LA MADELEINE
MAISON D'ARTISTES
A COMMUNITY IN MOTION
Fabrica Femina is a space of presence.
An artistic community that unfolds explorations and imaginations through cities, residencies and encounters.
Conceived by Cleo T. (artist and composer) and developed in La Madeleine, it brings together artists, authors, musicians, researchers and professionals around a common vision:
Creation is a living process, a space for dialogue, circulation and transformation.
ANNUAL GATHERINGS
Every autumn, La Madeleine hosts a temporary artistic gathering bringing together international artists around a research theme.
Three days of residencies, conversations, performances, workshops and collective experiences in an environment conducive to listening, creation and encounter.
RESIDENCY
Fabrica Femina envisions co-creation residencies in France and Europe, designed by Cléo T. in dialogue with her cultural partners.
Musicians, poets and artists from different aesthetics, territories and generations meet there.
No output is expected other than the process of research and shared presence.
TRAVELLING EVENTS
Each season, Fabrica Femina unfolds across Europe.
In dialogue with festivals, institutions, cultural venues and international networks, we imagine salons, workshops, performances, conversations and collective creations adapted to each territory.
Each meeting becomes a space for transmission, research and new collaborations.
In recent years, Fabrica Femina has developed projects alongside Keychange, Equaly Italia, French Institutes, as well as numerous artistic partners in France and Europe.
EPHEMERAL AND SITE-SPECIFIC
ARTISTIC PLATFORM
International Residences
Time for research and collective creation.
Workshops
Collaborative practices and transmission
Conversations
Artists, researchers and professionals in dialogue.
Collective Listening Sessions
Spaces for listening and sharing creative processes.
Sound Rituals
Ephemeral performances blending music, poetry and improvisation.
Community Gatherings
Meals, meetings and informal moments where the community continues to be built.
IMAGINING A PROJECT TOGETHER
Fabrica Femina develops specific cooperation programs, always designed according to the context and the host territory.
We produce collaborative initiatives with festivals (Les Femmes s'en mêlent, Tallinn Music Week), contemporary music venues (la Sirène 17, la Nef 16) and institutions (French Consulate in Seville, French Institute in Hungary, Romania, Germany).
Each project is created with artists from the host territory, with its languages and around its heritage - poetic, cultural, geographical or literary.
Each event is conceived as a unique project and can be deployed with one or more activities of the scheme: collective performance, residency, workshop, public meeting.
Some recent themes of exploration:
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The sea, a space of memory (as part of the Mediterranean cultural season)
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The border river and the eternal return (Around the Danube, French Institute of Hungary & Romania)
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Women and Freedom (as part of the bicentenary of Carmen, French Consulate in Seville)
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Around the forests & the forest sisters (Arvo Pärt Center tour at Fotografiska, Estonia)
Contact us to build a unique creative opportunity together.
THE ARTISTS
Fabrica Femina #3
Penelope Trappes, vocals & synths - UK
Dobrawa Czocher, cello - Pol
Cindy Pooch, voice - France
Dalida Carnage, harp & voice - France
Naomi Green, harp & voice - France / USA
Christine Zayed, voice & qanun - Palestine / France
Rebecca Roger Cruz, vocals & percussion - Venezuela / France
E'Joung-Ju, geomungo - Korea / En
Fabrica Femina #1
Eydis Evensen, piano - Iceland
Laura Masotto, violin - Italy
Tara Nome Doyle, voice - Germany
Isidora O'Ryan, cello- Chile
Laure Gauthier, poetry - France
Julie Nakache, poetry - France
2025
Paris, Milan, Berlin
Marta Garcia Gomez, harp - Italy
Laura Masotto, violin - Italy
Florencia Oz, flamenco - Chile
Isidora O'Ryan, cello - Chile
Carolina Treboada, poetry - Spain
Kitty Solaris, voice - Germany
Delphine Ciampi, guitar - France
Anne Gouverneur, viola - France
Emilie Dautricourt, voice - France
Robi, voice - France
Rebecca Barlotti, painting - Italy
Christelle Lassort, violin - France; Cecile A. Holdban, poetry - France
Laure Gauthier, poetry - France
Julie Nakache, poetry - France
Fabrica Femina #2
Waed Bouhassoun, oud & voice - Syria
Marta del Grandi, vocals & synths - Italy
Marie Awadis, piano - Lebanon
Yasmine Meddour, piano & voice - France
2026
Paris, Milan, Tallinn, Budapest
Tuulikki Bartosik, accordion - Estonia
Kamilya Joubran, oud - Palestine
Sara Ajnnak, voice - Sweden
Valentina Levchenko, voice – Ukraine
Idra, synths - Italy
Federica Furlani, violin - Italy
Johanna Noa, cello - Italy
Martina Laducca, voice - Italy
Sofia Gattamorta, dance - Italy
Beatrice Pozzi, dance - Italy
Ginevra Battaglia, visual - Italy
Anna Rakoczy, flute - Hungary
Nina Sara Horvath, voice - Hungary
DJ Sharouh, electronic music - France
Jessica Bonamy, oud & voice - France
Would you like to join the Fabrica Femina community?
Follow us on social media and our calls for participation.
Send us your work, we are always open to new discoveries.
Submit your project and partnership ideas to us.
Together, let's continue to broaden horizons.
THE FESTIVAL #1
OCT 2024
THE RESIDENCY
A week immersed in a hidden natural retreat to co-create
Share experiences, resources and initiate synergies.
This time is an open and free space for creativity and cultural exchange
The collective improvisation sessions sit on poetry by women artists chosen by the guest artists.
THE COMMUNITY EVENT
Curated masterclasses by Eydis Evensen ( on emotions in composition ),
Isidora O'Ryan & Cleo T. (cello & voice in dialog).
Music readings by guest authors Julie Nakache and Laure Gauthier
“Poetria”: Collective creation of the artists in residency.
THE ART LABORATORY
A weekend to get inspired and cross visions through several "Salons" gathering professionals from the music industry, book publishers, cultural institutions & artists.
Our 2024 guest delegation:
Ilana Goldstoff / Deutsch Grammophon (De)
Jake Beaumont / International Music Manager (UK)
Carlo Garre / Manager (It)
Jennifer Thompson / Manager - Universal Music (UK)
Juan Tamayo / Budde Music (Fr)
Cécile Bernier / Budde Music (Fr)
Delphine Ciampi / Sacem (Fr)
Franck Edouard / Spedidam (Fr)
Solange Maribe / She Said So (Fr)
Typhaine Pinville / La Nef (Fr)
Maud Elisa Mandeau / Artist (Fr)
Bastien Gallet / MF Editions ( Fr)
Stenka Morris / Editions de l'Entrevers (Fr)
Mélanie Cessiecq-Duprat / Editions Exopotamie (Fr)
Didier Vergnaud / Festival Multipistes (Fr)
Patrice Luchet / Maison de la Poésie Bordeaux (Fr)
Catherine Moreau / Département de la Charente (Fr)
Laetitia Perrot / Région Nouvelle Aquitaine (Fr)
THE RESIDENCY
A week immersed in a hidden natural retreat to co-create
Share experiences, resources and initiate synergies.
This time is an open and free space for creativity and cultural exchange
The collective improvisation sessions sit on poetry by women artists chosen by the guest artists.
THE COMMUNITY EVENT
Curated masterclasses by Eydis Evensen ( on emotions in composition ),
Isidora O'Ryan & Cleo T. (cello & voice in dialog).
Music readings by guest authors Julie Nakache and Laure Gauthier
“Poetria”: Collective creation of the artists in residency.
THE ART LABORATORY
A weekend to get inspired and cross visions through several "Salons" gathering professionals from the music industry, book publishers, cultural institutions & artists.
Our 2024 guest delegation:
Ilana Goldstoff / Deutsch Grammophon (De)
Jake Beaumont / International Music Manager (UK)
Carlo Garre / Manager (It)
Jennifer Thompson / Manager - Universal Music (UK)
Juan Tamayo / Budde Music (Fr)
Cécile Bernier / Budde Music (Fr)
Delphine Ciampi / Sacem (Fr)
Franck Edouard / Spedidam (Fr)
Solange Maribe / She Said So (Fr)
Typhaine Pinville / La Nef (Fr)
Maud Elisa Mandeau / Artist (Fr)
Bastien Gallet / MF Editions ( Fr)
Stenka Morris / Editions de l'Entrevers (Fr)
Mélanie Cessiecq-Duprat / Editions Exopotamie (Fr)
Didier Vergnaud / Festival Multipistes (Fr)
Patrice Luchet / Maison de la Poésie Bordeaux (Fr)
Catherine Moreau / Département de la Charente (Fr)
Laetitia Perrot / Région Nouvelle Aquitaine (Fr)
