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Un faible degré d'originalité, version Bêta
‘Un Faible Degré d’Originalité’ is a conversation in progress on the thorny subject of intellectual property in the field of artistic creativity.
A tercentennial institution established to stimulate artistic creativity, today cracks are appearing in the notion of royalties due to the repressive apparatus implemented by their beneficiaries and numerous intermediaries who are their de facto beneficiaries. Royalties are also crumbling under the clicks of a hoard of counterfeiters operating from the peace and quiet of their sofa.
‘Un Faible Degré d’Originalité’ is both a conference and a show.
A conference in that an hour and a quarter is spent retracing the extraordinary history of royalties, from the 15th century to today. Denis Diderot will, in person, explain the context of the Enlightenment; we will hear about the incredible saga of the creative estate of Maurice Ravel and we will learn about the concept of ‘competition for resources’ through the distribution of Pépito® sweets to the audience.
A show in that there will be jokes and sleights of hand to make the topic digestible, as well as onstage strategies whose simplicity/effectiveness ratio has been painstakingly tested. We will make a model of royalties with cardboard boxes; there will be a little cartoon made for A3 paper and we will sing a song to highlight what is so truly terrible about the film ‘Les Parapluies de Cherbourg’ (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
Source : L’amicale de production
