Antoine Zivelonghi, LES HISTOIRES CRÉENT L'HISTOIRE, 10.10.2020
KarteNoire2502, founded in 2019 by Mor Dovrat, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, and Antoine Zivelonghi in Biel/Bienne, has become a central platform for local performing artists. Initially a collective, KarteNoire2502 facilitates continuous artistic exploration and regular engagement with the public.
In its first three years, we hosted events in various venues around Biel/Bienne, including La Voirie, Nebia Poche, Format26, Juraplatz, and Espace Libre Visarte, as well as public spaces in the old town.
Since 2022, under the artistic direction of Mor Dovrat, KarteNoire2502 has transformed into a platform for local performing artists. Our philosophy is that artistic exploration begins on stage, not through writing dossiers. This belief drives our approach, in which artists are given a week to delve into a common theme and create short performances ranging from 7 to 20 minutes. Our performances provide a trampoline for new artistic experiments, many of which evolved into full-length productions.
Since 2023, KarteNoire2502 has been working in partnership with INCUBO, an experimental live arts development platform based at the BIOTOP Theatre, Biel/Bienne. Each September, during the INCUBO season, we open the creative kitchen of the Bieler free scene to the public and present short performances created during a week-long residency. The 2024 program will feature 12 performances by 16 local artists over three themed evenings.
KarteNoire2502 continues to be a dynamic force in the performing arts, reflecting the cultural and linguistic diversity of Biel/Bienne.
PROGRAMME 2024
In collaboration with INCUBO & BIOTOP Theater, Biel/Bienne
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TICKETS
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Edition #18 - 18. September
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Christa Barrett
Dafni Stefanou
Hanna Röhrich & Jasmin Kiranoglu
Samuel Müller
Originally from "Alice in Wonderland", going down "the rabbit hole" means letting yourself go on an adventure into the unknown. It has since become a pop culture trope, a euphemism for psychedelic trips and a derogatory term for algorithmic mechanisms designed to get people hooked on social networks. Whether it's a rite of passage or a "scroll-hole", this expression refers to experiencing an altered time and space, where uncertainty reigns. In this edition, we invite artists to explore these states of transformation, loss of time and nonsense.
Edition #19 - 19. September
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
CHAD
Dorian Kaufeisen & Amina Kampichler
Emilia Catalfamo
Lukas Larcher
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Love is often celebrated as the driving force of life, but is it really what drives us? Or is it our brain chemistry that drives us to bond for survival? Love can also be a tool of manipulation, used to divide and conquer. With the theme "What's Love Got to Do with It" KarteNoire2502 invites artists to examine love's complex power play: its biological foundations, its role in societal structures and its potential as a mechanism of influence and control.
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Edition #20 - 20. September
COMME IL FAUT
Clea Eden & Gael Chapuis
Fiona Vuilleumier
Cie Frau Trapp (Matteo Frau & Mina Trapp)
Nicole Berndt-Caccivio
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What does it mean to live “comme il faut", in a world increasingly subject to the imperatives of enjoyment and self-fulfilment? This edition invites artists to question social norms, examining the invisible rules that govern our behaviour and the forces that drive us to conform (or to distinguish ourselves from one another). Do we really live authentically, or do we simply play roles dictated sometimes by tradition, sometimes by fashion? And is it at all possible to tell the difference?
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ARTISTS 2024
KART'OFFREND
KARTOFFEL
KO
KarteNoire2502 offers monthly practice exchange sessions for performing artists from the region.
If you are a professional performing artist from Biel/Bienne and would like to be informed about the next KO session, please click HERE.
Collective residency, INCUBO season 2023
Photo ©Frédéric Palladino
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
PUER ROBUSTUS
Emilia Catalfamo, Stefanie Inhelder, Fanny Krähenbühl, Dafni Stefanou
25.11.2023 // Nebia Poche
PUER ROBUSTUS
Mor Dovrat, Samuel Müller, Marco Rotellini, Philippe Wicht
2.12.2023 // Nebia Poche
HAPPY ENDS
Beth Dillon, Mattias Hoby, Lukas Larcher, Fiona Vuilleumier
29.9.2023 // INCUBO
DRAMA QUEEN
Eve Chariatte, Clea Eden, Isabelle Freymond, Claudia Nuara
28.9.2023 // INCUBO
FESTISCH
Mor Dovrat, Donia Sbika, Antoine Zivelonghi
6.7.2022 // espace libre
PYGMALION
Mor Dovrat, Samuel Müller, Fanny Krähenbühl, Rebekka Gather, Dafni Stefanou
11.12.2021 // Nebia Poche
HYSTERIA
Beth Dillon, Mor Dovrat, Samuel Müller, Raphael Vuilleumier, Antoine Zivelonghi
30.10.2021 // Voirie
ABER SICHER!
Mor Dovrat, Isabelle Freymond, Samuel Müller, Lukas Larcher, Antoine Zivelonghi
16.9.2022 // Format26
RED HERRING
Mor Dovrat, Isabelle Freymond, Samuel Müller, Raul Vargas Torres, Antoine Zivelonghi
17.4.2021 // Voirie
REMAKE
Mor Dovrat, Samuel Müller, Fiona Vuilleumier, Antoine Zivelonghi
19.12.2020 // Juraplatz Art Space
LES HISTOIRES CRÉENT L'HISTOIRE
Mor Dovrat, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, Claudia Nuara, Kollektif Rapilento, Antoine Zivelonghi
10.10.2020 // Voirie
DIE LANGEWEILE
Beth Dillon, Mor Dovrat, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, Sara Uslu, Antoine Zivelonghi
27.6.2020 // Multiple locations, Biel/Bienne old town
DAS JAHR 2502
25.4.2020 (cancelled due to COVID measures)
CARTE BLANCHE
Fanny Krähenbühl, Gregory Stauffer, Florian Reichert, Antoine Zivelonghi
5.12.2019 // Voirie
DINI MUEDER
Mor Dovrat, Luigi Guerrieri, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, Antoine Zivelonghi
12.10.2019 // Voirie
AMERICAN DREAM
Mor Dovrat, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, Ernestyna Orlowska, Antoine Zivelonghi
29.6.2019 // Voirie
WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME
Elvio Avila, Mor Dovrat, Fanny Krähenbühl, Samuel Müller, Antoine Zivelonghi, Joel Hefti
30.4.2019 // Voirie
TEAM
Mor Dovrat, Director
Emilia Catalfamo, Coordination, KO
