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Les Rencontres<\/strong><\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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“Act in your place, think with the world”.<\/em> This quote by Martinique poet Edouard Glissant has been with me for several years. It was omnipresent in the preparations for the 2026 edition of the Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale organized by the Villa P\u00e9rochon. But how do we put it into practice? An artistic direction is not meant to be the simple expression of a director’s tastes, but rather the expression of the issues of an era and a territory through a plurality of photographic perspectives that challenge us, forcing us to adopt a new, salvific distance, and perhaps to renew our well-established certainties. The Villa P\u00e9rochon, a contemporary art photography center of national interest, promotes photography that is open to all aesthetics and engaged with the major societal and environmental issues facing our connected, interdependent societies. From April 18 to May 31, we invite you to visit 16 exhibitions in Niort, presented in a number of well-known and lesser-known heritage sites. A real highlight of emerging photography in France, but not only!<\/strong> At the art center, a retrospective exhibition Troisi\u00e8me Nature<\/em> is devoted to Gr\u00e9goire Eloy<\/a>, member of the Tendance Floue collective and guest of honor at Rencontres 2026. At the heart of the festival, eight emerging French and international photographers<\/a> enjoy a privileged setting with a creative residency, a laboratory of ideas and a factory of possibilities, and a group exhibition, for the first time at the Mus\u00e9e Bernard d’Agesci. Several satellite exhibitions shed new light on some of the issues facing contemporary society: the continuation of the contrasting portrait of young people in Niort begun in 2025(Jeanne Lucas<\/a>), a multi-disciplinary installation following a creative residency in the Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park(Fus\u00e9es collective)<\/a>, several protean exhibitions at the crossroads of photography and science question the gradual disappearance of material traces, archives and testimonies through which memory is formed and circulated(\u00c9lie Monferier<\/a>), the inner landscape of our desires for performance and the limits of our own bodies(Maxime Rich\u00e9<\/a>) or the possible existence of extraterrestrial life and its supposed manifestations(Alexa Brunet<\/a>). And since we have to dream, Dana Cojbuc<\/a> ‘s landscape drawings and Georges Rousse<\/a> ‘s geometries allow us to see the world from a new point of view, even on the scale of Niort’s smallest house, Maison Gaufrette! At a time when occult forces are casually asserting their desire to take over our imaginations, it is our duty to reaffirm that, more than ever, public service culture and creative freedom have their rightful place at the heart of public debate. We modestly, but with conviction, assume our part in the edifice: creating society, creating common ground. Philippe Guionie, Director of Villa P\u00e9rochon-CACP<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Exhibitions from April 18 to May 31<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Opening weekend April 16-19<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Creative residency from April 3 to 20<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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RJPI 2026 program<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Les Rencontres<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Created in 1994 by the Pour l’instant association, the Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale is built around a unique residency program. For twenty days or so, emerging French and international photographers are invited to Fort Foucault – a haven of greenery on a small island in the heart of the city – to create, experiment and question their practice, accompanied by a renowned photographer in a collective, multicultural setting. They also benefit from technical support in using the Villa P\u00e9rochon’s production tools (digital and black-and-white film laboratory), and the help of many Niort residents who participate in their projects every year. There are no constraints, other than having an artistic object to present at the end of the residency! <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of the residency, during a “crazy day” where photographers and volunteers work together, their newly-created works in Niort are installed. Around this residency, several exhibitions – including one dedicated to the guest of honor – are presented in heritage sites, public spaces and private venues. The Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale (Young International Photography Encounters) offer a photographic tour of the city for the general public. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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