AICA FRANCE AWARD 2025
A recognition that turns critique into a performative act.
AWARD
Carole Pelé and Diane Der Markarian unveiling the poster together after the performance.
Performance-installation outside the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (Paris), announcing the encounter between Carole Pelé and art critic Diane Der Markarian.
A celebratory moment after the AICA France Award evening, supported by Maison Ruinart.
Carole Pelé and Diane Der Markarian unveiling the poster together after the performance.
From performance to recognition.
Carole Pelé and critic Diane Der Markarian extend their dialogue at the AICA France Award 2024, turning critique into presence.
Carole Pelé was selected
as the subject of a feature article
by Diane Der Markarian,
art critic and member of AICA France, as part of the AICA France Award 2025.
This prestigious award celebrates outstanding voices in contemporary art criticism and offers a broad audience the opportunity to discover works
that have not yet received
the attention they deserve.
During the award evening,
each critic presents their chosen artist through a performative format,
20 images commented in 20 seconds each, forming a 6-minute-and-40-second live presentation that merges critical thought and artistic gesture.
Carole Pelé’s work was presented
for its singular power to bridge
life, art, and visibility,
a practice that transforms vulnerability
into presence and public space
into a stage for recognition.
The forthcoming article by
Diane Der Markarian
will be published in Critique d’Art,
one of France’s leading journals
of contemporary art criticism.
Official photographs and video documentation of the event
will be added soon.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
A sound performance series by Carole Pelé
Broadcast on Radio Campus Paris
Launching September 29, 2025, 6pm.
Between the printed image and the living body, the same call: Can You Hear Me?
A moment caught at the studio entrance, just before stepping into voice.
When the poster collides with public space, between flow and obstacles.
Between the printed image and the living body, the same call: Can You Hear Me?
From Studio to Street.
From the intimacy of the studio to the streets and squares of Paris, the "Can You Hear Me?"
poster travels as an extension of the voice: presence, call, visibility.
Can You Hear Me?
A voice, a presence. Premiere on September 29 at Radio Campus Paris.
"Can You Hear Me?"
is a sensitive, embodied
and performative audio series, imagined and carried
by the artist Carole Pelé.
Through intimate stories, texts, memories, silences and voices, each episode explores an essential question:
what does it mean to fully exist?
It is a first-person broadcast, somewhere between inner monologue,
address to the world, and artistic gesture.
Sometimes recorded live, sometimes in the studio, "Can You Hear Me?"
seeks to create a direct bond with
the listener, fragile and powerful
at the same time.
Throughout the episodes,
it speaks of doubt, presence, quest, visibility, love, creation, and survival.
This is not a podcast about art:
it is a work of art to be listened to.
The first episode will be broadcast on Radio Campus Paris
on September 29 at 6pm,
and then every four weeks, on Mondays.
For now,
the broadcast is in French,
but upcoming episodes will also
be available in English.
Apple Podcast and Deezer.
Listen on
Radio Campus
Paris
SOPHIE, TU M'AS VUE.
A sound performance by Carole Pelé
Broadcast on L’Expérience, France Culture – April 12, 2025, 4pm
A radio show by producer Aurélie Charon, with Inès Dupeyron.
Inside silence.
A brief moment captured inside the anechoic chamber of IRCAM (Centre Pompidou),
where Carole Pelé performs a sound piece specially created for L’Expérience on France Culture.
Outside IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Carole Pelé prepares to enter the anechoic chamber to record a sound performance. The Sophie, tu m’as vue banner, specially created for the piece, accompanies this moment of artistic address. Photo: Stefanos Tsiamoulis · Sound: Benjamin Thuau
In her studio at the Tour Orion in Montreuil, Carole Pelé is joined by fellow artists Laura Blanche, Mols Slom and Lolita Bourdon. Together, they hold up the Sophie, tu m’as vue banner, the starting point of a collective call. Photo: Stefanos Tsiamoulis
Carole Pelé outside the Tour Orion, holding the Sophie, tu m’as vue banner in public space. A visual statement, at the intersection of personal address and artistic manifesto. Photo: Stefanos Tsiamoulis · Sound: Benjamin Thuau
Outside IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Carole Pelé prepares to enter the anechoic chamber to record a sound performance. The Sophie, tu m’as vue banner, specially created for the piece, accompanies this moment of artistic address. Photo: Stefanos Tsiamoulis · Sound: Benjamin Thuau
Fragments of a process.
A visual journey through the creation of "Sophie, tu m’as vue" —
from studio sessions to performances, from private spaces to shared gestures.
An intimate investigation.
A hollow self-portrait.
A one-sided dialogue — or almost.
"Sophie, tu m’as vue"
(Sophie, you saw me)
is a French-language sound piece shaped like a letter to Sophie Calle, a major figure in contemporary art.
Blending personal diary, documentary performance, and intimate voice recordings, the piece explores what it means to be seen — by an artist, by others, and by oneself.
This work was shaped through a series of recordings and interventions across significant spaces: the anechoic chamber of Ircam (Centre Pompidou),
the Beaux-Arts de Paris, a music studio,
a Radio France studio,
and the artist’s family home.
From these physical and emotional landscapes, the author weaves a delicate and fragmented address.
Directed by Félix Levacher, the piece unfolds as a personal and sonic journey — between memory, creation,
and the desire to connect.
Officially selected by La Scam for consideration in the 2026 Sound Awards, a recognition from the French Society of Multimedia Authors.
The broadcast is entirely in French. Subtitles or translations are available — just get in touch.
Listen on
France Culture
“So, so good! Totally unexpected. I really loved it — the play on perspective is brilliant, and the musical arrangement is truly interesting. Bravo for this powerful piece… and above all, for your incredible determination!”
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Behind the voice.
An intimate look into the creative process behind "Sophie, tu m’as vue",
a sound piece broadcast on France Culture as part of L’Expérience.
"SOPHIE, TU M'AS VUE." Video credits: Stefanos Tsiamoulis. With the contributors: Tour Orion – Laura Blanche, Lolita Bourdon · IRCAM – Centre Pompidou – Vincent Martos · France Culture team – Félix Levacher, Benjamin Thuau "CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Photo credits: Claire Lestang