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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 to 7.00 pm, unless otherwise
indicated. Where charges apply, you can
pay on-site or purchase a Pass Nantes.
follow the green line under your feet and
drift through this 10-mile trail, with its fifty
stops.
This icon indicates you what is
to see nearby.
Site specific opening hours.
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This symbol indicates venues
that are difficult to access for visitors
with mobility issues.
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By traMway
From le lieu unique to the Ile de Nantes
Tramway line 1:
– le lieu unique: duchesse-Anne stop
– Île de Nantes: Médiathèque or
Chantiers Navals stops
– landing stage on the Isle of Nantes:
Gare Maritime stop
– Butte Sainte-Anne: Gare Maritime stop
FrEE FOr PASS NANTES HOldErS
By BUs anD rIver ferry
Pass nantes
for 1, 2 or 3 days,
discovering nantes is easy!
Offers access to every site:
the Carrousel des Mondes Marins
or the Galerie des Machines de l’île /
the museum of the Château des ducs
de Bretagne and the exhibition “Icônes,
trésors de réfugiés” / the Tour Bretagne
observation deck / the Jules Verne
Museum / the Museum of Natural History /
Escal’Atlantic (Saint-Nazaire) /
the Nantes vineyard museum /
local attractions (Bateaux Nantais cruises,
the Planetarium, the tourist train
of Nantes…) and public transport
(buses, except for the airport shuttle).
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COST: Full PrICE €25 (FOr 24H), €35 (FOr 48H),
€45 (FOr 72H). THE PASS NANTES IS ON SAlE AT
NANTES.TOurISME OFFICES
ANd ON WWW.NANTES-TOurISME.COM.
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– Île de Nantes: take the C5 bus from
SNCF train station.
– Trentemoult: the Navibus loire river
ferry provides a crossing on the loire
between Gare Maritime and Trentemoult
(south bank). Every 20 minutes / crossing
time 10 minutes.
FrEE FOr PASS NANTES HOldErS
WWW.TAN.Fr
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WHERE TO EAT?
use the mobile version the “Guide des
Tables de Nantes” on your smartphone
(Fr-GB) and you’ll find jury-selected
addresses for some of the best tables
in town!
www.lestablesdenantes.fr/en
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A green line will guide you throughout the city, taking you from the
remarkable examples of the city’s architectural heritage to exciting
views of the landscape, from cultural spaces to an installation that
might leap out at you down some random side street or riverbank
between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire!
Every year, Nantes reveals itself through a cultural itinerary where
art meets landscape, and the architecturally old and new come together.
A place where it is possible to enjoy a panoramic view of the city from
Le Nid, to feel the all 49 tonnes of a mechanical Great Elephant in
movement during its stroll along the Loire, to fast-forward through
centuries of history in the Château des ducs de Bretagne, or to try
your hand at a new sport with a “basketball tree” (L’Arbre à Basket)…
Nearly fifty thrilling and poetic stops are yours to (re)discover.
No other city has an atmosphere as diverse as Nantes in the summer.
With a new Voyage, from July 1st to August 28th 2016, the city is a little
more electric than usual.
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1. lE lIEu uNIQuE
2. ATElIEr lEBrAS
3. CANAl SAINT-FÉlIX, NYMPHÉA, A. lECCIA
4. SQuArE MErCœur, K. MAruYAMA
5. FEYDBALL, BArrÉ-lAMBOT ArCHITECTES
6. CHÂTEAu dES duCS dE BrETAGNE
7. PASSAGE SAINTE-CrOIX
8. PlACE du BOuFFAY, J. BErTHIEr
9. TEMPlE du GOÛT
10. STATIONS GOurMANdES
11. PISCINE lÉO-lAGrANGE, J. SAlAud
12. PASS. SCHœlCHEr, POINT dE VuE F. MOrEllET
13. PAlAIS dE JuSTICE
14. ESPÉrANCE CAFÉ, LA POINTE NOIRE, KATrA
15. lE 1, « CANADIENNE », FICHTrE
16. PING-PONG PARK, l. PErBOS
17. L’ABSENCE, ATElIEr VAN lIESHOuT
18. ENSA NANTES, ECHOES, J. COTTENCIN
19. BÂT. MANNY, A. BullOCH / r. JulIuS
20. BÂT. AETHICA, MÈTRE À RUBAN, l. BOurGEAT
21. OSCILLATION, ATElIEr VECTEur
22. BÂTIMENT B
23. Bd lÉON-BurEAu, TRAVERSES, A. BOrY
24. STErEOluX
25. STATION PrOuVÉ
26. LES ANNEAUX, d. BurEN / P. BOuCHAIN
27. QuAI dES ANTIllES, LE POTAGER DE LA CANTINE
28. LE SKATE Ô DROME, FICHTrE
29. lA CANTINE du VOYAGE
30. HAB GAlErIE, A. lECCIA
31. RÉSOLUTION DES FORCES EN PRÉSENCE, V. MAuGEr
32. LES HÔTES, FICHTrE
33. ON VA MARCHER SUR LA LUNE, dETrOIT ArCHITECTES
34. lA CAlE 2
35. CArrOuSEl dES MONdES MArINS
35. lES MACHINES dE l’ÎlE
36. L’ARBRE À BASKET, A/lTA
37. MÉMOrIAl dE l’ABOlITION dE l’ESClAVAGE
38. MÉdIATHÈQuE JACQuES-dEMY
39. COurS CAMBrONNE, P.A. rEMY
40. PAlAIS dOBrÉE, lE GENTIl GArÇON
41. MuSÉuM d’HISTOIrE NATurEllE
42. THÉÂTrE GrASlIN, LA SYZYGIE, J. WEBB
43. PASSAGE POMMErAYE
44. ruE dES VIEIllES-dOuVES, COllECTION dE l’ESBANM
45. TOur BrETAGNE, LE NID, J. JullIEN
46. l’ATElIEr
47. MArCHÉ dE TAlENSAC
48. QuAI CEINErAY, lE BATEAu lAVOIr
49. ruE dES PÉNITENTES, GRAFIKAMA, PICK uP
50. GAlErIES lAFAYETTE, C. BArT
51. CATHÉdrAlE ET CrYPTES
52. JArdIN dE lA PSAlETTE, J. WEBB
53. JArdIN dES PlANTES, C. PONTI
54. ArTWOrK TO FINd, B. BuFAlINO
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De l’art Des enseIgnes
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MAIN ArEAS TO dISCOVEr SIGNS
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NANTES / CITY CENTRE
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JEAN JullIEN
Jean Jullien’s style is immediately
recognizable. His characters are sketched
in everyday moments, revealing a tender
and amusing vision of today’s societies. For
this year’s festival, he has taken over the city
with a series of posters that have been pasted
everywhere downtown, turning Nantes into
an open portfolio. Once again, the artist has
proven that drawing is a universal language
and a haven for free thinking.
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FRom ThE SAmE ARTIST: LE NID
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(SEE p.23 oN mAp: N°45).
!!! poSTERS BY JEAN JuLLIEN oN SALE IN
NANTES.TouRISmE oFFICE (oppoSITE ThE
ChâTEAu dES duCS dE BRETAgNE).
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© LISA LAUBREAUX
NANTES / CITY CENTRE
DE L’ART DES ENSEIGNES
“SHOP SIGNS”
lISA lAuBrEAuX
JÉrÉMIE rIGAudEAu
Every summer, Le Voyage à Nantes offers
a cultural itinerary through the city and tries
to become an important part of its daily life.
By asking local businesses to allow artists to
reinterpret their signage, it involves the city’s
active members in a creative process. Similar
to the last 2 years, artists have been invited
to imagine new signs. like unexpected
apparitions, their contributions disturb the
continuum of signs in Nantes’ downtown
streets.
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!!! A mAp BRINgINg TogEThER ThE SIgNS TRAIL ANd
ShopS FRom “J’AImE ThE VoYAgE” pRoJECT (SEE p.33)
IS AVAILABLE IN ThE NANTES.TouRISmE oFFICES.
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© LUCIEn CASTAInG-TAYLOR ET VÉRÉnA PARAVEL
LE LIEu uNIQuE
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luCIEN CASTAING-TAYlOr
ANd VÉrÉNA PArAVEl
This exhibition takes visitors deep into
an audiovisual immersion of the sea and
examines inexhaustible watery expanses
through the prism of industrial fishing.
Leviathan is made up of sound, video, and
static imagery, placing it in a long tradition
where seafarers are transformed into
photographic and cinematic figures. And yet,
their work resists the romantic idealization
of this tradition, choosing instead to show
a less sentimental relationship between
human and marine worlds.
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© ADOR & SEMOR
ATELIER LE BRAS
PARADE, BALADE
ET DISTORSION
AdOr & SEMOr
This duo from Nantes are taking over the
Atelier le Bras (rue Malherbe). Although
drawing makes up the base of their talent,
they’ve never shied away from exploring
different media, like murals, canvasses,
installations, animation, and more. With this
exhibition, Ador and Semor present their
workshop as an “epicentre of research.”
From a cabinet of curiosities to a series of
experiments, they stuff this space to bursting
point with their burlesque and decadent
inventions.
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© GInO MACCARInELLI
© MARTIn ARGYROGLO
© fRAnCk TOMPS
CANAL SAINT-FÉLIX
NYMPHÉA
ANGE lECCIA
Nymphéa is a video projected onto the
surface of the canal. A woman calmly floats
about in her aquatic environment. This
double presence of water in the image, and
as a medium for the image, creates a blurring
effect where the result is deeply disturbing.
This sprite is embodied by laetitia Casta,
an icon of our society who here becomes
a contemporary mythical nymph.
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e ARTWoRk VISIBLE FRom NIghTFALL.
FVIEW-poINT pARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE.
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“LA mER ALLÉE AVEC LE SoLEIL”,
AN INTRoSpECTIVE EXhIBITIoN ABouT ANgE LECCIA,
hAB gALERIE (SEE p.17, oN mAp N°30)
RIghTS To ThE ImAgE oF LAETITIA CASTA uNdER
LICENCE oF ALLARoSA pRoduCTIoNS.
SQuARE mERCoEuR
PLAYGROUND
KINYA MAruYAMA
Japanese architect and artist Kinya Maruyama
has given birth to a seamonster, freed from
the deep sands. Between the rhinoceros
heads and a dragon’s gaze, children will
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discover places to jump, play and go on
to invent their own imaginary worlds.
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!!! FREE uSE oF ThE pLAYgRouNd BY ChILdREN IS
uNdER ThE EXCLuSIVE RESpoNSIBILITY oF ThEIR
ACCompANYINg AduLTS.
CARRÉ FEYdEAu
ESpLANAdE
FEYDBALL
BArrÉ-lAMBOT
ArCHITECTS
You are invited to strap on your cleats and
step on the pitch, with its bumps, downslope,
and its odd crescent-shape. The audience
can cheer players on while facing a large,
gleaming totem where what they see is
reversed: the mirror is warped so that the
field and goalposts remain normal, while
the players and the ball are deformed.
Just one of the ways of bringing together
the joys of watching a game and playing it!
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ACCompANYINg AduLTS.
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UNDERCURRENT
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duCS dE BRETAgNE
NANTES MUSEUM
OF HISTORY
Collective HeHe (Helen Evans and Heiko
Hansen) does not shy away from humour
when questioning our contemporary use
of energy and current modes of production.
Here, their massive artwork has fallen into
the narrow basin of the castle moat,
disrupting the idyll of the city and playing
with time. Although the absurdity of the
image will make you smile, one hopes it will
also question the aesthetic, historical and
heritage values we bestow upon monuments
over time.
In the heart of the medieval quarter, the
Château des ducs de Bretagne welcomes
the Nantes Museum of History, whose
scenography offers a walking tour
punctuated with 1 150 objects as well as
interactive multimedia displays that are
aesthetic, fun, and educational. discover
the rebirth of the museum with its newly
enriched collections pertaining to Nantes’
history (the slave trade, World War I and II…)
thanks to local collection drives, and a new
extension showcasing the city’s history from
1945 to today.
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FREE ACCESS To ThE CouRTYARd ANd RAmpARTS:
8.30 Am – 8.00 pm.
CASTLE INTERIoRS, muSEum ANd EXhIBITIoN:
10.00 Am – 7.00 pm.
AdmISSIoN: €5 / €8.
FREE AdmISSIoN FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS.
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ChâTEAu dES
duCS dE BRETAgNE
ICÔNES, TRÉSORS
DE RÉFUGIÉS
EXHIBITION
In 1923, the Treaty of lausanne was signed,
ending the war between Greece and Turkey
that began in 1919. It defined the terms of
forced migration on both sides.
1.3 million Greeks and 400,000 Muslims were
forced to leave their homes, leaving their
belongings behind. Many of the Greek men
and women left with their religious icons, or
those from their churches.
This exhibition sets out to reveal the different
meanings behind icons: an object that travels,
protects or is holy, a souvenir from a life
elsewhere, from a paradise lost to a talisman
for a new start in a new place.
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AdmISSIoN: €5 / €8.
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© kALLIOPI LEMOS
ChâTEAu dES duCS dE
BRETAgNE (CouRTYARd)
PLEDGES
KAllIOPI lEMOS
Echoing the exhibition, Kalliopi lemos is
presenting Pledges, which can be described
as an allegory for a journey filled with hope
and the memories of exiled populations.
Pledges represents a Turkish boat that was
abandoned after transporting migrants to the
Greek islands. It is covered in thousands of
“tamata” or handmade votive offerings that
are left in Orthodox churches by migrants to
overcome the challenges of an uncertain
journey awaiting them.
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DE L’ART DES ENSEIGNES, Shop SIgNS REVISITEd,
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© VILLE DE nAnTES – MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS
PhOTOGRAPhIE : C. CLOS / ADAGP, PARIS 2016
pASSAgE SAINTE-CRoIX
MUSÉE NOMADE:
EN ROUTE
A PrOPOSAl BY THE FINE
ArTS MuSEuM OF NANTES
The Fine Arts Museum presents its
masterpieces through the Musée nomade.
The idea is a game of echoes where artworks
are (re-)interpreted and Nantes’ architectural
heritage is discovered in a whole new light.
This year, the museum invites the public to a
three-stop itinerary based on the theme of
travelling: a selection of works centred
around “Imaginary and interior journeys” in
Passage Sainte-Croix, “along the highways
and byways of art” in Temple du Goût and
around “The Other, Elsewhere” in l’Atelier.
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oThER SITES CoNCERNEd BY ThE pRoJECT (SEE
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oN mAp p.2-3): TEmpLE du goûT (N°9), L’ATELIER (N°46).
DE L’ART DES ENSEIGNES, Shop SIgNS REVISITEd,
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RuE dE LA JuIVERIE (SEE p.4).
SkETCh © jULIEn BERThIER, ADAGP, PARIS, 2016
pLACE du BouFFAY
teMPs Étrangers
JulIEN BErTHIEr
This year’s vast renovation of the tramway
system in Place du Bouffay has made it a little
trickier to feature an artwork... But public
works are part of the city! Julien Berthier
has thought a gigantic mobile suspended to
a crane as an extension of the construction
site. The simple round shapes, primary
colours, slight pendulum movements and
unstable equilibrium are reminiscent of
Alexander Calder’s own mobiles. did
the workers use their spare time to create
this colossal sculpture?
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ThE WoRk, TEMPS ÉTRANGERS IS INSpIREd BY ALEXANdER
CALdER’S STANdINg moBILE REIMS, CROIX DU SUD
(1969 © CALdER FouNdATIoN NEW YoRk, AdAgE pARIS).
REIMS, CROIX DU SUD IS oN dISpLAY AT ThE LAm, muSÉE
d’ART modERNE, d’ART CoNTEmpoRAIN ET d’ART BRuT
dE LILLE mÉTRopoLE.
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LÉo-LAgRANgE
SWImmINg pooL
MES TRIPES SONT DES
POISSONS D’ARGENT
JulIEN SAlAud
Julien Salaud questions the bonds and
symbols uniting man and nature. Here,
he pursues his vision of a natural element:
water. An immaculate white, human-sized
character stands next to a diving platform of
the swimming pool. Out of its stomach spill
several hundred silverfish, moving about
collectively, floating in the air before
reuniting to create a new giant fish. Julien
Salaud takes us to a place where these
symbiotic beings “owe more to the
irrationality of a legend than the morality
of a fable.”
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© j.D. BILLAUD / nAUTILUS
hARmoNIE
ATLANTIQuE BuILdINg
DE TEMPS EN TEMPS
FrANÇOIS MOrEllET
The building for the insurance company
Harmonie Atlantique has become the
medium for a new image. Here, François
Morellet has created a work that constantly
changes and thereby avoids the tiresome
vision of an unchanging artwork. Everyday,
using three luminous “coverings”, the façade
allows clouds, a sun, or the rain to appear,
announcing the weather in few hours’ time!
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LAW CouRTS, BY ARChITECT JEAN NouVEL
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QuAI FRANÇoISmITTERRANd
ESpÉRANCE CAFÉ
LA POINTE NOIRE
STudIO KATrA
Espérance Café invited Studio Katra
– an agency of young designers from Nantes –
to redesign their exterior patio. La Pointe
Noire is made up of different units situated
along the quay, resembling the huts one
might find in coffee plantations. The materials
chosen, darkened wood and burlap textures,
were also linked to the roasting and
harvesting of coffee.
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© BERnARD REnOUX
RESTAuRANT LE 1
« CANADIENNE »
COllECTIF FICHTrE
Collectif Fichtre is made up of visual artists,
architects, gardeners and specialized workers.
They are used to acting outside the narrow
confines of architecture to work in other
disciplines (urban planning, scenography,
design, contemporary art, or dIY) and
manually build objects that offer the chance
to experience spaces as if they were
playgrounds.
For the restaurant le 1, Fichtre has
redesigned its patio. In their own words,
it is “a shelter made of beams and canvas
where one can wile away the Indian summer
on the prairies along the loire”.
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© GInO MACCARInELLI
QuAI FRANÇoISmITTERRANd
PING-PONG PARK
lAurENT PErBOS
FoRECouRT oF ThE
ARChITECTuRE SChooL
L’ABSENCE
ATElIEr VAN lIESHOuT
The world of sports is very present in
laurent Perbos’ work. He regularly enjoys
transforming terrains and other sportsrelated elements (a soccer ball, a dartboard...)
by giving them new proportions. Once
modified, these nevertheless familiar objects
offer a new reflection on notions of failure,
victory and competition. With this work,
laurent Perbos imagines a unique play area
with a set of revisited ping pong tables that
can be enjoyed as a duo or in teams!
L’Absence interacts with the surrounding
architectural environment. The sculpture
looks like a moving, living mass, with multiple
protrusions. This blue landmark is habitable:
the artist has created a place to live and have
discussions. L’Absence is in turn a bar, a
sculpture, a comment on today’s architecture
that will fuel students’ imagination.
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RACkETS ANd BALLS ARE AVAILABLE
AT ThE RESTAuRANT “Au BuREAu”.
FmoBILITY ThRough ThE gRASSY
SuRFACES IS dIFFICuLT.
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ECHOES BY JoCELYN CoTTENCIN, A gRAphIC ANd
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RuE LA-NouE-BRAS-dEFER / mANNY BuILdINg
THE ZEBRA CROSSING,
REGULATIONS AND
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
ANGElA BullOCH
AIR
rOlF JulIuS
Installation artist Angela Bulloch aims to
upset current systems, structures or rules.
Inspired by British-style pedestrian crossings,
with their famous Belisha Beacons, she has
redesigned public spaces, sowing doubt in
pedestrians’ minds…
Air can only be heard by people walking past
the Manny building. Hidden under the
building’s metal skin, speakers produce the
discrete sounds of clinking metal and distant
bird song. Both a sculptor and a musician,
rolf Julius has made an “audible façade”.
© BERnARD REnOUX
RuE LA-NouE-BRAS-dEFER / AEThICA BuILdINg
MÈTRE À RUBAN
lIlIAN BOurGEAT
This artist takes great pains to supersize
everyday objects, while preserving their
exact original appearance. The work appears
as if it were a monument dedicated to the
simplicity of an everyday tool – but one
which turns constructions from our
imagination into concrete reality. This
gigantic measuring tape is splayed out in
the courtyard of the headquarters of Aethica,
a construction company.
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RuE dE LA
TouR-d’AuVERgNE
OSCILLATION
ATElIEr VECTEur
Taking advantage of the construction of a
new building in the Quartier de la création
neighbourhood, Oscillation takes the large
fence hiding the site and turns it into a portal
sucking visitors inside and transforming them
into spectators of their environment. This
wooden structure immediately plays with
one’s senses: smell, light and shadow,
the sound of the flooring... Everything
participates in sudden sensory immersion.
Oscillation invites visitors to travel and
contemplate.
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© RYSzwARD SwIERAD (STUDIO GRAPhIqUE)
DESIGnER : DAMIEn hAMOn
BâTImENT B
WOOD & CONSTRUCTION
OF LIVING SPACES IN
PAYS DE LA LOIRE
CrEATION, dESIGNING
OBJECTS ANd SPACE
A PrOPOSAl BY ATlANBOIS
lumber and woodworking have a long
history in Nantes and the Pays de la loire
region. They are constantly being reinvented
in a territory that favours emerging talent,
new economic experiments and the
expression of new needs.
Bâtiment B is currently showcasing incredibly
creative examples of wooden furniture, while
asking the all-important question: what
objects and projects will equip our interiors
in the future? By offering centre-stage to
the region’s initiatives and savoir-faire,
it hopes to find an answer.
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© BEnjAMIn ADAM
BouLEVARd
LÉoN-BuREAu
TRAVERSES
AurÉlIEN BOrY
relive this past season through their drawings.
These sketches, illustrations and
watercolours allow visitors to experience
the different ways individual artists have
interpreted a show, an artist, or the overall
atmosphere of a concert.
Stage director Aurélien Bory has left the
dark corners of the theatre to transform a
busy corner of the city. He has taken over
Boulevard léon-Bureau and endowed it
with generous, curved lines connecting both
sides of the boulevard by crossing four major
plateaus. The result is a lively and chaotic
flow of lines, far from the rectilinear nature
of run-of-the-mill pedestrian passages.
This project shuns the Euclidian axiom of
the shortest distance between two points.
So, don’t bother looking for the shortest
path – there isn’t one!
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STEREoLuX
PAPIERS SONORES
All year long, a collective of 21 illustrators
sketched concerts and performances at
Stereolux. Papiers sonores offers a chance to
e FRom moNdAY To SATuRdAY, 11.00 Am – 7.00 pm.
STATIoN pRouVÉ (TouRIST oFFICE), dESIgNEd

BY JEAN pRouVÉ IN ThE 1960S (SEE oN mAp: N°25).
QuAI dES ANTILLES
LES ANNEAUX
dANIEl BurEN ANd
PATrICK BOuCHAIN
daniel Buren, one of the most famous french
contemporary visual artists in the world has
designed a series of 18 rings turned towards
the river, framing the riverscape. At night, the
rings light up – red, blue and green – to offer
yet another perspective onto the banks of the
loire.
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© ChRISTOPhE BORnET BY kRISTO
QuAI dES ANTILLES
THE VEGETABLE
GARDEN OF LA
CANTINE DU VOYAGE
Planted next to the Cantine is a new kind of
garden. Covering over 900 m2, it produces
tomatoes, basil, radishes, courgettes,
cucumbers, and more, all of which are used
make the “Petite salade de la Cantine”, which
changes according to season and harvest.
Olivier durand, a well-known gardener
among French chefs, has rehabilitated some
of Nantes’ traditional farming techniques,
which he mixes with other systems
encountered throughout his many travels.
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QuAI dES ANTILLES
LA CANTINE du VoYAgE
SKATE Ô DROME
A PrOJECT BY uNITY 4 rIdE
CONCEPT ANd CrEATION:
COllECTIF FICHTrE
The association unity 4 ride has devised
the Skate Ô Drome: a hair-raising playground
resulting from the malicious mash-up of a
running track, a velodrome and a skatepark.
In this closed circuit, jammed with hairpin
turns and complicated by a central hump,
prepare to be wowed and thrilled, whether
on your own or with a friend.
The Skate Ô Drome is a centrifuge of the
senses, for both absolute beginners and
experienced riders alike. Its design and
construction were entrusted to Collectif
Fichtre who have once again turned space
into a playground.
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FREE uSE oF ThE pLAYgRouNd BY ChILdREN IS

uNdER ThE EXCLuSIVE RESpoNSIBILITY oF ThEIR
ACCompANYINg AduLTS. LImITEd CApACITY. hELmETS
muST BE WoRN AT ALL TImES. BRINg YouR oWN
EQuIpmENT.
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© fRAnCk TOMPS
QuAI dES ANTILLES
LA CANTINE DU VOYAGE
la Cantine sets up shop on the banks of the
loire again to tickle your tastebuds. It is an
essential stop on any “Voyage à Nantes,”
with a restaurant area, a very long bar, table
soccer, and its own pétanque terrain. la
Cantine has been colourfully dressed up by
the Nantes-based collective “Appelle-moi
papa”. They have chosen to bedeck the space
with simple shapes reminiscent of the
different vegetal groups: earthy, marine,
organic, tropical, and rural.
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RESTAuRANT: moNdAY To FRIdAY, SERVICES NooN
3.00 pm ANd 7.00 pm – 11.30 pm. ALL-dAY SATuRdAY
ANd SuNdAY NooN – mIdNIghT.
SINgLE FIXEd pRICE mENu: STARTER + mAIN dISh (oNLY
oNE dISh: ChICkEN/poTAToES) + dRINk (250 mL oF
WINE oR SoFT dRINk): €10 AT LuNCh
ANd €13 dINNER / dESSERT €3.50.
BAR: FRom SuNdAY To ThuRSdAY 11.00 Am – mIdNIghT.
FRIdAY ANd SATuRdAY: 11.00 Am – 2.00 Am.
la Mer allée aveC le soleil
© AnGE LECCIA. ADAGP, PARIS, 2016
hANgAR À BANANES
hAB gALERIE
LA MER ALLÉE
AVEC LE SOLEIL
ANGE lECCIA
Screens in a specially-designed structure –
plunge us into 45 years of artistic practice,
revealing the figures behind Ange leccia’s
singularity and beauty. The omnipresence
of water, storms, reworked TV images,
adolescence, and memorable pop songs are
only some of the themes visitors will find
here. This “introspective exhibition” obviously
ends with the sea. Or, rather, three of them:
one filmed in Super 8, the other in dVCAM,
and the last in Hd. Just like every ocean wave
is unique, every visual format tells a different
story.
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BookSToRE/gIFT Shop oF ThE hAB gALERIE.

opEN duRINg EXhIBITIoN houRS.
FoR ThE phYSICALLY dISABLEd:
FoLdINg ChAIRS ARE AVAILABLE.
CouRTESY JouSSE ENTREpRISE gALLERY.
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© BERnARD REnOUX
pARC dES ChANTIERS
(NEARBY ThE YELLoW
CRANE)
RÉSOLUTION DES
FORCES EN PRÉSENCE
VINCENT MAuGEr
Starting from simple systems and building
materials, Vincent Mauger creates objects
that play with differences in perspective and
scale, inviting visitors to constantly readjust
their physical and mental positions.
long stakes are attached to a central matrix,
creating a kinetic effect when walking around
it. like a medieval or antique war machine, its
size and volume make it majestic – and just
as equally frightening.
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STRuCTuRE ANd WALkINg oN ThE gRAVEL IS STRICTLY
FoRBIddEN.
ChILdREN ARE uNdER ThE EXCLuSIVE RESpoNSIBILITY
oF ThEIR ACCompANYINg AduLTS.
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© MARTIn ARGYROGLO
pARC dES ChANTIERS
(NEARBY ThE YELLoW
CRANE)
LES HÔTES
COllECTIF FICHTrE
Collectif Fichtre’s temporary street furniture
has been ingeniously designed and skilfully
arranged to create new social spaces. They
welcome you to their handmade tables along
the loire, for a picnic, a barbecue, games, or
just a moment of rest… As they continue to
transform existing street furniture into
playground spaces, Fichtre proves they
still have a few tricks up their sleeve!
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BBQ AVAILABLE NooN (1.00 pm – 3.00 pm)
ANd EVENINg (7.30 pm – 10.30 pm) EVERYdAY,
EXCEpT IN CASE oF STRoNg WINd.
BRINg YouR oWN Food, AS ThE “VoYAgE mEATBALL”
SoLd IN ThE BouFFAY BuTChER’S Shop (SEE oN mAp: N°8)
FSomE uNITS oN gRASSY SuRFACES ARE NoT
ACCESSIBLE.
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IN THE
© fRAnCk TOMPS
pARC dES ChANTIERS
(NEARBY ThE YELLoW
CRANE)
ON VA MARCHER
SUR LA LUNE
dETrOIT ArCHITECTES
BruNO PEINAdO
detroit Architectes joins forces with artist
Bruno Peinado for a game with the dreamiest
of names: Let’s Walk on the Moon. A soft
silvery sphere is spread out on the ground
and filled with craters. It offers a chance to
experience zero gravity (several craters have
their own trampoline) or to simply gaze at
the sky. Near the moon, the Earth hangs in
mid-air like a beacon sending a signal that
can be seen from far away!
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FREE uSE oF ThE pLAYgRouNd BY ChILdREN (oVER
3 YEARS oLd) IS uNdER ThE EXCLuSIVE RESpoNSIBILITY
oF ThEIR ACCompANYINg AduLTS.
© fRAnCk TOMPS
pARC dES ChANTIERS
LES MACHINES DE L’ÎLE
The imagination of creators Pierre Orefice
and François delarozière knows no limit.
Together, they explore treetops, the
savannah, and the deepest surfaces of the
ocean floor. In the very same spot where
massive ships were once built, a bestiary
of gigantic living machines now regularly
escape from their workshop! discover these
extraordinary machines, like the Great
Elephant, the Machine Gallery (with the big
Spider, the newest addition) or even the
Marine Worlds Carousel with its incredible
Sea Snake!
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JuLY 1ST uNTIL AuguST 31ST:
EVERYdAY, 10.00 Am – 7.00 pm. ThE VISIT CoNTINuES
1 houR AFTER ThE TICkET BooTh CLoSES.
AdmISSIoN: ELEphANT RIdE oR gALLERY: €5.50 – €8.50
CARouSEL: €3 – €8.50 (FAmILY pASS oFFEREd).
pASS NANTES: SEE CoNdITIoNS.
FoR INFo: T. 0810 12 12 25 (IN FRANCE).
CALE 2 CRÉATEuRS, CIRCuLATIoN(S)

phoTo EXhIBITIoN (SEE oN mAp: N°34).
F ThE mooN hAS BEEN REFITTEd WITh A pAThWAY.
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© MARTIn ARGYROGLO
pARC dES ChANTIERS
L’ARBRE À BASKET
AGENCE A/lTA
In front of the Maison des Hommes et des
Techniques, this “basketball tree” is available
for everyone to use! It’s immediately clear
how several people can play at the same
time: basketball hoops branch out of different
parts of a tree at varying heights, allowing for
multiple teams of any age to play. Just
because the rules are easy to learn, doesn’t
mean you cannot invent new rules using the
lines on the ground that separate the
different courts!
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BASkETBALLS ARE AVAILABLE NEARBY AT ThE STATIoN
pRouVÉ, TouRIST oFFICE (SEE oN mAp: N°25).
© fRAnCk TOMPS
QuAI dE LA FoSSE
MEMORIAL TO THE
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
KrZYSZTOF WOdICZKO
ANd JulIAN BONdEr
Along a plant-covered walk, 2,000 plaques
commemorate slave trade voyages that
departed from Nantes, as well as from other
trading ports in Africa and the Americas.
Partly underground to evoke the holds of
slave ships and partly open-air to stimulate
discussion, this memorial is unique in Europe.
Krzysztof Wodiczko received the Hiroshima
Art Prize in 1998, which rewards an artist for
his/her contribution to world peace every
year. Architect Julian Bonder is renowned for
his work mixing public space, memory, and
mass trauma experienced by populations.
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CLoSEd AT NIghT ANd duRINg ThREAT oF RIVER
FLoodINg.
LAST ACCESS 30 mN BEFoRE ThE CLoSINg TImE.
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IN THE
SkETCh © PIERRE-ALEXAnDRE REMY
la nuit © LE GEnTIL GARçOn
CouRS CAmBRoNNE
COURS À TRAVERS
PIErrE-AlEXANdrE rEMY
pALAIS doBRÉE VISITEd
BY LE gENTIL gARÇoN:
L’INCONNU ME DÉVORE
Pierre-Alexandre remy shakes up our
perspectives on a given landscape by
questioning space, form, and our own bodies.
rhythm and movement are at the very heart
of his sculptures, which appear to be light
as air. Within the rigid perspective of Cours
Cambronne, he offers fluid movement and
a touch of chaos, creating the illusion that
this sculpture could stretch out at any
given moment and pour out into the
nearby loire river.
“The unknown devours me” is the old Breton
inscription on the tower of Palais dobrée.
le Gentil Garçon obediently lets himself be
overwhelmed by curiosity and juggles the
collections of three of Nantes’ museums, as
well as his own works. Combining intellect
and sensitivity, every room is designed to be
a stop along a journey: the invisible study, the
gallery of torches, or the Martian cabinet, to
name just a few. In the summer, the palace
comes alive with shadows and reflections,
challenging the visitor’s gaze as well as their
convictions.
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LES CHALOUPES, FuRNITuRE dESIgNEd BY

JoAChIm RIVIèRE ANd dAVId dEShoRmEAuX
FRom L’ATELIER du BANC puBLIC, FoR RELAXINg
ANd REAdINg IN ThE ShAdE (SEE oN mAp: N°38).
DE L’ART DES ENSEIGNES, Shop SIgNS REVISITEd,

dESIgNEd BY LISA LAuBREAuX, RuE dE L’hÉRoNNIèRE
(SEE p.4).
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FACCESS To ThE gRouNd FLooR. ASSISTANCE IS
AVAILABLE To VISIT ThE 1ST FLooR oF ThE ToWER.
BABY CARRIERS ARE AVAILABLE upoN REQuEST.
SEVERAL STAIRCASES: ACCompANImENT STRoNgLY
RECommENdEd.
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© PATRICk jEAn
muSÉum d’hISToIRE
NATuRELLE
MILLE MILLIARDS
DE FOURMIS
Ants appeared on Earth 120 million years
ago, and now make up several quadrillion
individuals present throughout the entire
planet. The teeming layout of Thousands of
Billions of Ants allows visitors to discover
their incredible world. A 10-metre long glass
structure serves as a window onto the
morphology of several ant farms, offering
insight into the social system and collective
behaviour responsible for their incredible
expansion. Come and see the museum
transformed into a giant ant colony!
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FREE AdmISSIoN FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS.
IN ThE gARdEN: THERE’S NO PLACE CALLED HOME
(NANTES), A SouNd INSTALLATIoN BY JAmES WEBB
(SEE p. 25).
DE L’ART DES ENSEIGNES, Shop SIgNS REVISITEd,

dESIgNEd BY JÉRÉmIE RIgAudEAu, pLACE LAdmIRAuLT,
RuE SCRIBE (SEE p.4).
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© BERnARD REnOUX
ThÉâTRE gRASLIN
LA SYZYGIE
JAMES WEBB
South African artist, James Webb, has
decided to probe the soul of Théâtre Graslin.
After inviting different experts (an architect,
an astrologist, an historian, a stage manager,
a medium, and a psychologist) to visit the
theatre and “read” the space through the
prism of their discipline, he created with
the playwright louis Viljoen a “play”
personifying the theatre. The different
voices are played throughout the opera
house, enveloping the visitor. And, if you
listen closely, you might hear it dreaming.
With the voices of Mélodie Abad et Olivier
Birene.
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ACCESS VIA RuE CoRNEILLE.
THERE’S NO PLACE CALLED HOME (NANTES),

AN oThER SouNd INSTALLATIoN BY JAmES WEBB
(SEE p. 25).
BRASSERIE LA CIGALE (1895), A JoYFuL EXAmpLE oF

ART NouVEAu LISTEd AS AN hISToRICAL moNumENT.
pASSAgE pommERAYE.
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IN THE
BRIAC LEPRêTRE, plan, 2012 © MARC DIEULAnGARD
RuE dES VIEILLES-douVES
(NEAR pLACE RoYALE)
ARTWORKS FROM
NANTES’ FINE ARTS
SCHOOL
Familiar architectures, world-class cities in
mutation, abandoned spaces, and deserted
landscapes... Nantes’ Fine Arts School is
presenting the works of past graduates or
resident artists, along with pieces from its
newly expanded collection in fifteen shops
that have been transformed into ephemeral
exhibition spaces.
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e duRINg ShopS opENINg houRS.
FACCESSIBILITY IS VARIABLE,
dEpENdINg oN ThE Shop.
© MARC DOMAGE
TouR BRETAgNE
LE NID
JEAN JullIEN
Weighing 80,000 tons and soaring 475 feet
in the air, the Tour Bretagne is the third
highest office block in the region. The 32nd
floor offers a 360° view over the metropolis.
up here, Jean Jullien, a young prodigy in the
international world of graphic arts, creates a
fun atmosphere. A huge white bird curls
around the terrace; furniture inspired by
the animal world welcomes you.
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moNdAY: 2.15 pm – 2.00 Am. TuESdAY,
WEdNESdAY, FRIdAY, SATuRdAY : 10.00 Am – 2.00 Am.
ThuRSdAY: 10.00 Am – 4.00 Am.
SuNdAY: 10.00 Am – mIdNIghT.
AdmISSIoN: €1 (FREE uNdER 16 YEARS oLd
ANd FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS).
FVIEW oF ThE CITY IS pARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE.
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© GInO MACCARInELLI
QuAI CEINERAY
BATEAU LAVOIR
This open-air cabaret is a feast for the senses.
Men in suits will loosen their ties and roll up
their sleeves, while ladies will care little about
wrinkling their dresses when sitting on the
quay cobblestones. At noon, make room for
high-end snack food. In the evening, expect
French fries, sausages au muscadet, and fried
smelt fish in a carnival atmosphere. Every
Sunday, brunches start at noon with fresh
ingredients from the morning market, while
a modern guinguette cabaret continues
throughout the afternoon.
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opEN moNdAY To FRIdAY: NooN To mIdNIghT.
SATuRdAY: 3.00 pm To mIdNIghT,
SuNdAY NooN To 9.00 pm.
hydden trophy © R1
RuE dES pÉNITENTES
GRAFIKAMA
(SERVICE PEINTURE)
A PrOJECT CrEATEd
BY PICK uP PrOduCTION
WITH KAZY uSClEF
Grafikama (Service peinture) is the third and
final chapter in a cycle of exhibitions devoted
to graphic art throughout the world. After
latin America in 2014, and Asia last year,
Africa is this year’s honoured guest. roughly
fifteen artists from some of the continent’s
biggest cities have taken over a former
factory in rue des Pénitentes. The exhibition
has been entirely made in situ, and offers a
peek into the world of these artists who are
participating in the dynamism of
contemporary graphic creation in Africa.
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FoLLoW ThE pRogRESS oF ThE pRoJECT

oN WWW.gRAFIkAmA.Com.
F
pARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE.
ACCompANImENT IS RECommENdEd
(ACCESS To ThE 1ST FLooR VIA A LARgE STAIRCASE).
SUSPENS DE NANTES, INSTALLATIoN BY CÉCILE BART,

gALERIES LAFAYETTE – 3 FLooR (SEE oN mAp: N°50).
Rd
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IN THE
© P. GIRAUD, D. PILLET
RÉGIOn DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE – InVEnTAIRE GÉnÉRAL
© BERnARD REnOUX
CAThÉdRALE SAINTpIERRE-ET-SAINT-pAuL
TomBEAu dE FRANÇoIS II
MICHEL COLOMBE
JARdIN dE LA pSALETTE
THERE’S NO PLACE
CALLED HOME (NANTES)
JAMES WEBB
Anne de Bretagne commissioned Michel
Colombe to make the white Carrara marble
tomb – a masterpiece influenced by the
Italian renaissance – which is covered in
symbolic representations and houses the
remains of her parents, François II and
Marguerite de Foix, the last duke of Brittany’s
second wife. By entering the cathedral
through the crypts (via Cours Saint-Pierre),
discover the fascinating history of the tomb.
There’s no place called home (Nantes) is a
sound installation where exotic bird songs
are played through speakers hidden in the
branches. In Square de la Psalette, birds
from distant latitudes (Western Meadowlark
– Sturnella neglecta) can be heard singing
to mark their territory or attract a mate.
But, removed from their original context,
their song becomes a call to strangers,
vagabonds, and lost travellers. They might
also be seen as a metaphor for migratory
populations and the notion of hospitality.
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CRYpTS: EVERYdAY, 10.00 Am – 7.00 pm.
No ACCESS duRINg SERVICES.
FCRYpTS ANd VIEW-poINT NoT ACCESSIBLE.
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ThIS SouNd INSTALLATIoN CAN ALSo BE
dISCoVEREd IN ThE gARdENS oF ThE muSÉum
d’hISToIRE NATuRELLE WITh SoNgS oF A CApE WEAVER
– PLOCEUS CAPENSIS (SEE oN mAp: N°41).
FRom ThE SAmE ARTIST: LA SYZYGIE,

ThÉâTRE gRASLIN (SEE oN mAp: N°42).
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© VILLE DE nAnTES
JARdIN dES pLANTES
LE JARDIN KADUPO
ClAudE PONTI
A PrOJECT CrEATEd BY THE CITY’S
PArK ANd ENVIrONMENT dPT.
Illustrator and well-known author of
children’s literature, Claude Ponti has been
invited again to bring his dreamlike universe
to life in one of France’s biggest public
gardens. These unique creations have been
imagined exclusively for the botanical garden,
where you can walk underneath a Giant
Bench, try to sit down on Togobans (half
benches-half slides), and this summer,
a heap of pots comes to life, inviting
visitors to follow them in their adventure…
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© BEnEDETTO BUfALInO. ADAGP, PARIS, 2016
SomEWhERE
IN ThE CITY CENTER
ÉVASION URBAINE
BENEdETTO BuFAlINO
At a time where cellphones are everywhere,
a telephone booth from the 80s makes a
comeback in town! Benedetto Bufalino
returns this endangered urban species
to its rightful place, only this time
the glass cage has been transformed into
an aquarium and filled with colourful exotic
fish. It extends a brief invitation to travel
to distant seascapes.
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mALAkoFF NEIghBouRhood
pETITE AmAzoNIE
PÉAGE SAUVAGE
OBSErVATOrIuM
After enduring the bombings of WW2, this site became part of an urban renewal project
in the 1970s. Finally, when the idea of a city motorway was abandoned, nature had already
taken over. The site was called “la petite Amazonie” and is now a nature reserve with limited
access. Observatorium tells the story, using a “contemporary fairy tale”: an impressive
wooden sculpture represents a section of motorway that is at the same time both a public
place and an observatory for this unique natural environment.
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PETITS VOYAGES
EXTRAORDINAIRES
(MINI-GOLF)
JEAN BONICHON
last autumn, Nantes Camping invited local
visual artist Jean Bonichon to revamp its
miniature golf course. With Petits Voyages
Extraordinaires, he invites us to explore the
world of Jules Verne’s novels and their
oddities through his humorous lens. Seven
fantastic works are yours to discover on the
15-hole course, beginning with a 4-metre tall,
upside-down hot-air balloon tribute to the
novel Five Weeks in a Balloon!
But, before you reach the end, that little
white ball will have to make its way through
desert, ocean, and the lunar surface!
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AdmISSIoN: €8 / €6 (uNdER 10 YEARS oLd).
FNoT ACCESSIBLE.
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© RSA COSMOS – PLAnÉTARIUM DE nAnTES
ChANTENAY
NEIghBouRhood
BuTTE SAINTE-ANNE
PLANÉTARIUM
For the second year in a row, the
Planetarium’s simulator has been transformed
into a tool for artistic expression. using data
validated by the scientific community,
movements and traced lines turn science into
art for your viewing pleasure. Astronomy
instantly becomes poetry… An extraordinary
visual experience awaits.
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(EVERYdAY, EXCEpT SATuRdAY) / duRATIoN: 30 mIN.
FREE AdmISSIoN, SuBJECT To ThE 51 SEATS AVAILABLE,
No RESERVATIoN.
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pôle nord, 2001 © ÉRIC fOnTEnEAU
ChANTENAY
NEIghBouRhood
muSÉE JuLES-VERNE
PANORAMA
ÉrIC FONTENEAu
Éric Fonteneau has created a dialogue
with Jules Verne’s work on the theme
of the geographical imaginary. Panorama
showcases a series of graphic objects,
connecting them to the museum and
its collection, where the visitor discovers
different techniques of representation and
scales of perception, as well as optical
systems. The scenography melds the works
and installations into a unified artistic idea,
while a geographic itinerary echoes that of
Jules Verne’s in a panorama of the museum.
© BERnARD REnOUX
REzÉ (TRENTEmouLT)
LE PENDULE
rOMAN SIGNEr
For roman Signer, plants are endowed
with many qualities: proximity to the river,
complex mechanics, and the ability to
transform matter. It is these qualities and
evocative power that Signer wished to reveal
with his minimalist structure: a 7-meter
(25-foot) long pendulum hanging off the
building. This object regularly and inexorably
stamps time out and creates a rhythm for the
unending flow of the river, with its violent
and calm power.
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NAVIBuS FRom gARE mARITImE dE NANTES
(WITh TAN TICkET puBLIC TRANSpoRT /
FREE FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS).
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FREE AdmISSIoN FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS.
LUNAR TREE BY mRzYk ANd moRICEAu, ARTWoRk

FRom ThE ARTISTIC TRAIL ESTUAIRE.
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20 MINNANTES
FROM
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In Nantes, Saint-Nazaire and along the 60 km
of the shores of the loire river, a collection of
30 artworks created by famous artists allows
you to discover the estuary and its unusual
sites. Explore on foot, by bike, by car or
ideally by boat.
A “chimney house” perched 15 meters high,
a 7-meter-wide clock set on a concrete
batching plant, a 120-meter-long sea snake,
a soft-looking boat…
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ESTuAIRE NANTES
<> SAINT-NAzAIRE
LANDSCAPES,
ART AND RIVER
ESTUAIRE CRUISES
dEpARTuRE FRom NANTES oR SAINT-NAzAIRE
To discover the art trail, the beauty of the
loire, as well as the diversity of the
surrounding landscapes. rich wildlife areas
rub shoulders with gigantic industrial
buildings and maritime heritage sites.
ALL SITES ARE IN opEN ACCESS / WWW.ESTuAIRE.INFo
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A mAp oF ThE ESTuAIRE ITINERARY IS AVAILABLE
IN ThE NANTES.TouRISmE oFFICES.
pRICES: FRom €13 To €35.
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INFo. ANd RESERVATIoNS: WWW.NANTES-TouRISmE.Com
T. 02 40 75 75 07
UTES
20 MINNANTES
FROM
© VALERY jOnChERAY
FRom NANTES To
CLISSoN:
A JOURNEY THROUGH
THE VINEYARD
In the spirit of Estuaire Nantes<>SaintNazaire, Le Voyage à Nantes continues
its exploration of the area’s natural wealth
and turns its attention to the vineyards.
From Nantes to Clisson, this itinerary through
the vineyards of the loire Valley – designed
to gradually introduce an art trail peppered
with landscaped views, places to visit and
Muscadet wine tasting – offers exotic stops:
a sunset on the Butte de la roche, the Coing
or Goulaine Castles, walking through Parc
de la Garenne lemot…
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To dISCoVER ThIS ITINERARY ANd SuggESTEd WINE
CELLARS, pICk up ThE LEAFLET AT NANTES.TouRISmE
oFFICES.
Suggestion of some gems of this wine
making region to discover…
CHÂteaU De goUlaIne
HaUte-goUlaIne
First castle of the loire at the gates of
Nantes and the ocean, built from chalk stone
(Tufa stone), Goulaine lives on as an example
of the opulence that once reigned in this
“Valley of the Kings”. It is also the official
lu biscuit making factory.
FREE AdmISSIoN FoR pASS NANTES hoLdERS.
ClIsson
A truly picturesque place to stop in the
vineyards. On the banks of the Sèvre, here
is a quaint little town where remains of the
Middle Ages merge with Italian architecture
following the battles of the Vendée. Visit the
historic centre with its famous château and
its market hall.
DoMaIne De la garenne-leMot
gÉtIgnÉ – ClIsson
An inspiration to artists for its romantic
appearance. designed by F. lemot in a
park of 13 hectares to showcase Italian
memorabilia. Architecture from antiquity or
in a rustic style, stone, pine trees and statues
take you back in time, while the poems
carved into the rocks, take you elsewhere.
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BRETON NIGHT
CHÂTEAu dES duCS dE
BrETAGNE (COurTYArd)
23rd JulY
Every summer, the Château des ducs de
Bretagne returns to its roots, establishing
itself among the major events featuring
Breton and Celtic music. As always, this year’s
programme showcases incredible talent: The
Bagad de Nantes, Yann-Fañch Kemener, the
Irish band Beoga, the Serot-Janvier couple
and the Groove Cie brass section…
froM 6.30 PM to MIDnIgHt
aDMIssIon: €9
www.CHateaUnantes.fr
THE GIANT
SPIDER STEPS OUT
COMPAGNIE LA MACHINE
PArC dES CHANTIErS
FrOM 8th TO 10th ANd
FrOM 22nd TO 24th JulY
The Giant Spider has moved in to the Parc
des Chantiers and steps out when it suits…
www.levoyageanantes.fr / www.laMaCHIne.fr
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LES RENDEZ-VOUS
DE L’ERDRE
FrOM 25th TO 28th AuGuST
Hugely popular jazz festival along the
quays in the town centre. Water and music
combining to create a great atmosphere.
www.renDezvoUserDre.CoM
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NANTES’ MAKER CAMPUS
MACHINES DE L’ÎLE
th
th
FrOM 8 TO 10 JulY
This worldwide reference event for
innovation is a totally unique concept
regrouping demo stands, beginners’
workshops, shows and conferences on the
themes of creativity, craft for Makers and all
things do It Yourself. For 3 days, a camp of
Makers-artists take place on the Parc des
Chantiers for a walk along the loire beyond
incredible creations!
AUX HEURES
D’ÉTÉ FESTIVAL
FrOM 5th JulY
TO 12th AuGuST
This festival of world cultures offers events
daily throughout the summer, with 35 shows
and over 80 artists from all over the world.
Among the most creative concerts feature
international contemporary and traditional
music. There are also shows for young
audiences, an open-air cinema, and readings
outside in the surrounding nature.
www.lesMaCHInes-nantes.fr
nantes CIty-Centre anD varIoUs neIgHBoUrHooDs.
www.aUxHeUresete.CoM
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© LES LUnETTES DU VOYAGE (GAwS) / L’ÉTIqUETTE À BAGAGE
DU VOYAGE (fRAM) / LE kIT BISCUIT-EMPORTE-PIÈCE DUVOYAGE (TOC) /
LE RECUEIL DU VOYAGE (LES ROMAnCIERS nAnTAIS) / LA MARInIÈRE
DU VOYAGE (SAInT jAMES) / PhOTOS © GREGG BRÉhIn
© fRAnCk TOMPS
J’YTHE VOYAGE !
Shopkeepers who particularly love the
Voyage put up the green sticker on their
shop window! Some of them create original
objects (or services) especially for the event.
These goodwill ambassadors can also lead
you to the next step of the trail…
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A mAp BRINgINg TogEThER ThE SIgNS TRAIL
ANd ShopS FRom “J’AImE ThE VoYAgE” pRoJECT
IS AVAILABLE IN ThE NANTES.TouRISmE oFFICES.
NANTES.TOURISME
SHOP
Books
About Nantes, the estuary, the street theatre
company royal de luxe, children’s books
and colouring books…
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gUIDes, MaPs anD walks
Town walk guides, walks in loire Atlantique,
loire à vélo, Vélodyssée, family walks…
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VOYAGE À NANTES BranDeD ProDUCts
Posters by Jean Jullien or dr Paper, t-shirts,
badges, stickers, mugs, tote bags, pens,
notebooks…
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loCal sPeCIalItIes
Berlingot and rigolette sweets, packets
of Petit Beurre biscuits, salted butter
caramels, salt from Guérande…
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nantes.toUrIsMe InforMatIon Desk
9, rue des États (opposite the Castle), Nantes
7 days/week, from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm
statIon ProUvÉ
Boulevard de la Prairie-au-duc
Parc des Chantiers – on the Île de Nantes
7 days/week, from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm
www.nantes-toUrIsMe.CoM
T. 0 892.464.044 (€0,35/mn from France)
info@nantes-tourisme.com