Something happened to us

Wart and the Panoramas Festival were born in 1997, initiated by individuals who were all volunteers within an association that gave no hint of its future scale. When its members launched the first edition of Panoramas in 1997, the idea was simply to give a strong boost to the musical and cultural scene in the Morlaix area. Twenty years later, through perseverance, boldness, and a knack for spotting promising artists, the association—now highly professionalized—has earned a prominent place in the French music landscape.

Originally trained in biology, Olivier de Sagazan later turned to painting and sculpture, driven by a constant obsession: to question what it means to be alive. From this passion emerged the idea of covering his own body in clay in order to observe the resulting “object.” This experiment gave birth, in 1998, to a solo performance entitled TRANSFIGURATION, which has been performed over 350 times to date. In it, a man progressively disfigures himself with clay, becoming a kind of hybrid being—half man, half beast—in search of his identity beneath the masks, in search of the puppeteer.

In 2021, Olivier de Sagazan was invited to the Venice Biennale Danza to present his performance La Messe de l’Âne (The Donkey’s Mass).

Performance and conception: Olivier de Sagazan

General stage manager: Titia Marie

Musician: Alexis Delong

Sound: Rodrigue de Sagazan and Romain Briand

Video: Guillaume Ménard

Lighting: Adrien Oheix

Production : Wart