Students and alumni from the VIEM (Video/Moving Image led by Pia Maria Martin) and Klub16 (visual research and experimentation group focused on moving image led by Pia Maria Martin and Jean-Baptiste Ganne) courses have completed several projects on the theme of the garden in Stuttgart.
An Exhibition
From January 8 to March 1st, 2025, 16 videos created by students or former students of the VIEM class at Villa Arson were exhibited at the Stuttgart Library.
The exhibition explores the theme of the garden, ranging from classical concepts to more experimental interpretations. The videos present different facets of the garden: from Secret Gardens, serving as personal refuges, to innovative representations where movement and image merge into a new experience.
Through animation and experimental techniques, new perspectives emerge, making the garden not only a physical landscape but also a metaphor for ideas, secrets, and spaces of creation.
Participating Students and Alumni
Emmanuel Abenia, Annika Boll, Damiano Casolaro, Maël Desbordes, Louane Devaux, Jieyi Dong, Nanka Gogitidze, Philipp Keidler, Camille Nguyen The Hung, Nour Gabriel Asran Mahmoud, Mischka Marin, Zuzanna Ozga, Sara-Linh Trabelsi, Caroline Vaccaro and Jueon Woo.
Curatorship
Pia Maria Martin and Giovanna Thiery
In collaboration with the French Institute of Stuttgart and Wand 5 e. V.
A Study Trip
A study trip to Stuttgart was organized by Pia Maria Martin and Jean-Baptiste Ganne from January 15 to 20, 2025, thanks to the Erasmus + program.
A Performance
During this study trip, students from Villa Arson performed at the Fitz Theater (16mm, Super8, video, installation and sound) as part of Filmwinter, Stuttgart’s Expanded Cinema Festival.
The Performance
“A porous space where films and audience meet. No stage, no backstage; film changes, projector setups, photography, and sound performances are spontaneous and revealed. The process and its mechanisms are emphasized. Moving images, whether digital or analog, dialogue with installation, volume, drawing, music, or scenography. There are no boundaries between disciplines. The materiality of the image and its spatiality are thus highlighted. It is an experimental and expanded show”. Margot Genevelle
Participating Students
Eloïse Aubert, Alexis Chardonnet, Louane Devaux, Jieyi Dong, Yann Troon, Margot Generelle, Tatiana Lardy, Camille Nguyen The Hung, Paul Roger, Sara-Linh Trabelsi with Nora Beck, Heja Deniz and Jiaqui Shen.
