© Thierry De Mey © Jean Marc Lebeaupin © OVNi

Around a hundred artists gave us a glimpse of their creations along the OVNi routes. Many thanks to all of you, artists and participants in this year’s event, for the many pleasures you brought to the public, for an edition rich in artistic discoveries, scattered around prestigious or unusual heritage sites. « the whisper of the stars » took OVNi to the stars!

Most of the artists and curators in the programme were present for the opening of the festival in the region or for the closing with the hotels. 
OVNi brought the artistic world to Nice in two stages, and amplified the time devoted to video with these unique events, making OVNi a space for exceptional encounters and multiple exchanges, for a journey through space and time in the medium of video.

On 2 December, the OVNi Cosmopolis and Sud Emergence prizes were presented at the Théâtre National de Nice, an evening punctuated with poems by the TNN troupe, where we had the immense honour of presenting the various awards to the artists chosen by two prestigious juries.

Presided over by François Michaud, curator at the Fondation Louis Vuitton,

| Guillaume de Sardes, in charge of the development of the New National Museum of Monaco

| François Fauchon, collector

| Enrique Ramirez, artist, photographer, filmmaker

| Florence Reckinger, President of Lët’z Arles, Luxembourg Photography Award

| Jean-François Rettig, co-director of the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin

awarded the Cosmopolis OVNi Prize supported by the Centre de Haute Energie de Nice and the Cosmopolis Jury’s Favourite.

Lauréat Cosmopolis 2023, DROP SPIKE © Leticia Ramos © Jean Marc Lebeaupin

Winner of the Cosmopolis OVNi Prize 

supported by the Centre Haute Energie de Nice

Leticia Ramos avec son installation DROP SPIKE, 2023

Coup de coeur Cosmopolis 2023, Vue d’exposition de VER TANTO Y ESTAR TAN CIEGO, 2023 © Liza Ambrossio © Jean Marc Lebeaupin

Cosmopolis Jury’s Favourite

Liza Ambrossio with her installation VER TANTO Y ESTAR TAN CIEGO, 2023

Presided over by Marta Gili, independent curator

| Anne-Sophie Dinant, independent curator

| Marc Donnadieu, independent curator

| Muriel Enjalran, Director, Frac Sud – Cité de l’art contemporain

| Raphaëlle Stopin, Director of the Centre photographique de Rouen

| Matthieu Vabre, co-director and artistic director of Biennales Chroniques Marseille

awarded the Sud Emergence OVNi Prize, supported by Fix’city and the WindsoR Hotel, and the Sud Emergence Jury’s Favorite.

Lauréat 2023, 

Vue d’exposition de Demande à la poussière, 2023

© Melisa Yagmur Saydi / Festival OVNi

Winner of the OVNi Sud Emergence Prize 

supported by Fix’City and the WindsoR hotel

Melisa Saydi Yagmur with her installation Promenade autour de ma tête, 2023

Coup de coeur Sud Emergence 2023, Vue d’exposition de Demande à la poussière, 2023 © Arnaud Biais – en collaboration avec Luc Bertrand 

Sud Emergence Jury’s favorite

Arnaud Biais with his installation Demande à la poussière, 2023

– in collaboration with Luc Bertrand
 

© D.R OVNi

Thanks to our 2023 partners!