Photo : Nadia Guerroui
RE-MOORING – XENO-EXHIBITION / Return from residencies
Step inside a transient creative lab where art meets quantum physics, environmental awareness, and digital nostalgia. Several residents return to share the results of their investigations, ranging from immersive soundscapes to sculptural inquiries into the human condition. It is a rare chance to witness raw research transformed into thought-provoking art, perfect for those seeking something deeper than a standard gallery visit.
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Paris 4th)
About
The Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles presents RÉ-AMARRAGE, a xeno-exhibition showcasing the artistic research of nine creators following their recent residencies. This free event, which is fully wheelchair accessible, turns the gallery into an ephemeral laboratory where finished artworks meet works in progress. Visitors can explore a diverse array of installations touching on topics such as quantum physics, the circulation of sound archives between Europe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, environmental issues, and the female condition. This unique exhibition invites you to discover these artists' creative processes from October 30 to November 14, 2026.
In residence at the Fondation Fiminco for Adrien Degioanni, at the Cité internationale des arts for Harold Lechien, Nadia Guerroui, Orso Caël, and for Céline Cuvelier in partnership with the association Françoise pour l’oeuvre contemporaine en société, known as Françoise, at Péniche Pop for Cléo Totti, at the Maison Hermès for Priscilla Beccari, and at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles|Paris for Simon Mahungu in synergy with the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, the BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the CREM-CNRS.
They occupy the gallery space as an ephemeral laboratory, mediating their research.
While some of these residencies have led to the production of "stabilized" works that will be on display in our gallery, others have allowed those who undertook them to engage in research work whose stakes are to be discovered.
The recent works of Adrien Degioanni plunge us in turn into a sensory and sonic experience of silence and anonymous voices, in the footsteps of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet and facing the artist's latest sculptural research undertaken during his residency at the Fondation Fiminco.
The exploration of fruitful intersections between art and science is also at the heart of Nadia Guerroui's approach, whose installation in resonance with quantum physics echoes research on invisible forces and the structure of the universe.
Céline Cuvelier and Cléo Totti explore societal and environmental issues.
Céline Cuvelier evokes the unthought-of nature of infanticide in a series of watercolors that questions how society grasps these human dramas. She also interrogates, in one of her new sculptures, the harsh conditions of juvenile prisons and society's inadequate response.
Cléo Totti, for her part, gives a voice back to materials and plants, inviting us to consider the earth as a common good in a monumental installation, immersing us in a fictional and sonic landscape.
Harold Lechien recomposes forgotten family archives through a series of paintings, whose digital montages highlight the visual saturation caused by intensive internet use and the resulting unease.
Focus on the domestic universe and the body with Priscilla Beccari through the presentation of a mysteriously agentic and anthropomorphic piece of furniture, which contains drawings questioning the female condition, power relations, social assignments, and the role of the body in the private sphere.
As for Simon Mahungu's installation, developed during his residency at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles|Paris, it constituted the first stage of a broader research-creation project dedicated to the circulation and reactivation of sound archives between Europe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Our take on this event
RÉ-AMARRAGE, held at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles in the 4th arrondissement, is the result of months of intensive artistic exploration. Artists including Adrien Degioanni, Harold Lechien, Nadia Guerroui, Orso Caël, Céline Cuvelier, Cléo Totti, Priscilla Beccari, and Simon Mahungu transform the gallery space into a vibrant laboratory. Their work follows residencies at prestigious institutions such as the Fondation Fiminco, Cité internationale des arts, Péniche Pop, and Maison Hermès. The exhibition displays a mix of completed pieces and ongoing inquiries into themes ranging from silence and the structure of the universe to societal challenges, family archives, and private power dynamics.
The exhibition runs from Friday, October 30, to Saturday, November 14, 2026. You are welcome to visit on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays between 11:00 and 19:00, or on Thursdays from 14:00 to 21:00. Admission is free for all, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. This event provides a rare opportunity to witness the depth of contemporary creative research and engage directly with the diverse subjects currently driving these artists' practices.
