When we signal to Rachida Dati that her day on Friday November 29 started with a visit to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris and ends on the barge of the electro club Le Mazette, the Minister of Culture smiles: “I was educated in a private institution run by nuns from the Holy Sacrament, but in the evening I went out! »
In this Parisian nightclub on 12e district, the councilor came to announce the creation of a new label for “places of artistic expression and celebration”. Its name: “Culture Club”. “It is not just a logo, but support, recognition and protection for clubs that, by participating in artistic discovery, emergence of new talent and freedom of expression, are full cultural actors.she defended. My fight is access to culture for all, without barriers. I challenged the retrograde discourse that decides what culture is or isn’t. »
The managers of Culture Nuit (the union of cultural and musical night clubs) and of Collectif Culture Bar-Bars (the national federation of café-concerts), whose units depend on the Ministry of the Interior, did not hide their satisfaction with the participation – twenty to six years since creation, by Jack Lang, a Techno Parade – at a press conference organized at 10 pm by the Ministry of Culture in a club in the capital.
A symbolic celebration
“For many years, we have needed recognition. For too long we have forgotten where this music was born. We are presented only as places to party and socialize, while we are also places for concerts”insisted Aurélien Antonini, co-founder of Bonjour/Bonsoir (the company that manages four Parisian locations) and president of Culture Nuit. “Nightlife is not just places to have fun. We hire artists and technicians”reminded Olivia Schorestene, Mazette co-founder.
This new label is above all a symbol. It does not imply any financial aid, but ensures that the clubs “they are part of the culture”. “We would be foolish to refuse this celebration. It can help change the perception of the general public, authorities and municipalities, who too often consider us places of nuisance, and not places of culture.”Aurélien Antonini thinks. “We play a role in the cultural ecosystem”adds Simon Boisson, vice president of Collectif Culture Bar-Bars and representative of the nightclubs within the Hotel & Restaurant Group.
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