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SEPTEMBER 2019 - Special summer 2019 - Nantes Tourisme
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                                                     WAY TO VISIT:
                                                     Admission to most of Le Voyage à Nantes
                                                     attractions is free for visitors daily, from 10:00 am
                                                                                                              LE VOYAGE
                                                                                                              À NANTES,
             20                                      to 7:00 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Where

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                                                     charges apply, you can pay on-site or purchase a
                                                     Pass Nantes.
                                                     follow the green line under your feet and drift
                                                     through this 12-mile trail, with its fifty stops.
                                                                                                              an artistic and
                                                     à
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                                                                                                              poetic trail in
                                                     SITE SPECIFIC OPENINg HOURS.

                                                                                                              the city
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                                                     THESE SyMbOLS INDICATE vENUES THAT ARE DIFFICULT
                                                     TO ACCESS FOR vISITORS WITH MObILITy ISSUES.
                                                                                                              Le Voyage à Nantes adapts to the city’s evolution,
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                                                     BY TRAMWAY                                               following its developments and transformations
                                                     From le lieu unique to the Île de Nantes                 like a pilot fish it just can’t get rid of.
                                                     Tramway line 1:
                                                     – le lieu unique: Duchesse-Anne stop
                                                                                                              One might call this invasive art rather than public art,
                                                     – Île de Nantes: Médiathèque or Chantiers                since these pieces seep into Nantes’ tiniest corners
                                                     Navals stops
                                                     – Butte Sainte-Anne: Gare Maritime stop
                                                                                                              and influence the overall atmosphere.
                                                     FREE FOR PASS NANTES HOLDERS
                                                     WWW.TAN.FR                                               Perhaps we have invented a new way

y    PASS NANTES
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                                                                                                              to tease the city and shake it up through
                                                     BY BUS AND RIVER FERRY
     for 1, 2 or 3 days,                             – Île de Nantes: take the C5 bus from                    creative intrusions – ones that lend
discovering Nantes is easy!                          SNCF train station.
                                                                                                              it a sense of humour and an air of
                                                     – Trentemoult: the Navibus Loire river ferry
Offers access to every site: Les Machines de l’île
(the Carrousel des Mondes Marins or the Galerie
                                                     provides a crossing on the Loire between Gare            intelligence.
                                                     Maritime and Trentemoult (south bank). Every 20
des Machines) / Château des ducs de Bretagne
                                                     minutes / crossing time 10 minutes.
(the museum and the exhibitions “Amazonie.                                                                    The Le Voyage à Nantes summer festival returns this
                                                     FREE FOR PASS NANTES HOLDERS
Le chamane et la pensée de la forêt” and “Rock!
Une histoire nantaise”) / Musée d’arts / the Tour
                                                     WWW.TAN.FR                                               year to swell the city’s permanent collection with new
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Bretagne observation deck (Le Nid) / Jules Verne                                                              installations and art works in public spaces, whether they
Museum / Museum of Natural History / the             WHERE TO EAT?
Planetarium / Le Chronographe (Rezé) /               Use the mobile version the “Guide des Tables de          are temporary or definitive. This summer, our programme
Escal’Atlantic (Saint-Nazaire) / Nantes Vineyard     Nantes” on your smartphone (FR-GB) and you’ll            completes the Le Voyage permanent guide, which presents
Museum / local attractions (Nantes City tour,        find jury-selected addresses for some of the best
Bateaux Nantais cruises, the tourist train of        tables in town!                                          56 works in our collection, along with the shop signs that
Nantes…) and public transport (buses, except for     www.lestablesdenantes.fr/en                              have become an essential stop for any trip to Nantes
the airport shuttle).                                ————————————————————————————
                                                                                                              – a trip travellers can (re)discover all year long ■
COST: FULL PRICE €25 (FOR 24H),                      SHARE YOUR VOYAGE À NANTES!
€35 (FOR 48H), €45 (FOR 72H).

THE PASS NANTES IS ON SALE AT NANTES.TOURISME                                                                 WWW.LEVOYAGEANANTES.FR
OFFICES AND ON WWW.NANTES-TOURISME.COM.              #LVAN
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                                                                                                                                                                                       reD nUMBers: NEW FOR 2019 — BlaCK nUMBers: PERMANENT SITES
                                                                                                                                                                                       1. LE LIEU UNIQUE                                           35. LES MACHINES DE L’ÎLE
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                                                                                                                                                                                       2. ATELIER VECTEUR, INtERmèDES                              36. A/LTA, ARbRE à bASkEt
                                                                        45                                                                                                             3. ANGE LECCIA, NymphéA                                     37. BLOCKHAUS DY.10, MALACHI FARRELL
                                                                                                                                                                                       4. KINYA MARUYAMA, AIRE DE JEUx                             38. QUAI DES PLANTES
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                                                                                                                                                                                       5. BARRé-LAMBOT ARCHITECTES, FEyDbALL                       39. MUSéE JULES-VERNE
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                                                                                                               16                                                                      6. CHâTEAU DES DUCS DE BRETAGNE, MUSéE D’HISTOIRE           40. PLANéTARIUM
                                                                        13                                               17                                                            6. CHâTEAU, ExPOSITION AmAzoNIE                             41. T. KAWAMATA, bELVéDèRE DE L’hERmItAgE
                                                                                                                                          18                                           6. CHâTEAU, ExPOSITION Rock !                               42. MRzYK & MORICEAU, LUNAR tREE
                                                                       36         37        22                                                                                         6. TACT ARCHITECTES ET T. ROBERT, pAySAgE gLISSé            43. DELPHINE COINDET, pAySAgE DEVANt
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                                                                                                                                                                                       7. PASSAGE SAINTE-CROIx, CéCILE BEAU                        44. LE RAYON VERT, BENOIT RONDOT
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                                                                                                                 19                                                                    8. FLORA MOSCOVICI, LE tEmpS ENtRE LES pIERRES              45. MéMORIAL DE L’ABOLITION DE L’ESCLAVAGE
                                            32                                         24                                                                                              9. PHILIPPE RAMETTE, éLogE DU pAS DE côté                   46. PHILIPPE RAMETTE, éLogE DE LA tRANSgRESSIoN
                                          31                                                                23                                                                         10. STATIONS GOURMANDES                                     47. MUSéUM D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE
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                                                              26                                                                                                                       11. MéDIATHèQUE                                             48. PLACE GRASLIN, hUmAN cLock
                                                                                                                                                                                       12. PISCINE L.-LAGRANGE, JULIEN SALAUD, mES tRIpES…         49. PASSAGE POMMERAYE
                                                                                                                                                                                       13. FRANçOIS MORELLET, DE tEmpS EN tEmpS                    50. MYRTILLE DROUET, mIcR’homE
                                                                                                                                                                                       14. PALAIS DE JUSTICE, JENNY HOLzER                         51. STéPHANE VIGNY, REcoNStItUER
                                                                                                                                                                                       15. LA poINtE NoIRE, STUDIO KATRA                           52. JEAN JULLIEN, LE NID
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     44                                                                                                                                                                                16. FICHTRE, « cANADIENNE »                                 53. KARINA BISCH, AmoURS
                    40                                                                                                                                                                 17. LAURENT PERBOS, pINg poNg pARk                          54. BATEAU LAVOIR
                                   27                                                                                                                                                  18. ENSA NANTES, RE-ox                                      55. P.A. RéMY, coURS à tRAVERS
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                               28                                                                                                                                                      18. ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT, L’AbSENcE                         56. CéCILE BART, SUSpENS DE NANtES
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                              29                                                                                                                                                       18. JOCELYN COTTENCIN, EchoES                               57. EVOR, JUNgLE INtéRIEURE
          42                                                                                                                                                                           19. ESBA NANTES, ASkIp                                      58. CATHéDRALE
                                                                                                                                                                                       20. MAISON DE L’ARCHITECTURE, TITAN                         59. MUSéE D’ARTS
43                                                                                                                                                                                     21. ROLF JULIUS, AIR                                        60. JARDIN DES PLANTES, J. LE GUILLERM
                                                                                                                                                                                       21. ANGELA BULLOCH, thE zEbRA cRoSSINg…

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                                                                                                                                                                                       24. AURéLIEN BORY, tRAVERSES                                  H    artworKs By PIerrICK sorIn’s (Cf P.18)
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                                                                                                                                                                                       26. STATION PROUVé
                                                                                                                                                                                       27. LA CANTINE DU VOYAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   a green lIne on tHe groUnD wIll gUIDe yoU to
                                                                                                                                                                                       27. LE POTAGER DE LA CANTINE
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                                                                                                                                                                                       28. DANIEL BUREN, LES ANNEAUx
                                                                                                                                                                                       29. HAB GALERIE, CLAIRE TABOURET
                                                                                                                                                                                       30. ADOR ET SEMOR, tRAFIc
                                                                                                                                                                                       31. VINCENT MAUGER, RéSoLUtIoN DES FoRcES EN pRéSENcE       an aCCessIBIlIty gUIDe InDICates tHe Most aDaPteD
                                                                                                                                                                                       32. FICHTRE, LES mEULES                                     roUtes for tHe PHysICally DIsaBleD (avaIlaBle In
                                                                                                                                                                                       33. DETROIT ARCH. & B. PEINADO, oN VA mARchER SUR LA LUNE   nantes.toUrIsMe offICes).
                                                                                                                                                                                       34. LA CALE 2 CRéATEURS
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4 — GARE-BOUFFAY – DISTRICT                                                                                                                                                                                                                     BOUFFAY – DISTRICT — 5

                                                                                       © FRANCK TOMPS, DES RIVES –                                                              APAPA ROSENTHAL & ATELIER SHIROÏ
        RICHARD MOSSE, IMAGE EXTRAITE DU FILM, 2015, 2016.                        VOYAGE DANS L’ESTUAIRE DE LA LOIRE                                                                        PHOTO © FELIPE DIAZ                                                      © PASSAGE SAINTE-CROIX / CÉCILE BEAU

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    LE LIEU UNIQUE                                               LE LIEU UNIQUE
    INCOMING                                                     DES RIVES
    rICHarD Mosse                                                VOYAGE DANS
    ———                                                          L’ESTUAIRE                                        6                                                                                               7
    War, persecutions, climate change…
                                                                 DE LA LOIRE                                           CHâTEAU DES                              à 7 DAYS/WEEK FROM 10:00 AM                            PASSAGE
    these are among the major causes                                                                                                                            TO 7:00 PM (LAST TICKETS AVAILABLE
    of mass migration – undoubtedly                              franCK toMPs anD                                      DUCS DE BRETAGNE                                                                                SAINTE-CROIx
                                                                                                                                                                30 MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING).
    the largest since WWII. With                                 gUy-PIerre CHoMette                                   AMAZONIE.                                                                                       RÉVERSION
    Incoming – an immersive video                                ———                                                   LE CHAMANE                               € INDEPENDENT VISIT WITHOUT                            CÉCIle BeaU
                                                                                                                                                                A TOUR (TICKET VALID ONE DAY): €8
    installation composed of giant                               Ports, natural reserves, arable land,
                                                                                                                       ET LA PENSÉE                             FULL FARE / €5 REDUCED FARE /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ———
    screens, filmed using a military-                            industrial districts, urban areas…                                                                                                                    For the 8th consecutive year, Passage Sainte-Croix has opened its
    grade camera with heat-detecting                             the Loire estuary is a true mosaic.                   DE LA FORÊT                              FREE AGE – 18.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       doors to Le Voyage à Nantes. For 2019, it is Cécile Beau’s turn to take

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    technology to track human                                    Guy-Pierre Chomette (texts) and                       ExHIBITION BY THE MFG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       over its spaces. Through her sculptures and sound installations, Cécile
    presence – Richard Mosse shows                                                                                     MUSéE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE GENèVE.
                                                                 Franck Tomps (photographs)                                                                         FREE FOR HOLDERS OF PASS                           Beau has built up a body of work that is both minimalist and sensory.
    the profoundly difficult and                                 travelled through it on foot and                      ———                                      NANTES OR THE ANNUAL PASS FROM                         For Réversion, she combines different trees taken from biblical

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    frequently tragic journeys of                                turned it into a fascinating travel                   Jewellery, weapons, musical              ANY OF NANTES’S MUSEUMS (€10).                         references (almond, olive, apple...). Resonating with religious and
    refugees. Photos from the heat                               story. Their long trek sweeps us out                  instruments and everyday objects                                                                medieval symbols, this exhibition reveals the myriad ways in with
                                                                                                                       by roughly fifteen indigenous                 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
    maps series complete the exhibition.                         to the edge of an unknown estuary,                                                                                                                    matter can mutate into autonomous specimens.
                                                                                                                                                                ExHIBITION TO DISCOVER THE
    ————                                                                                                               populations are featured here.
                                                                 from Nantes to Saint-Nazaire by                                                                ExCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF THE                          ————
    à FROM 28 JUNE TO 1 SEPTEMBER.                               way of Couëron, Lavau-sur-Loire,                      These material manifestations of
                                                                                                                                                                MUsÉe D’HIstoIre De nantes INSIDE
                                                                 Paimbœuf and Le Pellerin, offering                    Amazonian culture are an expression      THE CASTLE. STAGE DIVE INTO OUR
    BETWEEN 28 JUNE AND 5 JULY,
                                                                 a delicate and sensorial portrait                     of a certain symbiosis with the spirit   TEMPORARY ExHIBITION ON THE
    TUESDAY TO SATURDAY 2:00 PM-7:00
                                                                 of the estuary.                                       and forest world. This show gives        HISTORY OF ROCK’N ROLL WITH ROCK!
    PM, SUNDAY 3:00 PM-7:00 PM.
                                                                                                                        a voice to the Amerindian leaders       UNE HISTOIRE NANTAISE. TAKE IN A
    AS OF 06 JULY: 7 DAYS/WEEK,                                  ————                                                                                           NEW AND DIzzYING VIEW FROM THE
    10:00 AM-7:00 PM.                                                                                                  who work today for the preservation
                                                                                                                       of their environment and their           RAMPARTS WHILE SLIDING INTO THE
    !!! CERTAIN IMAGES MAY NOT BE                                                                                      ancestral traditions. This exhibition    CITY WITH PAYSAGE GLISSÉ, DESIGNED
    SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER VISITORS.                                                                                                                              BY TACT ARCHITECTES AND TANGUI
                                                                                                                       offers visitors an immersive
                                                                                                                                                                ROBERT. OR JUMP AROUND AT LA NUIT
                                                                                                                       experience which is completed            BRETONNE, WITH BRETON CONCERTS
                                                                                                                       by films and photographs.                AND FEST-NOz A-PLENTY ON JULY 20TH.
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6 — BoUffay-graslIn – DIstrICt                                                                                                                                                                              ÎLE DE NANTES – DISTRICT — 7

                                                                                           PHOTOGRAPHIE © JEAN YVES COUSSEAU
                                              ESQUISSE © FLORA MOSCOVICI                                  MALAKOFF — NANTES                                    RE-OX © TIM FOX                              © GREGG BRÉHIN / LVAN                                    © TITAN

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                                                                                MéDIATHèQUE                                         GALERIE LOIRE                                     éCOLE DES                                          MAISON DE
                                                                                JACQUES-DEMY                                        éCOLE NATIONALE                                   BEAUx-ARTS DE NANTES                               L’ARCHITECTURE
                                                                                PAS PERDUS.                                         SUPéRIEURE                                        SAINT-NAzAIRE                                      DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE
                                                                                SUR LE PASSAGE DE GUY                               D’ARCHITECTURE                                    ASKIP                                              VARIATIONS
                                                                                DEBORD À TRAVERS UNE                                FAN-MAGAZIN                                       ———                                                arCHIteCt: tItan
                                                                                ASSEZ COURTE UNITÉ DE TEMPS.                        re-oX                                             Three artists have created a                       ———
                                                                                Jean yves CoUsseaU                                  ———                                               “3-in-1” contemporary art gallery,                 The Titan agency invites one and
                                                                                ———                                                 Oxymore – a Nantes-based                          non-profit café, and laundromat.                   all to discover its experiments in
                                                                                pas perdus. Sur le passage de                       collective from the 1990s-2000s –                 Askip’s programme is intended                      architecture research with Variations,
                                                                                guy Debord (Art 3-Plessis, 2018)                    returns from the ashes as “RE-Ox”                 to be rhythmic, rich and diverse,                  which conjures up notions of time,
                                                                                brings together 200 photos                          for one exhibition. In 2019, RE-Ox                showcasing exhibitions,                            space, and light. This exhibition
                                                                                enhanced by 65 literary passages                    once again invites architects, artists,           contemporary music concerts,                       reveals the studies carried out
8                                                                               (from Abbesse Héloïse to Guy                        experimentalists, amateurs, and art               artist film screenings, round table                by architects who share a deep
                                                                                Debord) and supplies the material                   galleries to set up and bring together            discussions, performances, magazine                interest for both craft and material,
    VESTIGE
                                                                                of the present exhibition.                          art, architecture, sounds, writings,              releases and DJ sets. In certain                   showcasing their exploration of
    (15TH CENTURY)                                                                                                                                                                    respects, Askip revives the tradition
                                                                                Two editorial choices presided                      and illustrations through a wide array                                                               different modes of production,
    RUE DES éCHEVINS                                                            over the fifty works selected to                                                                      of old lavoirs (laundries) which,                  be they natural, manual, or digital.
                                                                                                                                    of fanzines. Fan-magazin is a place
    (PLACE DU BOUFFAY)                                                          be displayed: the theme of Nantes                   where one can immerse oneself,                    beyond their primary function,                     ————
    LE TEMPS ENTRE                                                              and photographic techniques                         be a flâneur, chill, or read, for                 were vectors of social relationships,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         à  21 JUNE TO 8 SEPTEMBER.
    LES PIERRES                                                                 of oxidization and colourization.                   architecture researchers – and                    encounters and exchanges.
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                                                                                ————                                                for everyone!                                     ————
                                                                                                                                                                                      à
    flora MosCovICI                                                                                                                                                                                                                      FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.
    ———                                                                         à 06 JULY TO 01 SEPTEMBER:                          ————                                                  FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
                                                                                7 DAYS/WEEK FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00                       ON THE ROOF-TERRASSE                          10:30 AM – 8:00 PM; FROM
    Flora Moscovici transforms the                                                                                                  OF THE SCHOOL, A CREATION
                                                                                PM. 29 JUNE TO 5 JULY: TUESDAY TO                                                                     SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
    enigmatic trace of a tall, 15th century                                                                                         SIGNED APAPA ROSENTHAL FOR
                                                                                SATURDAY FROM 1:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.                                                                     12:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
    chimney by hoping to awaken the                                                                                                 THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF

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                                                                                2 TO 28 SEPTEMBER: TUESDAY TO

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    emotional potential of this interior                                        SATURDAY FROM 1:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.                   COIFFARD BOOKSHOP.
    turned exterior. Painting with a
    brush, using a palette of bright                                                 IN THE SHADE OF CLOTILDE AND                       LA GUINGUETTE DU BELVéDèRE
    colours, her subtle shading sets the                                        BERNARD BARTO’S LE pENSEUR, THE                     (BOULEVARD GASTON-DOUMERGUE).
    chimney ablaze. Her paint adapts to                                         MéDIATHèQUE’S OUTDOOR PATIO IS
    the tonality and nature of the stones                                       THE IDEAL PLACE TO READ. DIFFERENT
                                                                                MODULES CONTAIN WORKS THAT
    by playing with transparency.
                                                                 © LVAN         ONE CAN CONSULT FREELY.
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8 — ÎLE DE NANTES – DISTRICT                                                                                                                                                                                                          ÎLE DE NANTES – DISTRICT — 9

                                                                                                          LES NIDS MAQUETTES © TADASHI KAWAMATA
                                                                                                                                                                                           CLAIRE TABOURET, TOGETHER, 2019 © MARTEN ELDER
                                                                      © PHILIPPE PIRON                           PHOTOS : JEAN-DOMINIQUE BILLAUD                                                                                                                                          © DR

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                                                                                              ATLANBOIS                                                                                                                                              LES MEULES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     fICHtre
                                                                                              BÂtIMent B                                                                                                                                             OUTDOOR FURNITURE
                                                                                              ———                                                  29                                                                                                AND BARBECUES
                                                                                              Although visitors will find one of                                                                                                                     ———
                                                                                              Tadashi Kawamata’s Nids (or “nests”)                      HAB GALERIE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fichtre is a studio created by three
                                                                                              at the outside (cf P.20); inside                          IF ONLY THE                                                                                  architects/visual artists/builders.
23                                                                                            Bâtiment B, the exhibition In ze bois
                                                                                              allows you to discover forests, wood,
                                                                                                                                                        SEA COULD SLEEP                                                                              For the Terrasse des Vents – a vast,
     RUE DE LA                                                                                                                                          ClaIre taBoUret                                                                              green and graded promenade
                                                                                              and all of this material’s applications.
     TOUR-D’AUVERGNE                                                                                                                                    WITH ASKA MATSUMIYA AND ALEx SOMERS (SOUND COMPOSITION)                                      overlooking the Loire – Fichtre
                                                                                              A saw simulator, the exploration
     LE PASSAGE                                                                               of different wood varieties with
                                                                                                                                                        ———                                                                                          dreamt up outdoor furniture with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     circular modules made of concrete
     eva JosPIn                                                                                                                                         Every Claire Tabouret show is like the new chapter of a story set
                                                                                              a magnifying glass, examples                                                                                                                           millstones. Inspired by the shape of
                                                                                                                                                        to paint. Suspended throughout the gallery space are swathes of
     ———                                                                                      of construction, playful spaces…                                                                                                                       the grain millstones used to grind
                                                                                                                                                        sails from old ships that bear paintings of human figures. They dance
     Eva Jospin is a sculptor who is curious about materials and                              visitors can enjoy these, all with                                                                                                                     cereals or spices, Fichtre invites us to
                                                                                                                                                        freely to the drafts or slight winds caused by passing visitors, and share
     craftsmanship, often creating monumental works with infinite                             the help of expert guides. And,                                                                                                                        their simple and user-friendly table
                                                                                                                                                        the gallery space with painted plaster sculptures and an original sound
     precision using modest materials. At both entrances to an alleyway,                      for the first time this year, Atlanbois                                                                                                                for a family picnic, a barbecue with
                                                                                                                                                        composition evoking the calm or crashing waves of the ocean.
     Eva Jospin has designed a massive trellis. Around the trunk, she                         also offers a chance to discover                                                                                                                       friends, or even a nap, for a relaxing
     patiently set up vines, foliage and clusters of lighter rope slightly                    the atrium located on the 1st floor                       ————
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     break along the Voyage à Nantes
     dyed in colours ranging from ochre to brick. Like a goldsmith,                           a discovery where are presented                              ExHIBITION ON DISPLAY                                                                     green line!

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     she tied and encrusted hammered elements made of brass,                                  for the occasion the models of the                        UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER.
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     copper wires and leaves made of tracing paper, thus imitating                            artist, is proposed every afternoon.
                                                                                                                                                             ON THE FAçADE OF THE HANGAR à BANANES, A WORK BY                                             BARBECUES AVAILABLE NOON
     nature’s multiple essences.                                                              ————
                                                                                              à
                                                                                                                                                        FELICE VARINI CREATED FOR THE SUItE D’écLAtS ExHIBITION IN 2013;                             (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM) AND EVENING
     ————
     à LE pASSAgE CAN BE VISITED
                                                                                                  ExHIBITION IS OPENED                                  NEARBY, DANIEL BUREN’S LES ANNEAUx, LA CANTINE DU VOYAGE                                     (7:30 PM-10:30 PM) ExCEPT IN THE
                                                                                              7 DAYS/WEEK FROM 10:00 AM                                 RESTAURANT AND THE PLAYGROUND LA coLLINE DESIGNED                                            EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.

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     EVERY DAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.                                                       TO 7:00 PM.                                               BY APPELLE-MOI PAPA.
                                                                                              DISCOVER THE ATRIUM EVERY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CERTAIN MODULES HAVE BEEN
     AN ART ET TERRITOIRE WORK / “INSPIRATIONS” REAL ESTATE PROJECT                           AFTERNOON FROM 2:00 PM                                        THE HAB GALERIE’S BOOKSTORE AND GIFT SHOP.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     PLACED ON GRASSY SURFACES.
     CONSTRUCTED BY COGEDIM ATLANTIQUE / ARCHITECT: BRIGITTE METRA.                           TO 6:00 PM.                                               CAN BE VISITED DURING GALLERY’S OPENING HOURS.
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10 — ÎLE DE NANTES – DISTRICT                                                                                                                                                                                                ÎLE DE NANTES – DISTRICT — 11

                              © JEAN-FELIX FAYOLLE                                                              © JEAN-DOMINIQUE BILLAUD / LVAN                                                           STRANGE FRUIT, 2010 © AURELIEN MOLE                           © MARTIN ARGYROGLO / LVAN

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     PARC DES CHANTIERS                                   PARC DES CHANTIERS                       The Carrousel des mondes marins                                                                                                                   LA FOSSE
     ÎLE DE NANTES                                        LES                                      is a 360° theatre, welcoming visitors
                                                                                                   to its 3 tiers where they can climb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     QUAI
     LA CALE 2                                            MACHINES                                 aboard one of its 36 sculptures.                                                                                                                  DES PLANTES
     ———
     Yet again this year, La Cale 2 gives
                                                          DE L’ÎLE                                 From the lowest point of the sea                                                                                                                  BASED ON AN IDEA BY THE PARKS AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     RECREATION SERVICE OF NANTES
                                                          ———                                      floor all the way up to its surface,
     pride of place to photography                                                                 an unbelievable mechanical                                                                                                                        ———
     with an exposition featuring                         This product of François                                                                                                                                                                   “Quai des plantes” is back for a
                                                          Delarozière’s and Pierre Orefice’s       aquarium awaits one and all.
     13 participants in the Atout                                                                  ————                                                                                                                                              2nd edition. Among this year’s new
                                                          collective imagination sits at the
                                                                                                   à
     Sud photo festival.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             features: a vegetable garden, aquatic
     This summer, La Cale 2 also offers                   crossroads of Jules Verne’s “invented        UNTIL 30 JUNE: FROM TUESDAY                                                                                                                   plants, free events every weekend,
     an opportunity to discover So Boya:                  worlds”, Leonardo de Vinci’s             TO FRIDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM,                                                                                                               and more benches and lawn chairs
     a specialist in industrial and vintage               mechanical world, and Nantes’            SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 10:00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to relax in. And, since good habits
                                                          industrial history – all in the city’s   AM TO 6:00 PM. CLOSED 01 JULY.
     furniture for young and old alike.                                                                                                                                                                                                              are hard to break… the “40 pieds”
     And, lest we forget, all our guest                   exceptional former naval shipyards.      2 TO 7 JULY AND 26 AUGUST TO 01                37
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     guinguette (open-air café) is back,
     artists right here from Nantes.                      In the galerie des Machines, the         SEPTEMBER: 7 DAYS/WEEK 10:00 AM-                    BLOCKHAUS DY.10                                                                               this time near the maillé-brézé,
                                                          tour moves to the rhythm of the          6:00 PM. 8 JULY TO 25 AUGUST: 7
     ————                                                                                                                                              HOOROR HITS                                                                                   offering refreshments and light

     à NOON TO 7:00 PM.
                                                          labouring engineers who breathe life     DAYS/WEEK 10:00 AM -7:00 PM.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     snacks every Friday evening at
                                                          into the imaginary world of the Arbre    CAN STILL BE VISITED ONE HOUR
                                                                                                                                                       MalaCHI farrell
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     cocktail hour, along with acoustic
     CLOSED MONDAYS.                                      aux hérons (Heron Tree). Here, you’ll    AFTER TICKET BOOTH CLOSES.                          ———                                                                                           concerts by local musicians.
                                                          cross paths with a 2-tonne Spider,                                                           Malachi Farrell’s installations immerse spectators in the bright and
                                                                                                   €  FARE TO RIDE THE ELEPHANT OR                                                                                                                   ————
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     à
                                                          a heron with an 8-metre wingspan,                                                            sonic choreographies of machines and connected objects. The artist
                                                                                                   IN THE GALERIE: BETWEEN €5.50 AND
                                                          a giant hummingbird and the latest       €8.50 (FAMILY FARE AVAILABLE).
                                                                                                                                                       often uses found materials and objects which he combines with state-                              OPEN 24H/DAY UNTIL
                                                          addition... a Sloth!                                                                         of-the-art IT, electronic and mechanical systems, as well as images                           27 OCTOBER. FREE EVENTS

                                                          The Grand Éléphant – a 12-metre
                                                                                                   € FARE TO RIDE THE CARROUSEL:                       and slogans taken from the media or military.                                                 ON WEEKENDS.
                                                                                                   BETWEEN €5.30 AND €8.50 (FAMILY                     For Le Blockhaus DY.10, Malachi Farrell offers an exhibition made up                          PROGRAMME AVAILABLE ON

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                                                          tall mechanical pachyderm – acts as      FARE AVAILABLE).                                                                                                                                  WWW.METROPOLE.NANTES.FR
                                                                                                                                                       of his recent “hits”, inviting visitors inside his funny and deranged world.

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                                                          the bridge between the Galerie and
                                                                                                                                                       In Dancing cameras, the visitor is filmed. In obsolescence, books are                              THE “40 PIEDS” GUINGUETTE
                                                          the carrousel des mondes marins               PASS NANTES:                                   banned and judged. charmeur de serpents shows weapons dancing                                 IS OPEN FROM TUESDAY TO SUNDAY
                                                          (Carrousel of the Seven Seas), and       SEE CONDITIONS P1.                                  to sounds of a pungi clarinet. And finally, Strange Fruit raises social,                      FROM 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM.
                                                          can carry up to 50 passengers on its
                                                                                                                                                       political, identity and territorial issues.                                                   ACOUSTIC CONCERTS EVERY FRIDAY
                                                          back.
                                                                                                                                                       ————                                                                                          STARTING AT 8:00 PM.
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12 — CHANTENAY – DISTRICT                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CHANTENAY – DISTRICT — 13
           LADY GLENARVAN ET MARY GRANT (LES ENFANTS DU
         CAPITAINE GRANT) ILLUSTRATION DE ÉDOUARD RIOU –                  IMAGE TIRÉE DE KYMA – CONCEPTION PHILIPPE                                                               MAQUETTE © TADASHI KAWAMATA
         MUSÉE JULES-VERNE, NANTES (PHOTO FRANK PELLOIS).                     BAYLAUCQ, SINDRE ULVIK PÉLADEAU COPIE                                                             PHOTO : JEAN-DOMINIQUE BILLAUD                                                              © JEAN-DOMINIQUE BILLAUD / LVAN

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     MUSéE JULES-VERNE
     HÉROÏNES DE
     LA MODERNITÉ
     “THE EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELS
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     OF FAR FROM ORDINARY WOMEN”
     ———                                                         PLANéTARIUM
     The women of Verne’s novels                                 KYMA, ONDES
     could range from young, loving,
     romantic girls, to heroic patriots,
                                                                 EN PUISSANCE
                                                                 (“KYME, POWERFUL
     to enterprising and adventurous
     women, dominant wives, cunning                              WAVES”)                                              41                                          In order to blend in with the                  44

     and ruthless spies, fantastical                             PHIlIPPe BaylaUCQ                                         BUTTE SAINTE-ANNE                      landscape, Kawamata has chosen                      GALERIE
                                                                 ———                                                                                              two types of wood: bilinga, an exotic               LE RAYON VERT
     ghost-women, and more.                                                                                                BELVÉDÈRE DE
     Bold and determined, displaying                             In Greek, kyma means “wave”.
                                                                                                                           L’HERMITAGE
                                                                                                                                                                  wood for the supporting structure,
                                                                                                                                                                  and pressure-treated grey larch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      L’ATELIER
     an unquenchable thirst for learning,
     these courageous, intelligent,
                                                                 Whether they are seismic,
                                                                 gravitational, electromagnetic,                           taDasHI KawaMata                       for the deck, fencing and meshing.                  IMAGINAIRE
     intuitive and selfless women shook                          visual, or auditory, waves are                            ———                                    The footbridge is 2.8 metres wide                   BenoIt ronDot
     up the ruling bourgeois mentality of                        present everywhere in our                                 Through his artworks, Tadashi          and 36 metres long, 10 metres of                    ———
     the time and set off on adventures                          everyday lives. Quebec-based                              Kawamata tries to create – or          which hang over the cliff almost                    An artist’s studio is intriguing and fascinating. In this work, we enter a

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     across the world. This exhibition                           Philippe Baylaucq takes an artistic                       recreate – a link between humans       20 metres off the ground.                           reconstitution of Benoit Rondot’s saturated studio, where his artwork
     pays them tribute.                                          approach when dealing with them.                          and places. For Nantes, he designed    ————                                                stands alongside rolls of paper, cans of paint, brushes, books, photos,
                                                                 Under the Planétarium dome, let                           the belvédère de l’hermitage. This         FROM THE SAME ARTIST,                           and newspapers – among other things. By generously agreeing
     ————
     à UNTIL 22 SEPTEMBER.
                                                                                                                                                                  L’obSERVAtoIRE AT LAVAU-SUR-LOIRE,                  to play along, Rondot has filled the spaces of La Galerie Rayon Vert
                                                                 yourself be carried away by this                          work is made entirely of wood that
                                                                                                                                                                  PERMANENT WORK OF THE COLLECTION                    – the former vicarage of église Sainte-Anne church – with this

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                                                                 immersive visual and sonic                                opens onto a long, narrow
                                                                                                                                                                  EStUAIRE  SAINt-NAzAIRE.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      impressive and one-of-a-kind exhibition.
     € €3 FULL FARE / €1.50 REDUCED                              experience. It is a journey between                       footbridge, which is slightly sloped
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      And then there’s his collection of worthless (if not sentimental)
     FARE / FREE - 18 YEARS.                                     the infinitely large and infinitely                       and surrounded by high fences.              THIS WORK ALSO GIVES VISITORS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      objects, like metal boxes, ball bearings, kid’s games from the 60s...

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                                                                 small, deep in the very spot where                        In doing so, it offers a framed        THE CHANCE TO FOLLOW THE GREEN
                                                                 life was eventually able to find a                        perspective of the sky and river.      LINE ALL THE WAY TO CHANTENAY                       And since he’s a passionate entomologist, Rondot also collects
         FREE FOR HOLDERS OF
                                                                 home…                                                     From a dizzying height, visitors       AND DISCOVER THE SIx NEWLY                          insects and has stunning encyclopedic volumes containing fauna

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     PASS NANTES OR AN ANNUAL PASS
     TO A MUSEUM IN NANTES (€10).                                ————                                                      step towards the void and discover     CONSTRUCTED bELVéDèRES BY                           and flora that date back to the 19th century.

                                                                 à EVERY DAY AT 6:00 PM.                                   a breathtaking view of the city        NANTES MéTROPOLE. YOU CAN                           ————
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      J ACCOMPANIMENT RECOMMENDED.
          TWO CONTEMPORARY WORKS                                                                                                                                  ALSO GO FROM THE NEARBY MUSéE
     THAT WERE INSPIRED BY VERNE AND                                                                                       and river.
                                                                                                                                                                  JULES-VERNE, THE PLANéTARIUM,
     RECENTLY MADE PART OF THE                                   FREE ADMISSION, NO RESERVATION,
                                                                                                                                                                  AND SQUARE MARCEL-SCHWOB
     ITINERARY THROUGH THE MUSEUM:                               SUBJECT TO THE 51 AVAILABLE
                                                                                                                                                                  TO DELPHINE COINDET’S PIECE AT
     JULES ET LA MÉCANIQUE DES                                   SPOTS.
                                                                                                                                                                  THE PARC DES OBLATES, OR EVEN
     SOUVENIRS, A FILM BY CATHERINE                                                                                                                               GALERIE LE RAYON VERT.
     VERHELST AND HERVé TOUGERON,
     BASED ON VERNE’S thE StoRy                                                                                                                                   COMPLETED THANKS TO THE SUPPORT
                                                                                                                                                                  OF GALEO, PROJECT PARTNER.
     oF my boyhooD; AND LE SÉLÉNITE,                                                                                                                              PROJECT MANAGEMENT: NANTES MéTROPOLE.
     A VIDEO BY JEAN BONICHON.
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                                                                                                        HUMAN CLOCK – MALACHI FARRELL, CONSTANTIN LEU,
                      © MUSÉUM DE NANTES / STUDIO KATRA                                                    LUDOVIC NOBILEAU – ESQUISSE © HUMAN CLOCK                                                                  © PHILIPPE PIRON / LVAN                    © ESQUISSE KARINA BISCH, ADAGP 2019

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     PéNICHE LE D’ô
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     SURPRENANTES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     AMOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     KarIna BIsCH
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     MUSéUM D’HISTOIRE                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Even though Karina Bisch sees
     NATURELLE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       herself first and foremost as a
     RETOUR D’ORIENT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 painter, she has also always been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     interested in the relationship
     SOIE, ÉPICES ET                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 between art and handicrafts,
     PIERRES PRÉCIEUSES                                                                                                                                                                                                                              developing a long-term project
     ———                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             called “Painting For Living” where
     From China to Nantes, this exhibition                                                                                                                                                                                                           she creates “art-à-porter” in the
     whisks visitors away to a world rich                                                                                                                                                                                                            form of scarves, dresses, bracelets,
     in colours and fragrances. Silk, tea,                                                                                                                                                                                                           and more.
     spices, sapphires, diamonds or                       48                                                                                                                                                                                         Since she enjoys the challenge
     rubies… These trading goods and                           PLACE GRASLIN                                                                                                                                                                         posed by different artistic media,
     coveted objects have been at the
     very origin of commercial and
                                                               HUMAN CLOCK                                                                                                                                                                           she accepted to renovate the D’O
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     – a former barge from the 1930s.
     cultural trade between the East
                                                               MalaCHI farrell,                                                                                                                                                                      Like a tableau vivant, the boat lights
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     and West for the past 3.000 years.                                                                                                                                                                                                              up the surrounding landscape with
     These mineralogical, botanical,                           lUDovIC noBIleaU                                                                               PLACE ROYALE                                                                           its colourful décor and patchwork
     or historical treasures were either                       ———                                                                                            RECONSTITUER                                                                           of shapes and signs.

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     taken from the History Museum’s                           human clock is a hybrid art work – half-man, half-machine – where                              stÉPHane vIgny                                                                         ————
     collections or elsewhere, and are                         the public can watch a series of “combats” between the clockmaker
                                                                                                                                                              ———
     an immediate source of curiosity                          and his machine at fixed times.
                                                                                                                                                              For Place Royale, Stéphane Vigny presents a surprising collection of

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     and wonderment!                                           Smoke, ashes, vegetation, violent winds and other elements burst out                                                                                                                  INFO & RESERVATIONS:
                                                                                                                                                              “pre-fab” sculptures made of reconstituted stone, like the kind found in               WWW.NANTESTOURISME.COM
     ————                                                      of the clock, giving the clockmaker no rest as he looks to tame the hellish
                                                                                                                                                              the decoration section of a gardening shop. These “copied copies” of
     à UNTIL 24 FEBRUARY 2020.
                                                               tempo of unfettered, all-consuming time.                                                                                                                                                  VISIT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONLY
                                                                                                                                                              Greek goddesses, mythical characters or emblematic statues of antique
                                                               While no clock adorns a public square in Nantes, the human clock                                                                                                                      ON 6 JULY FROM NOON TO 10:00 PM.
                                                                                                                                                              art are known to sometimes jazz up suburban gardens. They evoke a
     € FULL FARE €4 / REDUCED FARE €2.                         project measures the hours of the night and day, alternating between
                                                                                                                                                              mystified and glorious past, often signifying opulence and distinction.                CO-PRODUCED WITH SURPRENANTES.

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                                                               human time and machine time, proposing new rhythms and new

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                                                                                                                                                              Visitors are invited to get lost in this truly open museum of fakes!
                                                               urban rituals to synchronize and re-socialize us.
         FREE FOR HOLDERS OF THE PASS                                                                                                                         ————
     NANTES OR AN ANNUAL PASS TO ONE                           ————
                                                               à THE “CUCKOO” MAKES ITS APPEARANCE EVERY HOUR,
                                                                                                                                                                    AVAILABLE SCULPTURES
     OF NANTES’ MUSEUMS (€10).
                                                                                                                                                              FOR SALE AT: SOCIéTé LE BON VIVRE
                                                               DAY AND NIGHT. THE CLOCKMAKER’S PERFORMANCES CAN BE                                            T. + 33 (0)6 18 31 28 90 / CONTACT@LEBONVIVRE.FR
         LEAVE STROLLER AT RECEPTION.                          SEEN FROM 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM (ExCEPT 2:00 PM AND 3:00 PM).                                    (RATES AND TERMS OF DELIVERY).
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                                                           D. GHESQUIÈRE, TERRE DE PROFONDEUR, 2013           MIRCEA CANTOR, ÎNAINTE, VUE DE L’EXPOSITION            BEVIS MARTIN & CHARLIE YOULE, PLANET MAN, 2012.                                      JARDIN DES PLANTES,                   JUESTIN WEILER, CHAMBRE 107
                       © PHILIPPE PIRON / LVAN              © D. GHESQUIÈRE CNAP – PHOTO : A. MORIN                  © MUSÉE D’ARTS DE NANTES — C. CLOS                    PHOTO : MUSÉE D’ARTS DE NANTES – C.CLOS.                       JOHANN LE GUILLERM © DAVID DUBOST                © JEAN-DOMINIQUE BILLAUD / LVAN

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                                                      MUSéE D’ARTS
                                                      DE NANTES (PATIO)
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                                                      EN CHEMIN                                       59                                                    59                                                         60
     PASSAGE BOUCHAUD                                 CHarBel-JosePH H. BoUtros,                           MUSéE D’ARTS DE NANTES                                MUSéE D’ARTS                                               JARDIN DES PLANTES                                  EVERYWHERE
     EVOR                                             MarCellIne DelBeCQ, anne-
                                                      CHarlotte fInel, DoMInIQUe
                                                                                                           (CHAPELLE DE L’ORATOIRE)                              DE NANTES                                                  ATTRACTION                                          IN THE CITY
     JUngle                                           gHesQUIÈre, PatrICK neU, aBraHaM                     ÎNAINTE                                               (FORECOURT                                                 JoHann le gUIllerM                                  LES CHAMBRES
     IntÉrIeUre                                       PoInCHeval anD ÉvarIste rICHer.                      MIrCea Cantor                                         OUTSIDE MUSEUM)                                            BASED ON AN IDEA BY THE PARKS AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                D’ARTISTES
     ———                                              ———                                                  ———                                                   PLANET MAN                                                 RECREATION SERVICE OF NANTES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (ARTIST-DESIGNED
     The artist Evor’s all-consuming                  This exhibition presents the work                    The exhibition takes Romanian                         BevIs MartIn                                               ———
     passion for plants has resulted                  of roughly seven artists who look                    painter Mircea Cantor’s early                         anD CHarlIe yoUle                                          Johann Le Guillerm returns to                       HOTEL ROOMS)
     in his creation of a hanging garden              at nature through their own unique                   artistic trajectories and puts                        ———
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the Jardin des Plantes for a second                 KarIna BIsCH
     in the tiny courtyard of a private               lens. It explores the relationship                   them into perspective with what                                                                                  season with a project mixing new                    MaKIKo fUrUICHI
                                                                                                                                                                 With their fascination for outsider
     passageway: a tiny, natural                      artists maintain with the natural                    he subsequently affirmed to be at                                                                                attractions with those from last                    JUstIn weIler
                                                                                                                                                                 art, Surrealism and found objects,
                                                      world and bears witness to the                       the heart of his work: questioning                                                                               year, spread throughout all four
     wonderland which he tends to                                                                                                                                this English artist duo play with the                                                                          ———
     every day. Created for the 2018                  encounters or actions that gave birth                the notions of identity, ethics,                                                                                 corners of the park. In this park,
                                                                                                                                                                 notions of authorship and originality,                                                                         Le Voyage à Nantes has partnered
     edition of Le Voyage à Nantes,                   to forms, through sculpture, the fixed               politics, contemporary reality and                                                                               his work transforms into wooden
                                                                                                                                                                 creating a body of work that is                                                                                up with the city’s hotels to create a
     Jungle intérieure continues to                   or animated image, drawings or                       its contradictions, all at the same                                                                              structures, sign games, and
                                                                                                                                                                 essentially sculptural.                                                                                        collection of permanent hotel rooms
     blossom and spreads out into the                 stories. The notion of a relationship                time. Traces and memories are                                                                                    kineto-aquatic flowers, which
                                                                                                                                                                 planet man questions the way in                                                                                designed by artists. Painter Makiko
     space, now extending on to the                   to time as an inherent element of the                thus juxtaposed to illustrate                                                                                    colonize nature. The primary goal
                                                                                                                                                                 which the human figure is often                                                                                Furuichi redesigned a room in Hôtel
     rooftop terrace. The most curious                creative process is a particularly                   the Romanian word înainte –                                                                                      is to help us understand what
                                                                                                                                                                 used to educate children. This                                                                                 Amiral using watercolours to paint
     visitors can even hoist themselves               important part of this approach.                     an ambiguous word which,                                                                                         rules over us, and perhaps see
                                                                                                                                                                 work – an improbable object made                                                                               the walls, ceiling and furniture.
     up a few metres off the ground                   ————                                                 depending on the context, can                                                                                    the world ourselves with new
                                                                                                                                                                 up of eight planets – facetiously                                                                              Justin Weiler’s work uses shadows,
                                                      à
     using a wooden staircase and                                                                          either mean “forward” or “as                                                                                     eyes.
                                                          28 JUNE TO 25 AUGUST,                                                                                  caricatures the self-given missions                                                                            chiaroscuro shading, reflections
     view of this isle of greenery                                                                         before”.                                                                                                         ————
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            à
                                                      7 DAYS/WEEK FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00                                                                          of art and pedagogy in expressing                                                                              and transparency. For chambre
     from above.                                      PM. OPEN THURSDAYS UNTIL 9:00 PM.                    ————                                                  concepts.                                                      UNTIL 4 NOVEMBER,                               107, he used the very tall windows
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                                                      !!! TUESDAY, ONLY THE EN chEmIN                      à FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.                           ————                                                       FROM 8:30 AM TO 8:00 PM                             to transform the room into an

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (6:30 PM AS OF 23 OCTOBER).                         altar. Karina Bisch renovated the
                                                      ExHIBITION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.                    CLOSED TUESDAY. OPEN THURSDAYS
                                                      THE OTHER ROOMS IN THE MUSEUM                        UNTIL 9:00 PM.                                                                                                   L’AUtocItRoUILLE AND thE                            d’O, a former barge from the

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     STAIRCASE, ROUGHLY FORTY STEPS.                  REMAIN CLOSED.                                                                                                                                                        obSERVAtoIRE ARE ON DISPLAY                         1930s (CF P.15)
                                                                                                           € €8 FULL FARE / €4 REDUCED FARE.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            AT THE ORANGERIE: FROM 10:00 AM                     ————
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          THE CRYPTS OF CATHéDRALE                        €8 FULL FARE / €4 REDUCED FARE.                                                                                                                                   TO 6:00 PM, UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER.

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     SAINT-PIERRE AND SAINT-PAUL: FLASH                                                                        FREE FOR PASS NANTES HOLDERS
     TOURS (FREE) 7 DAYS/WEEK AT                                                                           OR FOR HOLDERS OF AN ANNUAL PASS                                                                                                                                     INFO & RESERVATIONS:

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     10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, NOON.                                                                             TO A NANTES MUSEUM (€10), AS WELL
                                                      OR FOR HOLDERS OF AN ANNUAL PASS                                                                                                                                                                                          WWW.NANTESTOURISME.COM
                                                      TO A NANTES MUSEUM (€10), AS WELL                    AS DURING LATER OPENING HOURS
                                                      AS DURING LATER OPENING HOURS                        ON THURSDAYS.                                                                                                                                                             OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONLY
                                                      ON THURSDAYS.                                                                                                                                                                                                             6 JULY NOON TO 10:00 PM.
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                                                           ESQUISSE © PIERRICK SORIN

                                                                                       IBIs style Centre-vIlle                   oKKo Hotels                               HÔtel aMIral                               raDIsson BlU
                                                                                       gare norD                                 nantes CHÂteaU                            “a fêted admiral”                          HÔtel nantes
                                                                                       “the revenge of the red Ibis”             “freaky football”                         On a small boat, a capricious admiral      “le radis sonne blu”
                                                                                       In his hotel room, a man falls asleep     In a hotel gym, a man is jogging          fires green peas from a canon at           (literally: “the radish rings blue”)
                                                                                       while watching a film about a red         chaotically on a treadmill. Across        another boat transporting a birthday       A businessman takes all his rage out
                                                                                       ibis. The ibis then metamorphoses         from him, a filmed itinerary of           cake. Out of the cake, rockets,            on a punching bag in the shape of a
                                                                                       into Thot, the Egyptian god, and the      downtown Nantes makes him feel            fireworks, and flying fish all leap out.   giant radish. When he whacks it hard

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                                                                                       customer must now defend himself.         like he’s visiting the city’s different                                              enough, the unhappy, crunchy

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                                                                                                                                 cultural spots in fast-forward.                                                      vegetable hits a gong. Knocked out,

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                                                                                       8, allÉe DU CoMManDant-CHarCot                                                          worK vIsIBle froM rUe sCrIBe,          the radish turns blue.

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                                                                                                                                 15, rUe De strasBoUrg                     UnDer tHe Hotel PorCH.
                                                                                           worK vIsIBle froM eXterIor,
                                                                                       froM allÉe DU CoMManDant-                    worK Is vIsIBle In tHe Hotel                                                      6, PlaCe arIstIDe-BrIanD
                                                                                       CHarCot.                                  DoUBle-Door entranCe.                                                                    worK vIsIBle InsIDe Hotel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      loBBy froM 7:00 aM to 11:30 PM. taKe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      aDvantage of tHe oPPortUnIty to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DIsCover tHe BAR À PARTAGER for a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      refresHIng BreaK.

                                                                                                                                                                           HÔtel DUQUesne
                                                                                                                                                                           “flambéed bananas
                                                                                                                                                                           with curé nantais cheese”
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                                                                                                                                                                           Abraham Duquesne, the lieutenant-
                                                                                       “the crêpe race”
TEMPORARY                                                                                                                                                                  général of the king’s naval forces,
                                                                                       Two Lilliputians indulge in a                                                                                                  oCeanIa HÔtel De franCe
                                                                                                                                                                           invents an entirely new recipe mixing
TRAIL IN THE CITY                                                                      choreographed dance on a breakfast                                                                                             “the shaker and
                                                                                                                                                                           exotic fruit and local cheese in a
HÔTELS ET FAUNES                                                                       table. One of them is flipping crêpes
                                                                                                                                 HÔtel voltaIre oPÉra                      hotel fireplace...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the magic fountain ”

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                                                                                       in the air and the other tries to catch                                                                                        Two nutty Lilliputians perform a
PIerrICK sorIn                                                                                                                   “Un aria sotto la doccia”
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LE CLUB                                                            them while running on a pancake                                                     12 allÉe DUQUesne                          musical number with the help of
                                                                                                                                 A terrible opera singer dressed to
HÔTELIER DE NANTES MéTROPOLE.                                                          spinning on a turntable. In vain.                                                                                              cocktail shakers. Coloured geysers

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                                                                                                                                 look like “Voltaire” practices in his          worK vIsIBle In Hotel loBBy.

                                                                                                                                                                           Ja steP oUtsIDe entranCe.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      burst forth to the rhythm of their
                                                                                                                                 hotel bathroom. He’s singing in the
Pierrick Sorin is a video artist. For the past several years, he                                                                                                                                                      musical creation.

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                                                                                            worK vIsIBle froM oUtsIDe            shower… but beware of anytime he
creates films in which he appears as a tiny hologram exploring                                                                   sings off-key: water will squirt out                                                 4, rUe CrÉBIllon
                                                                                       rUe HenrI-Iv – front wInDow
a miniature, realistic decor “as if by magic”. For 2019, Pierrick                      of l’esPaCe, tHe aDJoInIng rooM           at him!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          worK vIsIBle In tHe Hotel
Sorin has been invited to add his touch to eight of the city’s                         to l’HÔtel.
                                                                                                                                 10, rUe gresset                                                                      loBBy froM 9:00 aM to 10:00 PM.
hotels. For each of them, he has created a tiny “holographic                                                                                                                                                          taKe aDvantage of It to taKe a
play” in which he features himself in situations related to each                                                                      worK vIsIBle froM rUe gresset,                                                  BreaK at tHe Bar loCateD on tHe
place, acting as a rather atypical guest for whom the hotel                                                                      In tHe Hotel loBBy.                                                                  saMe floor.
becomes a land of oddball – and sometimes surreal                                                                                SPECIAL THANKS TO ANGERS NANTES
– experiences!                                                                                                                   OPéRA FOR LENDING THEIR COSTUMES.
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While his belvédère de l’hermitage offers an                      For the upcoming centenary of the emblematic
exceptional view of Nantes, Kawamata also plans                   Katorza movie theatre, Stéphane Vigny continues to
to take over the city itself.                                     hijack local shop signs with this tribute to burlesque
As you walk along the city, wooden structures                     cinema. Here, the cut-out silhouette of a character
resembling nests can be found in the trees,                       (bearing a striking resemblance to Buster Keaton)
on facades, and on Nantes’ historical and most                    remains unfazed even though part of the theatre’s
emblematic monuments. These strange constructions                 sign is falling on him.
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the buildings they have latched themselves onto,                  a cauldron resembling a derby and a top hat, offers
                                                                  a little shade to an abundant plant surreally placed
as if an ecosystem were slowly taking over Nantes.                                                                                                                                                                            LES TABLES

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Tadashi Kawamata’s nests offer a new poetic                       on the front window of Nantes’ oldest shop.
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                                                                      CINéMA KATORzA, RUE CORNEILLE / FALBALAS                                                                                                                ———
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