Exhibition Les Particules, by Manon Lanjouère

With her exhibition Les Particules, le conte humain d'une eau qui meurt, Manon Lanjouère takes part in the Biennale des arts et de l'Océan 2025 in Nice. Musée de la photographie, from April 26 to September 7, 2025.

Exhibition Les Particules, le conte humain d’une eau qui meurt

This exhibition blends photography, visual arts and science. Its aim is to make us aware of "a primordial problem that is nonetheless invisible to the naked eye". This is, of course, marine pollution by plastics.
In fact, one wall displays marine micro-organisms existing naturally in seawater (photo 6).
And in the rooms are presented the artistic works of Manon Lanjouère, photos and sculptures. They are made from plastic waste and inspired by real marine micro-organisms (photo montage 1).
As much as we admire the artistic works, as much as we smile at their similarities with micro-organisms, we are left with a bitter taste to know that they are made from plastic waste.
The exhibition calls us out on this artificialization of the sea, which is suffocating and dying, due to our consumption of plastics.

Who is Manon Lanjouère

Manon Lanjouère studied art and photography. She embarked on the scientific schooner Tara, frequented the Roscoff biological station and the Lemar (Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement MARin) in Brest.
She thus has an in-depth knowledge of marine pollution by micro-plastics, like this weaving made from fragments of pierced plastic bottles. Each hole is a tiny plastic particle that doesn't disappear but goes on to contaminate the sea and marine life, and therefore, human life.

Practical information

Exhibition Les Particules, le conte humain d'une eau qui meurt
from April 26 to September 7, 2025

Musée Charles Nègre de la photographie
1 Pl. Pierre Gautier, 06300 Nice
Attenant au Marché aux fleurs du cours Saleya, dans le Vieux Nice
10h-18h sauf le lundi
Site officiel

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  Jean-Marc Foulquier