TRAVEL THROUGH THE WORKS OF FAMOUS ARTISTS

Thanks to virtual reality, dive into the great adventure of life. With a VR headset, you will go on an adventure that will take you from prehistoric caves to the future of humanity. On the programme of this fourth collaboration with La julienne: the mystery of hieroglyphs, the first drawings of humanity, a visit to the Musée d’Orsay and an immersion in the world of species that cohabit the earth.

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CHAMPOLLION THE EGYPTIAN

Agnès Molia & Gordon / France / 2022 / 8 min / French

Seven years after unlocking the mystery of the hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion enters the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt. The moment is decisive: after four months of expedition, he has an appointment with the great Ramses II. Thanks to this virtual reality experience, you will relive this important moment in history. By the light of a torch, accompanied by the voice of Champollion, you enter the temple, reconstructed from the watercolors of David Roberts. Step by step, you discover its masterpieces, from the gigantic bas-relief of the battle of Qadesh to the sculptures of Ramses II and the gods Ra-Harakhty, Amun-Ra and Pta…

THE DAWN OF ART, A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHAUVET CAVE

Pierre Zandrowicz / France / 2019 / 10 min / French

The year is 36 000 BC, this is where we left our first trace. More than 400 paintings were found in this cave, Chauvet Pont d’Arc, made by the first humans. Who were they? The Dawn of Art is a trip to the very heart of our origins, where bears were gods. Where humans invented their first creative gesture. Narrated by Daisy Ridley, The Dawn of Art is a virtual reality experience including both an immersive film and a virtual visit of the Chauvet Cave, a Unesco World Heritage Site, considered one the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the XXth century.

WHEN SHE GETS OUT

Gordon & Marie Sellier / France / 2021 / 28 min / French

In this surprising and playful augmented reality experience (AR), the young dancer Marie sets out to meet the characters who, like her, are eternally frozen among the most famous works of art in the Musée d’Orsay.

NATURE PROGRAMME

ANIMALIA SUM

Bianca Kennedy, The Swan Collective / Germany, Brazil, Iceland / 2019 / 9 min / English

I am an animal. I eat animals. A strange duality, brought to life here through an absurd and funny project that Terry Gilliam would not disavow, in which insects, which have become the main link in the food chain, militate for humans to eat… whales.

HOMINIDAE

Brian Andrews / United States / 2020 / 7 min / no dialogue

The odyssey of a spider-like hominid, a phantasmagorical creature born from the fusion of a biped and an arthropod, in five short vignettes, from birth to death. Or when virtual reality explores the apocalyptic future of human anatomy.

THE ORCHID AND THE BEE

Frances Adair McKenzie / Canada / 2020 / 5 min / no dialogue

From the orchid to the bee, natural selection, as described by Charles Darwin, is the great adventure of life. Or not. An expressionist and surreal ode to the struggle for survival of the species, whatever the species in question. Virtual reality in the Monty Python style.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Sessions on Saturday, March 18, et Sunday, March 19, 2023:
10:00, 13:30, 15:00, 17:00 and 18:30.

Duration of a session: 90 minutes

Price: CHF 5.00 per person

From 12 years old.

Ticketing :

• Online (until 2 hours before each session)
• At the Plan-les-Ouates Town Hall
• On site, 1 hour before the session : subject to availability

Please arrive 10 minutes before your session.

To respect the smooth running of the event, latecomers will not be accepted. An alternative solution may be proposed if there are still places available in the following sessions, but no refund will be given.

Adress :

La julienne, Maison des arts et de la culture
Route de Saint-Julien 116
1228 Plan-les-Ouates