The Littéral project addresses both cyclical temporality and the temporality of matter. From a cyclical perspective, the work is structured around a material trajectory destined to return to its source. Local sea salt collected from the Salins de Giraud is brought into the presentation space as a temporary loan: originating from the sea, it takes its place in the exhibition space as a landscape, and is ultimately returned to the sea. This return of salt to its origin situates the work not in the production of a “finished” object, but in a logic of restitution and return. From the perspective of the temporality of matter, salt is not a passive mass: in contact with wind, rain, waves, and humidity, it is continuously transformed and becomes an actor that makes time visible. Artistic direction: Mathieu Lorry Dupuy Assistants: Flore-anh Landru, Sevgi Macide Canik Artistic collaboration: Thomas Gonzalez Executive production: Agence Eva Albarran Technical direction: Ateliers Puzzle Mold fabrication: Arnaud Briand The exhibition was produced as part of the artistic creation support program “Mondes nouveaux” initiated by the Ministry of Culture. Partnerships: Port of Marseille Fos, Provence Art Contemporain & Festival Les Rencontres à l’échelle Acknowledgments: Rima Abdul Malak, Bernard Blistène, Maud Desseignes & Chloé Siganos. Tatiana Titli, Benoit Giard, Virginie Roques & Grégoire Cartillier. Anne-Hélène Merlo, Olivier de Villelongue & Thierry Malterre. Gurshad Shaheman, Loren Martin, Dounia Brousse, Thomas Gonzalez, Julie Kretzschmar & Youness Anzane, as well as all the people who supported this project: Atelier Jeanne Barret, Charlotte Morabin, Frédérique Aït Touatti, Arnaud Briand, Auriane Gibert, Patxi Lafitte, Godefroy Giorgetti & Juliette Maurin. Inauguration: May 2023 as part of Provence Art Contemporain Performance: June 2023 during the Festival Les Rencontres à l’échelle © Samuel Berthet