The exhibition

The marsh, neither land nor water, is a space of constant blending and transformation. This transitional zone develops its own logic: that of coexistence, hybridization, and slow metamorphosis.
The exhibition brings together the practices of Anousha Mohtashami and Audrey Couppé de Kermadec, both of whom are attentive to marginal ecosystems, to the materials and forms of resistance that exist in nature. Anousha Mohtashami uses sculpture, installation, and video to interrogate environments, while Audrey Couppé de Kermadec employs painting, performance, and poetry to explore colonial legacies and non-human practices of care. Their works share a common focus on liminal spaces.
The Longue Vue Gallery, on Île-Saint-Denis, offers a setting that aligns with these issues: it is itself an island and riverine territory and a transitional zone undergoing rapid change, caught between industrial heritage and future projects.
The exhibition aligns with the research priorities of the cheap = Centre d’art lieu tiers: the exploration of island and riverine environments, resilient ways of life, and ecological transition. La Maison Fleuve is conceived as a civic and artistic laboratory rooted in its local context, developing a program focused on geographies of sensitivity and coexistence.

Throughout the week, the exhibition will serve as an opportunity for residents of L’Île-Saint-Denis, artists, and the cneai = team to come together around a program open to the public. A participatory questionnaire will be available to visitors all week long. On loose sheets of paper, everyone is invited to write down their wishes, needs, and suggestions for Maison Fleuve: the fablab’s equipment, how the space is used, and desired programming. The responses will be displayed over the course of the week, forming a collective and evolving map of the expectations of the residents and users of L’Île-Saint-Denis.

Artists

Anousha Mohtashami was born in 1998 in Iran and lives and works in Romainville. She is a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and creates installations, sculptures, and video, sound, and performance works that explore materials, collective memory, and marginal ecosystems (wetlands, cohabitation, hybridization). She is currently pursuing a CAP in glass arts at Cerfav.

Audrey Couppé de Kermadec is an artist, poet, and researcher originally from Guadeloupe and Martinique, currently based in Artagon-Pantin. Their practice combines painting, poetry, video, and performance, exploring colonial legacies, systems of exploitation, and forms of resistance inspired by the non-human and Caribbean magical-religious practices. They co-founded the SMAC collective (mental health in contemporary art).

Arthur Francietta lives and works between Martinique and Saint-Denis. An artist, graphic designer, and art director, his practice blends primitive art, typography, and graphic design through the study of non-alphabetic writing systems. A graduate of École Estienne and a former resident of the ANRT, he contributed to Medefaidrin (Google Fonts / Noto Sans).

Le calendrier

07.04 > 11.04 /

opening everyday from 11h30 to 19h30

07.04 > 11.04 / 16h30 > 18h30

meetings with the cneai = team and discussions around the Maison Fleuve project

08.04 / 17h > 18h30

drawing workshop for children, based on Anousha Mohtashami and Audrey Couppé de Kermadec’s artworks

09.04 / 17h > 18h30

performance by Audrey Couppé de Kermadec

10.04 / 17h > 18h30

workshop for children with Arthur Francietta regarding the design of signage for Maison Fleuve

Informations pratiques

Curator : Daria Gnatchenko
Graphic designer : Zhamilia Tranbaeva
Communication : Charlotte Breton

Exhibition « Le Milieu » cneai = / Longue Vue Gallery
15 rue Méchin, 93450 L’Île-Saint-Denis
07 > 11 april 2026
Opening everyday from 11h30 to 18h30
Free entry
Via RER D – Saint-Denis / Bus 153, 170, 177 (stop Île-Saint-Denis)
Press contact : public@cneai.com