We are pleased to present our latest project:
a pair of sculptures for the City of Talant.
This project was co-created by Jérémy Lacombe and Arthur Jules with essential technical assistance from Louis Delagne, as part of TRUC (Talant Rassemble l’Urbain et la Culture) program.
It is part of the city's new urban art trail, a route that links history, nature, and contemporary creation.
We would like to warmly thank everyone who made this project possible: the City of Talant for its trust, the technical services for their support, our partners for their assistance, and all the people who crossed our path during this adventure.
@The family
@Laussel and Fau de Rodez
@Anthony Trebosc
@Jean François Delagne
Severine Cordier
@mariahilmerssonlandgren
@victortournemire
This project stood out for its artistic intervention on diseased trees marked for removal, in collaboration with the city of Talant.
The starting point of our creation was to imagine a new story around the founders of Talant: the Duke of Burgundy, Eudes III, and his wife, Alix de Vergy.
We imagined a pair of complementary sculptures: a tiara placed on a walnut tree for Alix de Vergy, and a crown on a birch tree for the Duke of Burgundy, Eudes III.
The idea was to replace the crown of the diseased tree with a “Talantaise crown” to “crown” the people of Talant with a symbol that already belonged to them.
To do this, we conducted research in partnership with the museum and the heritage department of Dijon.
As the crown of Burgundy has disappeared, we drew inspiration from existing historical elements to create the tiara for Alix de Vergy.
As for the crown of Duke Eudes III of Burgundy, although it no longer exists, a crown dating from the period 1404-1419 was found at the Chartreuse de Champmol, originating from the tomb of Marguerite of Bavaria. This crown had no particular value and no designated owner.
These artifacts allowed us to tell different stories through time, and these two headpieces were designed as temporal friezes.
Wishing to involve the inhabitants of Talant in the creative process, we exchanged ideas with them in meetings and by email in order to understand their vision of the city. F