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COAL PRIZE 2012

COAL Prize 2012 was awarded in Paris on March 13, 2012 at Laboratoire to the artist Olivier Darné for his project La Banque de Reines. For this third edition, COAL Prize’s theme was Rurality.

The 2012 Coal Prize will reward entries that focus on rural issues and farming. It gathers a wide range of stakes, such as: landscape changes, loss of biodiversity, intensive agriculture, heritage, access to land etc. Coal invites artists to reinvest and rethink these crucial topics, for a new approach considering complexity and complementarities of ecosystems.

Call for entries

Ten projects nominated

Maria Thereza Alves (Brazil), Seeds of Change
Brandon Ballengée (USA), Praeter Naturam
Cape Farewell (United-Kingdom), Sea Change
Andrea Caretto et Raffaella Spagna (Italy), Pedogenesis
Olivier Darné (France), The Queen Bank
Fabriques Architectes et exploitation agricole du Vernant (France), Polyculture
Suzanne Husky (France), Dernières bouchées sauvages
Kultivator (Sweden), Gran’s University
RADO (France), Pays de Tulle
Save as draft (France), Haies

Consult catalogue

Olivier Darné, Prize-winner of COAL Prize 2012 for his project La Banque de Reines

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Jury

Fabrice Bousteau, Chief editor of Beaux-Arts Magazine;
Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, President of National Center for Plastic Arts (CNAP);
Gilles Clément, Landscape gardener, Writer;
David Edwards, Founder of Laboratoire;
Jean-Guy Henckel, National Director of Cocagne’s network;
Raphaël Ménard, Prospectiv Director of Groupe Egis;
Pierre Paliard, Art historian, professor and researcher at CNRS;
Pascal Yonet, Director of Vent des Forêts.

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NOT TO BE MISSED

VIVANT, a cultural season for biodiversity – call for entries