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Work in progress: the Temporary Garden by l'Atelier GAMA in William Christie's garden
William Christie has long been committed to the education and training of young musicians, and in the same spirit, with a view to encouraging young landscape designers, launched the Maryvonne Pinault Prize last year. For the 2016 edition, he held the second edition of the competition for the creation of a temporary garden at the annual festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie.
Winners of the 2016 Temporary Garden are Mélanie Gasté and Aurélien Albert, two young landscape designers who created l'Atelier GAMA. Their work in William Christie's garden had begun las week.
Atelier GAMA’s design for a temporary garden consists in a poetic enclave in the prairie, a wooden Musical Raft to transport listeners to Arcadia. It will be inaugurated during the festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie on Saturday August 20 at 4:30pm.
The inauguration ceremony will be followed by the creation of a piece of music composed with relation to the Temporary Garden by Douglas Balliett, an American bass player from The Juilliard School.
The Maryvonne Pinault Temporary Garden Prize is supported by the Conseil départemental de la Vendée and organized in partnership with Pépinières Ripaud.
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