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For the 2025 edition of Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes, Jenna Ka\u00ebs has transformed the clinic into a contemporary reliquary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Jean-V clinic is a rare example of early 20th-century hospital architecture. Built between 1903 and 1906 to care for tuberculosis patients, it fulfilled the philanthropic ambitions of Thomas Dobr\u00e9e, a patron of the arts and collector from Nantes, who bequeathed his fortune to help create cultural and social institutions in the city. Designed for the care and convalescence of the ill, its layout revolves around a central hall that is bathed in light and symmetrically connects various rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, this structure \u2013 which remains steeped in medical history \u2013 has been transformed by Jenna Ka\u00ebs. This artist-designer explores contemporary forms of mysticism and the materialization of spirituality through materials like metal, glass, and textiles. Her work questions the invisible, memory, and symbolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the 2025 edition of Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes, she has transformed the clinic into a contemporary reliquary. Like a series of dioramas, each room becomes a narrative capsule blending historical objects with new creations. Thanks to a light installation, the central hall becomes a luminous core around which these suspended scenes of care, spirituality, and fiction unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artist thus establishes a dialogue between past and present, between vestiges of care and mystical resonances, breathing new life \u2013 both tangible and poetic \u2013 into this architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t

Jenna Ka\u00ebs was born in Saverne in 1987. She lives and works in Paris.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the D\u00e9partement Loire-Atlantique \u2013 proprietor of the Dispensaire Jean-V\u2013 for housing and supporting this project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\t

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