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July 2026 CLAIRE LEE

Claire Lee lives and works in Hong Kong, where she develops a multifaceted practice exploring notions of memory, identity, and collective or personal wounds. Her work invites a sensory and contemplative experience, reflecting the tensions inherent to the postcolonial and diasporic condition of Hong Kong, as well as contemporary anxieties. Claire creates often poetic and minimalist works, where silence, resilience, and fragments of everyday life intertwine — inks, installations, artist's books, and poetic performances.

For Walden, she wishes to explore the symbolism of the cypress tree, a tree very present in the Luberon, where it is associated with death and mourning, while the smoke from its wood, in Chinese culture, is used for purification.

July 2026 VIOLAINE LAVEAUX

Violaine Laveaux lives and works in Carcassonne. She reflects on our place in the universe and the cosmos through the scientific and collective imaginaries of the plant, mineral, and animal worlds. Often in the form of installations, she stages narratives — in incongruous yet always intimate places such as gardens, writers' houses, chapels, abbeys, museums, and natural history museums — where personal stories, tales, and mythologies intertwine.

For Walden, Violaine wishes to continue her research on porcelain herbaria and ghost flowers. In particular, she would like to focus on a singular flower, a white, waxy, "almost supernatural" flower — the Monotropa uniflora (also known as Indian pipe), discovered in the herbarium and writings of Emily Dickinson.

Come meet them and discover their work during our open house on July 23 in Ménerbes, or at any time during the residency by contacting us.