Nuit Blanche is one of my favorite nights in Paris. My first was last year and immediately I became a fan of this night of organized creative chaos. The city comes to frenetic life from dusk until dawn. Around every corner an art installation waits to be discovered, in churches, hospitals, gardens…virtually everywhere. My favorite exhibits are often those found by accident, such as the image of a person sleeping, found in a boutique in the Marais, a light installation by Frédérique Chauveau.
Long sheer illuminated curtains, blowing in the wind at the Swedish Institute…eerily romantic.
Love the Differences in many languages by Michelangelo Pistoletto…love the cultural melange!
Atsara created one of my favorite light installations, hidden in a courtyard on Isle Saint Louis.
The rose window of Notre Dame lit up beneath a pitch plack sky, by Thierry Dreyfus.
A perfect grand finale…at 3am.
Great photos, Kasia! I didn’t get to see that much (I was inside at a party most of the night), so I appreciate the tour!
Next year you must plan your Nuit Blanche parties out-of-doors 😉
OH HOW I LOOOOOOVE light installations.
remind me next year in advance… i want to join you for this :):):)
YES you must!!! Such a memorable night of lights!
yes – nice photos, indeed! i stayed in for Nuit Blanche this year – but yours is one more blog i see that makes me wish I had motivated to get out a bit. Great installations!
It was nice to see what happened in the central portion of Paris. We stayed close to home and were in Belleville for just a couple of installations (there were too many long lines to most of them in the east), but it was nice to get out and about for what we did see. While I have been here for three “La Nuit Blanche” nights this was only the second I bothered to get out and see. What I am thinking now from seeing your post is that I need to really plan ahead for next year’s and see more of what is around in other parts of the city! And make sure I take a nap before I head out. I’m getting kinda old to stay up too late, lol.
Ditto Karin!