Artistic Residency: Vigie Stylite

Activities

The “Vigie Stylite” took place in 2025 in Malpartida de Cáceres (Spain). This performance unfolded over seven days, during which the artist remained day and night on a 1.70 × 0.90 m platform. From this imagined lookout, six metres above the ground and suspended between earth and sky, he observed the landscape in full immersion.

Everything required for autonomous living — food, rest, and basic necessities — was contained within this minimal space. The public could walk beneath and around the platform, with the artist fully visible at all times.

The performance was organised by the Ayuntamiento de Malpartida de Cáceres / CVP (Spain), ESAAIX (France) and MVM (Spain), and was carried out by the French artist Abraham Poincheval.

[vídeo] Documentário da performance de Abraham Poincheval (FR), 2024.
Abraham Poincheval (FR), 2024.

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