Guided walk "The Whispers of Time": "The Abbey Balconies" tour

Accompanied by a cultural mediator, set off on a walk in the heart of the Monts et Coteaux du Lyonnais, from Sain Bel to Savigny, to discover 4 works of art installed outdoors.

This guided walk is open to pre-formed groups (family gatherings, associations, works councils, etc.) all year round upon request.
The walk is also accessible all year round independently without a guide.

The 4 works of art to discover:

“Negotiation 147 – Intimacy of the Visible” by Caroline Le Méhauté
The sculptural work by Caroline Le Méhauté consists of five large glass panes into which will be integrated images of rocks and minerals characteristic of the Sain-Bel mine deposits, observed under a polarizing and magnified microscope. The work plays with its transparency and the light that passes through it. The artist is interested in the hidden face of the soil and the invisible living world, bringing them to light and making them visible. Caroline Le Méhauté involved local residents in phytoremediation and geological activity workshops, an important step in the artwork's creation.

“Passage Tissage” by Amandine Guruceaga
Passage Tissage invites visitors to discover the natural, rural, and industrial history of the Pays de L'Arbresle region, paying homage to the era of weaving in this area. Through the interlacing and meshing of metallic materials, the artwork evokes livestock enclosures, the first elements woven by humankind. By redesigning a fence, the artist also explores the transformation of the landscape by agriculture and seeks to weave connections between different eras, celebrating the heritage and identity of the Pays de L'Arbresle.

"The Orchard of Maturities" by Thierry Boutonnier
With The Orchard of Maturities, the rain gives us the remaining time to harvest here. This collective work by Thierry Boutonnier is first and foremost a forest-orchard that traverses the recent history of arboriculture. Open-field apple trees stand alongside cherry groves; trees bear witness to an agriculture in transformation. This wild landscape, created with the artist and the help of numerous residents, artisans, and arborists, is now a place of robust cultivation. This land is intended as an observatory of arboricultural art that promotes biodiversity. Inspired by agroforestry, this work does not disregard the existing fertile fallow land that nourishes the soil and conserves water. This art of the plant world is accompanied by an educational approach to understanding this landscape of transitions. Twelve markers provide the keys to understanding the evolution of landscapes and agricultural ecosystems through the testimonies of those who cultivate them. These words lead to a pavilion in the orchard, designed as an observation point for the plot in question and its surroundings. This cabin also serves as a rainwater harvesting system, collecting rainwater and measuring time via a water clock.

"Cryptid" by Charlotte Charbonnel
During her first visit to the site, Charlotte Charbonnel noticed a fossil on the stony path.
Sensitive to signs, this discovery, which echoes ancient times, becomes the starting point of his project.
This area, like much of French territory, was covered by a warm sea during the Jurassic period, which was conducive to marine life, leaving an abundance of marine fossils.
The artist then imagines a fictional creature, reminiscent of an extinct species and a witness to this geological history.
Between fossil form and unidentified organism, this scaly animal becomes a geomorphic cave into which the visitor is invited to enter.