Sara Domenach, “Landing”, mural 5 x 8 m, in situ Square Abbé-Lémire,
Paris, photo credit Sara Domenach.
The Foundation’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the six winners selected by the jury for the 2024 call for projects on the future of planet Earth. We would like to sincerely thank the members of the jury for their in-depth study of all the entries received. We are delighted to be able to support the selected artists and their projects. Our warmest congratulations to the winners.
Tsuyoshi Anzai
« Giant Micro Plastic »
“Giant Micro Plastic” is a sculptural photographic project that aims to reproduce pieces of microplastics in gigantic sizes using paper craft. This project seeks to transform microplastic pollution into monumental works of art, highlighting their environmental impact.
This project will engage young people from a local environmental association and a nearby high school, involving them in fieldwork to collect microplastics, educational workshops on pollution and art, and hands-on papercraft sessions to create large-scale sculptures.
Anouk Daguin
« The hem, between the wild and the tamed »
Flowers tell us our story, a story that is inseparable from their appearance 140 million years ago. It was their pact with other species and their intimate co-evolutionary relationship that enabled them to flourish and make the world edible. This historical heritage is being used to anticipate and question the future of our cultures: the future of the farming world. To leave room for speculation and the fictitious, and enter a world of possibilities, to create a space for shared reflection, we become flowers and plants by imagining inter-species co-evolutions.
Sara Domenach
« Totally composite »
The future of the planet depends on how we view humanity. Among the major contemporary challenges, the question of identity remains central. « Totally Composite » is a project that breaks down barriers between imaginary worlds, with visual works inspired by collective memories and individual experiences. Official’ culture and popular knowledge will be pooled to create new collective representations based on our multicultural heritage.
Alice Jouan
« Our cosmogonies for the future »
‘Cosmogony’: the science of the formation of celestial objects (planets, stars, galaxies, etc.). Cosmogonies are also founding myths that can be found in every civilisation.
This project develops the question of care associated with imaginary utopias. These utopias, closely linked to current environmental issues, will be materialised through research. The young people will become researchers by writing, making and directing. They will propose a way of telling a story, inhabiting it and embodying it. The aim of the project is to pass on and create stories that question our relationship with non-humans, our relationship with living things and our understanding of their forms. The notion of ritual and community will be explored through a range of visual and literary investigations.
Ophélia Arilala Ralamboson
« The mosaic of an encounter »
This project, at the crossroads of art and education, invites mentally handicapped children (whom I call ‘extraordinary children’) to reveal themselves on a shared canvas, where the artist draws his inspiration from the magic colourings (calculation games) of primary classes. The initiative, which transforms scraps of material into creative pieces, interweaves the intuitive gesture with the awakening of the mind. By giving a voice to these children, this project aims to reveal the light hidden within each of them, well beyond the shadows of their disorder/illness, in full harmony with the earth that carries us all.
Camille Sauer
« Theatrum Mundi »
In collaboration with the Centre For Sciebce and Arts of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Camille Sauer, visual artist and composer, is creating an immersive video game called « Theatrum Mundi « through the eyes of her digital double. A student at Le Fresnoy and graduate of the Beaux-Arts in Paris, she is inviting children to co-create a work combining visual and digital arts. The project explores the visions of younger generations about the future of the planet, raising awareness of ecological issues and encouraging intergenerational dialogue around creativity and hope for a sustainable future.