Le Bateau - Reshaping maritime imaginaries

We are Le Bateau, an artist duo composed of Laëtitia Delauney and Aurélia Noudelmann. Our practice focuses on reshaping maritime imaginaries, primarily through the design of hybrid boats, as sites for the emergence of floating narratives, sharing knowledge, and imagination. We explore forms of poetic parasitism and the displacement of dominant narrative frameworks. For us, our floating sculptures become a tool for visual, political, and fictional research. We prioritize feminist and queer initiatives during participatory projects.

_{Kunstenaars Ontwikkel Platform / Bosch Parade/ Independent School for the City / Mica Albanese / Clémence Le Gal l/ The Living / Camping Municipal de Dormans / La Haute Marne respire et inspire!  /Région Haute Marne / Ville de Saint Dizier / Musée de Saint Dizier / Talk Talk / Opérateurs Liégeois en Art / Province de Liège / Les drapiers Liège / Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Lola Meotti / Aquarium museum de Liège / La Space collection / Art au Centre / Marineterrein Amsterdam / Angela Netchak / Fluctuations Festival / Nadia Sbai / Dinie Besems / Giulia Pompilj / Qurratul Ain / Rebecka Hultman / Daisy Dawson / Sankrit Kulmanochawong / Bureau Double / Fanfare Amsterdam / Oedipus Brewing / West Beach Film festival / Angela Netchak / Bakkerij de Eenvoud / Big Toilet Radio / Barely legal Brazilian / Queer choir  Amsterdam / Content y Contenido / Rozy Sapelkine / Luca Finn / Dick Alle Huppes / Alex Olloman / Lova YU / Glabra / Snac Pac / Dax Niesten / Neeltje van der Vlugt / Matilda Lovgre / Design Lab department / Gementee Amsterdam / 4&5 of mei Comittee / Ingerborg Kraft Fermin / Lou Vives / Naomi Feigelson / Theodora Jacobs / Victoria Hoogstoël / Nezhla Imanzadeh / Beatrice Vancaillie / Oscar Peters}

Le bateau was kindly supported by

The Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof is an ongoing social design project located on the Sloterplas in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, bringing together associative initiatives, participatory projects, and artistic events. We have been collaborating with BWP Noorderhof since 2021, sharing a vision of creating spaces rooted in participation, hospitality, joy, and experimentation. The BWP has hosted our participatory worksites, and together we regularly organize workshops, gatherings, and events that invite people to meet, make, and learn together.

https://buurtwerkplaatsnoorderhof.nl/

Website by Bureau Double

Typeface Le Bateau by Victoria Hoogstoël

Pictures by Olga Micińska, Sigrun Sveinsdottir, Simon Pillaud, Peter Lange, Clemence Le Gall & Mica Albanese for The Living Production