Hors Pistes - Centre Pompidou
Festival of Moving Images from the Centre Pompidou
2026
About Hors Pistes
Hors Pistes — edition 2026
The second edition of Hors Pistes / Hors Champs took place from July 1st to July 15th, 2026, in Château-Guibert and Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, Vendée, in collaboration with artist Fabrice Hyber. The event was free and open to the public, offering access to La Vallée—Fabrice Hyber's natural and artistic reserve—through exhibitions, screenings, concerts, and discussions exploring the connections between art, nature, and landscape.
Fabrice Hyber's La Vallée
Created in collaboration with artist Fabrice Hyber, this second edition of Hors Pistes / Hors Champs was rooted in La Vallée, his natural and artistic reserve in the Vendée region. The festival took over various sites in Château-Guibert (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church, Binus garden, La Serrie museum, the Vallée school, and La Billerie) and Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (the market halls, the grand studio, and the media library), with an opening ceremony on July 1st attended by Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou, and Fabrice Hyber.
The program featured installations by Fabrice Hyber ("VOI - 2027", "The World's Largest Soap", the Binus garden), a retrospective titled "Fabrice Hyber, 1997-2026", an exhibition of young artists ("Echo of the Forest"), works by a dozen guest artists (Pauline Rip, François Fontaine, Brice Ammar-Khodja, Dominique Blais, Jack Farman, Jane Tingley, Momoko Seto, and others), film screenings (Werner Herzog, Momoko Seto, Jordi Morato, Antoine Boutet, Erik Bullot), concerts (Dominique Blais and Kerwin Rolland, MEMORIALS with the La Clé du Lay choir), and meet-and-greets with Fabrice Hyber.
Programme Hors Pistes 2026
A traveling edition held in Château-Guibert and Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (Vendée), in collaboration with artist Fabrice Hyber, at the heart of his natural and artistic reserve, La Vallée. Admission is free. Unless otherwise stated, venues are open from Thursday, July 2nd to Wednesday, July 15th, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Wednesday, July 1st
- 5:00 PM — Meet the author: Claudius Pan discusses his debut novel "Les Grands Vivants" · Media library, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 5:30 PM — Festival Opening with Laurent Le Bon (President of the Centre Pompidou) and Fabrice Hyber · Market halls, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 7:00 PM — Cocktail reception and DJ set by Samon Takahashi · Market halls, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Thursday, July 2nd
- 7:00 PM — "Planet Z", film by Momoko Seto (10 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 7:00 PM — "The Jungle Inventor", film by Jordi Morato (75 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Friday, July 3rd
- 7:00 PM — "Planet ᛘ", film by Momoko Seto (11 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 7:00 PM — "Cave of Forgotten Dreams", film by Werner Herzog (90 min, 3D) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Saturday, July 4th
- 11:00 AM-1:00 PM — Screening of "Le Plein Pays" by Antoine Boutet (58 min) and "The Language of Birds" by Erik Bullot (54 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 2:30 PM — Conversation with André Dimanche, a local publisher of literature and art books, and photographer · Media library, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 4:00 PM-5:30 PM — Live dialogue and sketching session between Fabrice Hyber and Hugues des Touches (expert in marshlands, birds, and agriculture) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 8:00 PM — "Les Grands Vivants", a musical reading and performance by Claudius Pan and Ludovic Enderlen (moved to La Serrie museum in case of rain) · Champ de la Lune, Château-Guibert
Sunday, July 5th
- 11:00 AM — "Le Plein Pays" by Antoine Boutet (58 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 11:00 AM — "The Language of Birds" by Erik Bullot (54 min) · The grand studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 2:00 PM — Concert by Dominique Blais and Kerwin Rolland, on the forecourt · Market halls, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 4:00 PM-5:30 PM — Live dialogue and sketching session between Fabrice Hyber and Maya Leroy (professor and researcher at AgroParisTech, ONF scientific committee member) · Media library, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- 6:30 PM — Exclusive concert by "MEMORIALS" (English psychedelic pop duo) with the La Clé du Lay choir (moved to the Mareuil village hall in case of rain) · La Serrie museum, Château-Guibert
Installations and Exhibitions (Daily, 11:00 AM-7:00 PM)
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité Church, Château-Guibert — "VOI - 2027" by Fabrice Hyber, a monumental 1,300 m² fresco, with public painting sessions from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM and sound design by Ircam
- Binus Garden, Château-Guibert — Garden designed by Fabrice Hyber for the Centre Pompidou, and "The World's Largest Soap" (France, 1991)
- La Serrie Museum, Château-Guibert — "Fabrice Hyber, 1997-2026" retrospective
- Vallée School, Château-Guibert — Preview of the school (opening scheduled for 2027) featuring works by Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, Joseca Mokahesi, Honoré 'O, Erik Samakh, Ronny and Robin Kowspi
- La Billerie (local agricultural museum), Château-Guibert — A former 1970s hangar, future home (from 2028) to a monumental work by Fabrice Hyber
- Market Halls, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais — Festival welcome point, "Echo of the Forest" exhibition (young artists), "Ted Hyber" by Fabrice Hyber (10m inflatable sculpture), plus installations by Dungeon & Design / Auto Digestion (France, 2025), Pauline Rip "Elficology, the Morning Dew Harvest" (Netherlands, 2022-2025), François Fontaine "Eden" (France, 2023), Brice Ammar-Khodja "In, On and Facing" (France, 2026), Dominique Blais "Between the Trees" (France, 2026, sound installation), Jack Farman "Pioneer Species" (France, 2024-26), Jane Tingley "Foresta Inclusive" (Canada, 2025), Momoko Seto "Planet ᛘ" (France, 2017, virtual reality), and "The Secrets of the Hybermarket" by Fabrice Hyber (France, 1995), as well as a library and podcasts from the "Under the Landscape" chair
- The Grand Studio, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais — Film program from July 2nd to 5th only
For schools: From Tuesday, June 30th to Thursday, July 2nd, special screenings based on books by author and storyteller Esmé Planchon ("We Will Inhabit the Forest", "The Dust Grain Fairy") and experimental cinema discovery workshops by the Mire association, held in schools in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais and Château-Guibert.
Full program published by the Centre Pompidou (leaflet available for download on the event page). Edition concluded on July 15th, 2026.
Prices Hors Pistes 2026
Hors Pistes — 2027 edition
The 2026 edition was held from 1 July to 15 July 2026. The dates for the 2027 edition have not been announced yet. This page will be updated as soon as the official programme is published.
Practical information — Hors Pistes
Practical Information
Access
Historically at the Centre Pompidou (Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris), the Hors Pistes festival is now held on tour during the Centre's closure (2025-2030), under the name Hors Champs, in various cultural venues in France.
Centre Pompidou (before closure):
Metro: Rambuteau (line 11), Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 and 11).
Prices
The festival is traditionally free.
Contact
Centre Pompidou
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris
Website: www.centrepompidou.fr
Hors Pistes: Twenty Years of Exploring Moving Images
Since its first edition in 2006, the Hors Pistes festival has established itself as a unique event on the Parisian cultural scene. Conceived as a research laboratory within the Centre Pompidou's programming, it explores new creative territories around moving images each year, with a resolutely multidisciplinary approach blending cinema, visual arts, performance, and live performance.
Each edition is built around a unifying theme that permeates the entire program: exhibitions, film screenings, performances, concerts, and round tables. Over the years, the festival has addressed subjects as varied as 'The People of Images', 'The Ages of the Image', 'The Ecology of Images', or 'The Rules of Sport', inviting filmmakers, choreographers, artists, and thinkers to question our relationship with images and their narrative power.
From the Centre Pompidou to the Territories: The Metamorphosis into Hors Champs
The closure of the Centre Pompidou for renovation work starting in 2025 marked a major turning point for the festival. Rather than suspending its activity, Hors Pistes reinvented itself under the name 'Hors Champs', becoming a touring festival that radiates throughout the region as part of the Centre Pompidou's 'Constellation' program. This metamorphosis is part of the Centre's commitment to continue its dissemination and creation mission during the five years of renovation.
A First Edition of Hors Champs in Picardy
The first edition of Hors Champs, titled 'What if we flew away?', took place from May to June 2025 at the Quadrilatère — Art Center of Beauvais and in the village of Hermes, in the Oise department. This inaugural edition explored the links between reality and imagination, between rural landscapes and fantastic elements, through installations, screenings, performances, and concerts, in dialogue with the inhabitants and the territory.
A Festival That Pushes the Boundaries of the Image
Whether in the form of Hors Pistes at the Centre Pompidou or Hors Champs on tour, this festival remains true to its original mission: to push the boundaries of moving images, question the forms of visual representation, and create bridges between artistic disciplines. It constitutes a rare space for freedom and experimentation in the French festival landscape.
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