Launch of the Lapidiales 2025 call for entries to showcase the cultures of sub-equatorial Africa through direct-cut sculpture.
"The galaxy of standing stones" is continuity of the "Lapidiales". Every year more than 150,000 visitors discover 150 monumental sculptures executed by hand by artists from four continents and fifteen different countries.
What is it about ?
A site-event: in a field of 365 megaliths dedicated to the cultures of the five continents, it is about tracing routes of raised stones spread over the entire territory, encouraging a new approach to its landscapes. Taking up the principle of Unesco's "proclamations" for the defense of the oral and intangible world heritage, "The Galaxy of Standing Stones" highlights a culture every year, dedicating several megaliths to it, which are witnesses of this culture. By organizing events around a chosen culture (exhibitions, readings, concerts, shows, etc.) "The Galaxy of Standing Stones" strengthens the social bond within the framework of a movement of openness to the diversity of cultures as well as to contemporary creation...
Organized by the association LES LAPIDIALES, the 2025 call for projects concerns the creation of 8 works in situ for 45 days in the presence of the public on the theme: "Civilizations of Subequatorial Africa".
Each artist will have to propose an original work on this theme.
The dates for the creation residency run from May 15 to September 15, 2025.
To participate in this call for applications, the proposal must be sent by email (PDF format only and all the elements grouped in a single PDF) to the Lapidiales at the following address: contact@lapidiales.org
Closing of the call for participation on September 30, 2024.