Gongle — Avec ou sans casque ? — La Terrasse : espace d'art de Nanterre — Exhibition — Slash Paris

Ends in 18 days: April 10 → May 9, 2026

The 2025–2026 creative residency at La Terrasse has been awarded to GONGLE, a collective of artists, athletes, and researchers. During this residency, they will continue developing Avec ou sans casque ?, their current project. GONGLE’s work focuses on the emerging bike life movement—often criticized—which brings together bicycles and motorcycles to perform wheelies and other group stunts in public spaces.

The residency in Nanterre follows earlier field research carried out in Sevran, Felletin, Marseille, and Nantes. Working with local riders in each city, GONGLE conducted a series of experiments combining art and anthropology. These explorations address issues such as social labeling, boredom, escape, and accidents, as well as ways of creating spectacle in public space. The project also opens a discussion about the possibility of creating dedicated spaces for a legalized and recognized form of “urban rodeo.”

This research has produced a range of formats: videos, photographs, interviews, fanzines, and customized helmets and bikes. These materials, along with participatory workshops, will be revisited at La Terrasse. They will feed into the creation of a documentary-style performance for public space, with a first draft scheduled to be presented at Parade(s) 2026, Nanterre’s street arts festival.