{"id":65311,"date":"2025-05-23T15:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-arson.fr\/actualites\/2025\/05\/gil-lekh-laureat-de-la-premiere-edition-du-prix-emergence-de-la-ville-de-beausoleil\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:51:14","slug":"gil-lekh-laureat-de-la-premiere-edition-du-prix-emergence-de-la-ville-de-beausoleil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/en\/actualites\/2025\/05\/gil-lekh-laureat-de-la-premiere-edition-du-prix-emergence-de-la-ville-de-beausoleil\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Lekh, Winner of the First Edition of the Emergence Prize of the City of Beausoleil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/122_Villa-Arson_26sept24_72dpi&#xA9;-Jean-Christophe-Lett.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56251\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gil Lekh, Telomere, 2024; photo credit: J.C Lett\/Villa Arson Nice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the City of Beausoleil awarded Gil Lekh, artist-researcher graduated from Villa Arson, the first <strong>Emergence Prize<\/strong> \u2013 Villa Arson x City of Beausoleil.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gil Lekh<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An artist-researcher based in Marseille, <a href=\"https:\/\/gillekh.com\/\">Gil Lekh<\/a> draws inspiration from a diverse background: alternately a gymnast, construction worker, organizer of socio-cultural events, punk, researcher, activist, and climbing instructor.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gil Lekh&#8217;s work lies between research and affective, political, and social exploration. His multiple experiences shape his identity and influence his work. Coming from construction, urban areas, and punk culture, he uses their objects and materials. He thus composes a materiology derived from inhabiting, made of glass, plaster, iron, \u201cputting them to the test of collective gestures, photography, fanzines, research texts and poetic writing\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Emergence Prize City of Beausoleil X Villa Arson<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Created in 2025 by the City of Beausoleil, the Emergence Prize aims to reward an artist newly graduated from Villa Arson. This prize&#8217;s ambition is to support young contemporary creation and to accompany these young artists in their professional integration.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"align wp-block-contenu-associe\">\n            <div>\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"c-a__container grid flex-row grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-4\">\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col link-container\" data-href=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/actualites\/2024\/11\/gil-lekh-laureat-du-programme-de-residence-miramar-2024\/\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/actualites\/2024\/11\/gil-lekh-laureat-du-programme-de-residence-miramar-2024\/\" class=\"contents\">\n        <div class=\"ratio-16x9\">\n            <figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image0-319x290.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image0-319x290.jpeg 319w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image0-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image0-600x545.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image0.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n            <div class=\"hover-overlay top-0 left-0 right-0 bottom-0 hidden w-full h-full absolute\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft simple-link\">\n            <span class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Gil Lekh, laur\u00e9at du programme Miramar 2024<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"flex flex-col link-container\" data-href=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/programmation\/expositions\/sweet-days-of-discipline\/\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/programmation\/expositions\/sweet-days-of-discipline\/\" class=\"contents\">\n        <div class=\"ratio-16x9\">\n            <figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-400x245.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-400x245.jpg 400w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-1536x939.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/new.villa-arson.fr\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BANNIERE-SWEET-DAYS.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n            <div class=\"hover-overlay top-0 left-0 right-0 bottom-0 hidden w-full h-full absolute\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft simple-link\">\n            <span class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Sweet days of Discipline<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the City of Beausoleil awarded Gil Lekh, artist-researcher graduated from Villa Arson, the first Emergence Prize \u2013 Villa Arson x City of Beausoleil. 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