Started five years ago, Le voyage à Nantes is a summer-long citywide cultural festival in the French city. Complemented by a multitude of events, a programme of site-specific works can be found among the city’s cultural and historical landmarks. Pictured: 'Le Skate Ô Drome' by Fichtre, 2015. Copyright Franck Tomps / LVAN

“南特已经发生了很大的变化，”建筑师托马斯·坎丁(ThomasCantin)说。在过去12年里，他目睹了家乡城市创意社区的蓬勃发展。康廷是南特艺术家集体fichtre的一部分，它只是越来越多的创意工作室之一，他们选择把这座法国城市作为自己的家，而不是巴黎的狂热。布列塔尼出生的设计师伊莎贝尔·罗兰(Isabelle Rolland)最近从黎巴嫩经巴黎搬回了这个城市，他说：“我知道这里很舒适，离海边不远，但现在是个好去处。”“我很高兴看到这里的创意社区是如何成长的。”

一个世纪后，南特遭遇了许多不幸——在20世纪30年代，它的美丽运河被用来建造多车道林荫大道，在第二次世界大战期间，它的建筑遭到轰炸，1987的造船厂关闭了。当城市欢迎Jean Marc Ayrault成为新市长时。

1984年，一位名叫让·布莱斯(Jean Blaise)的企业家在南特创办了文化发展研究中心，他的工作给他留下了深刻的印象。为了扭转这座城市日渐衰落的命运，艾罗决定对文化和艺术进行大量投资。这笔投资获得了回报，尽管艾罗继续担任法国总理(从2012年到2014年)，布莱斯(Blaise)一直是他的得力助手，但他继续了两人26年前开始的工作。布莱斯在该市举办了许多文化活动，并创建了勒里奥独特的艺术中心，现在的重点是一个名为“南特之旅”的夏季艺术节。

但是，在南特的绿线上最迷人的景象或许可以在“机器”上找到，这是一个有十年历史的项目，催生了一支庞大的机械生物舰队，其中包括一只12米高的大象，它在城市的老造船厂周围游行，一只巨大的移动蜘蛛挂在一个仓库里，一只高耸的三层海洋主题蒸汽朋克旋转木马。正是在这里的车间里，这座城市的下一个展厅即将成形-一棵35米高、50米宽的树，上面有两只机械苍鹭，它们将把观光客装在翅膀下的篮子里。

很难想象有一个城市的居民会接受如此雄心勃勃和幻想的艺术项目，但在南特，它似乎适合。在参观这座城市的艺术品时，我们当地的导游告诉我们，‘他们称我们为’ouest‘-这个成语的意思是’西部人‘，但也暗示’有点疯狂‘-南泰人骄傲地戴着这个徽章。

For 2016, over 30 artists have created new installations, including a series of posters by London-based Nantais graphic designer Jean Jullien. Pictured: 'Recyclage' by Jean Jullien, 2016. Copyright Franck Tomps / LVAN

Pictured left: Aurélien Bory’s ‘Traverses’ on Boulevard Léon-Bureau disrupts the traditional straight white lines of a pedestrian crossing with a series of wiggling curves, in order to slow traffic and encourage visitors to meander as they cross. Copyright Franck Tomps. Right: since 2014, Le voyage à Nantes has offered retailers the chance to have their brand reinterpreted by selected artists. Pictured: Viva Las Vegas! by Quentin Faucompré, Olivier Texier et Pascal Lebrain, 2014. Copyright Martin Argyroglo

The results can be seen on the creative shop signs that hang outside of store fronts throughout the city. Pictured: Viva Las Vegas! by Quentin Faucompré, Olivier Texier et Pascal Lebrain, 2014. Copyright Martin Argyroglo

A new installation named ‘Mes tripes sont des poissons d'argent’ by Julien Salaud serves as a commentary on the bond between man and nature... Coyright Bernard Renoux / LVAN

... A white figure stands on the diving board of Nantes’ Léo Lagrange public pool, while a shoal of silver fish spill out of his stomach and across the ceiling. Copyright Bernard Renoux / LVAN

Seemingly toppled into the moat of the city’s Château des ducs de Bretagne, artist collective HeHe’s ‘Undercurrent’ – a sculpture of a high voltage mast – is incongruous to its surroundings. Copyright Franck Tomps / LVAN

Laurent Perbos has conjured a subversive ping pong park that reinvents the traditional game by way of some topsy turvy new table designs. Copyright Franck Tomps / LVAN

A gigantic Calder-esque mobile by Julien Berthier is made up of huge corrugated metal shapes cut from shipping containers and suspended by a crane in the centre of the city’s Place du Bouffay. Photography: Copyright Julien Berthier / LVAN

‘Machines de l’Île’ is a ten-year-old project that has given birth to a fleet of giant mechanical creatures, including a 12 metre-high elephant that parades around the city’s old shipyards and a towering three-tiered sea-themed steampunk carousel. Copyright Jean_Dominique Billaud / LVAN

Detroit Architects has joined forces with artist Bruno Peinado to create ‘Let’s walk on the moon’ – a soft silvery sphere with trampolines installed in its sunken craters. Up above, the earth hangs on an invisible wire, illuminated from within. Copyright Franck Tomps / LVAN

This amorphous blue sculpture-cum-bar by Atelier van Lieshout popped up in the forecourt of the Architecture School in 2007 as part of the city’s Estuaire art trail project

Also part of the Estuaire legacy, Jean-Luc Courcoult’s ‘La Maison dans La Loire’ is a partly submerged house that has been resting on the river's bed since 2007. Copyright Bernard Renoux/LVAN

A giant tape measure created by Lilian Bourgeat as part of Estuaire tangles itself in the courtyard of construction company Aethica. Copyright Bernard Renoux

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