CAIRN, a contemporary art center of national interest, invites artists to create in situ on the territory of the Haute-Provence Geopark.
Thanks to CAIRN, natural sites become real objects of creation, no longer just backdrops. By working in situ, artists create in resonance with the territory, inviting visitors to walk and encounter their work.
The hamlet of Vière, on the banks of the Galèbre, was the administrative center of the former commune of Mariaud, which became part of Prads-Haute-Bléone in 1973. Restoration work was carried out on the 12th-century Saint-Etienne church in 2010-2011, to coincide with the production of Richard Nonas’s Edge-stone: Vière et les moyennes montagnes.
The work consists of three stone alignments that highlight the natural and social geography of the village and its links with the surrounding hamlets. It was created as part of the VIAPAC program, a contemporary art itinerary between Digne-les-Bains and Caraglio in Piedmont (Italy).
