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Cneai = Vous invite à la traversée de Paris, du Cneai à la Ferme du Buisson, dans le RER A.

Programme des performances :

13h30 Chatelet rdv quai RER A dir. Saint-Germain en Laye

14h-14h25 Chatelet > Chatou - Jochen Dehn - The summer of love was the year after I was born

14h40-15h30 Cneai - Exposition Fleuves

15h50-16h30 Chatou > Nation - A Constructed World - Speech and Trees and Free Texts

16h45-17h10 Nation > Ferme du Buisson - Vincent Thomasset

17h20-18h La Ferme du buisson - Visite d'une exposition en cours de préparation (TREASURES FOR THEATRE)

Ghost Forest is an original and ambitious project by Angela Palmer that seeks to raise public awareness of the connections between deforestation and climate change. It involves taking a series of 10 rainforest tree stumps, most with their buttress roots still attached, from a regulated, commercially logged tropical rainforest in Ghana.

The tree stumps will be presented as a “ghost forest” firstly in Trafalgar Square in London, and then in Copenhagen to coincide with the UN Cop15 Climate Change Conference in December.

Ghost Forest is a carbon neutral project - following input from Climate Care, Ghost Forest's carbon footprint will be offset, see here for details.

Ghost Forest Art Installation - Trafalgar Square, London, U.K. 16-22 November 2009

Ghost Forest Art Installation - Thorvaldsens Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark 7-18 December 2009

Source : http://www.ghostforest.org/

http://www.prixpictet.com/news/latest_news/nadav_kander_w...

Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, has awarded this year‟s Prix Pictet to British based photographer Nadav Kander and the 2009 Commission to American photographer Ed Kashi at the Passage de Retz, Paris.

Making the formal presentation at an awards dinner at the Passage de Retz in Paris, Kofi Annan said that the photographs were a compelling call for action to tackle climate change, the most serious humanitarian and environmental challenge facing the world today:

“Only weeks separate us from the decisive negotiations on climate change in Copenhagen. We are confronted with the vital need to prepare the political momentum necessary for a fair and effective post-Kyoto agreement. The images in front of us remind us of the fragility of our planet and the damage we have already done. When we see these photographs we cannot close our eyes and remain indifferent. Through our actions and voices, we must keep building the pressure to secure urgent action at Copenhagen and beyond.”

Ivan Pictet, Senior Managing Partner of Pictet & Cie said: "In only its second year, the Prix Pictet has established itself as one of the most important prizes in its field. While in naming Nadav Kander the Judges have chosen a very worthy winner, such was the quality of the field that any one of the twelve photographers on the Shortlist could have made it."

He added, "On behalf of the Partners of Pictet; I am delighted to announce that we have selected Ed Kashi as the photographer to fulfil Pictet's annual commission related to our charitable activities, this year in Madagascar, a country with a remarkable ecological heritage under threat and one of the poorest countries on earth."

Each year Pictet & Cie supports the work of a charity whose work mirrors the theme of the prize. For 2009 Pictet & Cie will support Azafady, a UK-based charity and Malagasy-registered NGO. Specifically Pictet & Cie will support Azafady‟s Voly Hazo project that aims to preserve the earth from degredation and the eventual desertification that is seen so widely in Madagascar with a programme of tree planting and preservation of the natural forest.

Ed Kashi has been commissioned to visit Madagascar with the Azafady team in order to produce a series of photographs that will highlight many of the issues that Azafady are focusing on in this unique and endangered environment. An exhibition of the work made for the commission will launch the 2010 prize in the Spring 2010.

Mark Jacobs, Director of Azafady UK said “Madagascar‟s extraordinary biodiversity stems from the island‟s long isolation from other landmasses. With over 80 per cent of its plant and animal wildlife found only on this island it is as important as protected areas like the Galapagos Islands. But this unique ecosytem is under threat and poverty is playing a large part in the destruction of the country‟s natural environment. While international attention often focuses on the needs of mainland Africa, the island of Madagascar is rarely thought of. We are therefore delighted that Pictet & Cie have decided to support the work of Azafady.”

Francis Hodgson, Chairman of the Judges said “The quality of the entry this year has been exceptional. It has been an honour and a pleasure to try to find a winner from among so many outstanding candidates. The shortlisted photographers set the Jury an immense problem and I am grateful to my fellow judges for their insight, expertise and good humour. The photographers‟ determination to be heard is the foundation of everything that the Prix Pictet can achieve. As a result of their great skill the Prix Pictet goes from strength to strength. Although only in its second year it has clearly now found its niche as the world‟s premier prize in its sector. The environmental issues which it seeks to address are vital to all of us. That of course only adds to the fascination of being involved.”

Passage de Retz, Paris
23 October - 23 November 2009

The complete exhibition of the Prix Pictet 2009 Shortlist will be at the Passage de Retz, Paris, where the winner of this year’s CHF100,000 Prix Pictet was announced as Nadav Kander by Kofi Annan on 22 October 2009. At the same time Ed Kashi was awarded the Prix Pictet 2009 Commission.

During the exhibition, the Prix Pictet will collaborate with FIAC (22 - 25 October), Paris’ major international contemporary and modern art fair, and Paris Photo, the world’s leading event for photography (19 - 22 November) to promote the award. The Prix Pictet will then tour to further international venues between late 2009 and early 2010. 

Passage de Retz
9 rue Charlot, 75003, Paris

http://www.prixpictet.com/exhibitions/exhibitions/the_pri...

Le mercredi 4 décembre dernier, le Prix Art et Nature de la Bourdaisière a été attribué à Sylvain Rousseau pour son oeuvre la Cité.

Deux deuxième prix ont également été attribués à Lucie Chaumont et Irina Volkonskii.

Pour cette première édition 2009, quatorze artistes ont concouru en réalisant dans le cadre de l’exposition Ar(T)bres une sculpture inédite prenant un arbre du parc du la Bourdaisière pour point d’ancrage et s’inspirant de la thématique “la nature malmenée ou l’agression de l’homme sur la nature”. 

Par la remise de ce prix Art et Nature,le cycle d'exposition Ar(T)bres qui lui est rattaché mais aussi l'ouverture prochaine d'un lieu de création et d'exposition dans ses caves troglodytes,le Château de la Bourdaisière a l’ambition de devenir un lieu de résidence et d'exposition incontournable pour les artistes dont le travail interroge les rapports de l’homme et de la nature et un monde en quête de changement. 

CRITÈRES D'ATTRIBUTION DU PRIX

Le travail récompensé sera jugé pour sa qualité esthétique, le respect de la contrainte de l’arbre comme matière première, sa sensibilité dans l’interprétation du sujet «la nature malmenée» ainsi que sa capacité à transmettre au visiteur les prémisses d’une réflexion sur les problématiques environnementales contemporaines. 

PRIX DÉCERNÉ

L’artiste lauréat recevra la somme de 1000 euros et une invitation dans le cadre de la mise en place d’Inside Gallery 2011 à participer au programme de résidence et de production dans les caves troglodytiques. 

CONSTITUTION DU JURY 

Président du Jury 
Alain JULIEN-LAFERRIÈRE, directeur de CCC de Tours 

Membres du Jury 
Frédérique HENRY, Ministère de l’écologie et du Développement Durable 
Patrick BOURDY, Vice-président du conseil général d’Indre-et-Loire 
Anne DE VILLEPOIX, Galeriste, Paris 
Nathalie BÉREAU, Galeriste, Blois 
Audrey BERTOUNESQUE, Commissaire d’exposition 
Lauranne GERMOND, Commissaire d’exposition 
Louis Albert DE BROGLIE