"Nuits Urbaines"
Esplanade de La Défense, Paris, France
September 24th to 26th, 2015
Interactive, cultural and multimedia itinerary - Art and Heritage
40 000
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Project development:
8 months
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From September 24th to 26th, 2015, as night began to fall, "Nuits Urbaines" brought to life Europe's foremost business quarter to "give it a new face" and make it a cultural hotspot, accessible to everyone.

The concept we chose to create and implement consisted of an adventure made up of five interactive, participatory, contemplative, and festive areas using different and complementary techniques and media, the objective being to offer a totally diverse gamut of experiences.

A truly original work, all these installations were created and produced especially for the event and distributed over the whole esplanade from the Grande Arche to the Bassin Takis:

Water concert

A musical style, water effects, a range of colors: thanks to interactive terminals, participants activated the
Agam fountain in the form of a concert allying water, sound, and light!

Urban vertigo

The "Bridge of Every Danger" opened up the ground of La Défense, uncovering the subterranean life "under the paving stones" of the business district, thanks to a system of projections of anamorphoses.

Shared moods

Reflections of their emotions, the participants express themselves through interactive tablets to set in motion a mysterious, multi-colored cloud in the middle of the esplanade in a visual and musical symphony.

Silence! We're dancing

Equipped with a cordless headset, the public took part in a silent disco at the foot of Bernar Venet's sculpture, in the heart of the Quartier Michelet.

Fire drums

Ready to play with fire and water, participants
joined crazy conductor, Pierre Caillot. Using interactive drums, they trigger flames, water jets and geysers
on the Bassin Takis in a splendid collective visual and musical choreography.

To ensure active participation from the public, we developed and produced a dedicated interactive app (iPhone and Android).

Each installation was the result of a complex production process, due to the fact that the technologies we used were especially developed for the event.

"Nuits Urbaines" was the first event of this type organised in Paris-La Défense.