Vign'art Festival

Vign'Art 2021 is a wine tour featuring 14 works of art presented in the Epernay Agglo Champagne and Grande Vallée de la Marne communities.

In photo order:

Les Padelles de Vinay - Rayon doré by the 1 Week 1 Project collective based between France and
Santiago du Chili, created by Axel de Stampa and Sylvain Macaux:

"At once a champagne bubble and a setting sun, Rayon Doré is an anamorphosis translating that first moment of intoxication provoked by wine, when we are transported into a state of well-being. A moment comparable to the last ray of sunlight on a summer's day, intoxication is translated here by a giant bubble that appears in the landscape".

At the Vinay picnic area - Effervescence by Myriam Roux:

"Effervescence is indeed a characteristic of champagne. Without bubbles, wine would remain still! The aromas released by Champagne bubbles disturb and excite us. They have a euphoric effect that kicks in very quickly. They make us dizzy."

On the heights of Pierry - Grape nestsby Dutch artist Marie-Louise J.A. van den Akker, who likes to work with wood, glass and copper in natural, open-air environments:

"When I create a land-art installation, the challenge is to make visitors' eyes more attentive to the nature around them. I want to draw passers-by's attention to the beauty of nature, by playing with elements like water and light, or by enlarging and exaggerating details, like seeds and leaves."

Au loge table de Moussy - Le chant de la vigne by Anne Moret and Noémie Carvalho:

"The porcelain installation, echoes the lines of vines both ordered and sinuous. The song of the vine is played out under the orchestration of the elements present. An invitation to experience a suspended poetic moment that pays tribute to the patience and perseverance of the craft".

At Château d'eau de Moussy - Space Continuum by Peruvian artist Karen Macher Nesta

"I created a pyramid to simulate a mountain. Mountains, in my Peruvian culture, are entities that connect and communicate our world with the world of the gods. I was inspired by the door in the ground already there and took it as a passageway, a gateway from one place to another."

At Notre-Dame-du-Gruguet, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ - Dominos by artist-industrial designer Dec

"The installation evokes and pays homage to the various trades that make up the formidable human and professional chain. Winegrowers, vineyard managers, cellar managers, oenologists, coopers, cellarmen, merchants, brokers and sommeliers all contribute, each in their own role and expertise, to giving back to the land what it provides, with the same constant demand for quality and know-how."

Au Mont Bernon, Epernay - Welcome back by Caty Laurent, who works mainly with slate:

"It's now a proven fact that biodynamic viticulture brings flora and fauna back to life in the vineyards, and in particular the reappearance of birds. The flock of birds pictured here underpins this growing awareness of the importance of preserving the quality of the environment."

Lavoir de Brugny- Love triangle by German artist Betty Rieckman:

"The installation addresses the fragile relationship between man, nature and the environment. The viewer is reflected in fragments on the moving columns, broken by light reflections and tree bark patterns."

Lisière de Chavot - Praise for underwear by artist-designer, Nicolas Triboulot:

"L'éloge des dessous is an installation/sculpture that wishes to pay homage to basements, highlighting the idea of nourishing earth, a fruitful source that is unfortunately not eternal if we don't take care of it. "

Au fossé de Brugny - Interconnectionsby Polish visual artist Wela:

"We are all connected and interdependent. Only man has lost himself, distanced from his natural environment, and he needs to reconnect to improve life on the planet. I believe that art can remind him of the meaning of life."

Au point d'eau de Bisseuil - Platon's Solid by artist Florent Poussineau:

This work"brings into play the relationship we have with food in our Western societies: a guarantee of human sustenance, a cultural, communal or individual act that evolves in a particularcontext and time."

From Bouzy's point of view - Le poids des sillons by Laurine Ménissier:

"Le poids des sillons highlights the work of the winegrower, a job in which her whole body is in motion. At first bent and curved to reach the vines, the winemaker straightens as she advances through the vineyard. Her work is precise, meticulous, constant, ritual-like."

The Maison Gosset, in Épernay, hosts Bob Budd's Réflexions en Champagne (Le Broyeur de raisins) in its gardens :

"A rolling pin is used to flatten pastry, but when imagination comes into play, it can be used to crush grapes. The effect I want to achieve is to bring the landscape into the rolling pin. The overall effect has to be both ironic and humorous and, at the same time, allude to the presence of the human hand in creating this landscape."

Maison Bollinger, Côte aux enfants, Aÿ-Champagne - Quadrum by French collective La fuite:

"The vineyard landscape, which seems continuous and regular to us, is in reality constantly in motion. The regular pattern evolves and changes with the seasons. It is this spectacle that we wish to place at the center of attention through this installation, as if the main actor in this performance were to be the vine itself."