A place to think, create and breathe at 150 metres above sea level
“150 mètres d’altitude” was born from a simple observation: our creative ecosystem lacked a space where time, encounters and research could coexist without pressure to deliver. A place to come and observe, experiment, fail, start again — and above all, think together.
At the crossroads of creation, research and transmission, the residency was imagined as a beating heart, a space open to the world, where every presence becomes a fragment of a collective project.
Conceived by curator and artist Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud, the residency was built in a spirit of hospitality and transversality. It welcomes artists, researchers, craftspeople, technicians, students and curious audiences. All come to cross their practices, confront their imaginations and weave links between art, science, heritage, environment and society. The residency imposes no single form: it supports processes and offers ground for gesture, thought and speech.
Set in Martinique, between sea and hills, the residency is rooted in a living territory, embracing its complexity, beauty and contradictions. It seeks to highlight local resources, human and natural, through exchange programmes, research labs, creative spaces and public showings. It works with heritage sites, cultural organisations, schools, researchers, farmers and residents — because creation is never separate from the land that carries it.
“A laboratory for the future: a place to breathe for today’s artists and thinkers.”
At 150 metres above sea level, the residency sees itself as a laboratory for the future, and as a stabilising force for the Caribbean cultural ecosystem. It builds bridges between disciplines, between generations and between islands, and hopes to make Martinique a territory of experimentation, sharing and international reach — where every project becomes a new way of inhabiting the world.
Curator & host · permanent resident
Creation as a passion
Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud is a photographer, sculptor and art director, born and based in Martinique.
With 150m d’altitude, he set out to imagine a space for exploration, creation and transmission where the arts and sciences meet — movement and stillness, the material and the immaterial, hardware, software and wetware.
His role as curator is to initiate, coordinate and support, while letting each residency unfold as a collective adventure.
I coordinate every dimension of the residency: welcoming artists, creative guidance and technical set-up (photo, video, motion capture, VR).
My experience links visual arts, heritage and digital media. I have worked on national and international projects involving performance, fashion, video, VR and living archives.
Trained in photography in Paris, I now build bridges between artistic creation, digital innovation and transmission, in Martinique and beyond.
Beyond creation, other passions feed my work. Reading inspires me and connects me to other cultures; films and books shape my thinking about image and narrative; music sets the pace of the residencies. And cooking is a way of sharing: gathering around a table, passing on simple know-how, creating bonds the way art does.
Making it possible
An idea only comes alive when it meets other breaths. At 150m d’altitude we move forward as a team — artists, craftspeople, technicians, researchers, but also advisers, logisticians, supporters and kind souls who help at every step. Nothing happens alone; everything is woven together.
When he isn’t in his hammock thinking about the world, he’s the first to roll up his sleeves and make things happen. Always there, always willing, he embodies the quiet generosity that keeps the residency moving. Curious about everything, eager to learn and understand, he puts his passion — music — at the service of the group. As fond of the spiritual as of spirits, he reminds us that life, like creation, calls for as much elevation as conviviality.
Passionate about art in all its forms — music and dance above all — she brings a rare presence, made of loyalty, constancy and kindness. Her sense of logic and balance, her openness and her gift for bringing people together make her a precious ally in the life of the residency. At 150m d’altitude, she is one of those whose quiet but essential presence makes things possible.
