In the Jura Mountains, residents who regularly engage with nature have initiated an art commission focusing on forest continuity, road infrastructure, and the presence of lynx.
Sharing a sensitive relationship with the environment, based on observation, attention, silence, and stillness, the commissioners are concerned about the ongoing transformations of the Jura forest, marked by intensive forestry, the effects of bark beetles, and increasing pressure from tourism. The road appears as a critical space, cutting through the forest and creating tension between human and wildlife movements.
The commission aims to open up a space for sensitive reflection on the place of the wild, the invisibility of the lynx, and the limits to be set on access to natural spaces, questioning our representations of nature and our human responsibilities.
This commission is part of the Lynx project, led by la Société des Nouveaux commanditaires with the support of France Nation Verte, and developed within the framework of the National Action Plan for the Eurasian Lynx (2022–2026).
It is part of an experimental approach combining a scientific commission and an artistic commission with the same group of new patrons.