To celebrate Christian Boltanski’s work and memory the Pompidou Center, the Opéra Comique, the palace of Versailles and the Louvre museum together pay tribute to the tremendous artist, who passed away last 14th July. Conceived as a journey through Christian Boltanski’s sensitive work, this tribute invites audiences to (re)discover several creations of his.
Tuesday 12th October 2021, from 6pm
In the Pompidou centre’s parking lot, Forum 1.
An opera by Christian Boltanski, Jean Kalman and Franck Krawczyk, commissioned by the Opéra Comique.
Produced by the Opéra Comique in January 2020 in the Pompidou Centre’s parking lot as the highlight of the retrospective “Faire son temps” , Fosse is a 2 singular project which Christian Boltanski conceived as a link between the visible world and the sensitive one.
As a prelude to this homage, Annette Messenger has wished to re-enact the experience of absolute, timeless art, immersing the visitors in a mysterious orphic world.
Imagined by the composer Franck Krawczyk and the lighting designer Jean Kalman, Fosse has no end nor beginning, allowing anyone to pick up the threads of a story.
Lights, wandering souls, musicians and actors bring this opera of a new genre to life, embedding the movements of the audience to the creation and transforming the Pompidou Centre’s parking lot into a dantesque den resounding with the voices of the soprano Karen Vourc’h and twenty-eight singers of the Accentus ensemble, the music of thirteen cellos, including Sonia Wieder-Atherton, six pianos, percussions and an electric guitare. Artistic coordination by Plein Jour.
With the support of the Galerie Marian Goodman.
