Organized according to the sanitary measures in force.
Health pass required.
Exhibition produced as part of the 5 Star Residence, supported by the Ministry of Culture as part of the Capsule program.
With the support of the DRAC Grand Est, the Grand Est Region and the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg.
With the support of Imagery as part of the “Contre vents et marées” program, supported by the Brittany Region in collaboration with acb - contemporary art in Brittany.
Stimultania invites you to the opening of the exhibition The river and its island by Léonie Pondevie, Friday January 21 at 18 p.m. In the presence of the photographer, with a poetry-action performance by Pierre-Louis Aouston and a saxophone solo by Arsène Ott.
Léonie Pondevie is the 2020 winner of the call for projects 5 stars, supported by the device Capsule of the Ministry of Culture. Invited in a creation residency in Givors, the artist tells about conquests and illusions, the adventure of gold miners, the fried bleaks and contaminated territories, the cry of the black kite and the thrill of the highway.
In the presence of the artist Léonie Pondevie, from 18 p.m.
Poetry-action with Pierre-Louis Aouston, performer, at 19:30 p.m.
Saxophone solo, by Arsène Ott
I come from the mainland. I have crossed the river several times, completed the initiatory journey. Crossing the Rhône at Givors is crossing an ocean and entering new land. From the open sea, she remains impassive on the horizon, fringed with wild and mysterious shores where her ship can run aground; legends have made her an islander. She is both the Eden and the monster. We dream of it or we dream of leaving it. Because in Givors, you have to gain a foothold, you have to take off there, and move away. To go away and stay at the same time. Givors, for a while, produced dreams of foundation, fantasies of renewal, of recreation of the world. Some have come from far away to settle there. Because this island is the place of all possibilities. It is an anchor for those who inhabit it and experience it. To do as in Givors is to make your island.
Léonie Pondevie, May 2021
Leonie Pondevie is a photographer born in 1996 in Angers. A graduate of the European School of Art in Brittany, she is a member of the Collectif Nouveau Document. For her, landscapes are a reflection of our society, which leads her to question anthropization, that is to say the impact of Man on nature through the transformation of territories, whether this either through industrialization or urbanization. She uses many mediums and techniques such as video, installation, ceramics or drawing. The Google Earth software first allows him to carry out a photographic inventory. Secondly, she explores the territory and deepens her investigative work through photography, then writing, drawing and installation.
