32nd Ice Sculpture Competition

Description

The magic of the ice !
The 32st Ice Sculpture contest will last 4 days and welcomes 20 sculptors. The last day a musical and light show will close the contest.

Contest begins on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
Contest ends Friday, January 12, 2024 at 12:00 noon.

The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, 3 km from Valloire.

FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
Introduction to Ice Sculpture with the sculptor Sébastien Dieu from 10am to 12pm and from 3pm to 6pm from Tuesday to Thursday and from 10am to 12pm on Friday.

From Tuesday to Friday, you can see and encourage the sculptors by day and by night.
(Please note that depending on the weather, the sculptures may be protected and therefore difficult to see during the day)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024 :*
12pm: end of the competition
3pm: Jury's visit
6pm: Prize-giving ceremony followed by a show and fireworks.

SATURDAY 13 and SUNDAY 14 January
Come and admire the works by day and by night, the sculptures will be illuminated until Sunday evening

* Program indicative, may be subject to change.

On this occasion, additional free shuttles will run between Valloire and Les Verneys, at the usual stops, between 3pm and 9pm.
After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (depending on weather conditions).



The teams of the 2023 edition* :
GERMANY - LEVY Simone Carole - "Empathy
BELGIUM - VAN BESIEN Maxime - "Winning strategy
DENMARK - DUSAVITSKIY Gleb - "I believe I can fly
SPAIN - JORDA Enrique - "Bubble flow
ITALY - PERRON Maurizio - "Filter
LITHUANIA - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - "Zzzzzzzip
MEXICO - CHACON Antonio - "Wake up butterfly
MONGOLIA - KHASHBAATAR Solongo - "The inspire
NETHERLANDS - RODERS Ludo - "Give your thoughts wings
CZECH REP. - LASTOVICKA Jiri - "Last drop
UNITED KINGDOM - THOMPSON Mark - "Moonage - Blue Moon
TAIWAN - CHEN Jun-Rong - "Watch-listen
TURKEY - KONAK Ceyhun - "Cubes
UKRAINE - TKACHIVSKYI Ihor - "Eternal Dance
FRANCE - DUCRET Maxime - " Vous prendsz bien une tasse de thé " (You will have a cup of tea)
FRANCE - LESIGNE Stéphane - "House of Cards
FRANCE - MARASTONI André - "Le Coccolithophore
FRANCE - NOTTARIS Joël - "Posons l'armure
FRANCE - VEUILLET Pascal - "Temporal Transparency
FRANCE - CALLON Pierre - "SOS

* The number and the teams may be subject to change


THE PRIZES OF THE 2023 COMPETITION
JURY PRIZE
1st Jury Prize : " Zzzzzzip " - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - LITHUANIA
2nd Jury Prize: " The Inspire " KHASHBAATAR Solongo - MONGOLIA
3rd Jury Prize : " I believe I can fly " - DUSAVITSKIY Gleb - DENMARK

Audience Award
"Zzzzzzip " - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - LITHUANIA

Young Audience Award
"You'll have a cup of tea" - DUCRET Maxime - France

ARTISTS Award
Ex-aequo : " Filter " - PERRON Maurizio - Italy
"Bubble Flow" - JORDA Enrique - SPAIN



THE AWARDS
3 Jury Prizes
1 Public Prize
1 Young Audience Award
1 Artists' Prize
(the sculptors participating in the Competition
vote for the sculpture they prefer)
1 Prize of the Press
1 Prize of the Internet users

THE JURY
Christian BURGER - President of the Jury
Philippe PEIGNIER
Eric MARGERY (Sculptor)
Alberte RETORNAZ - Amateur painter
Lénaïck RETORNAZ - City Councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE - Director of Valloire Tourisme and organizer of the contest