Open Studio, artists in residence 2025

Villa Arson invites the public to meet the three artists currently in residence during a special evening event on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. This evening will be an opportunity to discover the artistic worlds of Bruno Moreno (Brazil), Brigitte Louter (Netherlands), and Tanin Torabi (Iran).

Each artist will present their work and share their experience and creative process developed during their residency at Villa Arson.

Program:

• 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: presentation of works by Bruno Moreno and Brigitte Louter in the Galerie d’essai, meet the artists
• 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: screening of three short films by Tanin Torabi in the Grand Amphitheater, followed by a discussion with choreographer, director, and producer Éric Oberdorff

The exhibition by the 2024 & 2025 graduates, Yours Truly, will be open exceptionally until 7:30 p.m.

Tanin Torabi

Multi-award-winning director and choreographer Tanin Torabi, renowned for her dance films, will present three of her short dance films, which reflect her ongoing exploration of the body, the camera, and human relationships in socially engaged situations in Tehran, Iran. In a country where dance is banned and the presence of a camera is itself problematic, Tanin asks these questions: Where does dance begin? What is a prohibited camera? And how do we position ourselves, as individuals and artists, in such a society?

Short films:

The Derive – 2017 | 7 min 30 sec

In Plain Sight – 2021 | 10 min 26 sec

Until… – 2023 | 13’49”

After the screening, she will take part in an open discussion with choreographer, director, and producer Éric Oberdorff, who has been a witness, friend, and supporter throughout her career.

Bruno Moreno

Using choreography as a means of inventing political concepts of the body, his creations oscillate between performance, installation, and video. His work tends to remove the human body from its position as protagonist and sole performative agent.

During his three-month residency, he continues his research project Practices for Exhumation, in which he creates possible conversations between the history of death and that of dance. At Villa Arson, Bruno Moreno gives physical form to this reflection through a source that flows and evaporates at the rhythm of blood circulation.

Brigitte Louter

Brigitte’s work includes installations, sculptures, drawings, and a world record. She is interested in humanity’s relentless attempts to measure, order, and map everything in order to better understand it.

During her residency at Villa Arson, she conducted research on fruit flies, adaptability, and The Boring Billion. She created foldable works inspired by the form and function of industrial bellows that protect the moving parts of machines. This work in progress will be presented during the open house.

Practical information

Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Free admission

Exhibition Gallery and Grand Amphitheater of Villa Arson

Address: Villa Arson, 20 Av. Stephen Liegeard, 06100 Nice