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. 

08 December 2025

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Five new artists selected for Slash Transition’s second round

The Slash Transition project enters its next chapter with five new artists embarking on a journey of creation and exploration around transitions topics. Selected in September, they will take part in the training program in December 2025 in Nantes, France,(...)

08 October 2025

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Open Call for artists

Slash Transition enters its second round for another 2 years. For this new project’s chapter, we are searching for 5 new sound/music artists from Austria, France, Georgia, Portugal and Tunisia that are interested in joining the adventure and participating in(...)

28 April 2025

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Open letter: Rethinking digital practices and spaces

We, cultural and media players who benefit from EU funds ask the European Commission and its Creative Europe funding programme, to take the threats caused by the growing power of digital capitalism represented by tech giants into consideration and to(...)

22 April 2025

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Rethinking regional hospitality

During the second year of Slash Transition, Bien Urbaines agency worked on a theme that was first mentioned by the students of Nantes' Design School, while working on the project in 2023 : hospitality. This topic is at the heart(...)

09 April 2025

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Collab lab day 4: sunny day and funny night

For the last day, things were a bit more relaxed. After lunch, we all gathered for the final collective workshop at L’Art Rue. This amazing week full of discoveries, deep talks, familiar and new faces is almost wrapped up. But(...)

07 February 2025

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Collab lab day 3: a culinary adventure

Three days in, and we have successfully embarked on a flavorful journey through Tunisian cuisine. For some of us, it was even the first thing we did upon landing. Food is the best thing, the glue of cooperation and the(...)

06 February 2025

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Collab lab day 2: diving into the artists’ works

After reconnecting—or meeting for the first time—and a (sometimes short) night of sleep, we all gathered at L’Art Rue for the second day of Collab Lab, diving into the artists' works. Some latecomers finally made it, but the day was(...)

05 February 2025

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Collab Lab day 1 : Well arrived in Tunis

The Tunis collaboration lab has just kicked off! After weeks of preparation, the crew of L’Art Rue just welcomed (almost) everyone in its local in the center of the medina. Some of us didn’t make it on time, they’ve had issues(...)

04 February 2025

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Ursula’s residency in Nantes

Ursula left Austria for Nantes in France for her Slash artistic residency. Her work during the four-weeks-residency attempts to reinterpret and question the city's restructuring process and its memory. In collaboration with other local artists, she created the sound performance(...)

28 January 2025

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Fanch’s residency in Tbilisi

Fanch Dodeur, the Slash French artist, spent several weeks between September and October 2024 in Mutant Radio's neighbourhood - Chugureti - in Tbilisi, Georgia. The residency allowed for the creation of two distinct sound installations, a workshop, and a website(...)

23 January 2025

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Larie’s residency in Tunis

Larie flight from Lisbon to Tunis at the end of October 2024 for their artistic residence. They spent several weeks working with different local artists and this work resulted into the creation of CHANGE∞, a multimedia installation and performance. Discover(...)

16 January 2025

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Giorgi’s residency in Innsbruck

The Slash Georgian artist Giorgi Koberidze was in  Innsbruck (District Wilten – St. Bartlmä Area), Austria, last September for his artistic residency. His work leaded to the sound and artistic creation of Murmur – Immersing in the (Silent) Voices of(...)

06 January 2025

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Amal’s residency in Lisbon

The Slash Tunisian artist Amal Yaakoubi spent three weeks in the Beato district in Lisbon, Portugal, for her artistic residency. Discover here some images and reporting of her time there.

18 December 2024

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Call for contributions: let’s hear your voice on “Hospitality in the city”!

As part of the Slash Transition project, international local hubs associated with the project (in Nantes, Innsbruck, Tunis, Tbilisi, Lisbon) have initiated a first reflection on the question of hospitality in the city. A call for participation is launched and(...)

03 September 2024

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Lucie Mesuret: “Sound Documentary, a Tool to Explore Territories”

Combining participatory urban planning and documentary arts is the approach of Lucie Mesuret, who spoke last March in Trempo as part of Slash Transition’s training program. By using various sound production practices, she advocates for city planning "with listening and(...)

07 June 2024

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Training program in Nantes (France): daily report

There were quite some excitement in March 2024, when the selected artists and mentors (which we commonly decided to rename "local facilitators") arrived in Nantes on Wednesday 13th. After a first meeting and the discovery of several French cheeses to(...)

02 April 2024

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Immersion in Beato district, Lisbon

All along the project, discover the reality behind each experimentation territory with sounds recorded by Mutant Radio.

04 March 2024

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Discover the five selected local facilitators for the first round of Slash Transition project!

To end on a high note this first year of Slash Transition project, we are delighted to announce the first 5 selected local facilitators that will be part of Slash Transition first round. They will be in training in Nantes,(...)

09 February 2024

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Discover the five selected artists for the first round of Slash Transition project!

To end on a high note this first year of Slash Transition project, we are delighted to announce the first 5 selected artists that will be part of Slash Transition first round. They will be in training in Nantes, France(...)

07 February 2024

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Immersion in Chugureti district, Tbilisi

All along the project, discover the reality behind each experimentation territory with sound and images recorded by Mutant Radio.

07 February 2024

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Local hub diary #5 – Openspace lives up to its name: a dynamic venue open to the multifaceted Wilten neighborhood in Innsbruck

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

05 January 2024

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Local hub diary #4 – Nantes: Between major works and social transformations, Trempo is at the heart of an urban experimentation territory

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

03 January 2024

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Local hub diary #3 – Tbilisi: Navigating nature and sound in Tbilisi’s complex urban transition

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

20 December 2023

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Local hub diary #2 – Lisbon: Casa Capitão facing transformation and gentrification in the neighborhood of Beato

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

13 December 2023

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Local hub diary #1 – Tunis: L’Art Rue wants to explore the Medina while emphasizing the concept of transition in both architecture and sound

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with defining(...)

06 December 2023

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Two kick-off days in Nantes (France) to launch 4-years-project Slash Transition

On 30, 31 August and 1 September 2023, all the Slash Transition partners gathered in Nantes, France for the project kick off meeting. This brief yet intense couple of days were the opportunity to meet face to face after several(...)

20 November 2023

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