Graduating with honors in 2023, Amandine Massé will take up a month-long research and creative residency at Villa Ndar in Saint-Louis, Senegal, in November. This residency, organized with the support of Les Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris, is now in its third year.
A sculptor working with salvaged / created objects that she arranges in layers evoking individual and collective memory, she proposes Les Veilleurs Mbook, a research installation between memory, transmission and shared tales. In Wolof, mbook means parent, what we share, our link. Combining textiles, performance and light installation, this quasi-shadow theater seeks to make tangible tales that, while rooted in collective memory, are in dialogue with our times.
Villa Saint-Louis Ndar residency in partnership with Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Since 2023, the Institut Français du Sénégal and Beaux-Arts de Paris, with the support of the Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris, have been offering young graduates of the Beaux-Arts de Paris a one-month research and creative residency at the Villa Saint-Louis Ndar, the first French Villa in sub-Saharan Africa. This exceptional residency enables the winning artist to enrich his or her practice in a city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A residency at the Villa Saint-Louis Ndar is an invaluable opportunity for creative exploration in a prestigious setting, and to benefit from international visibility and the French cultural cooperation network.
Photo credit : © Aurélia Casse
