Originally thought as a non-institutional venue for Invisible Archives project and its public programme, it has been developed as a space where archives exhibitions become a starting point for encounters between people who made Marseille’s histories of resilience and those who are interested in them. The space anchored in Belsunce neighbourhood in a former snack close to the train station. Entering and passing through the exhibition hall, the visitors found themselves in the agora meeting space with a kitchen and an access to a big back garden. The meeting space has often been used independently by associations and the garden hosted numerous social gatherings. The welcoming team of Tiers QG did a great work in co-creating the identity of the space and community around it, its functioning and programme, that went far beyond the Invisible Archives project.
After Manifesta 13, Tiers QG has been taken over by some members of education team and our collaborators from the neighbourhood with the idea to build a sustainable cultural space addressing the neighbourhood needs and realities under the name Twali. Partly following the Invisible Archives process, this space in the making aims to bring inhabitants, neighbours, stakeholders and audiences together to explore and reflect on the different narratives coexisting in Belsunce.