Beauté locale

Winning project
Ephemeral art installation in public space
Festival des Architectures Vives de Montpellier, France June 2019
Micro-perforated canvas stretched over a wooden framework
6 m x 7 m on ground, height 3 m

Entering a Montpellier courtyard and feeling immersed in a Portuguese landscape is the spatial experience that this installation aims to provide. The blue of the azulejos (traditional Portuguese ceramic tiles) introduces a new tone to the courtyard and carries the memory of another locality. Beauty takes shape here in the encounter of two heritage identities. This space of physical sharing manages to create a hybrid landscape that transports us. The ceramic element becomes a unit of space, and the installation adapts to the composition of the interior facades. By working with transparency, the frescoes overlap like a veil on the walls, offering a new materiality to the courtyard. With its baroque aesthetic codes, the azulejo reflects ornamental beauty in architecture. Often considered superfluous, it is the primary material of the installation here. The stories depicted in the frescoes emerge as one strolls through, allowing for a journey through contemplation.

Beauté locale

Winning project Ephemeral art installation in public space Festival des Architectures Vives de Montpellier, France June 2019 Micro-perforated canvas stretched over a wooden framework 6 m x 7 m on ground, height 3 m

Winning project
Ephemeral art installation in public space
Festival des Architectures Vives de Montpellier, France June 2019
Micro-perforated canvas stretched over a wooden framework
6 m x 7 m on ground, height 3 m