The art walk offers visitors a unique, interactive experience with the works, in this "enchanted forest". Strollers can take a seat on a Spaghetti bench (Double Talk, Pablo Reinoso), enter a cabinet of curiosities nestled in the undergrowth (The Dark Museum, Mark Dion), or a fairytale-scale teapot (Pavillon de thé, Joana Vasconselos).
The works adorn different areas of this historic park: from the Bassin de Chalais (L'invisible, Julien Berthier; Lentilles flottantes, Marta Pan) to the 17th-century Grande Perspective (Alphabet Sociopolitique, Jacques Villeglé; Chromosaturation pour une allée publique, Carlos Cruz Diez).
They also form a fantastic bestiary conducive to dreaming: a gigantic chameleon-toboggan (Ask the Animals and They Will Teach You, Jeremy Deller), an eagle with outstretched wings (Pliny's Sorrow, Johan Creten), or disturbing carrier pigeons (Die Taubenpost, Adel Abdessemed).
Marta Pan created her first floating sculpture in 1960. The Lentilles Flottantes presented here are characteristic of Marta Pan's artistic practice. Their appearance is inspired by the plant and organic forms dear to the artist - in this case, lentils. Presented on the water, which the artist considers to be her ally, the sculptures move at a slow, continuous and natural rhythm, according to the movements of the water in the pond, the rain and the wind. Anchored, the Floating Lenses have a movement perimeter and cannot touch one another. Reflecting his artistic practice, the sculpture is halfway between the natural and the built, and thus embraces the architecture of the Chalais basin.
