About us

STIMULTANIA

Since 1987, Stimultania Pôle de photographie has been at the crossroads of the questions of this world. Stimultania defends a photograph in touch with Man, a standing photograph, invested, without a chilly, lively and scratched distance. Its objective: to make discover - in the best conditions - photographic works and to give the viewer the possibility of living individual and collective experiences, of expressing criticisms. Stimultania works in the field of education with and through the photographic image by developing in particular an innovative educational tool, LES MOTS DU CLIC.

Singular place if not mythical, the first institute of Stimultania, was founded in 1987 in Strasbourg. It is an exhibition space as well as a resource center. It is also a place for meetings, freedom and sometimes resistance. The second facility, opened in 2014 in Givors, it has been dedicated to support artist residencies as well as collective pieces of art.

Stimultania publishes Splendid experiments, utopias and citizen photography, first review of stories of experiences and reflections on meetings between photographic artists and audiences.


STORY

For those wondering why Stimultania is called Stimultania and why the logo is a lounge chair (lazing around?), We asked Bob Fleck, founder of Stimultania with Alex Schmitt, the captain, to write us these few lines.

“Stimultania, a maelstrom stimuli, an island of all fantasies, towards which sail, according to the imaginary waves, as in the writings and images of Conrad, Loti, Christies, Chevillon, the intrepid travelers on the deckchairs deck chair in rattan and canvas, in search of regions conducive to the most creative dreams of this magnificent liner.

A splendid sea movie. ”

Bob Fleck, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Stimultania


Freedom, commitment, experimentation and transmission.

Stimultania implements a program of free and independent photography exhibitions; Stimultania defends freedom of speech and the emancipation of the individual in all the activities offered.

Stimultania has a strong social and societal commitment. The actions supported are aimed at people far from cultural actions, and more generally, from society, such as people under justice control or asylum seekers.

Stimultania is an experiments laboratory. Stimultania sets itself apart from the standards by thinking of new kinds of creation, monstration and mediation. Stimultania imagines and designs innovative and playful practices and tools to awaken critical thinking. Stimultania supports artist-photographers to work in schools, medico-social centers, prisons…

Stimultania advocates transmission and doing it together. Stimultania offers workshops and events for the general public to introduce photographers, to reflect on current themes, to initiate collaborative processes.