Intergenerational groups and people over 60

Since 2002 von Stockert has had a particular interest in exploring creative concepts with people over 60 and intergenerational groups.

The artist’s work is inspired by issues of contemporary life and questions about place and identity, themes that resonate with people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds. Together with the participants she re-imagines the familiar through a stimulating exploration of gesture, everyday movement and interactions between the human body and its surroundings: people, objects, architecture and landscape.

Von Stockert has a strong interest in the untrained body and the creative and unique physical potential of every person, integrating individual skills and abilities in her workshops. These workshops can accommodate but do not require any previous training or arts experience; more importantly, they feed off the participants’ life experience and curiosity.

Most recently, von Stockert integrated an intergenerational group of local people in Baugé-en-Anjou in the various creative processes of her current audiovisual works. 32 participants between the ages of 4 and 72 featured in the films and took part in multiple artistic residencies between July 2024 and December 2025.

This followed a wide-ranging intergenerational workshop programme led by von Stockert in 2024/25 that started with photo exhibitions of her past works in local town halls and continued with a workshop programme for schools and retirement homes as well as for intergenerational groups.

In total over 150 people took part in the various participation opportunities and over 1000 are estimated to have enjoyed the exhibitions in 2024 and multi-disciplinary sharings of the various participating groups in 2025.

The participation programmes were co-produced by Expérience 49 and funded by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Pays de la Loire, the Département Maine et Loire and the Ville of Baugé-en-Anjou.