RIFT - An interstice of emergence and accommodation, a furrow of exchange and creation















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The projects of RIFT have been supported by the City of Marseille, the Région SUD, and the DRAC PACA (French Regional Cultural Affairs Agency of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

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RIFT is a platform based in Marseille, situated at the intersection of performing arts, visual and sound practices, and critical thought. It functions as both a space for research and creation, as well as a medium for the transmission of ideas, artistic practices, and narratives. Acting as a relational, experimental, and context-specific site, RIFT facilitates the movement and exchange of disciplines, bodies, narratives, and geographies.

Designed as an open and porous structure, RIFT produces a variety of formats—performances, festivals (including the PLATEAUX festival), exhibitions, residencies, laboratories, workshops, public interventions, and publications. These activities work to activate zones of friction, transmission, and collective transformation.

The platform is shaped by Mediterranean dynamics, narratives from the South, and fragmented, transversal forms, which serve as the primary organizing forces. RIFT is not only a site of artistic creation but also a space for critical reflection on the modes through which artistic gestures emerge. It engages in a rethinking of representation, economies of visibility, and the evolving relationships between works, audiences, and their social and cultural contexts.