Exhibition
Le Grand Café – Centre d’art contemporain
Garden of Commons
Nefeli Papadimouli
Curator: Sophie Legrandjacques
June 13th — October 18th 2026

Inspired by the nearby garden created by Gilles Clément atop a submarine base, the exhibition draws on the concept of a “garden in movement,” developed as a way of imagining open, evolving spaces.


Trained as an architect, Nefeli Papadimouli grounds her practice in traditional craftsmanship, where manual work extends into choreographic composition and the invention of collective gestures. Her work explores the idea of shared space, understood through its relationship to bodies and the ways people inhabit and use it.

Using textiles as her primary medium, Papadimouli invites visitors to interact with and experience her modular works. Within this Garden of Commons, a poetics of continual transformation emerges, sketching out a new landscape of relationships – and perhaps even a utopia.

Nefeli Papadimouli - Exposition au Grand Café Saint-Nazaire - été 2026

Nefeli Papadimouli was born in 1988 and lives and works between Paris (FR) and Athens (GR).
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At le Radôme

The project continues at Le Radôme on the roof of the submarine base, with a second chapter of the exhibition running from 23 September to 18 October, and a performance on 3 October.

Carry on the journey