17th Carnet de voyage rendezvous
In a month (a little less), the 17th Carnet de Voyage gathering opens in Clermont-Ferrand on 18, 19 and 20 November 2016. Every year, on the third weekend of November, Clermont-Ferrand becomes a crossroads where travelling artists from around the world meet. And the connection with photography, you ask? Travel, of course.
The Carnet de Voyage rendezvous
Clermont-Ferrand hosts 4,000 m² of exhibitions for a 3-day journey around the world, with traditional travel sketchbooks, digital sketchbooks, watercolours, photographs, films and talks on the programme. This year's spotlight: the world's metropolises. From New York to Shanghai, via Rio de Janeiro and Paris, sketchbook artists will take you travelling and share their take on these great cities.
The travel sketchbook works to trace travellers' impressions, to cultivate memory, and to keep alive encounters between peoples and cultures. A blend of genres, of text and graphic arts, it becomes a personal creation that aims to bear witness to a journey — or to a whole life.
Among the highlights, note the film by Jean-Paul MARI, who reports on the rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean. A French senior reporter and writer, Jean-Paul Mari boarded the Aquarius for a migrant-rescue operation between the Sicilian and African coasts. He shares his account with a screening of his film Migrants Don't Know How to Swim, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
2016 Prizes
The best works are honoured at the awards ceremony on Friday 18 November at 7:30 p.m. in the Polydome amphitheatre:
- the Michelin Corporate Foundation Grand Prize
- the Travel Film Audience Favourite,
- the International Travel Sketchbook Prize
- the University Student Travel Sketchbook Prize
- the Auvergne Press Club Prize
- the Digital Travel Sketchbook Prize
- the Médecins Sans Frontières Reportage Sketchbook Prize
Two prizes will be awarded on Sunday 20 November at 5 p.m.:
- the Public's Prize
- the Michel Renaud Writing Prize
Bouts du Monde magazine
Among all the exhibitors at the 17th Carnet de Voyage rendezvous, one is an absolute must-see — the (excellent) magazine Bouts du Monde.
Why? Because it's a beautiful magazine, run by a great team committed to producing high-quality work, and because the contributors are all talented enthusiasts. And if you can't go and see them, head to the magazine's website and buy an issue — any one — you won't be disappointed.
More about the Carnet de voyage rendezvous
Date: 18, 19 and 20 November 2016. Address: Polydome, place du 1er Mai, Clermont-Ferrand. Open 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Public transport: 1er Mai stop — by tram, or by bus from the SNCF station: line 3 (direction stade G. Montpied or Iliane) or line 4 (direction Trémonteix Charcot). Association Il faut aller voir (IFAV) — 21 rue Jean Richepin, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand — Tel: 04 73 90 80 97rendezvous.carnetdevoyage@gmail.com