On the occasion of the European Days of Crafts, Marc Bayard will lead a conference on “Slow Made.”
Slow Made means “made with the necessary time.” This movement, launched in 2012, aims to rehabilitate the value of time in order to produce, work, and consume better. It seeks to federate and valorize the creative sector in a broad sense and also to encourage the consumer to become an actor by choosing an object that carries shared values, a sustainable model opposed to the disposable consumption model and planned obsolescence.

This movement acknowledges a return to reality, the necessity of long-term thinking, and the affirmation of the body. Based on these observations, the movement, seen as a space for debate, develops perspectives for reflection in order to act on the current ecological transition.

Marc Bayard is the Head of the Mission for the Valorization of Crafts and Innovation at the Mobilier national, where he has programmed numerous contemporary artists, including Yan Pei-Ming, Eva Jospin, Pierre&Gilles, Maurizio Galante&Tal Lancman, Sheila Hicks, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, or Harry Nuriev.
With a PhD in Art History from EHESS, he is a former resident of the Villa Medici and has directed the Department of Art History at this institution for six years. He has also been a member of the Cabinet of the Minister of Culture, Mr. Frédéric Mitterrand.
He is the author of “Design du pouvoir. L’Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier national” (2016), and “Slow-Made. Manifeste du geste humain” (2022).

On the eve of World Water Day, the Foundation is organizing an exceptional screening of Dominique Marchais’ new film, “The River,” in the presence of the director. A poetic film about the rural world, an ode to water and nature which recently received the Jean Vigo Prize. The screening will be followed by a discussion between the director and designer Olivier Peyricot. Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic flow powerful rivers known as the gaves. Cornfields make them thirsty, dams block salmon migration. Human activity disrupts the water cycle and the river’s biodiversity. Men and women cast their curious and loving gaze towards this fascinating world of beauty and disaster.

Thursday, March 21st from 8 pm at the Galaxy Cinema, Châteaubernard
In partnership with the Galaxy Cinema and Eurociné-Cognac
Unique rate: 5 euros

In resonance with the Almanach exhibition, this conference aims to discover the connections that bind ceramics to the notions of sustainability, reusability, and recycling. We’ll delve into the key assets of ceramics (material qualities, enduring nature in associated uses), potential pathways to reduce its environmental impact, as well as the limitations to its reuse or recycling (energy cost of reusability, irreversible nature of clay transformation during firing, consumption habits).

Jean-Charles Hameau is a heritage curator and head of collections at the Musée national Adrien Dubouché (Limoges), where he has worked since 2014. Specializing in modern and contemporary art, he notably led the reorganization of the museum’s hall dedicated to contemporary ceramics (2018) and curated exhibitions such as ‘À table! Le repas, tout un art’ (2021), ‘Formes vivantes’ (2019), and ‘Avant, ici, Maintenant, l’expérience Non Sans Raison’ (2015).

On the occasion of the National Architecture Days with the theme being ecological transition, the Foundation will host industrial designers Soufyane El Koraichi and Marlon Bagnou Beido, who share a common interest in developing new types of objects that provide solutions to issues related to thermal comfort, resource management, and overall energy consumption.

In conversation with Florence Wullai, a textile designer specialized in wool felting, currently in residence at the Foundation, they will present their project “Wool Wall,” recently exhibited at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris as part of “Matières Vivantes” (Living Materials). Together, they will explore the innovative potential of wool and bio-sourced insulation in architecture.

Saturday, October 14, 2023
2:00pm : “Wool Wall” Conference

Saturday October 14th and Sunday, October 15th, 2023
4:00pm : Guided tours of the Almanach exhibition (1 hour)