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Fabrice Hyber, the eye on his Valley

2023-05-30T05:22:16.543Z

Highlights: Henri Van Melle lives in a biotope that he has restored and sown with 100,000 trees. The green man of contemporary art is resourcing in the Vendée, near his native village. "I like to be close to the village and be able to walk there to get fruits, vegetables, bread. I do not live alone in the middle of the woods, as in the tales! I am optimistic, 1000% optimistic," he says. "When I was a student, I bought the valley I saw as a child. I was 25 years old when the owner of their land died"


The green man of contemporary art is resourcing in the Vendée, near his native village, in a biotope that he has restored and sown with 100,000 trees. An optimist's view of nature.


I am optimistic, 1000% optimistic! When I open the window of my room, in the morning, in the Vendée, I see the village below. It's very nice, I hear its noises, I feel the freshness that rises from the river, the Lay, I like to be close to the village and be able to walk there to get fruits, vegetables, bread. I do not live alone in the middle of the woods, as in the tales!

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Henri Van Melle

I love this house that I have had for a few years, it is quite large, surrounded by a park of 3 hectares. I can work there, receive friends there. We walk a little and we arrive in my "Valley". When I was a student, I bought the valley I saw as a child. My parents were sheep farmers, they had land, 57 hectares at the time, of which they were just farmers. I was 25 years old when the owner of their land died. I was already registered as a farmer and was therefore able to buy these pastures.

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