
Bus
Bus 75, 151 : Porte de Pantin
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Bike GH
Vélib' docking points
Bike racks
Electric bikes
A battery container is located in front of the Grande Halle.
- Accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75
- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to individuals with hearing aids, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Several dining options are available in the park before or after the show. Discover them HERE.
- The artistic and cultural education department at La Villette works with numerous schools and social sector organisations around this performance. During certain shows open to the general public, a significant number of young people may be welcomed into the audience.
Access to the venue is subject to a security check.
- The following are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replica weapons, animals except guide dogs for the blind, large luggage or bulky bags, and batteries for electric bikes or scooters.
- Security officers have sole discretion over which items are allowed or not.
- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
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