Come and write and share your world
at the résidence d'écriture du faucon
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON is open to anyone with a creative project in need of a place conducive to isolation, creative renewal, reflection and as well as sharing.
Whether you are an author, a translator, an illustrator, a photographer, a musician, a researcher… (this list is not exhaustive), the beauty and serenity of the surrounding nature will allow you to find your energy and offer the distance necessary to develop your project.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON also wishes to get involved in the field of visual impairment and is open to creators suffering from a visual pathology or to people wishing to carry out creative work and research in this field.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON is located at an altitude of 750m, above a village near Saint-Girons, in Ariège, at the foot of the magnificent Pyrenees. It consists of a renovated apartment of 37m² fully equipped and with a beautiful private terrace. The song of birds and greenery are omnipresent there. You will be able to evolve in perfect autonomy and organize yourself as you wish.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON is open to anyone with a creative project in need of a place conducive to isolation, creative renewal, reflection and as well as sharing.
Whether you are an author, a translator, an illustrator, a photographer, a musician, a researcher… (this list is not exhaustive), the beauty and serenity of the surrounding nature will allow you to find your energy and offer the distance necessary to develop your project.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON also wishes to get involved in the field of visual impairment and is open to creators suffering from a visual pathology or to people wishing to carry out creative work and research in this field.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON is located at an altitude of 750m, above a village near Saint-Girons, in Ariège, at the foot of the magnificent Pyrenees. It consists of a renovated apartment of 37m² fully equipped and with a beautiful private terrace. The song of birds and greenery are omnipresent there. You will be able to evolve in perfect autonomy and organize yourself as you wish.
ABOUT US
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON was founded by Christine Bisaro. She is a writer and has a great interest in the arts and human and social sciences. Her academic background is in sociology, ethnology and communication.
Among other things, she wishes to develop her own writing activities here and has set up a “studio” in her private apartment, which is located above the writers’ residence (two separate apartments with separate access).
Why the visually impaired ?
Several eye diseases run in his family; she grew up aware of them. She became interested in the way the “good sighted” view the visually impaired. And in the way “physical incapacities” are dealt with.
Impaired vision and the problems associated with it became the common thread of his first publication : Borgnitude, dictionnaire tronqué de l’entre-deux.
She also worked for a few years in the field of intellectual disability and developed a project for greater adult autonomy.
Why the name “faucon” (falcon)?
The RESIDENCE is located in the hamlet of Montfaucon, where birds of prey happily soar through the air, in good harmony with many other bird species that make their songs heard here throughout the day.
In addition, the falcon has excellent eyesight; it symbolically cares for the visually impaired resident or the resident who is concerned with visually impaired.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON is a private structure very attached to its independence of action.
Responding to the imperatives of public funding, sometimes far from the concerns and wishes of the residents, is not part of its operating philosophy. It seeks above all to develop a certain innovation, a certain ambition of creation, whether it be on the part of the resident or in the services provided by the writing residence.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON operates via private funding or by direct payment from the resident who wishes to preserve his or her autonomy.
services
As a rule, they depend on the participant’s wishes and are discussed in advance. That is why a more or less exhaustive list is not described here. THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON sets up actions to promote the project and the work of the resident via this website (photos, interviews…).
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON intends to develop partnerships, including financial ones, with other private and possibly public structures if they accept the high degree of independence of THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON has created a sponsorship file that allows businesses and residents to connect. In this way, the resident can reduce his burden and work more carefree. The intention is to encourage a win-win partnership between the various partners.
THE RÉSIDENCE D’ÉCRITURE DU FAUCON operates according to different criteria than most creative residencies, which rely on public funding and adhere to precise regulations.
Length of stay: 1-2 months (recommended) or more as needed. Shorter stays (e.g. per week) possible based on availability.
Countries involved: ALL. Partnerships with Dutch-speaking Belgium and Scandinavian countries and their cultural and scientific representatives are particularly encouraged.
the residents
Nathalie Dallies
The emotions felt by Nathalie, originally from the Gers, for the landscape and nature have always been guides in her choices of orientation and life. She is passionate about agro-ecology for which she uses her university skills in geography. Her encounter with Hervé Covès (agronomist-philosopher) and Gilles Clément (landscape gardener) nourishes her view of the living and the art of landscape composition.
Coming to Montfaucon for a residency allowed him to reflect on his commitment to the fields of Humanity – to create, to feed oneself, to live – and to the preservation of natural, common and vital heritage. Her knowledge in graphic design, ecology and visual arts underlies these deep aspirations and her new professional impetus.
