Librairie 7L

Librairie 7L (7L Bookshop)

Open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30am to 7pm, the Librairie 7L proposes a carefully curated selection of books with a strong editorial line in the fields of photography, architecture, design, gardens, ceramics, fashion and arts, including catalogues of major international exhibitions.

The bookshop offers a number of services among which a bespoke library curation service to create home or workplace libraries tailored to each client’s needs.

A selection of 7L stationary is also available for sale, and our booksellers can help you create an exclusive 7L selection presented in a tote bag reflecting your own interests, for personal or company gifting.



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7L Correspondances, Dance
“Small Bleu” by Katerina Andreou .s.andreou

For the third edition of “Exquis”, choreographers were invited to respond in movements to the book “Respirer. La puissance créatrice du Souffle” by Maurice Fréchuret (published by Les presses du réel, 2024). After “Fracas x 7” by the duo François Chaignaud and Aymeric Hainaux, “France Musique” by Boris Charmatz, Katerina Andreou presented a new creation for this final chapter.

“A dance that’s like diving into very cold water, a dance that suddenly springs into action and takes us by surprise. A dance that requires a deep breath before it begins. A dance that can literally take your breath away, even for few seconds. The starting point is this image, as physical as it is imaginery, as literal as it is metaphorical: the act of holding your breath. Take a deep breath, then ‘pause’. Until you exhale, during this suspended moment, there is a physical but also emotional intensity. It is the preparation for this exhalation, which comes with a necessity and a desire, that makes it powerful, strong and resonant, explosive, and cathartic even. The performance is based on this physiological principle that habits me - not as a mechanism, but as an image that reminds us of what it means to be alive, and that can express a kind of anger, but also resistance and resilience in this crazy and overwhelmed world.” said Katerina Andreou about her performance “Small Bleu”

A programme in collaboration with Aymar Crosnier (Structuur) ✨




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7L Music Room with Pierre-Yves Macé, In-Phono
In coproduction with Villa Médicis

Drawing on the spirit of the space, artists are invited to transform the 7L library into a recording studio.

Over a period of six months, musician and composer Pierre-Yves Macé regularly visited 7L, exploring the entire collection of 7L records while thinking about the creation of a unique musical score based on some excerpts from them.

The result of this research was a series of two evenings split in two parts : the « off » where guests were invited to listen and play a selection of records that Pierre-Yves Macé particularly enjoyed and the « in », a live recording session where he was joined by a pianist, a flutist and a cellist. Throughout the evening, Pierre-Yves Macé explained his research process and musical choices while orchestrating the live recording sessions.

Conception & Composition : Pierre-Yves Macé
Flutist : Cédric Jullion
Pianist : Denis Chouillet
Cellist : Maitane Sebastian
Informatic patch : Julien Rabin
Sound system installation : Motus

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