As France prepares to host the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, Villa Albertine is dedicated to highlighting creative perspectives on maritime issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the fall of 2024, Villa Albertine launched a call for applications for maritime residencies aboard a container ship crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through this initiative, Villa Albertine promotes sensitive approaches to the realities of global maritime trade, contributing to renewing the imagination surrounding the sea. By shifting the focus and placing artists alongside those who observe the world from the oceans, Villa Albertine encourages diverse perspectives that enrich our understanding of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After reviewing over a hundred applications, the selection jury, composed of the three partner institutions \u2013 Marfret, the Mus\u00e9e national de la Marine, and Villa Albertine \u2013 selected three winners. In 2025, Sam Butin<\/strong>, Louise Cognard<\/strong>, and Karim Oyarzabal<\/strong> will embark on a unique journey across the Oceans, joining the crew of the MARIUS, a 195-meter container ship that connects mainland France with French territories in the Pacific, passing through the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sam Butin: A Transatlantic Story Through Video Games<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n A video game designer, Sam Butin will use his journey aboard the Marius to gather research material for an immersive documentary game project dedicated to a significant event in the history of transatlantic relations: the final voyage of the SS Normandie<\/em>, a French luxury ship that transported refugees fleeing Europe to the United States on the eve of World War II. During his voyage from Le Havre to New York, Butin will collect the necessary research to recreate the atmosphere of the maritime journey. At the same time, he will reflect on the parallels between the past and present, viewed through the lenses of immigration, identity, and resilience. His project, entitled Normandie: A Documentary Video Game<\/em>, reinvents the ways history is transmitted through storytelling, games, and immersion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Louise Cognard: A Literary and Sound Logbook<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n A journalist and writer experienced in maritime exploration, Louise Cognard will explore how maritime traditions survive in the hyper-modern environments of container ships. She will create an audio documentary based on the crew’s stories collected during her voyage while continuing to write her novel November Charlie<\/em>, which focuses on an idealistic Western youth facing the complex realities of the modern world. On board the MARIUS, her journey will take her from Le Havre to Noum\u00e9a, with a stopover in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Karim Oyarzabal: A Maritime Utopia in Images and Sounds<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n From Papeete to Philadelphia, illustrator, filmmaker, and engineer Karim Oyarzabal will study the contrasts of the maritime world to inspire an animated short film. Focused on the story of a maritime utopia, a poetic fiction featuring an imaginary ship in harmony with nature, his project will be based on careful observation of life aboard the MARIUS. During his voyage, he will work on a detailed sketchbook and sound recordings that will feed into the visual base and soundtrack of the animated work. Combining mechanics, ecology, and poetry, the project examines the tensions between technological innovation and the preservation of nature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2659724,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[],"app_city_tax":[],"app_professional_category":[],"app_professional_content_type":[],"class_list":["post-2659081","app_professional","type-app_professional","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n