Exhibition/workshops ‘Of Threads and Water – Subtle Materials’

Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, Ardèche

Opening : From Friday 29 to Sunday 31 August 2025.

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Discover the exhibition ‘De fils et d'eau – Matières Subtiles’ (Of Threads and Water – Subtle Materials), featuring three works (by Delphine Caraz, Alessendro Ripoli and Jean-Jacques Cornillon) in dialogue with each other, on display at the church in Prévenchères, and take advantage of the workshops offered by the artists.

Outside of workshop hours, the artists will be on site for three days, on 29, 30 and 31 August, and will be available for discussions and meetings with the public to present their
works.

Delphine Caraz
is a visual artist and graduate of the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. Her work stems from her fascination with textiles (threads, clothing, fabrics) that she collects and the gestures associated with them. In particular, the running stitch has become her language, allowing her to explore memory, notions of transformation and transcendence. Things move slowly, concentrating within her sculptures, bas-reliefs, or books, as if to get to the heart of the matter before starting again.
Website: delphinecaraz.com Insta: @delphinecaraz

Alessandro Ripoli
is a sculptor trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Foggia, Italy. In residence for a year in the former silk factories of Neyrac, abandoned for 70 years, his work is inspired by a desire to pay tribute. By combining modelling with imprinting, he recreates a sensitive cartography of the landscapes and places that surround him. In a multifaceted body of work, the materials used retain the subtle traces of forgotten silk threads, translated into a new language.
Insta: @alessandro.ripoli.eu
ean-Jacques Cornillon
is a sound artist, author-photographer (registered with the Maison des Artistes) and comes from a background in live performance (actor and musician). He now writes with a recorder, a camera and a pen. Contemplative, he immerses himself in the subject matter and seeks to convey the feeling of events (storms, floods, human events, etc.) in a kind of three-dimensional reportage.
‘How natural events permeate our senses, our memories and our souls’ is the path I follow. Questioning my own connection with
the environment.
Insta: @cornillonjeanjacques

27.08 3:00 p.m. – Invitation to participate in the soundscape collection for the exhibition – Sound recording with JJ CORNILLON
‘Soundscape of Montpezat’
Walk, listen, collect. Build a poetic sound narrative that lets you hear the sounds of the spaces visited. With a microphone in hand, the audience is invited to experience the
work of sound recording accompanied by the artist. • Date: Wednesday 27/08 at 3pm • Meeting place: to be confirmed • Duration: 2 hours
• Recording and editing equipment provided. Please bring a USB stick or email address for file transfer.
• Open to all ages - from 8 years old (children under 12 must be accompanied)
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• Registration required – places limited to 8 people
The best moments from the collection will be included in the exhibition's ‘soundscape’ in the Church of
Prévenchères throughout the 3-day Festival.


30/08
11:00 a.m. – Meet the artists – Opening ceremony – Prévenchères Church.

3pm – ‘A few points’ – Embroidery workshop with Delphine CARAZ – Multipurpose hall
Add your own touch to fabric, as you would to a canvas, drawing, filling, diverting, highlighting, with thread and a needle.
Presentation of the artist's work as a prelude to the workshop.
• Date: Saturday 30/08 at 3pm • Location: Multipurpose hall • Duration: approximately 3 hours
• Materials provided: Thread, textiles, tambour frames - needles • Open to all - ages 8 and up (children under 12 must be accompanied)
• Registration required - places limited to 10 people

3pm – ‘Sound postcards from Montpezat’ - Sound recording workshop with JJ CORNILLON
Sound recording workshop - with Jean Jacques CORNILLON, sound artist

Like a postcard, compose a message together, write it down and then read it on a recording of soundscapes, the river, the village and the surrounding area. With a microphone in hand, the audience will be guided by the artist in experimenting with sound recording.
• Date: Saturday 30/08 at 3pm • Meeting place: to be confirmed • Duration: 1h30
• Recording and editing equipment provided Please bring a USB stick or email address for file transfer
• All ages - from 8 years old (children under 12 must be accompanied)
• Registration required – places limited to 8 people
The recorded sound postcard excerpts will be played back in the Church of Prévenchères on Sunday 31st at 3.30pm.

31/08:
3:30 p.m. – Public presentation of the group workshops
4:30 p.m. – Exhibition closes

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