WORKSHOP OF LIGHTS. This Friday, October 21, the exhibition “Tintin, the immersive adventure” which honors the famous reporter with the powder puff, begins in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Report in pictures and practical information.
[Mis à jour le 20 octobre 2022 à 21h21] This Friday, October 21, L’Atelier des Lumières in Paris is offering an exceptional exhibition devoted to the adventures of Tintin, the most famous of reporters, an immersive screening to be experienced until November 20, 2022. “This is the first time that the Atelier des Lumières strives to highlight a work belonging to the comic strip”, explains Grégoire Monnier, the director of Culturespaces Digital in charge of the Atelier des lumière, at Le Figaro.
Tintinimaginatio, exclusive worldwide holder of the exploitation and representation rights of the work ofHerge, has partnered with Culturespaces, a pioneer in the creation of immersive exhibitions unique in the world, to offer this creation specially designed for the Parisian digital art center. Our report in pictures below and discover the practical information below.
Entitled “Tintin, the immersive adventure”, the creation of the Atelier des Lumières allows “young and old alike… from 7 to 77 years old, to (re)immerse themselves in the creative and fictional universe of one of the greatest comic strip authors of the 20th century, since the first edition of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in 1929 to the most recent releases,” the press release explains.
Through the process combining art and music of the AMIEX® equipment (Art Music & Immersive Experience), the visitor finds himself immersed on a large scale in the heart of thousands of images of the saga projected from floor to ceiling by 140 video projectors, up to 10 meters in height over an area of 3,300 m². During the screening, Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, the Dupondts, Professor Tournesol, Castafiore and many others take over the floors and walls of the former foundry of L’Atelier des Lumières in Paris.
From October 21 to November 20, 2022, the screening “Tintin, the immersive adventure” is screened continuously on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. .
The Atelier des Lumières is free for children under 5, on presentation of proof. The rates for children, adults and seniors are as follows:
- Full price : 16 euros
- Youth rate (5-25 years): 11 euros.
- Senior rate (over 65): €15
- Reduced price (students, job seekers, disability card, Education pass): 13 euros
- Family rate (2 adults + 2 young people from 5 to 25 years old): 48 euros
- Free for children under 5.
- All tours are reservation required.
Until January 1, 2023, the projection of “Cézanne, lumière de Provence” offers to admire the most significant works of Cézanne, father of modern art (1839-1906) such as card players (1890-95) and The big bathers (circa 1906). The projection, lasting around forty minutes, follows the red thread of nature towards Provence and Sainte-Victoire. In the second part, the short exhibition “Kandinsky, the odyssey of the abstract”, produced by Virginie Martin and staged by Cutback, is a real invitation to travel into the inner cosmos of the prolific Russian painter of abstract art. . See our photo report :
The Atelier des Lumières is open every day, Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Exhibitions are shown continuously.
How long does a visit to the Atelier des Lumières take?
It takes an hour to visit in all. The current visit to the “Cézanne, Lumière de Provence” exhibition at the Atelier des Lumières lasts 40 minutes. It is followed by the projection: “Kandinsky, the odyssey of the abstract” of about ten minutes.
The nearest metro stations to the Atelier des Lumières are Saint Maur Street on line 3, Father Lachaise on line 2, Voltaire and St. Ambrose on line 9. The buses serving the Atelier des Lumières are lines 46, 56, 61 and 69.
Until 2 January 2022, the long program “Dalí, the endless enigma” brought together the works of nearly 60 creative years of the Catalan master, soft watches to Mae West face Passing by Atomic Leda and The Temptation of Saint Anthony, exhibited around the world (Dalí Foundation in Figueres, The Dalí Museum in Florida, Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid or even the MoMA in New York). Through a thematic journey, the visitor was immersed in the surreal and metaphysical landscapes of Salvador Daliinspired by the great masters of painting such as Vélasquez, Raphaël, Vermeer or Millet. The music of the legendary group Pink Floyd punctuated the setting in motion of the images from sequence to sequence. L’immersive experience lasted about forty minutes, followed bya short projection of the work of the architect Gaudí, staged by Cutback.
Until December 31, 2020, the exhibition “Monet, Renoir… Chagall. Voyages en Méditerranée” unveiled the paintings of around twenty artists at L’Atelier des Lumières, from Renoir to Chagall, via Monet, Pissarro, Matisse, Signac, Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, all in motion and in music. In 7 sequences and around forty minutes, the visitor was carried away from one artistic current to another: from Impressionism to Chagall, one of the greatest colorists of modern art. The screening was followed by the twenty-minute exhibition, “L’infini Bleu” byyves klein and “Journey” by the Turkish collective Nohlab, which won the Immersive Art Festival prize on October 24, 2020, dedicated to immersive digital design, at L’Atelier des Lumières. See our report :
Genius ignored during his lifetime, Van Gogh painted more than 2,000 paintings during the last 10 years of his life, before he ended his life in 1890. The exhibition “Van Gogh, The Starry Night”, which ended on December 31, 2019 , retraced these creative years during his stays in Nuenen, Paris, Arles, or even Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Auvers-sur-Oise. The visitor traveled for 30 minutes to the heart of his works, from his beginnings (the “Potato Eaters” in 1885), to his maturity (“Sunflowers” in 1888) passing through his famous paintings of the “Night starred” in 1889 and “The Bedroom” in 1889. See our report :
The projection juggled between shadow and light, sunny landscapes and nocturnal scenes, portraits and still lifes.