The Deviation is an associative place of creation and artistic research established in L'Estaque and managed by the association ENDEVENIR. It is installed in former mechanical workshops since 2015. Since 2015, its team has invested more than 1000 m2 of space for the performing arts, music and plastic arts, in which artistic residences are hosted on the principle of free donation. Through its regular openings, it actively participates in the cultural and social life of the northern districts of Marseille: residency outings, concerts, exhibitions, performances and other events are the occasion of convivial moments where inhabitants of the district and visitors of the city center experiment together another relationship to art. La Déviation is a place of learning and experimentation thanks to the workshops it receives and animates. We experiment with forms of exchange, reciprocal criticism, and see the skills circulate. More than five years after its initialization, the project proves that what was intuitively elaborated, dreamed and projected, is now efficient, real and tangible. The Deviation now has an economic model that is both viable and still developing. Since 2019 the association Parpaing Libre has bought the place. JAM – Soirée de soutien au Chili – Décembre 2019. © La Déviation Guinguette et espace polyvalent – Rencontre des lieux indépendants – AFAP et CNLII – mai 2019. © La Déviation Inauguration de la guinguette en 2015. © La Déviation

Main image: La Déviation © Le Parpaing Libre