Ms. Rachida DATI, Minister of Culture, in agreement with Mr. Xavier BONNEFONT, Mayor of Angoulême and President of the GrandAngoulême agglomeration, Mr. Jérôme SOURISSEAU, President of the Departmental Council of Charente and Mr. Alain ROUSSET, President of the Regional Council of New-FranceAquitaine, gives its approval for the appointment of Mr. Guillaume MANGIER to the direction of the Scene of current music (SMAC), «La Nef» in Angoulême in Charente.
After studying history, economics, art and cultural action management, Mr. Guillaume MANGIER worked for twelve years at the SMAC «Le Krakatoa» in Mérignac in Gironde. In 2019, he co-founded the Bordeaux collective De la neige en été, which has a national reputation for supporting artistic and cultural projects.
While continuing the projects undertaken by SMAC «La Nef», Mr. Guillaume MANGIER will strengthen the artistic identity of the programming. It wishes to give a new impetus to cultural action, to the accompaniment of practices and to the support of emerging artists. To do this, it will promote transversality and complementarity between the different poles of activity and develop cooperation with local actors.
Mr. Guillaume MANGIER will take office in June 2024, succeeding Laetitia PERROT who directed «La Nef» from 2015 to 2023. The Minister commends the work of Laetitia PERROT and her unwavering commitment to the development of a cultural structure now recognized at the national level as a place to support new talents.