What if joy became a way of inhabiting the world? For one week, artists, researchers and local residents come together to create, think and celebrate collectively.
Slash Transition in Nantes: one week to bring together art, activism and society
08 December 2025
Slash Transition in Nantes: one week to bring together art, activism and society
What if joy became a way of inhabiting the world? For one week, artists, researchers and local residents come together to create, think and celebrate collectively. Readings, performances, debates and parties: culture becomes a tool for transformation, for caring for all forms of life, and for strengthening social bonds in a world that is rapidly changing.
➝ Tuesday 9 December 2025 · 7pm · Askip · Free entry
Reading · Hate the World by Leïla Chaix
In Hate the World (Le Sabot, 2025), artist, poet and performer Leïla Chaix explores the anger, frustration and intimate fears stirred by the absurdities of contemporary life. But far from being a despairing text, her reading draws from this energy a breath of resistance and vital force — a unique way of transforming revolt into clarity and inventiveness.
With Leïla Chaix
➝ Wednesday 10 December 2025 · 6:30pm · École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes · Free entry
Panel discussion · Inhabiting Joy: creating, dwelling, sharing
How can we imagine our cities and territories as spaces of joy, hospitality and shared experience? This discussion brings together the perspectives of artists, a researcher and cultural practitioners around a shared conviction: the city can once again become a place of connection, listening and collective creation.
The panel will be held in English.
With Tamaya Sapey Triomphe, Pacôme Soissons and Leïla Haghighat. Moderation: Catarina Branco.
➝ Thursday 11 December 2025 · 6pm · Trempo · Free entry
Sound creation · Pierre Lucas: The Echo of Streams (premiere)
Pierre Lucas is a Nantes-based performance artist who blends musical creation with field recordings of the natural world. For his first solo piece, he presents an immersive and contemplative electronic performance that invites us to slow down, listen and feel. Between sound creation and ecological engagement, The Echo of Streams also shows how music can become a tool to reveal, protect and celebrate nature.
➝ Thursday 11 December 2025 · 7:30pm · Trempo · Free entry
Panel discussion · Soundscapes: listening, valuing, raising awareness
How can music become a tool to highlight and protect our environment? Through concrete initiatives and artistic creations, this panel explores the role of sound artists within a natural ecosystem undergoing transformation.
The panel will be held in English.
With Laurent Bigarella (Slikke), Pierre Lucas and Adèle de Baudouin. Moderation: Thomas Cochini.
➝ Friday 12 December 2025 · 9am–5pm · Trempo · Free, registration required
Workshops & conversations · sharing, experimenting, taking action
This day offers a space for reflection and exchange around the ecological and social challenges faced by artists and music professionals. Through experience-sharing, practical workshops, keynotes by researchers and discussion circles on eco-anxiety, participants explore concrete solutions and inspiring practices.
With Ecomusiq, Slowfest, Courts Circuits, Better Live and Hélène Jalin.
A day organised in partnership with the Ecomusiq research project. Lunch is provided.
➝ Friday 12 December · 7pm · Trempo · Free entry
Dance, resist, celebrate: clubbing workshop & DJ sets · Julien Grosvalet & Paulette Sauvage + Ketevani Davitashvili
A collective highlight to close the week! With music of struggle, the dancefloor becomes a political space: dancing is reclaiming space, expressing solidarity, resisting together, and celebrating life despite the challenges of the contemporary world.
The evening features engaged music, performances, and collective moments to experience dance as an act of freedom and resistance. An invitation to let the rhythm move you while sharing a strong message: partying can be joyful and political at the same time.
With Julien Grosvalet & Paulette Sauvage, Ketevani Davitashvili, Vikken
