CRAC Occitanie
Located in the heart of Sète, the CRAC faces the Mediterranean harbour. The architecture of this 1,200 m2 building reflects its industrial nature : a former fish-freezing factory renovated in 1997.
Located in the heart of Sète, the CRAC faces the Mediterranean harbour. The architecture of this 1,200 m2 building reflects its industrial nature : a former fish-freezing factory renovated in 1997.
Programme
Objects as actants, Bianca Bondi
Between enchantment and apocalypse, Bianca Bondi's installations and sculptures plunge the spectator into a strange and familiar universe, where past, present and future intermingle. As if in a waking dream or an interior drift, her works suspend the boundaries between the astral and terrestrial worlds, the spaces of the living and the dead, the visible and the invisible.
Working most of the time in connection with a site, its aura and its secret archaeology, Bianca Bondi draws landscapes tailored to the spaces in which she intervenes. Gardens, fountains, rooms, are transfigured by different chemical, climatic, olfactory, sound or light phenomena.
A–Z, Alexandra Bircken
The body and its various envelopes are at the heart of Alexandra Bircken's sculptural practice. In parallel to her textile works where the gestures of sewing, tearing, knitting, knotting and assembling predominate, Alexandra Bircken produces sculptures from objects such as motorcycles or mechanical parts: these are sectioned, cut and recomposed in order to better expose objects often associated with omnipotent masculinity. The artist also questions the relationship of bodies to machines, the power they give to humans as well as the vulnerability they place them in.
Conceived in close collaboration with the Museum Brandhorst in Munich and its curator Monika Bayer-Wermuth, the A-Z exhibition is presented as a repertory gathering more than sixty works, according to formal and thematic affinities. For more than 20 years, certain gestures and motifs have regularly reappeared in Alexandra Bircken's work, and the exhibition allows us to unfold threads that have been running since the early 2000s.
Access
Every day except on Tuesday: 12.30pm - 7pm
Saturday & Sunday: 2pm - 7pm.
Free entry.
26, quai Aspirant-Herber
34200 Sète
+33 (0)4 67 74 94 37
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CULTURE & HERITAGE
• Musée Paul-Valéry
• Miam : Musée International des Arts Modestes
• MACO, le Musée à Ciel Ouvert : art walks through the city, marked by street art works.
• MID, Maison de l’Image Documentaire
WALKS
• Le Mont Saint-Clair : an outstanding panoramic view of the Mediterranean and the Bassin de Thau.
• La Pointe Courte : typical alleys convey the Sète’s culture.
• The marine cemetery
FESTIVALS
• Fiest’A Sète (late July, early August)
• Worldwide festival (early July)
• K-Live festival (early June)
• La fête de la Saint-Louis (end of August)
PLACES TO STAY
• L’Orque Bleue Hotel : boutique hotel on the banks of the Royal Canal in the heart of Sète.
PLACES TO EAT
• Le Paris-Méditerranée : a gourmet and inventive cuisine, evenings only.
• Midi Là-Haut : restaurant and café of the Museum Paul Valéry with sea view.
• Chez Lanchois : delicious fusion cuisine in a wonderful setting (access through an industrial area).
• Là-Haut : a snack where we reportedly eat the best tiellas.
• Chez Nossa : deluxe pizzas and natural wines.
• Chez Alphonse et Fils : enjoy the black sesame ice cream and the view…
