Le Prix Cultures: A tribute to a land of creativity
Júlia Lema Barros Wins the 1st Edition
Júlia Lema Barros explored the theme of Ties through Contes Silencios, an immersive installation inspired by Jean Giono’s vision of Provence as a land to be discovered slowly and deeply. Conceived specifically for Le Couvent des Minimes Hotel & Spa , the work does not add to the heritage but reveals what is already present: light, stone and silence. Unfolding in three connected movements and guided by a continuous sonic thread, the installation invites visitors to experience Haute-Provence through a renewed and contemplative perspective.
Jury Members
Provence Culture
- Barbara Sartre, President of Provence Culture and Director of the Aix School of Art (ESAAIX)
- Carole Redolfi, Secretary General of Ballet Preljocaj
- Mathieu Vabres, Co-Director of Chroniques
- Pierre Vasarely, President of the Vasarely Foundation
Guest Experts
- Frédéric Hubin, Director of Philanthropy, Communications and Development, Fondation Maeght
- Sarah Belmont, Independent Journalist specialising in Art and Design
Le Couvent des Minimes
- Fabien Piacentino, General Manager
L’Occitane en Provence
- Marjorie Robert-Espaze, Chief Brand Officer
- Olivier Baussan, Founder
- Daniel Contorni, Chief Creative Director
- Adrien Geiger, CEO
Julia Lema Barros
Júlia Lema Barros is an experimental sound and multimedia artist whose practice focuses on creating immersive environments that bring together image, sound and space. Her work explores sensory perception and the imagination through installations and performances in which technology becomes a living material.
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The Finalists
Cyprien Schaffner is a French visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture and performance in close dialogue with nature. His work explores the materials that surround us, the colours they reveal, and the essential gestures of creation.
Cyprien Schaffner (@c_y_p_r_i) • Photos et vidéos Instagram
Florian Monfrini
Florian Monfrini is a French sculptor and painter whose practice is rooted in a sensitive exploration of nature and the environment, developed notably through Le Bresquet, his artistic research space near Avignon. His work, presented in various exhibitions, reflects a painterly approach attentive to detail and materiality, supported by a contemporary vision of artistic creation.
Florian Monfrini — Artist — Le Bresquet
Arina Essipowitsch
Arina Essipowitsch is a visual artist whose photographic practice explores identity, displacement and the transformation of the image into volume. Her work favours an approach in which photography extends beyond the image to become an installation, an object or a sensory experience.
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