The facade of the Palais Garnier in Paris, under scaffolding for work for several months, is covered with an ephemeral installation by the artist JR representing a cave, noted an AFP photographer.
This installation covers the facade of this historic monument, which is also one of the two stages of the Paris Opera with the Opéra Bastille.
"Revealing the entrance to an immense cavern opening onto a perspective of rock and light", this work is a "visual evocation of the origins of ballet and opera, when song and dance celebrated the divinities of Archaic Greece within caves set up for festivities,” states the institution in a press release.
The Opera has also announced the projection of extracts from lyrical and choreographic works on this facade, visible from the square, for four evenings (September 9, 10, 16 and 17).
A second installation, a stage curtain, is planned for November.
Restoration work on the facade is planned until the end of 2024.
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