3 bis f - Centre d’arts contemporains d’intérêt national
This multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre of national interest and artists’residency is set in the compound of the 19th-century Montperrin Psychiatric Hospital. It welcomes visual artists as well as performing arts companies and offers exhibitions, shows, and encounters.
This multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre of national interest and artists’residency is set in the compound of the 19th-century Montperrin Psychiatric Hospital. It welcomes visual artists as well as performing arts companies and offers exhibitions, shows, and encounters.
Programme
Tomorrow, if the day breaks
Through sculpture and film, June Balthazard and Pierre Pauze weave a tale between reality and science fiction, in which an enigmatic natural phenomenon plunges humanity into an endless night. The story revolves around a substance called Ether, linked to creation myths and the discoveries of quantum physics. Described as the fabric of the universe, this substance links mankind to the living world. Against a backdrop of ecological upheaval, three characters search for this signal: a physicist at CERN, a hermit in a Morvan forest and an alchemist in a Templar castle. Between internal and global crises, the plunge into darkness also takes on a more symbolic meaning, following the quest for light and truth.
As part of CHRONIQUES - Biennale des Imaginaires numériques 2024.
Access
3 bis f, Centre d’arts contemporains d’intérêt national
CH Montperrin
109 av. du Petit Barthélémy
13100 Aix-en-Provence
3bisf.com
Tuesday to Saturday (2pm-6pm) and by appointment.
Free access.
How to get there?
• By car: once inside the Centre Hospitalier Montperrin, follow the signs. Parking available.
• By bus (from Marseille): shuttle buses leave for Aix every 5 minutes during rush hour, from the bus station next to the Saint Charles train station (Line 50). Get off at the Aix bus station.
• On foot: 3 bis f is just a few minutes from the city center, bus station, Méjanes library, Darius Milhaud conservatory, Grand Théâtre de Provence and Pavillon Noir.
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CULTURE & HERITAGE
• Le Pavillon de Vendôme: museum and sumptuous French gardens. (Aix-en-Provence)
WALKS
• Promenade de la Torse: a riverside park ideal for a country walk. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO STAY
• La Maison du Collectionneur: a confidential and intimate address to sleep in the heart of the Mazarin district. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO EAT & DRINK
• Mademoiselle Wine: a wine cellar specialising in local champagnes, just a stone's throw from the magnificent Place Richelme market. (Aix-en-Provence)
• La Méduse: a bar where the welcome is as good as the quality of the wines and the small plates to share. (Aix-en-Provence)
• Gallifet Kitchen: restaurant in the garden of the Hôtel de Gallifet from June to October, tea room from October to May. (Aix-en-Provence)
