possitopia

festival

The very first edition of the possitopia festival took place from 25 to 27 July 2025 at the Cénacle (61700 Champsecret). Thank you to all the participants for the wonderful moments we shared!

Find a report and visual documentation of the event here!

possitopia

festival

#1: 2084

 

idea

A weekend festival of sound, visual, performance and culinary arts. An experimental, participatory, cross-disciplinary format on a human scale. An exercise in introspection and prospecting around the major issues and multi-crises shaping our times. A questioning of our relationship, as a species, to the living world, and our position within the planet’s ecosystems. A social experiment based on encounters, exchanges and collaboration. An unfinished, evolving festival concept, co-created and co-written in an open and playful way with the participants.

Titillating curiosity, stimulating creativity, encouraging people to think outside the box in their approach to the world and themselves, and in their social and artistic practices. Combining scientific research and the power of the imagination, dreams and realities, so that together we can explore possible futures, possitopias, and transcend the reductionist utopia-dystopia dualism.

A tailor-made artistic creation upstream, based on a draft scenario, but enriched by the participants as part of a first part of the program devoted to meetings and co-creative workshops. On Saturday evening, an immersive, multi-sensory show open to the public, followed by a festive moment, and then an ideas-incubating Sunday.

scenario

[for the immersive show on Saturday]

In 2084, there are only a few hundred million human beings left on planet Earth after the great catastrophes of the 2050s. Among them, a team of scientists has managed to preserve the sum of knowledge that humanity has accumulated since the first civilisations. Like many others, the group is travelling in search of the last habitable and arable areas on Earth. Along the way, they come across a small community that has developed surprisingly resilient forms of organisation.

Together, like so many before them, they make an ambitious plan to lay the foundations for a new way of human life on Earth. The emergence of this oasis makes the rounds among the other survivors, and the influx of refugees increases inexorably. Gradually, this new society attempts to organise and structure itself, particularly around a mysterious connected centre that helps with spatial planning and managing resource flows.

In order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, it is decided to organise a major retrospective event that will shed light on the history of human civilisations while providing a space for encounters, exchanges and conviviality…

 

program

friday 25

 

/ from 2pm / arrival of participants on site, campsite set-up (festival ticket)
/ 4pm / first workshops and participative activities (costumes, sets…)
/ 7pm / dinner
/ 8pm / festival launch
/ 9pm / opening performance “kandelabra” (compagnie theatrum litfaßsäule / Berlin)

saturday 26

 

/ 10am – 12pm / participatory workshops (show preparation)
/ 12.30 pm / lunch
/ 2 – 4pm / participatory workshops (show preparation)
/ 5 – 6pm / rehearsals (exercises)
/ 6pm / opening to the public (show ticket)
/ 7.30 – 9pm / 2084 dinner
/ 9pm / opening of the barn and possitopia immersive show
/ 11pm / celebration time

sunday 27

 

/ 10am – 1pm / brunch
/ 1.30 pm / feedback on Saturday and the show
/ 3pm / outlook and scriptwriting workshop for the next edition

Check out the report for more details on how the event unfolded!

next edition

We are planning the second edition of the possitopia festival for summer 2027. Would you like to join the collective and help co-create the next adventure? Please do not hesitate to contact us directly!