Pavilion Momentaneé
Competition Entry, 2020: Editors Choice Award
Pavilion Momentaneé is an intervention to re-introduce, and house the showing of black and white short films to the Cannes Film Festival.
Located on the axis of le Plage Macé and Rue Macé on Cannes Beach, the pavilion looks to occupy an important juxtaposition between both beach and city.
Inspired by the events of the first festival in 1946, the pavilion is composed of a timber structure, loosely based upon by the temporary structures built on le Plage Macé in the late 1940s. During this period, people would often erect timber wind breakers on the beach and would congregate to discuss film and socialise with friends.
The pavilion is constructed of a charred timber structure, with blackened recycled canvas, reminiscent of the 1940s and 50s cinema interiors. This takes inspiration from the events of the 1946 festival, where a tarpaulin structure was blown away in the night before the awards were announced. The pavilion aims to recreate this spectacle in essence; of a quiet moving structure blowing in the wind, sheltering the inhabitants from the elements.
