{"id":23788,"date":"2015-05-26T10:23:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/oeuvres\/nymphea\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:17:22","slug":"nymphea","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/artworks\/nymphea\/","title":{"rendered":"Nymph\u00e9a"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nymph\u00e9a<\/em> is a video projected onto the surface of the canal. A woman calmly floats about in her aquatic environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Although the Loire River and its tributaries run through Nantes, the 20th century saw a series of public works projects that filled in many of its waterways \u2014 for instance, the Erdre River used to flow where the long Cours des 50-Otages road now runs. This river was rerouted into the long Saint-F\u00e9lix tunnel and now empties out into the Loire, just a few metres from the LU tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This double presence of water in the image (and as a medium for the image) creates a blurring effect that is deeply disturbing: the creature appears to be the tunnel\u2019s prisoner and her body stretches inside its inhospitable entrails. The light from the projection plays on the moving surface of the water \u2014 a tangible homage to Claude Monet. This sprite is embodied by Laetitia Casta, an icon of our society who becomes a contemporary mythical nymph in this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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