© Yann Monel
Eau Fond is more of a challenge than a project, to bring together the different actors of the Hortillonnages around a conference table and to create a unique meeting between its inhabitants and users.
Fourteen interested parties together in a hut in the Hortillonnages to discuss, exchange and share their vision of the development and protection of the site. So many sensitive and poetic subjects to be discussed by residents, market gardeners and fishermen on local fauna and flora. The meeting is an invitation to leave one’s comfort zone and to discuss the garden within a garden. To converse about time, sounds and smells, focusing on the sensory aspect of the link between nature and man are all subjects for discussion at this conference convened by Eau Fond in the open air.
This exhibit is based on a poetic and innocent look at human relationships. It aims to collectively address the climatic problems that face the Hortillonnages. Using QR codes, visitors are directed towards the subjects that interest them and find themselves immersed in discussions and sounds, as close as possible to the very essence of the Hortillonnages and to the people who bring them to life.
Whether living or not, material or immaterial, everyone will have their place to speak and think freely, in complete conviviality.
The artist
Collectif ECOPAINS Ando-Murielle ANDRIAMANDIMBIARISOA, Jérémy BIENAIMÉ, Fabien DEKERPEL, Alexia DROBECQ, Cécile MULLER, Océane ROUSSEAU