Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd of August 2025
9:30 pm > 12 am – Loop screening
Duration: approx. 5 x 4 min
Free
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Video mapping tour on the esplanade
Esplanade du Général Leclerc
80350 Mers-les-Bains
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Video mapping tour
The Video Mapping Festival invites you to take a stroll along the esplanade of Mers-les-Bains, to discover creations on the facades of seafront villas that highlight and question the issue of the retreating coastline from an artistic angle, made by a mapping artist, a photographer and a composer based on discussions with experts and residents.
> And also: CO-VISION – Local debate: The impact of the receding coastline in the Bay of the Somme
Saturday 23rd of August – 2 pm > 5:30 pm
Médiathèque – Espace Jacques Prévert, Mers-les-Bains
Free and open to all!
. 2 pm > 4:30 pm: Video mapping discovery workshop (open to the whole family, non-stop)
. 2:30 pm > 4:15 pm: Public debate
. 4:30 pm > 5:15 pm: Discussion with the Video Mapping Festival artists
. 5:15 pm > 5:30 pm: Conclusion
In connection with the tour, take part in an afternoon on the impact of the receding coastline in the Bay of the Somme. On the programme: discovery workshop, meetings and artistic experiments to dive behind the scenes of video mapping, open up an artistic and engaged reflection on climate issues in the Bay of the Somme, and collectively reflect on new artistic narratives on the future of the coastline.
In the presence of Video Mapping Festival artists, experts and citizens.
More info to come.
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► Echoes of Change
Echoes of Change explores the impact of climate change on coastlines. In Mers-les-Bains, the voices of local residents bear witness to their intimate relationship with the sea, the memories of the place and the transformations experienced over time. Their stories are transformed into images, light and textures projected onto the facades, making the architecture vibrate as a living medium of their history. Between vulnerability and resilience, Echoes of Change offers a sensitive and poetic cartography of local and European climate issues.
Direction and animation: Anna Bacheva
Photography: Carl Cordonnier – Dailylife
Original music: Géraldine Kwik
Interviews: Anna Bacheva, Carl Cordonnier
With testimonies from: Elmar Aguirre Kiik, Linda Aguirre Kiik, Elisabeth Höhne, Jean Bosco Kanteng, Kaia Kiik, Paul Labesse
An event offered as part of the Video Mapping Festival organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles.
With the support of the Hauts-de-France Region, DRAC Hauts-de-France, the Département de la Somme and the City of Mers-les-Bains.
In collaboration with the Parc naturel régional Baie de Somme – Picardie maritime.
A work made during a creation residency organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping European Center and the Co-Vision project.
With the support of the European Union, Creative Europe programme.
