En ce qui concerne, la parité des sexes dans l’industrie de la musique, il reste encore un long chemin à parcourir. L’intérêt sur le sujet est grandissant et il apparaît davantage de messages dans les médias, les festivals et les salles des concerts.
C’est désormais un sujet brûlant, mais les changements sont lents. Dans les coulisses, il y a encore peu de femmes* qui exercent des fonctions artistiques, de production ou de gestion.
Les 7 et 8 mars, des programmatrices et artistes féminines investiront les sites bruxellois de l’Ancienne Belgique, du Beursschouwburg, de C12, de FFORMATT, de LaVallée et du VK.
Avec ‘Intersections’, une initiative du collectif féministe Psst Mlle, 10 femmes de la programmation travaillent ensemble dans le but d'envoyer dans le monde un message pour l’intégration féminine. Et aussi pour mettre l’accent sur la Journée internationale de la Femme.
- Intersections est une connexion entre six lieux.
- Intersections est l'intersectionnalité dont le féminisme a besoin.
- Intersections est le mélange des genres musicaux.
- Intersections est la connexion entre les femmes de la programmation.
‘En programmant et en communiquant ensemble, nous voulons montrer clairement qu'en 2020 une attention particulière est encore nécessaire et qu'il est temps de changer. Six lieux importants de Bruxelles démontrent comment la coopération constitue une base pour la sensibilisation. De plus, nous avons confié à Laisse Les Filles Tranquilles la tâche d'examiner de plus près le monde de la musique pour donner encore plus de force à notre message. Avec elles, nous lançons la campagne "Create An Inclusive Industry".
* toute personne s'identifiant comme femme
"In a world where everything is focused on the individual, a music industry in which competition takes the upper hand, it is so inspiring to find like-minded programmers and be part of a collaboration in which passion, enthusiasm and supporting female artists/curators are central" Astrid De Sterck - music promotor at AB
“All we did is basically gather our forces to create something bigger together, rather than on our own. The industry is too hard not to work like this.” Souria Cheurfi - founder of Psst Mlle and editor-in-chief at VICE Belgium
“Music is an experience. So for me it's important if we can support each other in this. It shouldn't matter if artists are female, locals, friends or artists from around the world, as long as they make cool stuff and can contribute to that experience.” Maïsha Amany - music promotor at AB
"When we challenge the imposed belief that womxn must be competitive with one another -by doing the complete opposite-, one can start to hear the backbone of a rotten system teeter. For me personally, it almost feels like an act of rave-ellion." Noemi Cano - founder at Missfitte
"Womxn and their energy keep surprising me; even though we are constantly pushed down and learned to feel inferior, our creativity always finds a way to bubble up and express itself. We do this through alternative and atypical ways in a society that is so result-driven and competitive. This collaboration between venues, promoters, artists and genres is the perfect example of that, and I’m very happy to be able to be part of a mouvement showing that alternatives are still possible!" Rrita Jashari - DJ and music promotor at VK
“The system wants us to be individuals easy to manipulate, well then we build collectives impossible to corrupt!” Diana Barreto - DJ and co-founder of Tropical DJipsies and Festa Afrotuga, co-organiser of Rebel Up and Giraffes & Penguins
“I’m thrilled to see so many womxn are part of the music industry as musicians, DJ’s, organisers, promoters, technicians, communicators... I hope many more will follow.” Gilke Vanuytsel - music promotor at Beursschouwburg
“Intersections is not just group of womxn active in music getting together and showing that ‘we can’, it’s also a way to foster collaboration between cultural institutions and independent female-lead initiatives.” Sara Dziri - DJ, music producer, co-founder at Not Your Techno and founder of Souk Sessions
“As womxn, let’s stick together and do the thing that sits on our ribs. Let’s collaborate and do the thing that writes happiness in our bones. Let's move on with our dreams and passion for music and art in general” Yasmine Dammak - co-fondatrice de Not Your Techno
“As a selector, I try to highlight the roles that womxn play and have played in historically white cis-male dominated environnements such as the punk, post punk and industrial scenes, where they often ended up invisibilized or considerated as less important.” Marouchka Payen – DJ
