Echarde, © Pauline Ghersi
Montparnasse – Bienvenüe metro station, Exit 2, Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13
Villa Vassilieff is accessible to visitors using wheeled devices or who have mobility difficulties thanks to special facilities (access ramp, adapted toilets, and a lift).
In addition, several reserved parking spaces are available close to the Villa Vassilieff:
• in front of 4 rue d’Alençon, 75015 Paris
• in front of 7 rue Antoine Bourdelle, 75015 Paris
• in front of 23 rue de l’Arrivée, 75015 Paris
Consult the map of adapted parking spaces in Paris here.
AWARE and the Nest collective, currently in residence at the Villa Vassilieff’s Research Center for 2025, are pleased to welcome you to the second in a series of events exploring themes of parenthood, home, and exile, on Friday, June 13, 2025. Artist Pauline Ghersi was invited by the collective to explore these ideas together, nourishing them with resources housed at AWARE.
Recognizing that cultural and artistic events rarely consider the presence – or the specific needs – of parents and children, Quiet Time takes a different approach.
A welcoming space will be created where young children will not only be welcomed but at the heart of the artistic community throughout the evening. The space will include age-appropriate games and areas for rest, reflection, and conversation. Parents are invited to pause, connect, and feel supported in a cozy, calm space – a space to read, share a drink and engage with feminist literature that reflects on motherhood and parenthood. More than a simple event, Quiet Time offers a moment to feel seen, understood, and perhaps to imagine together new forms of caregiving and parenthood.
This proposition echoes Chloe Briggs and Lillian Davies’ Playgrounds1, available in AWARE’s research center: “At its best, a conversation is very much like a playground. It’s a loving space that holds its actors, its speakers, safely inside a moment they feel free to take risks and experiment. To connect in a way that allows each to grow. Inside an instant that can never be repeated.”
Practical information
Friday, June 13, 2025, from 4 pm to 8 pm
For this event, Park Chae Biole, Park Chae Dalle, Constance de Raucourt, and Pauline Ghersi will create an installation.
Free entry, open to parents and young children (0+ years)
Pauline Ghersi is a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (2017). Her work spans film, video installation, sculpture, and performance. She has exhibited across France and Europe, including Confort Moderne (Poitiers), Secession (Vienna), and Crac Alsace. Her past residencies include Triangle – Astérides (Marseille), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Reims), and Ateliers Médicis’ “Création en Cours” in Mayotte. She was awarded the Prix Coup de Cœur by Mécènes du Sud in 2021, and a Fondation des Artistes scholarship in 2022. She is currently developing a new film project with the support of DRAC Île-de-France.
