The TOUT-MONDE Art FOUNDATION is a tribute to Édouard Glissant, Martinican philosopher, author and poet who invented the concept of the Tout-Monde, an “All-World” where identities are born and built through the connection with the Other.
Inspired by French philosophers Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, who conceived a horizontally connected society based on the schematic growth of a rhizome, as opposed to the vertical growth of a root, Edouard Glissant proposes a new vision for the cultural definition of belonging: the rhizomatic identity. Instead of being rooted in one place, anchored to one language, every human identity is defined by stealthy or prominent encounters with the Other evolving through time and space, defined by our relation to the Other and our acts.
This definition of identities opens up a whole new area for art-activists (ARTIVISTS) and all individuals to explore and connect to the All-World, beyond their usual spaces, habits and language. It helps overcome prejudices and discrimination through the world, by caring about one same planet and universe. This is our vision of the Tout-Monde, the All-World, the Whole-World.