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Rendez-Vous À La Cathédrale « the Lights of Liberty PRESS KIT PRESS RELEASE An artistic and technical prowess! Since 2014, more than 60,000 people saw the new version of the popular evening show Rendez-vous à la cathédrale “The Lights of Liberty”. This success led the Bayeux Intercom Tourist Office to renew the show-event in 2016. The tree of liberty and the cathedral will therefore continue this year to adorn a thousand lights throughout the summer! Directed by the company Spectaculaires, Allumeurs d’images, a world leading company in the field of monumental projections, this show is a journey to the heart of Liberty! Liberty, a strong value in Bayeux Historic gateway to the D-Day Beaches area, first town to be liberated in 1944, Bayeux is also the guardian of the famous Tapestry and has been hosting the Prix Bayeux Calvados for War Correspondents since its creation in 1994... Bayeux is therefore a coherent venue for the show « Rendez-vous à la cathédrale », centred on liberty. The Place de la Liberté, the surrounding buildings, the cathedral and the two-hundred-year-old tree offer an ideal location for the artistic creation of the company Spectaculaires, creator of the event. A stone facade and a plane tree used as screens Planted in 1797, the Tree of Liberty of Bayeux stands proudly at the centre of the Place de la Liberté, which, for the occasion, becomes a theatre in the heart of the medieval city. This 360 degree video mapping, a unique artistic and technical prowess, is designed to light up the trunk and branches of the tree. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Allied landings, the freedom of the press, the freedom to love, and the symbol of « flower power »... Liberty in Normandy and around the world is celebrated through short « modules », projected continuously during the evening (duration of a cycle: 40 minutes). The portraits of Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and General de Gaulle are shown alongside the works of Paul Eluard, Mozart and Debussy. In parallel, the cathedral is adorned with a thousand colours, right to the tip of its highest point, the Lantern Tower. « Mind-blowing! » « Unique! » « Amazing! » Rendez-vous à la Cathédrale : key figures ☼ More than 130 000 spectators since 2010, with more From July 12 to August 27, 2016 – Free show than 60 000 for « Les lumières de la Liberté » since 2014 On Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays ☼ A budget of 150 000 €, 50% of which stems from From dusk to 00.30 a.m. exterior funds Tree of Liberty – Cathedral ☼ In 2016, 21 evening shows Rendez-vous à la cathédrale 2016 – Press contact : Claire BEAURUEL – Tourist office of Bayeux Intercom Tél : +33(0)2.31.51.28.24 – [email protected] – www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com 1 CONTENTS « It is when Night prevails that it is fine to believe in the Light », Edmond Rostand A story of freedom ............................................................................................................ p.3 An unprecedented technological challenge ...................................................................... p.4 The Tree of Liberty, a two hundred year old plane tree ................................................... p.5 The Bayeux cathedral and the beauty of stone ................................................................ p.5 Bayeux, a symbol of freedom ............................................................................................ p.6 Spectaculaires, a world reference ...................................................................................... p.7 They talked about the show .............................................................................................. p.8 The partners of Rendez-vous à la cathédrale ..................................................................... p.9 Practical information ....................................................................................................... p.10 A colourful triptych! ........................................................................................................ p.11 Contacts ........................................................................................................................... p.12 Rendez-vous à la cathédrale 2016 – Press contact : Claire BEAURUEL – Tourist office of Bayeux Intercom Tél : +33(0)2.31.51.28.24 – [email protected] – www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com 2 A STORY OF FREEDOM Rendez-vous à la Cathédrale “The Lights of Liberty” is a universal show, for the whole family, of all nationalities, enriched by a soundtrack and carefully selected images… The first paid holidays – True ode to chosen artists. Soundtrack: Senza by holiday time, a symbol of freedom, this Camille, Circle by Bobby Mc Ferrin. scene shows alternatively blue and white bathing costumes, beach huts Liberté by Paul Eluard – A « rainbow » and games… On the melody of the song tree evolves slowly for the duration of “Nationale 7”, the resorts of Normandy the poem… Soundtrack: Rêverie by welcome holiday makers! Soundtrack: Debussy. Nationale 7 by Charles Trenet, covered by Spectaculaires in Nationale « 13 » Liberty of the press, the liberty to inform – To the sound of radio reports, The Liberation of 1944 & the speech by the tree is covered with international the General de Gaulle in Bayeux – newspaper reports, which become After the horror of the D-day landings, stained with ink, crossed out, and the fighting, fire and desolation comes ▲ I have a dream – Black and white illegible, and censured. Just like a TV the time of release. Projected on the stripes symbolise the bars of a prison. screen, the image blurs, white dots trunk, the Cross of Lorraine, symbol of Behind them Martin Luther King’s appear and the image vanishes… French Resistance, and the speech of famous sentence “I HAVE A th General de Gaulle on 14 June 1944, in DREAM” and other symbols of Bayeux. Soundtrack: Time by Hans freedom such as Mahatma Gandhi, Zimmer & Swing 42 by Django Reinhardt. Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks… These form a mosaic of faces, in a colourful scene, previously shown in black and white. Soundtrack: Kae le Kae by the Soweto Gospel Choir, extracts of the Martin Luther King’s speech. Flower Power – The “hippie” era with its utopian ideas is represented in a highly colourful scene... Hippie ▲ Freedom to love – Hearts pierced hairstyles, psychedelic sunglasses and with arrows – the universal symbol of of course the peace and love symbol… love – are etched into the bark of the Soundtrack: If you’re going to San tree... The light then dims, the tree is Francisco by Scott McKenzie. dressed with lace, and undressed, and ▲ The Revolution, the Declaration of appears “naked” in front of spectators, the Rights of Man and of the Citizen – Artistic creation, “in the manner its bark covered with love messages th On March 30 1797, the Tree of Liberty of...” – is a poetic sequence and hearts. Soundtrack: Déshabillez- is planted in Bayeux... The symbols of inspired by the works of great moi by Juliette Gréco. freedom appear successively: artists such as Van Gogh, Klee, Klimt, Marianne, tricolour ribbons, and the Miro, and Monet… The tree first Phrygian cap... Soundtrack: Concerto appears as a sketch and gradually fills pour clarinette by Mozart. with colour and shapes evoking the Rendez-vous à la cathédrale 2016 – Press contact : Claire BEAURUEL – Tourist office of Bayeux Intercom Tél : +33(0)2.31.51.28.24 – [email protected] – www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com 3 AN UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE Many hours of work were needed in order to dress each vein of the tree and highlight the fine texture of its bark. Complex techniques were also designed to allow the projection of animated images in the branches and leaves! Audiovisual columns specially designed for Bayeux Spectaculaires use eight HD video projectors around the tree. The four- meter-high towers were specially designed for Bayeux and fit discreetly in the environment, unnoticed by the public. The columns are made of aluminium, and contain all the lighting, sound, video and IT equipment, needed for the projection of the show. Developing the most suitable tools and investing in research and development is one of Spectaculaires’ missions. These technical achievements answer several constraints: DISCRETION (unnoticed by spectators) BULK (no impact on the circulation of the public) SECURITY / SOLIDITY (resistance to crowd, circulation, and children) RESISTANCE (to the wind, thermic dissipation, water-tightness) PROTECTION (against theft and/or damage) Advancing technology enables ideas to become real projects « We had been thinking about this scenic installation for five years but techniques needed to evolve. In 2014, the anniversary of the Liberation seemed like the perfect opportunity to propose this show. We created a fusion between light and the tree, like a technical photosynthesis, both poetic and lyrical! » Benoit Quéro, Director-Founder of Spectaculaires, Allumeurs d’images « Current technologies enabled the organisers of “Rendez-vous à la cathédrale” to give concrete expression to the ideas which had been forming in their minds for several years. The first edition, in two parts (highlighting of the cathedral / projection of monumental images on the facade of the Deanery) was such a success that the Tourist Office decided to place a new order with the company Spectaculaires for the next challenge: lighting up the place de la Liberté and the tree in the centre of the square. It is a true work of art which once again awaits spectators. » Loïc JAMIN, President of the Bayeux Intercom Tourist
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