Associated Arles 2025 / SORTILÈGES / Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation

 SORTILÈGES 
7 luglio – 5 ottobre 2025
July 7th – October 5 th, 2025

Questo programma invita i visitatori a varcare la soglia dell’invisibile, a immergersi nell’ignoto e a mettere in discussione credenze che sfidano la ragione. Ogni mostra diventa un passaggio, un’eco di tradizioni nascoste, un’immersione nell’inafferrabile.
Lontano dalle certezze, questo viaggio sensoriale apre le porte dell’immaginazione e rivela l’aura del mistero.
Attraverso la figura della Madonna Nera, Santa Sara, il programma esamina credenze popolari che, tra devozione e trasgressione, trascendono culture ed epoche. Fotohaus amplifica questo programma con il tema Controversia e Paradosso, invitando a esplorare le tensioni e le contraddizioni che emergono quando le credenze si scontrano con la realtà. In una società francese ed europea plasmata dal razionalismo, la spiritualità è spesso relegata ai margini del discorso dominante, oscillando tra fascinazione e rifiuto.

Con i lavori di Joan Alvado (1979, Spagna), Ian Cheibub (1999, Brasile), Maja Daniels (1985, Svezia), Alexandre Dupeyron (1983, Francia), Weronika Gęsicka (1984, Polonia), Jann Höfer (1986, Germania), Martin Lamberty (1991, Germania), Laura Lafon Cadilhac (1989, Francia), Silvia Prió (1972, Spagna), Virginie Rebetez (1979, Svizzera), Wlad Simitch (1982, franco-serbo) e Ann-Christine Woehrl (1975, Germania) e dei collettivi: FREELENS, INLAND, Laif e The Reporters con fotografi taiwanesi.

Sotto la direzione artistica di Florent Basiletti e curata da Anne-Marie Beckmann, Christel Boget, Gilles Cargueray, Emmanuelle Hascoët, Klaus Kehrer, David Kern, Gilles Massot, Heike Ollertz, Hildesheim Pirot Ziegler e Cornelia Siebert, Sortilèges fa parte del programma associato dei Rencontres.

In 2025, the Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary at Hôtel Blain with a captivating exploration of mystery, magic, and occult worlds

This program invites visitors to cross the threshold of the invisible, delve into the unknown, and question beliefs that defy reason. Each exhibition becomes a passage, an echo of hidden traditions, an immersion into the elusive.

Far from certainties, this sensory journey opens the doors of imagination and reveals the aura of mystery.

Through the figure of the Black Madonna, Saint Sarah, the program examines popular beliefs that, between devotion and transgression, transcend cultures and eras. Fotohaus amplifies this program with the theme Controversy and Paradox, inviting an exploration of the tensions and contradictions that arise when beliefs collide with reality. In a French and European society shaped by rationalism, spirituality is often relegated to the periphery of dominant discourse, oscillating between fascination and rejection.

With the work of  Joan Alvado (1979, Spain), Ian Cheibub (1999, Brazil), Maja Daniels (1985, Sweden), Alexandre Dupeyron (1983, France), Weronika Gęsicka (1984, Poland), Jann Höfer (1986, Germany), Martin Lamberty (1991, Germany), Laura Lafon Cadilhac (1989, France), Silvia Prió (1972, Spain), Virginie Rebetez (1979, Switzerland), Wlad Simitch (1982, Franco-Serbian) et Ann-Christine Woehrl (1975, Germany) and collectives: FREELENS, INLAND, Laif and The Reporters with with Taiwanese photographers.

Under the artistic direction of Florent Basiletti and curated by Anne-Marie Beckmann, Christel Boget, Gilles Cargueray, Emmanuelle Hascoët, Klaus Kehrer, David Kern, Gilles Massot, Heike Ollertz, Hildesheim Pirot Ziegler and Cornelia Siebert, Sortilèges is part of the associated program of the Rencontres.


mrofoundation.org
rencontres-arles.com
visuals and press kit
 
Press contact: Nathalie Dran 
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