The project
“OUR DREAM IS TO OPEN, IN PARIS, A NEW VENUE FOR THE DOCUMENT-IMAGE, ON THE SITE OF A FORMER DANCE HALL. A SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS, DEBATE AND EXAMINATION OF THE MULTIPLE POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO REALITY ; A PLACE THAT ECHOES HISTORY IN THE MAKING”
RAYMOND DEPARDON-PRESIDENT
LE BAL is an independent place dedicated to exhibitions, publications, ideas and education, centered on the contemporary image in all its forms – photography, video, film and new media. Founded in 2010 by Raymond Depardon and Diane Dufour with the support of the Mairie de Paris, it operates as a non-profit organization. In 2018, Christine Vidal was appointed co-director of LE BAL.
Since 2008, LE BAL’s educational center, La Fabrique du Regard, has been working in-depth work to train young people in and through the image. Over the past 15 years, we have worked with 30,000 young people, 1,600 teachers, 650 artists and members of the educational and cultural community across 275 neighbourhoods, from primary to high school, in schools or within social structures. The primary objective is to empower young people to think about the world in images, to train active viewers who are concerned by the profound upheavals in our societies.
You can help Le BAL to discover new talents, to carry out challenging exhibition and publishing projects and to pilot educational programmes for youths from underprivileged Priority Education Areas.