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We invite you to a presentation of the projects carried out as part of a cross-residency between the Fondation Thalie and Ateliers de la Madeleine with the artists Elise Peroi, Jeanne Tresvaux du Fraval, and Alice Guittard & Mathilde Rouiller.

Invited last autumn and spring, each of them plunged into the history and geography of the region, weaving together stories and landscapes, appropriating – and reinterpreting – trades, architecture, traditions, plants and minerals. The works on display are the fruit of privileged encounters with a community of local artisans who have generously committed themselves to this multi-handed effort.

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Opening on Thursday 28 March, 6-9 pm, in the presence of the artists.
Exhibition until Sunday 6 April, 2024
Info & opening hours here
34 rue de l’amphithéâtre 13200 Arles

In partnership with Les Ateliers de la Madeleine, réseau Plein Sud and Arles Contemporain.

How does the visual arts world respond to the challenge of decarbonisation, with what discourse, what resources and what credibility?
This upcoming lecture looks at the artistic potential of the ecological commitment of visual artists, between aesthetics, ethics and environmental combat.

• New location: ESA Saint-Luc Brussels – free admission with registration
• Discover all past lectures of this masterclass as podcast

In partnership with l’ESA Saint-Luc, Master Design d’Innovation Sociale

Artist Daniel Steegmann Mangrané‘s recent work focuses on the notion of “feral thinking” proposed by Juliana Fausto, and questions our attitude to the environment through the prism of a return to a wild state. In Paris for two major exhibitions currently in preparation–and his participation in the Après l’orage exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce–, he will be meeting Teresa Castro, a lecturer at Paris 3, she has worked on the relationship between weeds and cinema, animism, as well as notions of nature and queer botany.

In English, moderated by Chiara Vecchiarelli, curator and teacher at Paris-Saclay.

In partnership with the École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris

Both an exhibition and an anniversary, Regenerative Futures invites a constellation of artists and designers to share their visions and experiences in order to create and produce differently—given the depletion of planetary resources—and to benefit future generations.
 The exhibition connects a selection of works from the collection, all imbued with an ecological sensibility. There are design projects inspired by living things (algae, mycelium, insect leather, bacteria, etc.) as well as installations and films.
This hybrid and prospective project is laid out by the Brussels-based architectural studio Bento, which has designed a fully bio-sourced eco-scenography for the occasion.

Curators: Nathalie Guiot and Yann Chateigné Tytelmann

Opening on Friday 12 April in the presence of the artists
Opening programme on 12 & 13 April available online

In partnership with

The Fondation is partnering with the CIVA (Centre d’information et d’exposition de la ville, de l’architecture, du Paysage et de l’Urbanisme de la région de Bruxelles), and invites the artists and designers of the exhibition in dialogue with historian and activists to tackle the new narratives of climate transition and the issues of bio-inspired design at stake.

10 am: New imaginaries of transition: how to emphasise our present urgency?
With Magali Payen, Founder of On Est Prêt and President of Imagine 2050 and Marie Peltier, historian. (In French)

11:30 am: Bio-inspired design and architecture: from innovation to industrialisation, moving away from fossil fuels.
With Aléa (Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse), designers and Moffat Takadiwa, visual artist. (In English)

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Free admission by reservation only, places are limited
CIVA (auditorium), rue de l’Ermitage 55, 1050 Brussels