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Here, art is not suspended in silence: it pulsates under the skin, it vibrates in the air. It still breathes, despite a world that would like to reduce it to a mere glimmer, a faded breath on the edge of tumult.

In a world fractured by political tensions, economic inequalities and contempt for life, the 2025 edition invites us to take a step back. In a collective gesture, it highlights the richness of our humanities. It's a shared breath of fresh air that revitalises our capacity to marvel, something that artists know how to reveal gently and powerfully when words are no longer enough.

There are places where you can learn to feel differently. Places where every exhibition, every concert, every encounter leaves a soft, luminous imprint. MEMENTO has forged its DNA on this emotional story of creation, communion and open-mindedness. In this former Carmelite convent, memories are deposited. They seep into the walls, nourishing the shared stories. Art weaves a discreet but tenacious resistance.

The 'VIVRE' exhibition celebrates these raw feelings, happy memories and shared wounds. It's an invitation to honour that which persists in all of us: love, loss, dazzling joy, close ties and solidarity.

Designed as an immersive, evolving space, it awakens our relationship with living things. We enter into a physical relationship with the site, anchored in its architecture and history, while at the same time resonating with the issues of our time. By combining painting, sculpture, installation and video, the exhibition opens up a sensitive dialogue between forms and ideas, where art becomes a revelation of our human condition.
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