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26 April – 27 July 2025
Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille

The exhibition La fête intérieure ! proposed by Fabrice Bousteau invites visitors into a swirling vortex of joy and celebration!

Why do we need to party? Going beyond sequinned outfits and disco balls, what actually occurs inside our bodies when we let our hair down on the dancefloor? What happens in our heads and hearts during these moments of pleasure and abandon, when the excesses of the night turn dance into trance?

This exhibition brings together around twenty emerging and recognised artists, who explore the effects of partying on the body. Without claiming to be exhaustive, an immersive and sensory-based approach offers visitors a truly jubilatory experience, exploring the emotional and physiological phenomena produced during celebrations. Whether movements, shivers, contractions, beats or breathing patterns, the exhibition transports us to the heart of the emotions and feelings that take hold of human organs and limbs when intoxicated by the electrifying atmosphere of a night out.

A biochemical cocktail within us encourages the body and soul to be swept up in a festive surge that can even create a form of collective euphoria.

:mentalKLINIK, PUFF OUT, 16 vacuum cleaning robots with special caps and charging units, various glitters, dimensions variable
Photography: Özge Balkan
Courtesy Of Borusan Contemporary

Festive and dance performances will enrich the visitor experience and boost the celebratory atmosphere.

Highlights:
:mentalKLINIK, Pilar Albarracín, A Normal Working Day, Gilles Barbier, Alma Berrow, Michel Blazy,
Jean-Baptiste Caron, Alex Cecchetti, William Forsythe, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Angelica Mesiti,
Mwood, Lei Saito, Soundwalk Collective, ToiletPaper, Julien Vidame

Curatorship:
Fabrice Bousteau, journalist, writer, art critic, managing editor of BeauxArts.Com and Le Quotidien de l’Art.