La Villette expands the canvas

You have to get up early these days to find an exhibition that is not immersive. This one is a monumental bonus. The Jam Project has hung large canvases at La Villette, under the framework of the Grande Halle, for a “360-degree sound and visual experience”. Five films are on the program - which are moreover not films but capsules - including Legacy. The Courage of Truth , Yann Arthus-Bertrand's latest documentary.

The audience, about fifty people that day, disperses in the space forty meters long and twenty-five wide. Some sit on the floor, others lie down. A lady asks where the chairs are. It's the principle of immersion, the supervisor whispers to him. We wander, we soak up, in short we immerse ourselves. In his most reassuring voice, Yann Arthus-Bertrand also announces the flood. Against the backdrop of splendid images, most often taken from a helicopter, he reminds us that we are not the first

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