The New patrons of the Maison de la Marquise

  • New PatronsRoselyne Braud, a retired schoolteacher and member of the Terre d’Avenir association; Yannick Garel, retired from the French Air Force and member of the Les Amis de la Ducherais association; Emma Orrière Garel, an art school student; Patrick Plissoneau, a retired mechanic.
  • Structure médiatriceMosquito Coast Factory
  • MediatorBenoît-Marie Moriceau, accompanied by Anastassia Makridou-Bretonneau
  • Contexte·sCommemoration/Memory, Education/Youth, Equality, diversity and inclusion, Heritage, Public space, Rural setting
  • Dates2025-Ongoing
  • SiteMaison de la Marquise, Campbon, Loire-Atlantique
  • RegionPays de la Loire
  • Partnersla Société des Nouveaux commanditaires, BeLonging Foundation

In Campbon, a group of residents actively involved in local life has become the commissioners of an artwork centered on the Maison de la Marquise, a place that is both ordinary and deeply rooted in memory.

Located in the Pilori park, on the edge of the Arceau pond, this former communal stone house has long served as a stopping point for walkers and as a space appropriated by the village’s youth. It also preserves the memory of Séraphine Allanic, nicknamed “the Marquise,” a distinctive figure in Campbon who passed away in the 1960s.

Gathered around this site, the commissioners wish to highlight this local heritage of women (“matrimoine”) while preserving its existing uses. Their request concerns the development of an artistic project capable of making the history of the place visible, encouraging encounters between generations, and strengthening its symbolic dimension.

The Marchioness’s House, Campbon, 2025
Community meeting with artist-designer Erwan Mevel, organised as part of the Cultural Summer programme led by the French Ministry of Culture (2020). The initiative took place during an artist residency at Mosquito Coast Factory, supported by Ateliers Médicis as part of the Transat Festival.
Sketches created with local residents during a participatory workshop organised by Mosquito Coast Factory in collaboration with Erwan Mevel.
Sketches created with local residents during a participatory workshop organised by Mosquito Coast Factory in collaboration with Erwan Mevel.
Casting workshop led by Erwan Mevel as part of his residency on the Maison de la Marquise at Mosquito Coast Factory (2020).
Drawing of the Marchioness’s House by Erwan Mevel for the production of screen prints on T-shirts, Mosquito Coast Factory (2019).
Commissioners of the Maison de la Marquise project: Yannick Garel, Roselyne Braud and Patrick Plissoneau (2026).
“Marquiz” graffiti on the framework of the Maison de la Marquise, 2019.
Séraphine Allanic, known as “La Marquise,” circa 1960. Private collection.