For the second year running, the Fondation Thalie is delighted to announce its participation in the 2024 edition of the Art-O-Rama Fair (30 August – 1 September, Marseille) in the “publishing & design” section, inviting designers Samy Rio and Jessica Boubetra.
As a key event and gateway for galleries to European art fairs, Art-o-rama offers a unique and demanding selection of emerging local and international art scenes. More than 60 galleries and publishers will be featured in this 18th edition in Marseille. At the centre of a beautiful excitement, Art-o-rama offers each year the panorama of an unequalled cultural heritage, an immersion in the leading artistic places of the wider southern region, from Monaco to Montpellier, passing through Arles, Hyères, Nice and of course Marseille.
Art-o-rama is produced by Fræme, in co-production with La Friche la Belle de Mai.
Guest designers
French designer Samy Rio combines craft and industry to improve the quality of his production, while retaining control over the myriad of durable objects he produces. Bringing together these two diametrically opposed modes of production allows him to breathe new life into neglected craft traditions while tempering mass production. Samy Rio puts his training in cabinetmaking and industrial design at the service of this new hybrid approach, enabling it to pass the test of viability. Simple and uncluttered in appearance, Samy Rio’s objects examine the role of design in reinterpreting sustainable practices through combinations of materials and processes.
After participating in research for the construction industry on automatic large-scale ceramics 3D printing, Jessica Boubetra co-founded 2020 Atelier LUMIERRANTE, a workshop specialising in ceramics 3D printing. She developed a sensitive and original approach to ceramics through organic shapes generated by algorithms. Her sculptural practice and her particular interest in colours and textures led her to have expert knowledge of high-temperature glazes. Jessica Boubetra has participated in several exhibitions and residencies, in prestigious institutions such as Villa Noailles, Mo.Co Panacée Art Center, MRAC museum, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Yves Gastou Gallery, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery for the Salon Jeune Creation, Lefebvre & Fils Gallery, etc.