L’art, un bien en commun — Locked at Maison Folie Moulins, Lille, France October 5, 2026
On October 5, 2026, I had the pleasure of participating in the exhibition L’art, un bien en commun, held at Maison Folie Moulins in Lille, France, with my artwork Locked. The exhibition’s title puts forward an essential idea: art is not merely an object to be contemplated, but also a space for encounter, dialogue, and collective reflection. In a world where differences tend to divide us, art can create opportunities for individual experiences to become starting points for shared questions and emotions.
Locked — Between Constraint and Freedom
Locked is part of my ongoing artistic exploration of personal freedom, identity, and the visible or invisible boundaries that shape our existence. What does it mean to be free? How much of what we consider our own choice is truly the result of an independent decision? And how many of the barriers that limit us are imposed from the outside, while others gradually become internalised?
Through Locked, these questions take shape as a reflection on the human condition and the tension between the desire for autonomy and the constraints that shape our behaviour. Being locked does not always mean being physically confined. Sometimes, our limitations are built from rules, expectations, fears, or social mechanisms that we eventually accept without questioning them. For me, art is a way of making these tensions visible and creating a space in which they can be viewed from a different perspective.
Art as a Shared Good
Taking part in L’art, un bien en commun offered an opportunity to bring this artistic inquiry into a context dedicated to the idea of shared culture. Beyond the artist’s individual experience, an artwork continues to evolve through the viewer, their interpretations, and the conversations it inspires.I believe that the value of art extends beyond beauty or the physical object itself. It also lies in its ability to make us pause, question our assumptions, and recognise shared experiences in stories that may initially seem deeply personal.
In this sense, considering art a shared good means recognising its power to build connections, open up new perspectives, and make room for questions that do not always have simple answers.
An Encounter in Lille
I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated in this exhibition at Maison Folie Moulins, a setting in which the idea of art as a shared experience takes on particular significance.Through Locked, I brought one of the central concerns of my artistic practice into dialogue with the public: the way we understand freedom and how our choices, experiences, and surrounding structures influence our identity.
Perhaps one of art’s roles is precisely this: to allow us to look beyond what seems obvious and discover, in another person’s experience, questions that belong to us all. Because art becomes a shared good when it ceases to be merely observed and begins to be experienced, interpreted, and shared.
