Roundtable Discussion - European Heritage Days
© Chloé Azzopardi
Roundtable Discussion - European Heritage Days
Saturday, September 19th – 6PM
As part of the European Heritage Days, exhibition curator Emilie Villez will lead the discussion “Living Alliances: Building an Ecological Imagination,” an exploration of how artists use storytelling to reshape our understanding of the world and our relationship with all living things.
Joining her for the conversation will be Zoé Sauvage, author of the graphic novel The Scientific Fairies; Camille Prunet, an art historian specialising in the intersections of art and science; and Chloé Azzopardi, photographer and resident at the Fondation Martell.
A curated selection of books chosen by Emilie Villez will also be available for purchase from Le Texte Libre.
“Design and Medical Care” Seminar with the VULCA Chair
“Design and Medical Care” Seminar with the VULCA Chair
Thursday, September 24th – 6PM
The seminar of the VULCA Chair (led by ENSAD-PSL, ENS, and the Institut Imagine) will explore the links between capabilities and experiential knowledge in the context of genetic diseases, at the intersection of medicine, the humanities, and design. Over five days, researchers, designers, physicians, and doctoral students will work collectively on the concrete conditions that make sustainable forms of life possible, notably by examining patient knowledge and the contributions of research through creative practice. Organized at the Fondation Martell, this seminar will combine plenary sessions, project presentations, and collaborative writing workshops in order to bring forth new interdisciplinary research perspectives.
Public Presentation on Thursday September 24
Silvana Mc Nulty - Tying, Weaving, Embroidering, and Binding!
© Silvana Mc Nulty
Silvana Mc Nulty - Tying, Weaving, Embroidering, and Binding!
Wednesday, September 23rd – 2PM-5PM
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Ordinaire Extra ! workshop
Agora du Design - Introduction to the 2025 Winners
Agora du Design - Introduction to the 2025 Winners
Thursday, September 10th – 3PM
Auditorium Patrick Ricard, 5 cours Paul Ricard 75008 Paris
As part of Paris Design Week, the 2025 Agora du Design award winners—who are being hosted by the Foundation this year—will present their projects during an afternoon session dedicated to socially engaged and forward-looking research-based design approaches.
Guided tour with Emile Villez
Guided tour with Emilie Villez
Saturday, May 30 at 2:30 pm
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European Days of Craft 2026
Crédit photo : Emie Maire
European Days of Craft
Friday10 and Saturday 11 April
14h30 / 15h30 / 16h30
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On the occasion of the European Days of Crafts, the Foundation opens its doors for an immersion into the world of artisans.
Step into the fascinating world of the glass workshop, where you can attend captivating demonstrations of glassmaking techniques. Explore the workshop and meet our glass artisans, Gaëtan Oheix and Valentin Rizzo, who will reveal the magic of molten glass and the ancestral craftsmanship behind each creation.
Continue your visit with the talk: A Fountain for the MADD Bordeaux
Meet Étienne Tornier, Acting Director of the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux, and designer Jean‑Baptiste Fastrez, as they discuss the special commission of a custom-made glass paving water bench-fountain, created by the Foundation’s glass artisans.
An opportunity to go behind the scenes of the MADD’s renovation, which will reopen on April 22.
Saturday, April 11 at 5 pm.
Weaving workshop
Photo credit : Rüti, weaving machine collection, Bärtschi Hans-Peter, ETH-Bibliothek Zurich, Image Archive, Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
WEAVING WORKSHOP
2026
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Screening : In the Stillness of Sounds
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Meeting and Conferences
Throughout the year, the Foundation offer events that echo its exhibitions.
Screening of the movieIn the Stillness of Sounds
Tuesday, December 9th – 8.30pm
Cinema Galaxy, Chateaubernard
Introduction by Anne-Claire Duprat, Director of the Fondation et Marc Namblard (via video), the main protagonist of the film.
The screening will be folllowed by a phone conversation ith sound artist Félix Blume.
This immersive film leaves ample room for the viewer’s intelligence and interpretation. The treatment of image and sound, as well as their sensitive and precise editing, demonstrate a true cinematographic expression.
In partnership with Eurociné Cognac
At nightfall, Marc hides his microphones in an undergrowth before stepping away to blend into the natural environment. Throughout the night, his recorder captures soundscapes—breaths, songs, howls, crackles—which he later reworks in the studio to compose sonic landscapes. Like his father, who used to record him with a tape recorder when he was a child, Marc captures the voices of his daughters and passes on his passion for sound to his eldest, Lucie. Curious about her father’s nocturnal activities, she follows him into the forest. Around them, stags are bellowing. Marc also shares his sound library with artists. With composer Christian Zanési, the idea of an electroacoustic music piece begins to take shape.
Round table : Towards an Aquatic diplomacy
Le futur sera castor ou méga-bassine © Suzanne Husky, Courtesy Galerie Alain Gutharc
Meeting and Conferences
Throughout the year, the Foundation offers events that resonate with the exhibitions.
Roundtable : Rivers and Waterways : Towards an Aquatic Diplomacy?
Monday, December 8th, 2025 at 6.30 pm
As water-related tensions intensify under the effects of climate change, questions about the health and governance of waterways are becoming crucial. Can we imagine a true “aquatic diplomacy” that challenges our existing models?
This round table, moderated by Stéphane Jouan, Director of L’Avant-Scène, aims to explore this idea with six committed and complementary voices:
Sophie Gosselin, philosopher and co-founder of the journal Terrestres
Surfrider Foundation, a major player in the protection of oceans and watersheds, advocating for responsible water governance
Thomas Ruys, specialist in the first river geo-engineer—the beaver—and President of the French Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals (SFEPM)
Xavier Larbey, resident of Cognac and active member of the Collective for the Rights of the Charente River
Antoine Boudin & Olivier Millagou, designers who completed residencies at the Foundation and created hourglasses made of recycled glass filled with microplastics collected from beaches, symbolizing the urgency to act against overproduction and plastic pollution
Gestures as a living archive
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Gestures : a living archive at the intersection of memory, know-how, and ecology
Roundtable moderated by curators Laura Drouet and Olivier Lacrouts ( d-o-t-s ), bringing together designers dach&zephir and Emma Bruschi, as well as philosopher, sociologist and cabinetmaker Aurélien Fouillet.
A craft and the gestures that accompany it reveal a deep relationship with the world. These gestures, sensitive to social and environmental changes, are nonetheless fragile. Sharing a gesture means allowing it to continue to exist—along with the lives it sustains. It also means creating connections—especially across generations and species—while passing on a way of doing, thinking, and feeling. Presented as part of the exhibition Memo. Remembering the Futures, this roundtable invites us to consider gestures as living archives and acts of resistance in the face of the disappearance of certain ecosystems.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 4.00 pm
Free admission, reservation recommended