"La peine" Photographic residency

The artistic creation residency of Mathis Benestebe at the UM is drawing to a close. Come and discover the results of his photographic work, carried out on the Triolet campus since September 2024!

To conclude her residency, the artist invites you on a journey into space through her exhibition entitled La peine.

The sentence

The exhibition features 39 photographic self-portraits printed on mylar, an experimental film, a giant trombinoscope of student and staff portraits, and the hand-crafted spacesuit.

"It's better to try something than nothing. This is the theme I'm exploring in my new work, entitled La peine, developed during my residency at the University of Montpellier. It's about trying to get out of this torpor, when the world is filled with so much violence and our actions seem futile. In this despair, I choose to act alone, absurdly alone, but to act all the same. To give in to the temptation to save ourselves, to desert the world and its countless challenges."

Extract from Mathis Benestebe's presentation text.

Mediation program

• Guided visit in English: wednesday 5th & thursday 27th of november 2025 / 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
• C'est sur Terre que j'ai connu la joie" photo contest: from November 12 to 30, 2025
• Image analysis" tours: Monday November 17 / 11:30am - 12:45pm
• Art and science tour "Journey through time": Thursday, November 20 / 12 noon
• Astronomical tour and observation: Tuesday, November 25 / 7:30 - 9 p.m.
• Creative writing workshop: Wednesday December 3 / 6:30pm - 9pm
• Guided tours in the presence of the artist: Monday December 8 and Tuesday December 9, 2025
• Round table with registration: Thursday, December 11, 2025 / 6:30pm - 9pm (more info to come)

Questions and information

• By mail
• By telephone: 04 67 14 48 34 (Monday to Friday)

A residency supported by the art & culture department - Campus Life Division of the University of Montpellier, co-financed by the CVEC (Contribution Vie Étudiante et de Campus), with the support of the DRAC Occitanie.