Par un fil de La Godasse
2024–2025–2026 TERRITORY PROJECT
Community of municipalities of the Plaine de l'Ain
Meximieux, Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Lagnieu, Saint Rambert-en-Bugey (01)
Searching for the lost shoe in the Plains of Ain!
Compagnie TESTUDINES invested the territory of the Plaine de l’Ain in 2024 and 2025 as part of the Ar(t)osons la Plaine! program.
This initiative aims to bring artistic and cultural offerings to the entire region of the CCPA, particularly to those who feel most distant from culture.
It unfolds through a rich annual program built upon the three pillars of arts education: Meeting works and artists | Artistic practice | Knowledge building
Artists and participants explored the theme “A plain of connections: what binds us to others and to our land.” This will remain the guiding thread for all three years of the agreement.
Everything we love —come aboard with us!
The project Par un Fil de la Godasse embodies the mission of the CC Plaine de l’Ain and the CTEAC Ar(t)osons la Plainewith the ambition of bringing art closer to those most fragile.
In collaboration with five medico-social institutions, a cultural and artistic project emerged, aimed at creating meaningful encounters and shared artistic practice.
Par un Fil de la Godasse Par un Fil de la Godasse is more than a project— it is a deeply human adventure, carried by passionate teams and devoted partners.
A warm thank you to all those walking beside us.
Through this collective work, art finds its truest meaning.
Programme...
PAR UN FIL DE LA GODASSE
❤️ Over the weeks, workshops and interviews gave birth to unforgettable encounters, moments of truth, shared tenderness, rediscovered life, and sincere emotion. Par un Fil de la Godasse More than an artistic project—it is an immersion into stories and memory.
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Theater workshops
LSF Dance-Gesture workshops
SLAM workshops
Dance-theater workshop for staff
Dance workshops
Intergenerational encounters with schools Creation of a monumental painting of... Shoes, of course!
Coffee -meetings
Filmed interviews – “Memory Mystery Boxes”
Performances
Residents’ showcases
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A heartfelt thank you to the researchers accompanying the project.
Karine COLLOMB – Psychologist – Specialising in neuropsychology
Gaël MALLERET – Process of forgetting and cortical dynamics
Alexandra VEYRAC – Olfaction coding in memory
Lionel DAHAN – Neurobiological Mechanisms of Memory
We've been there and it was great....
🏥 EHPAD Fontelune (Ambérieu-en-Bugey)
🏡 EHPAD Petit Chêne (Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey)
🏡 EHPAD Bon Accueil (Lagnieu)
🏡 EHPAD Rose d’Or (Meximieux)
🏥 Centre hospitalier C. J. Ruivet (EHPAD & UVP, Meximieux)
From this adventure will emerge a short film co-directed by Peggy HUGON and Baptiste DUVAL.
Encounters from ages 4 to 104!
🎨👟 Par un Fil de la Godasseis also the creation of a monumental collective artwork!
In the EHPADs, the hospital and the UVP, shoe-drawing workshops brought together residents, children from the leisure center, and school groups.
Working in pairs, the apprentice artists each created a piece that will be assembled into a single monumental collective work.
Thank you to all who participated—your creations are extraordinary!
To be unveiled in Autumn 2025. 🌟
THE PROJECT IN FIGURES !
4 TERRITORIES INVESTED IN IMMERSION
Lagnieu, Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Saint Rambert-en-Bugey, Meximieux
THE TEAMS
5 artists – 2 technicians – 1 project manager
3 volunteers
The staff of the establishments concerned
The staff of the partners
THE PARTICIPANTS
Residents of nursing homes and specialised care units
Pupils from schools in the territories
Employees of companies in the regions
The inhabitants of the occupied territories
THE PROJECT
4 weeks IMMERSION
42 days of MEDIATION
130 hours of WORKSHOPS
170 hours of COLLECTING words and memories
THE RESTITUTIONS
4 days of FEEDBACK to Family and EHPAD staff at the end of the week
4 days FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION Midway through the creative process
1 KEY MOMENT – Event day
Presentation of work in progress
Project presentation – Documentary FILM screening
Exhibition of monumental artwork created in nursing homes with schools
4 days of POST-PROJECT FEEDBACK
Screening of the film and recording of the performance in nursing homes
Thousands of smiles and memories collected...
THROUGH BACK IN PICTURES
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE PROJECT PARTNERS!
Community of municipalities of the Plaine de l'Ain
L’état DRAC AURA
Education nationale DRAAF AURA DAAC
L’état Culture et Santé
Region Auvergne Rhône alpes
Département de l’Ain
Interstices
Ville de Meximieux, EHPAD La rose d’Or, UVP et Hôpital RIVET
Ville d’Amberieu-en-Bugey, EHPAD Fontelune et UVP
Ville de Lagnieu, EHPAD Le bon Accueil
Ville de Saint Rambert-en-Bugey, EHPAD Le petit chêne
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