Centre de la photographie
Located in the old village of Mougins’ former presbytery, the very new Center of Photography is devoted to still and moving image. It aims at supporting contemporary photography in all its diversity, organising artist residencies, and offering educational activities.
Located in the old village of Mougins’ former presbytery, the very new Center of Photography is devoted to still and moving image. It aims at supporting contemporary photography in all its diversity, organising artist residencies, and offering educational activities.
Programme
Beyond the Spectacle - André Villers + Clara Chichin et Elsa Leydier
At the beginning of 1953, in Vallauris, André Villers’ path crosses destiny: Pablo Picasso. From this encounter emerges a friendship and a creative complicity that will last ten years. Pablo Picasso offers him his first Rolleiflex, this “sewing machine” that becomes his instrument of alchemy. From Diurnes (1962) to Pliages d’Ombres (1977), André Villers asserts himself as an experimenter, cutting, layering, and transforming the image. Faithful to the spirit of Michel Butor, André Villers shifts the boundaries of visual narrative. The image is no longer a documentary mirror, but a fracture; it questions the distance between the author, the subject, and the viewer.
Even today, we are invited to rethink photography, to conceive it as a living organism, a pigmented body composed of signs and matter. With Elsa Leydier and Clara Chichin, the photographic act rediscovers the slowness and precision of artisanal gesture. The photographer once again becomes a nomadic gatherer, a sower of images, a patient companion of the living world. It is worth lingering here: photography can—and must—remain a living organism, a pigmented body composed of signs, emulsions, and vibrating micro-elements.
Access
Centre de la photographie de Mougins
43, rue de l’Église
06250 Mougins
+33 (0)4 22 21 52 12
www.centrephotographiemougins.com
Open all year round during exhibition periods, except 1 January, 1 May and 24 and 25 December.
From April to September, between 11am and 7pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
From October to March, between 1pm and 6pm.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Un moment chez mémé : friendly bookshop-café in the heart of the Saint-Basile district.
• Le doigt : sneaker customization workshop in Mougins village.
• L’épicerie Coste : selection of local products, mostly organic or from sustainable and ethical agriculture.
• Scène 55 : cultural center with theater, music school, art workshops and puppetry.
• The Valmasque park and the Fontmerle pond : to discover during the lotus blossom season.
• The Siagne canal walks : walking trail along the riverbank.
• Notre Dame de Vie Music Festival : every summer in the gardens of Chapelle-Notre-Dame-de-Vie.
