This year, the artistic committee, consisting of Nathalie Martin and Elisabeth Parnaudeau from the Swiss Life Foundation, along with Emilia Genuardi, the Artistic Advisor for Photography, and Stéphane Amiel, the Artistic Advisor for Music, reviewed 96 projects. The artists were particularly keen to reflect on the themes of the environment, artificial intelligence, origins, and humanity.
The winning project, Off Season, "narrates, through photography and music, the imaginary road trip of an eccentric woman in a post-apocalyptic coastal setting: the Italian Adriatic Coast in the off-season, in Rimini and its surroundings. Oscillating between dreamlike and hyperrealism, ‘Off Season’ poses an anthropological question within a dystopian context: what are we leaving behind? Composed during the ‘shooting’, the cinematic music draws inspiration from the soundtracks of 70s 'giallo' cinema, between psychedelia, offbeat pop, and mysterious ambient.”
The jury for photography was composed of Quentin Bajac, director of the Jeu de Paume, Héloïse Conésa, heritage curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, in charge of the contemporary photography collection, and Nathalie Giraudeau, director of the Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France.
Each artist will be awarded a €15,000 grant, along with an additional €8,000 to cover their production costs. A publication by the French publishing company Éditions Filigranes is planned. Their works will be presented in France during the summer of 2024 in Arles, followed by an exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris in February 2025, and later exhibited at the Château de Tours. The artists will also participate in a music festival, presenting their universe through a unique performance.
In 2007, Kourtney Roy received the Picto Prize, followed by the Emily ECUAD Prize in 2012, the Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal in 2013, and the Carte Blanche de Pernod Ricard Prize in 2018. She collaborates with the Les Filles du Calvaire gallery.
Cover image: © Kourtney Roy / Mathias Delplanque © John Sellekaers.
