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Workshop – Listening to the Garden: a sonic and poetic exploration
12 February @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Photo credit: Camille Moirenc
As part of Cynthia Imogen Hammond’s exhibition Les Jardins de Marie – Kingdoms within kingdoms, the Château de La Napoule invites you to a sensory and poetic workshop in the heart of its gardens, during the Fête du Mimosa.
Workshop (registration required) – Listening to the Garden: a sonic and poetic exploration
An immersive workshop in the Château de La Napoule gardens, led by writer and artist Stéphanie Filion in collaboration with Cynthia Imogen Hammond.
Listening to the Garden invites participants to wander through the gardens while paying close attention to the sounds that move through them: the rustle of wind, the murmur of fountains, birdsong, the subtle vibrations of plants, and the nearby presence of the sea.
In resonance with Cynthia Imogen Hammond’s exhibition, the workshop also invites participants to imagine how the garden might have “breathed” in Marie Clews’s time, through sounds that seem to travel across the years. Using small scientific instruments that reveal the plants’ subtle music, this sensory exploration continues with a guided poetic writing session, transforming what is perceived into short fragments to share.
- Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026
- Time: 10:30 am
- Duration: 2 hours
- Audience: ages 12 and up
- Group size: maximum 10 participants
- Materials: provided on site
- Fee: paid – registration required (limited places)
➜ Register for the workshop (required)
Fees:
€10 : full price
€8 : reduced price*
*For information on the documents accepted for the reduced rate, please consult the dedicated page on our website:
https://www.lnaf.org/plan-your-visit-2/ticket-prices/
Practical information
- Location: Château de La Napoule gardens – Avenue Henry Clews – Mandelieu-La Napoule
- Tip: please arrive 10 minutes before the workshop begins to allow time for ticketing
About the artist – Stéphanie Filion
Writer and artist Stéphanie Filion has published several poetry collections with Éditions du Lézard amoureux, including Cœur mémoire (2023). Her most recent publication is Nuit désordre (2025), co-written with Isabelle Décarie, with whom she also published L’Almanach des exils (2009).
She is the creator of AV POESIA, a hypermedia work combining sound, images and poetic text. Her work has been presented in group exhibitions in Montréal and France, and through performances at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in Paris, and at the Château de La Napoule.
She regularly leads collage-poetry workshops and offers creativity coaching, placing writing and sensory experimentation at the heart of her practice. ➜ www.stephaniefilion.com
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