The winner receives a grant of €2,000 and a four-week creative residency at the Hôtel Windsor in 2025. The resulting work will be presented at a subsequent edition of the OVNi festival.
The Sud Emergence Prize is supported by the Cercle des Amis d’OVNi.
Winner: Sacha Rey
The OVNi Sud Émergence Jury is chaired by :
Christine Van Ache, art historian, initiator of the Centre Pompidou’s video and new media collection.
Members:
Elisabeth Couturier, journalist, art critic
Marie Lavandier, Art historian, President of CMN
Marie Cozette, Director, CRAC Occitanie
Jean-Marc Prevost, Director of Carré d’Art, Nîmes
The ten exhibitions by artists selected through the open call are hosted at the Hôtel Le Grimaldi with the support of the HappyCulture Group.
The OVNi Sud Emergence Prize is open to artists under 39 years old, residing in the Région Sud + Région Occitanie – Pyrénées/Méditerranée + Monaco. The aim is to promote and support emerging artists by giving them the opportunity to meet institutional representatives, critics, journalists, and the artists participating in the OVNi edition.
As part of the next edition of the OVNi Festival (November 15 to December 1, 2024), the Hôtel Grimaldi by Happyculture will host a selection of several proposals from artists under 39 years of age, residing in the Sud or Occitanie region (new for 2024!).
This Prix OVNi Sud Emergence aims to stimulate and support new creation in all technological and artistic video art formats.
Where: installation in Hotel Rooms
When: 3rd festival weekend (29.11 > 1.12), during the Parcours Hôtels, the climax of the Festival
Where: Nice
The Prize is supported by the Cercle des Amis d’OVNi.
The winner receives €2,000 in creative support and a one-month writing residency at Hôtel WindsoR.
This year’s jury will be chaired by :
Christine Van Assche, art historian, curator and initiator of the Centre Pompidou’s New Media Collection.
Jury members are drawn from the international world of art and the moving image:
Alexia Abed, critic, researcher and AICA member
Stephanie Ayraud, director of MAC Marseille
Sally Bonn, author, art critic
Marie Cozette, Director, CRAC Occitanie
Jean-Marc Prevost, director, Carré d’Art, Nîmes
As part of the next edition of the OVNi Festival (November 15 to December 1, 2024), the West End Hotel will host the Cosmopolis Prize.
The COSMOPOLIS Project was initiated in 2021 under the aegis of Ficep (Forum des Instituts Culturels Étrangers à Paris, which brings together 55 foreign cultural centers and institutes). Today, it is also being deployed thanks to the commitment of Foundations or cultural institutions working from South Africa, Southeast Asia and South America & the Caribbean.
The OVNi COSMOPOLIS Prize is supported by the Centre de Hautes Energies de Nice.
The winner receives €5,000 in creative support.
This year’s jury will be chaired by :
Jean-Paul Felley, art historian and curator, director of the Biennale du Son and EDHEA.
Jury members are drawn from the international world of art and the moving image:
Ismaïl Bahri, artist
Agnieszka Gratza, art critic, editor, publisher
Marco De Mutiis | Fotomuseum Winterthur
François Fauchon, collector, director of CHE
Where: installation in hotel rooms
When: 3rd festival weekend (29.11 > 1.12), during the Parcours Hôtels, the climax of the Festival
Where: Nice