« Wastelands, laboratories, factories,
squats, multi-discipline projects ...
a new era of cultural activity » by Fabrice Lextrait.
The text below is a summary report of the study conducted by Fabrice Lextrait, former administrator of la Friche La belle de mai. At the behest of the French State Secretariat for Heritage and Cultural Decentralisation, the study was
conducted from October 2000 to April 2001.
The topic of the study was "those projects which
establish, in particular and original ways, the conditions for production and, therefore, for reception of
the artistic act" mostly in France.
This summary can also be downloaded on the website of the French Ministry of Culture