In residency at the Maison Flottante in May 2025.
Antoine Lomenech is a designer-plastician from the Finistère region of France, whose work questions the logic of productivism and extractivism in a depleted world. In search of crossroads and bridges, he opens poetic breaches of collaboration with the living. The wind, the sea, the rain and the sun become shared elements and spaces of cohabitation, producing writings of the common. These protocols and low-tech devices - Les interprètes - translate these enamelled writings onto ceramics. Earthenware, stoneware and porcelain recovered from reuse structures - or composed from the remains of exhausted quarries - become artifacts that offer a new space for narrative and expression of what makes up the landscape.
Maison Flottante Residency – Fluviography, at the Crossroads of the Common
The river, in its silence and constant flow, is a space where humans and living creatures cross paths without ever truly meeting. At the end of the residency at the Maison Flottante, low-tech floating devices are crafted, drawing inspiration from the traditional riverboat trade of Poses, the residency’s location. These interpretive instruments, once submerged in the river, will serve to capture these invisible imprints—the marks on the water’s surface, the patterns drawn by boats, or the discreet presence of living creatures—and will be able to poetically translate this silent dialogue into a basin of secondhand earthenware plates.
A Residency in the Heart of the Arts and Crafts Region
Antoine Lomenech was selected following a national call for applications. The selection jury consisted of: Florise Garac, Deputy Mayor for Culture of the City of Poses; Clémence Plassart, Heritage Manager for the Seine-Eure Urban Community; Raphaëlle Jarry, Head of Cultural Projects for the Department of Eure, Elise Quantin, Head of Regional Relations at the Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Français, and the cneai team—comprising Pierre Duval, Communications & Coordination Officer; Bastien Sbuttoni, Administrator; and Ann Stouvenel, Director.
Poses lies at the heart of the Seine-Eure region, which for centuries has been a land conducive to the expression of exceptional craftsmanship. Today, hundreds of artisans live and work there within the world’s leading luxury houses, which export their products worldwide and contribute to our country’s reputation. There was a strong desire to continue and further enliven this beautiful story. That is why, in this fertile region of Normandy, between Paris and Deauville, the Seine-Eure Urban Community is fostering a powerful synergy between artistic craftsmanship and luxury through the creation of the brand “La Fabrique des Métiers d’Art.”
Meeting
Sunday, May 25, 3 to 6 p.m.
at the Maison Flottante, 52 Chemin du Halage, Poses - Normandie.
Partners
The residency is supported and assisted by:
the City of Poses,
the Seine-Eure Urban Community
and the Department of Eure.