As the summer season draws to a close, Zone Sensible invites the public to gather for Le Grand Partage on September 20th 2025, a celebratory day of shared experiences, marking the culmination of its 2025 programme and a key milestone in the Transformative Territories project.
Anchored in the belief that food, art, and ecological awareness can nourish both body and mind, Le Grand Partage brings together culinary and artistic practices shaped throughout the year by residents, artists, and collaborators. At the heart of the event lies a powerful gesture: the creation of a shared table where people come together not only to eat, but to reflect, celebrate, and honour the living world.
Highlights of the Day
The Banquet of Le Grand Partage
The day opens with a convivial and sensorial banquet crafted by Brazilian chef Alicio Charoth, in collaboration with students from the François Rabelais Hospitality School in Duny. Melding local produce with Brazilian culinary traditions, this large-scale feast invites guests to taste the flavours of Zone Sensible’s “sensitive farm” infused with a spirit of reciprocity and intercultural exchange.
This initiative is part of the 2025 France–Brazil Season, focusing on ecological transition, cultural diversity (including dialogues with African cultures), and fair globalisation. Within this framework, Charoth has led a culinary residency that brings together chefs from Brazil, France, and Africa to explore ancestral knowledge and sustainable food practices rooted in Afro-diasporic cuisines.
Unveiling of the Autel Humus
The celebration also marks the culmination of artist Stéphanie Sagot’s residency at Zone Sensible. Her new sculptural work, Autel Humus, pays tribute to the soil and its fertility — a “tool for enhancing life below ground and rituals to inspire wonder.” The artwork serves both as a compost structure and a symbolic space for ecological rituals aligned with agricultural cycles and local knowledge.
A special performance titled Procession Humus will accompany the unveiling of the sculpture. It involves carrying compostable leftovers from the banquet to the altar in biodegradable plant-based containers. These ephemeral vessels will be crafted in a preceding workshop led by artist Agnès Prévost, known for her research-driven practice at the crossroads of art, ecology, and ethnobotany.
Twilight Concert – Murmurations
As night falls, Franco-Italian pianist and composer Lorenzo Naccarato will perform Murmurations, a musical piece inspired by the flocking behaviours of birds. Combining piano with cassette tapes and a modified vinyl turntable, Naccarato’s immersive sound installation creates a meditative atmosphere blending music, poetry, and field recording. The twilight concert promises a gentle close to the day, echoing the rhythms and migrations of the more-than-human world.
Le Grand Partage is a participatory moment that reflects the transformative practices cultivated at Zone Sensible throughout the year. It offers a space for collective learning, multispecies cohabitation, and cultural imagination. By linking food, soil, ritual, and artistic creation, the day illustrates how territories can be re-enchanted through situated, embodied, and interdependent practices.
PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION:
12:00 – 13:00 — Weaving workshop with visual artist Agnès Prévost
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12:30 – 14:30 — The Grand Sharing Banquet with Brazilian Chef Alicio Charoth and students from Lycée Rabelais
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14:30 – 15:30 — Performance/presentation of the Humus Altar to the public with artist-in-residence Stéphanie Sagot
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16:00 – 17:30 — School of Good Eating workshop with Chef Ninon Haustrate
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18:00 – 19:00 — Presentation Transformative Territories Artmill Org – Sustainable Creativity, Czech Republic
19:30 – 20:45 — Concert Murmurations – with pianist Lorenzo Naccarato
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More details on the programme and registration will be available soon on Zone Sensible Web site
