Exhibition – Micro-lectures – Immersive sound installation.
Video, Installation, Performance, Music, Sculpture, Lecture, Monumental Installation. Nuit Blanche 2026: La mer, la nuit Exhibition – Micro-lectures – Immersive sound installation. To evoke the extraordinary mysteries of the emergence of life on Earth, the fantastical creatures of the abyss, remarkable stories of adventure and exile, and the future of marine ecosystems, the MAIF Social Club brings together visual artists, CNRS researchers, and an audio-naturalist for its Nuit Blanche. La mer, la nuit is an invitation to reconnect with the vast expanses of the ocean, at a time when our relationship with them is so symptomatic of the way we regard, or disregard, the world around us, living beings, and otherness. As part of Nuit Blanche 2026, and around its exhibition Voir la mer, open late into the evening, the MAIF Social Club will offer early-evening micro-lectures on marine worlds given by CNRS researchers, somewhere between an artistic happening and science outreach. ON THE PROGRAM: 🌊 The exhibition Voir la mer 🎧 Immersive sound experience: Océanophonie from 7 p.m. Throughout the evening, let yourself be carried away by the sound creation of explorer and audio-naturalist Fernand Deroussen, composed especially for Nuit Blanche. Lying down facing a high-definition acoustic installation, you will listen to the song of waves, seabirds, foghorns, and even the sounds made by shrimp, octopuses, and cetaceans. A score usually invisible to our ears. 🎙️ Micro-lectures: Face à la mer at 7:30 p.m. Early in the evening, attend the CNRS micro-lectures Les Échappées inattendues. Dive into the ocean, a central environment for ecosystems, populations, and the climate, through the perspectives of three scientists. Biology, ecology, humanities... complementary approaches to exploring the many issues facing a changing sea. With Sarah Samadi, CNRS ecologist, on the exploration of the deep ocean; Chris Bowler, biologist and director of the plant and algae genomics laboratory; and Jade Nijman, PhD in visual cultures at the Institut Jean-Nicod, on representations of the ocean in the arts. An evening to listen, marvel, and reconnect with the ocean through art and science. Audio-naturalist Fernand Deroussen has built a sound library made up of 50,000 animal recordings and a large number of ambiences and soundscapes. This archive, which is continually growing, is deposited with the Muséum National d’histoire Naturelle de Paris. In partnership with CNRS, Bloom, COAL. Curated by Lauranne Germond / Florent Héridel / MAIF Social Club. "
Source: paris.fr — photo: Jean-Louis Carli