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Participatory Territorial Residency @ Bouillonnant Valthère — CIPAC Announcement
The Bouillonnant Valthère cultural structure is seeking an artist or collective for a participatory residency in Muneville-le-Bingard, France, to engage with the community on the future of a local heritage site.
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Get matched →Le Bouillonnant Valthère, a cultural organization in Manche, Normandie, has been fostering participatory cultural initiatives for nearly 10 years to revitalize rural areas and strengthen community bonds. For 2027, in partnership with Patrimoine et Bocage Munevillais, they are developing a participatory territorial residency in Muneville-le-Bingard. This project, "Muneville and its mill. Between fallow land, heritage and collective memory, remembering the past and imagining futures with today's inhabitants," was a laureate for 2026 of the "Territoires ruraux, territoires de culture" call for projects by DRAC Normandie. This experimental and interdisciplinary residency aims to bring art and culture to a small rural commune, addressing the future of a heritage site currently in a state of disuse but carrying collective memory and surrounded by 1 hectare of wetlands. The project seeks to involve residents in collecting collective memory and writing a new shared narrative, bridging art, tangible and intangible heritage, ecology, and contemporary ethnography.
Le Bouillonnant Valthère is a cultural and civic association based in Thèreval, near Saint-Lô, founded by residents to collectively contribute to their territory. Its main goal is to activate rural areas and foster community engagement through art and culture, seen as vectors of social connection and catalysts for civic initiatives. Since its creation in late 2017, the association operates as a pop-up, bringing creation and artists into villages. Le Bouillonnant Valthère offers and supports territorial residencies, workshops, participatory projects, and other initiatives for various audiences, promoting transmission and sharing. They also assist residents and communities post-cultural actions to help projects flourish. Their philosophy is to observe and question rural territories through art and culture, placing citizens and humanity at the heart of projects. Through its innovative methodology, Le Bouillonnant Valthère is a unifying force in the cultural landscape of Saint-Lô.
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The residency will take place in the commune of Muneville-le-Bingard, near Coutances, in the center of the Manche department, Normandie.
The remuneration will be 7,000 € for 6 non-consecutive weeks of residency, representing 36 days of artistic presence in the territory. The remuneration will be the same for 1 artist, 2 artists, or a collective, with the presence time distributed among the artists to total 36 days of artistic presence in the village. An additional budget of 1,500 € will be allocated for production, covering raw materials and supplies. A contract will be signed between the artist(s) and the association.
Accommodation will be provided for the artist(s).