13 december > 31 may

Hissez-haut ! Les oriflammes font le Festival

Entertainment/recreation
Creative pastimes

Maison Jean Vilar, 8 rue de Mons, Montée Paul Puaux, 84000 Avignon

Hissez-haut ! Les oriflammes font le Festival — ©Association Jean Vilar - Margot Laurens

An oriflamme is a cloth banner usually ending in two points and placed at the top of a mast.

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Already present in some of his shows, Jean Vilar asked six painters to design oriflammes for the 1961 Avignon Festival, each with his own graphic universe. Having previously belonged to the imaginary world of the Middle Ages, Vilar gave this object an emblematic dimension for the city of Avignon and the imaginary world of the Festival.

During artistic practice workshops led by visual artist Pauline Tralongo in October and November, several oriflammes were created by Avignon residents and...