This cross-border project, based on 5 artistic proposals in the Roya valley, promotes the conscious protection of the land and the environment through contemporary art. Stéphanie Nava is working at Nocé in the Saorge gorges.
Stéphanie Nava works at the foot of Saorge, in the Gorges de Nocé, where there are two monumental inscriptions commemorating the creation of the Nice - Turin royal road in the 17th century. One of the two plaques, carved into the wall, is still visible, while the other was destroyed during the French Revolution. Lettres tombées à Nocé (Letters that fell in Nocé) is an installation that evokes this disappearance and is located near the old road that was partially washed away by Storm Alex. A phrase in metal letters (like those on the lost inscription) is affixed to the surviving wall, visible from the D6204 road at the northern entrance to the tunnel. Printed images accompany the installation, recalling the river as both link and border. Numerous bridges span the road that winds along the Roya. Whether vehicular or pedestrian, permanent or temporary, old or recently inaugurated as part of the reconstruction work, they tell a constellation of stories, which the artist brings to life by drawing on stories and archives.
