The “Rideau” place Graslin by Stéphane Thidet. – VAN
- The Voyage à Nantes will not take place in July-August this year due to the coronavirus, but from August 8 to September 27.
- This Tuesday, Jean Blaise, the artistic director, presented the 2020 edition prepared in exceptional circumstances.
- “We have a beautiful and pleasing offer that will surprise us,” he believes, however.
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“We wanted to show that art could win …” Jean Blaise has transpired a lot, but he’s proud. This Tuesday, the artistic director of
Trip to Nantes presented the 2020 edition. Traditionally held over the two months of July and August, the event was postponed due to the coronavirus from August 8 to September 27. “It was complicated because for the first time, we were no longer in control, we were no longer planning,” says
Jean Blaise. We had to postpone works, replace some and postpone others until next year. We adapted the programming to the situation [une équipe de trois personnes a notamment travaillé sur les mesures sanitaires]. Despite all these difficulties, we have a beautiful and delightful offer that will surprise you. A green line with “an extended route to the Esclain construction site” this year. Here are some highlights.
“Rideau” place Graslin by Stéphane Thidet
This is one of the major works of the 2020 edition. Stéphane Thidet, – the same Parisian artist who had thought wolves in the castle moats in 2009 – imagined a huge waterfall covering the facade of the Graslin theater. The water will hit the steps of the theater in its fall to trickle into a huge pool. “The flow of water will be continuous, says Jean Blaise. There will however be a stop at night. If sanitary conditions allow, we can cross the curtain. “
“The brutalists” place Clémence-Lefeuvre on the island of Nantes by Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil
At the eastern tip of the island of Nantes, Feipel and Bechameil have created a sculpture, “a geometric composition that plays with the verticality of the site and the arrangement of its contemporary architecture,” specifies the VAN. With shapes and colors from the modern period. “
“Fountain” Place Royale by Elsa Sahal
“There will also be this somewhat bizarre scupture on Place Royale …”, admits Jean Blaise. She should make you smile because in the fountain of the place Royale, we will see “a pissing figure”. A 3-meter sculpture in “homage to figures of triumphant femininity”, according to the VAN.
“Nantes ici Nantes” at Mrzyk and Moriceau station
A cartoon will be projected in a lasting manner on a large screen in the mezzanine of Nantes station (normally in October). Its title: “Nantes here Nantes”. We see a character taking different forms who discovers the tangible and intangible heritage of the city. “The opportunity to show that Nantes does not communicate like the others and that’s great,” smiles Jean Blaise.
And then there will also be the events in the event with the Nantes Tables on September 25, the Nuit du Van on September 26 (exceptionally closed for this edition and if sanitary measures allow it) and the producers’ market on September 27 September.
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