Place to B – World Social Forum
du 09/08/2016 au 14/08/2016

During the World Social Forum (WSF), Place to B will occupy the space at la Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) to offer a “participatory press room” and gather journalists, artists and citizens in a place dedicated to the writing of a new narrative.

Towards a new narrative

The SAT will be managed in a way to provide a comfortable co-working space which will be entirely equipped to accommodate journalists, artists and citizens, a thematic program offering a wide range of workshops and conferences allowing to cover and debate on currents issues in a participatory manner, as well as a series of collaborative experiences to facilitate encounters and exchange among participants and to produce documentation about the event.

During the evening, Place to B will also welcome cultural and artistic activities in collaboration with the WSF.

A “positive activator” of the WSF

In occupying the SAT, which is also the media space of the WSF, Place to B Canada becomes simultaneously the bridge between multiple medias and the rally point for a new narrative. Through its physical space and it’s numerous channels of digital broadcasting, Place to B Canada aims to cover this event from a different angle which favors a constructive and positive approach around initiatives and solutions arising during the WSF.

Therefore, Place to B Canada embodies as much as an assembly point than the point of reference which will allow all participants of the WSF to navigate and document this event. The WSF is a worldwide event where approximately 50 000 people are expected and 1 200 activities will be presented throughout 13 thematic axes.

A space for the civil, the artistic and the media society

Every individual carries a story, a message. From the curious citizen to communication professionals and the media, Place to B Canada will gather in the same spot people who wish to talk about, tell, express, exchange and share their vision of change : “the narrators of change”. They may be a journalist, a blogger, an illustrator, a storyteller, an artist, a photographer, a director, a cartoonist… Place to B is above all a human and collective experience. It is also an open space where diversity, represented both in the narratives and the individuals, will be valued.

Programme

Our program is interrelated with the World Social Forum’s official program. Place to B will open its doors from 8 a.m. and will live to the frenetic pace of the WSF : press conferences, co-creation workshops, collaborative experiences, artistic installations, short film screenings, improvisation games, concerts, etc. Various creative spaces will also be available to cover the WSF by and with the participants.

Place to B Canada

From August 9th to the 14th, everyday, at Place to B, will be organized according to a theme that will address various angles of the new narrative that can be constructed together: from “Digital narratives” to “Collective narratives” as well as “Narratives without borders” and “Played narratives”.