Tangible 2026 - Vaisseaux - Ce(lleux) qui reste(nt)

Since November 2024, Vaisseaux, led by Caroline Pelletti Victor, has brought together artists, designers and craftspeople in a distinctive collaborative creative process: creating a collection of contemporary funerary objects. These objects include urns, shrouds and a coffin, as well as objects intended for the loved ones of deceased people: objects of memory and/or ritual.

Each person is free to create the object of their choice. Together, the group develops a shared bibliography, meets regularly to nourish its research, and meets various figures from the funeral sector, the contemporary art world and design, as well as philosophers, psychologists, archaeologists, etc. Each piece emerges from this shared ground, the singularity of each creator and a demanding curatorial commission.

Although Vaisseaux is intended to have an international reach, the project is rooted in a vibrant creative territory: the South, with its artists, designers and craftspeople (both emerging and established), brought together by a shared capacity for research and sensitivity to the questions the project explores.

A support network is woven among these creators (materials, techniques, cultural knowledge, network connections), whose ramifications extend well beyond the project, nourishing other collaborations elsewhere and in other ways.

As part of Tangible 2026, the productions from 2025/2026 of this line of research will be presented: objects intended for the loved ones of deceased people, objects of memory and/or ritual. What remains for those who remain?

A collective testimony to a process that, in October, will have existed for two years and will bring together more than 80 creators, around fifty of them from the region. Exhibition and discussion for the first public presentation of the 2026 research and productions.

Growing list of invited artists, craftspeople and designers:

Agathe Gioia, Ahmad Karmouni, Ambre Cardinal, Atelier George, Audrey Ballacchino, Camille Truyffaut, Cassandre Thévenier, Christophe Barranco, Claire Aguilar, Claire Gerlero, Enzo Bosse, Eric Pringels, Eva Pracca, Flavia Broï, Franck Omer, Garance Arcadias, Ghislaine Garcin, Giulia Zanvit, Isabelle Alentour, Jérémy Aymard, Jim Pontvianne, Juliette Rougier, Laëtitia Costechareyre, Lore Macé, Louise Devin, Manon Garcia del Barrio, Manon Giloux, Marguerite Wibaux, Marine Hervé, Monsieur Azed, Sarrah Clotuche, Sarrah Haouas, Sonia Deleani, Studio Y+L, Sybille Berger, Tata Sculpture, Théo Anthouard, Théo Ouaki

A word about the venue hosting the exhibition:

At the heart of the city, just a few steps from Notre-Dame de la Garde and the Old Port, Essence Marseille is a venue showcasing artists and craftspeople. Visitors can discover objects that combine technical expertise, the transmission of skills and passion. People can meet there, chat over coffee, create and share… A place of unity.