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Les Talents SATI is an art competition dedicated to emerging artists from European art schools.

Since 2014, Café SATI invites participants to invest the façade of its roasting plant located at the Rhine port on the border between Kehl and Strasbourg.

One selected project will go into production, benefit expertise, funding and an exceptional visibility in the public space.

projects supported

Awards

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Prizes and awards

Talents SATI of the year

4 000 € grant (rights purchase)
1 year of public exhibition
Fully funded production costs, installation and maintenance.

3 shortlisted projects

Individual shortlisted projects will receive a grant of 500 € each.
Pitching session transportation costs are supported by the organization.

Belgium - France - Germany - Switzerland

For emerging artists

The Talents SATI art competition is restricted to emerging artists (single or formed as an artist’s collective) from the partner art schools^(*) in Belgium, France, Germany or Switzerland.

For each project, at least the leading member of the group has to be :

recently graduated less than 5 years
or regularly enrolled for in one of the partner schools^(*)

^(*) Partners schools for 2024 : Ecole supérieure d’art et de design de Reims (FR) – Ecole nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy (FR) – École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (FR) – École supérieure d’art de Lorraine, Metz-Épinal (FR) – Haute école des arts du Rhin (FR) – Hochschule de Pforzheim (DE) – Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saarbrrücken (DE) – Köln International School of Design: KISD (DE) – Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW, Basel (CH) – Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst (CH) – Higher Institute for Fine Arts (BE)4

roadmap to the roasting plant

3 key steps

1st trimester 2025

Download the participant files

After online registration, the Talents SATI will provide the candidate with several ressources (technical datas, photos, videos, 3D and mockups …)

These materials will help the understanding of the surroundings and give clues and technical assets for the presentation of the project.

soon May 2025

Send your project

The jury will meet during a first session in May ^(*) to study the various proposal and shortlist 3 projects.

The complete artiste file consists in :

a short presentation of the artist or artist’s collective
a detailed description of the artistic project
(max. 1 A4 page, around 500 to 600 words)
a visualization of the artistic project,
a sketch, photographs, video stills etc. (as pdf A3 page)

Talents Sati

The 3 shortlisted will immediately enter in an advanced development stage to prepare for he final jury.
With the support of the production company and experts, the goal is to finalize the project and prepare the final pitch session to the final jury.
The jury will take place in Strasbourg by the end of June2025.

in pitch we trust

Submit your project to a european jury

The president of the Jury for the last edition was Sandeep Sodhi, from Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.

From March to June 2025, the jury will meet twice in the selection process to choose and follow projects.

The jury consists in :

3 inspiring people from the artistic, cultural and economic world of Belgium, Germany, France or Swiss.
An executive of Café SATI (final jury only)

Sky is the limit

Technical requirements

No limits or constraints have been set about the artistic techniques used to create the work.

The whole creative process will be under the artist supervision. A dedicated production company will assist the winner and provide expertise, project management skills and pitch coaching.

The final work will be rendered on the façade of the Café SATI plant in a 19.80 x 6.80 m format, using a high resolution stretched tarpaulin mounted on a special canvas.

After registration, the Talents SATI team will provide you with several materials (photos, videos, 3D and mockups …) to help you imagine and sketch you project.