








The "Présentes" immersive exhibition
With the exceptional collaboration of the Louvre Museum, Art Explora presents "Présentes," an immersive exhibition highlighting female figures in Mediterranean civilizations, through the Louvre's collections. This digital experience combines education, art discovery, and contemporary audiovisual technologies to offer a journey through millennia of history.
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The "Présentes" immersive exhibition
Experience on reservation. Duration: 1h00

The "Présentes" immersive exhibition
Experience on reservation. Duration: 1h00
A two-part experience
• A 10-minute documentary video dedicated to the representation of women in the arts and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. Based on an original screenplay by Sophie Caron, this documentary offers a contextualized perspective on works from the Louvre's collections. It takes viewers on a narrative journey from Mesopotamia to Roman Egypt, via the Greek world, encountering goddesses, priestesses, muses, artists, mothers, craftswomen, rulers, and many other female figures through the artistic and archaeological objects of these civilizations. Highlighting the diversity of experiences, symbols, roles, and attributes of women from one shore of the Mediterranean basin to the other, this experience invites reflection on traditional representations of women and their visibility in the history of these societies.
• The immersive exhibition where visitors are enveloped in a sensory experience. The research giving rise to this immersive experience was developed by a polyphonic curatorial team composed of leading figures, artists, and thinkers: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (choreographer), Noëmi Daucé (curator in the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre Museum), Simone Fattal (artist), Nicolas Saada (filmmaker), and Daniel Mendelsohn (writer). Each of these figures incorporated into their own research a historical and contemporary reflection on life in the Mediterranean.


Among its collections, the Louvre Museum preserves one of the most poignant testimonies : the voice of humanity's first poet, the high priestess Enheduanna . One of her poems, dedicated to the praise of the great Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, written in the first person, gives voice to a singular perspective for the first time. While glorifying the power of her goddess, which manifests itself through both anger and fury as well as joy and jubilation, Enheduanna recounts some painful episodes from her personal experience.
Placed under the aegis of this foundational figure, the exhibition brings together faces and lives from Egypt and Mesopotamia, Athens and Rome, extending to 18th-century sculpture, paving the way for a new exploration of the Louvre Museum's collections and the feminine power they contain . Through these faces and lives, humanity is thus embodied, with its imposed violence and its embraced freedoms, carried from one shore of the Mediterranean to the other.
The experience is thus based on emotion, discovery and immersion . It presents sequences of powerful and evocative works combined with dynamic visual transition effects that play with the perception of space, offering a balance between contemplation and movement.
GRAPHICS eMOTION TO VISUAL REALIZATION
From the initial drafts of the project, Graphics eMotion has been at the heart of the creative process, working closely with the Art Explora Foundation and with the curators of the Louvre Museum. As seasoned visual storytellers and creators of multisensory digital experiences, director Julien Abril and creative director Alexandre Poitras developed the concept, the unique aesthetic, and the narrative of the exhibition. Drawing on the knowledge they have accumulated over the years working on spectacular artistic projects such as the Banquet at the Cité des Sciences in Paris or the Sangue e Arena show at the Colosseum in Rome, they designed each scene with particular attention to its emotional impact and immersive power.
The team digitized a large collection of artifacts from the Louvre and modeled them in 3D with a very high level of detail using the latest technologies. A team of talented, multidisciplinary artists created immersive environments with digital animations and complex visual effects. They crafted a poignant and spectacular experience that presents ancient works of art with a decidedly modern approach.
Graphics eMotion is a multimedia company specializing in video mapping, visual storytelling, interactive installations, and immersive experiences. They create powerful emotions through the fusion of art and technology. They are artisans of experiences, wonder, and memories. The company aims to create unique artistic experiences using cutting-edge technologies, inspire people's imaginations by transforming their environment, and create virtual realities experienced collectively by the public. They strive to forge indissoluble links between artistic and technical innovation to create a tapestry of original and captivating experiences.
CREDITS
Creative direction and visual production by Graphics eMotion
Director: Julien Abril
Creative Director: Alexandre Poitras
2D-3D Artists: Jean-François Pellerin, Alexandre Poitras, Jean Desrosiers, Laetitia Morand, Serge Tardif, Maxime Rouleau-Villeneuve, Teddy Remir, Jade Bruneau, Gensana Manceau
Executive Producer: Nadir Moukheiber
Production coordinator: Yousef Ghalayini
Image editor: Maud Lomnitz
Photographer: Basile Crespin, Fabrice Labit
© 2024, Graphics eMotion
SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE: SOUND CREATION
Sailing for over two months along the coasts of the Middle East, Italy, North Africa, and Southern Europe, equipped with scanners, antennas, and recorders with technologically advanced hearing, Soundwalk Collective intercepted the accidental layering of noises, music, voices, private conversations, and public announcements, bouncing between boats, ships, and the shore. The result is a constantly rearranging musical map, a polyphonic installation, the reflection of a sound archive.
Soundwalk Collective is the contemporary sonic arts platform of founder and artist Stephan Crasneanscki and producer Simone Merli. Working with a rotating constellation of artists and musicians, they develop site- and context-specific sound projects through which to examine conceptual, literary or artistic themes.
Evolving along multi-disciplinary lines, Soundwalk Collective has cultivated long-term creative collaborations with musician Patti Smith, late director Jean-Luc Goddard, photographer Nan Goldin, choreographer Sasha Waltz, and actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, among others. In doing so, their practice engages in the narrative potential of sound across mediums such as art installations, dance, music and film.
CREDITS
Sound and music by Soundwalk Collective
Art direction : Stephan Crasneanscki
Production: Simone Merli, Douglas Pisterman
With the exceptional participation of Mika, performing the texts of Etel Adnan
Voices: Fanny Mulay Winter, Youka Snell, Joanna Deborah Bussinger, Larissa Tsevi-Unterdörfer, Fernando Morales, Noah Slee, Simone Ferrante
Strings: Boram Lie, Mia Bodet, Yodfat Miron, Yumi Onda, Youka Snell
Additional strings, piano, sound design: Douglas Pisterman
Conductor and arranger for 'String Quartet': Zacharias Falkenberg
© 2024, Soundwalk Collective

Photo by Nan Goldin
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Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.
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