Festival ¡ Viva Villa ! - 2019 Edition

4th edition
October 11 to November 10, 2019
Collection Lambert en Avignon

Just a stone’s throw from the ramparts of the City of the Popes, the Collection Lambert opens the doors of the Hôtel de Montfaucon to this new edition curated by Cécile Debray, with a theme: The End of Forests*, and a two-part calendar:

– From October 11 to November 10, an exhibition will present the work of some fifty researchers and artists, including visual artists, musicians, graphic artists, designers, film-makers, writers and art historians… Works from the permanent collection and proposals from artists inspired by their stays in Madrid, Kyoto or Rome will rub shoulders in a game of cross-references.

– As a counterpoint, from October 11 to October 16, a program of performances, concerts, readings, films and meetings will punctuate the launch of the festival.

This year’s event will also see the organization of professional meetings in Avignon with ¡Viva Villa! founding institutions, their partners and sponsors, artists’ residencies in the South of France, major institutions in the region, as well as a decentralized plenary session of the French Academy of Fine Arts.

Once again this year, with the complicity of the Collection Lambert, special events will be organized for schoolchildren and young audiences, with the aim of democratizing access to creation, initiating and raising awareness of cultural practices, and ultimately creating a generational platform.

Open to all, these spaces for debate, sharing and conviviality will provide an opportunity to examine current issues in contemporary creation, artistic research and work in residence.

For more information, visit the festival website: https: //vivavilla.info

*Title borrowed from a choreographic piece by Benjamin Bertrand, resident at Villa Kujoyama 2019.