LUMA Arles
Luma Arles is an artistic and cultural cultural complex that was initiated by Maja Hoffmann's Luma Foundation in Arles , France. Luma Arles, which was officially launched in 2013, has set itself the task of offering artists, through interdisciplinary collaboration, the opportunity to experiment in the production of new works through close collaboration with other artists, curators, scientists, innovators and audiences.
History and construction
The complex is being realized on an abandoned industrial site that Maja Hoffmann acquired in 2010. The focal point of the architecture is a 56 m high, irregular tower that can be seen from afar and was designed by Franck Gehry . According to the plan, the landscape and sky should be reflected in the more than 11,000 aluminum plates.
The heart of the 20 hectare Luma Arles campus is the new Arts Resource Center building, which was designed by Frank Gehry to house research and reference facilities, workshop and seminar rooms, as well as artist studios and presentation rooms. Luma Arles also includes six historic, large industrial buildings on an SNFC site that has been closed for decades. Hoffmann commissioned Annabelle Selldorf , a specialist in the renovation of former industrial buildings, with the renovation. A historic building, the Grande Halle, was renovated in 2007 on the initiative of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region .
The interdisciplinary cultural center has been open to the public since 2018 and the project should be structurally completed in 2021. The publicly accessible park of the campus with 300 newly planted trees was planned by the Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets . The success of the green area was a particular challenge for climatic reasons.
activities
Luma Arles works with Actes Sud , a major French publisher known for its work in the arts, humanities and children, and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, the first postgraduate photography program in France. Every summer Luma Arles organizes installations and programs for the international photo festival Rencontres d'Arles .
Economic and social importance
In Arles, which has suffered from high unemployment for years, 32% voted for the right-wing extremist party Rassemblement National in the European elections in May 2019 .
From the beginning, Maja Hoffmann was keen to give the city and the region not only cultural diversity, but also an economic boost. The city administration with the communist mayor Hervé Schiavetti. hopes to attract 300,000 to 500,000 more visitors annually to the city with its numerous Unesco cultural heritage buildings.
Individual evidence
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- ^ Arles, A Historic Weekend. In: The Eye of Photography Magazine. December 23, 2014, accessed August 31, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ dpa: "Queen of Arles": Swiss woman invests millions in southern France . In: The time . August 6, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed September 2, 2019]).
- ↑ a b c d The cultural city of Arles is growing beyond itself, thanks to the commitment of Maja Hoffmann. July 6, 2016, accessed on September 2, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ Through the ages. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 .
- ↑ WZ Online: Swiss woman invests millions in cultural project in Arles. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .