COAL PRIZE 2010
COAL Prize 2010 was awarded in Paris on March 30, 2010 at Comptoir Général to the artist Thierry Boutonnier for his project Assolement. For its first edition, COAL Prize invites contemporary artists to work on the theme of environment now changing due to climate warming and Western lifestyles.
Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, Forewoman of the COAL Prize’s jury:
« COAL Prize is a key initiative. All records are of excellent quality and therefore the selection very difficult. Finally, the jury’s choice went towards a complex project close to a utopia, engaging the population of a difficult to implement sensitive area. COAL Prize, by the support and legitimacy it brings, will help the project to overcome the challenges that await him at the time of realization. »
Ten projects nominated
Art Orienté Objet - L’alalie
Pascal Bircher - The door to hell
Thierry Boutonnier - Assolement
Héhé - Nuage vert
Valère Costes - Résidence en forêt tropicale Guyanaise
Magali Daniaux & Cédric Pigot - Final melt
Olivier Leroi - Un drapeau pour l’Antarctique
Frédéric Pradeau - Purificateur d’eau de mer
Momoko Seto - Planet Z
Philippe Terrier Hermann - The world
Thierry Boutonnier, Prize-winner of COAL Prize 2010 for his project Assolement
Jury
Paul Ardenne, Art critic;
Nathalie Blanc, Geographer;
Ari Brodach, sustainable development’s Director of Ville de Lille;
Denis Couvet, Ecologist, MNHN and Polytechnique’s school;
Lorenzo Fiaschi, Director at Galleria Continua;
Fabrice Hyber, Artist;
Guy Tortosa, Inspector in charge of state commission at Delegation to the Plastic Arts;
Under the chairmanship of Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, Study leader at CNRS (LADYSS) in urban geography;
Jean-Pierre Sicard, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at CDC Climat.
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