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.
Les Petits Français, Concept & Show Design, Executive Producer
Production team
Marilyn Kuentz, Producer
Anne Larra, Producer
Marine Daguet, Project Manager
Artistic team
Martin Arnaud, Show designer and Director
Design & Image production
François Simerey Studio: Set and Image Designer
Perrine Arnaud, Illustrator and graphic designer (sketches of the show, posters and app content)
Original soundtrack
Pierre Caillot, Philippe Villar, Pascal Lengagne, Fabien Langard
Lighting design & Programming
Bruno Corsini
Stage Managers
Rachel Gonidec
Christophe Bernard
Fréderic Margot
Roman Boiste
Frédéric Raynaud
Arnaud Perrel
Technical and logistics team
Antoine Bertrand, Technical Director
Damien Peltier, General Manager
Providers
Adventis, Set
Magnum, Video-projection, light, power distribution, audio, communications
Crystal Group, Special effects, and flames
Adrem, Technical development of the dedicated interactive app, Show control & Networks
Olips, Equipment and public security
Filming and editing
Philéas Images
2T Production
Photos
Laurent Attias
Les Petits Français, Concept & Show Design, Executive Producer
Production team
Marilyn Kuentz, Producer
Anne Larra, Producer
Marine Daguet, Project Manager
Artistic team
Martin Arnaud, Show designer and Director
Design & Image production
François Simerey Studio: Set and Image Designer
Perrine Arnaud, Illustrator and graphic designer (sketches of the show, posters and app content)
Original soundtrack
Pierre Caillot, Philippe Villar, Pascal Lengagne, Fabien Langard
Lighting design & Programming
Bruno Corsini
Stage Managers
Rachel Gonidec
Christophe Bernard
Fréderic Margot
Roman Boiste
Frédéric Raynaud
Arnaud Perrel
Technical and logistics team
Antoine Bertrand, Technical Director
Damien Peltier, General Manager
Providers
Adventis, Set
Magnum, Video-projection, light, power distribution, audio, communications
Crystal Group, Special effects, and flames
Adrem, Technical development of the dedicated interactive app, Show control & Networks
Olips, Equipment and public security
Filming and editing
Philéas Images
2T Production
Photos
Laurent Attias
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.