JAD BESTAUTTE

The call for projects was won by Jad Bestautte, a student in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, whose aim was to raise awareness on mental health and emotional sensitivity among young people by drawing on the evocative capacities of the Musée d’Orsay’s collections.

“I conceived this project with the idea that the museum can become a meeting place, where the artworks serve as launching points for connecting with others; a place where mental health concerns have a place.

For several weeks, adolescents receiving care at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital visited the Musée d’Orsay.

Together, we observed the artworks. Over the course of these visits, they became projective spaces, creating a resonance between 19th-century representations and today’s questionings and lived experiences.

These encounters inspired a video conceived as a sensory experience—a dialogue between past and present experiences, an echo of the works on display in this room.

Through this project, I sought to create a space for conversation and attentiveness, where voices that are often overlooked can resonate beyond the hospital walls.

Providing care involves recognizing that everyone needs a place, the opportunity to be heard, and the chance to be viewed differently.”

Jad Bestautte, winner of the Orsay Lab call for projects