Exhibition from July 18 to August 24, 2025
Château de La Napoule
A visual meditation on disappearance and memory
Through a series of works combining technological materials and organic elements, Vanessa Enríquez explores the notions of disappearance, resonance, and transformation.
Transponder II – When Stars Fall Silent offers a poetic reflection on what lingers after loss: extinguished signals, silent traces, and matter as a witness to the sensitive.
Created specifically for the gallery spaces of the Château de La Napoule, the exhibition unfolds in an intimate dialogue between the work, the architecture, the sky, and the sea.
“There was a desire in me to honor what is vanishing—whether bodies, landscapes, languages, or frequencies—and to explore how resonance might become a vessel for memory.”
— Vanessa Enríquez
The natural light of the two rooms, the central archway, and the proximity to the sea influenced the rhythm, structure, and presence of the works—conceived as echoes of the site itself.
Nida, an aluminum honeycomb structure used in satellite construction, lies at the heart of this exhibition. Designed for outer space, the material becomes here a surface for projection, an inner mirror, a fragile skin.
It captures light, shifts depending on the viewer’s angle, and challenges our perception of what is visible and what is not.
The exhibition grew out of a long-standing dialogue between the artist and the Foundation. In 2019, Vanessa Enríquez was an artist-in-residence at the Château, where she first discovered the material nida during a visit to Thales Alenia Space. In 2024, she took part in the group exhibition Résonance.
Transponder II is its intimate and poetic continuation, conceived specifically for the Château’s exhibition spaces.
Exhibition from July 18 to August 24, 2025
Château de La Napoule, Avenue Henry Clews, Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 AM to 6 PM
(excluding exceptional closure dates — see details here)
Admission included with Château entry ticket
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