FR24JB CAE – PERFORMANCE - LILLE 3000 Textimoov ! Tri Postal

The students visit the Tripostal, a venue dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions in Lille. Built in the 1950s to sort the city's mail, it has since been converted into a cultural venue, with 3 floors of 2,000m2. As part of "Lille 3000", the Tri Postal is hosting "Textimoov !" from 17 May to 29 September 2024, an exhibition devoted to innovative textiles connected to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It highlights technological innovation in the fields of fashion, design, visual arts, sport and movement, and the ecological and eco-responsible dimension of today's creations. It has been awarded the "Cultural Olympiad" label : indeed, from the very beginning of the Games, culture has been one of the 3 pillars of Olympism, along with sport and education. On the ground floor, as soon as they enter the museum, the students discover an open space in perpetual motion, immersed in a world of urban streetwear. A Pop!Corner hosts the emergence of fashion schools, museums and local collectives in the region. The students can admire unique pieces created by designers such as Marine Serre as well as projects by haute couture houses such as Thierry Mugler. Activities and workshops are also on offer, as well as events such as a sports recycling market and break dance initiations. On the 1st floor (fashion, sport, innovation), Activewear has its place around performance sport. Upcycling, recycling, technical textiles, the latest composite sports accessories and the most unlikely outfits dreamed up by visionary fashion designers will all be on show. The students also have access to the materiotek, a pedagogical area that invites them to touch and discover a wide range of materials and textures. Echoing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the spotlight is on innovative textiles for sport: performance, comfort, safety, eco-responsibility and the use of renewable biological materials. Sportswear and equipment brands such as Decathlon and Chlore are constantly innovating. At the same time, fashion is seizing on sporting styles and reusing traditional textiles. On the 2nd floor, the students are invited to take a trip into the future, where housing and clothing, modes of communication and transport all come together. So they plunge into the cosmic universe by exploring objects, equipment and spacesuits designed to survive on the Moon, in space or on Mars. 

The students discover an event that has been awarded the Paris 2024 "Cultural Olympiad" label, an artistic and cultural programme that explores the link between art, sport and Olympic and Paralympic values.