Artists denounce lack of interest in culture in Carmausin

Artistes, creators, and whistleblowers, the collective “La Résistance artistique du HuitQuatorzeDoubleZéro” recently displayed “artistic election campaign posters” on the storefront of the former toy store located at 45 av. Jean-Jaurès in Carmaux: “Being an artist here is really not simple. We are a collective that is not one, our core is made up of around twenty local artists around whom there are no less than 300 members.”

The members of the collective denounce the lack of programs and the lack of interest in culture: “Despite our 17 meeting requests, the Carmaux town hall refuses any discussion, despite our 7 requests, the town hall of Blaye-les-Mines ignores us, despite our 13 requests, the inter-municipal council does not respond. Only two communists have responded. And our letters were sent well before the elections.”

And they denounce artistic censorship: “Our free art centers are administratively barricaded and closed, our works destroyed by the police, our texts censored by authorities, our voice ignored by elected officials. If this policy of closed doors continues, we have no illusions about the future of culture in the Carmaux region.”

“Museum of Glass closed, former cinema turned into a dump for the 3CS, heritage destroyed to turn it into a parking lot.” The collective HuitQuatorzeDoubleZéro was born in March 2020, during the lockdown: “We consider that everyone has talent. We do a lot of things, theater, concerts, shows,” like the cinema-concert organized last October to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the CGT, which was a success. “But we are nomads since we don’t have a place.” And they conclude: “Covered with glue, paint, and scars, we will continue to defend culture in our territory until the last battle, and defeat will taste like victory.”