Cri et chuchotement : petite musique psychiatrique

Abstract

The history of the hospital, the philosophy of the care and the relation to the city can be told by the sounds produced. Malévoz is a private hospital wanted by an idealistic ex-director of public hospital. It should neither look like barracks, nor convent. Over the time, another way is borrowed to reenchant the site and restore the connections. The objective is to make of this ghost village a living district on the city of Monthey. To bring a surplus of soul, a call was launched to artists of miscellaneous origins and diverse disciplines wanting to stay there and to get fresh ideas. This is the way Malévoz became for the art under construction a hospitable asylum and the abandoned spaces busy and alive again.