The ‘Aura’ of the Maurienne region
Come enhance the biggest Land’Art solidarity-based art creation in the world in Savoy.
Next to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, on the hillside, come and discover 5,000m² and 42,000 similar tin foil disks, in the shape of halos called ‘auras’ that everyone can customize with a drawing, a text or a poem. Solid’Art was created in 1993 and conceived a piece of art that represents the 42,000 inhabitants of this valley where aluminum was invented. This solidarity-based project is originally an insertion workshop that gave 150 people a job. The Aura was inaugurated in September 2007. Since then, artists from all around the world have engraved texts and drawings on the halos, which have become a true wealth of the Maurienne region’s heritage.
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L'Aura de Maurienne
rue du Parquet
73300 Saint Jean de Maurienne
(0033) (0)4 79 83 08 13
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Topic : Art and cultural heritage
Published on : 2009/04/30
Tags : aura maurienne solid art saint-jean-de-maurienne
S said :
It is a very original concept and a wonderful place. Well done Solid'Art!
Posted il y a 1480 jours
Yves Pasquier said :
Thanks a lot for this post. If you like, you can still engrave one "aura". Send us a mail and we'll explain you the way.
Posted il y a 1325 jours
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