“A work of very high quality, both in its realization, in its interpretation and in its sober and very beautiful visual effects.”
“Simply bluffing and moving. If you are wondering what new technologies can bring to culture and our apprehension of art and knowledge, this augmented reality experience will remove any doubt you may still have… Mind-blowing.”
“NOIRE is a shock, with powerful civic virtues. A fantastic tool for raising awareness, especially for younger audiences. An essential exhibition… but it’s fully booked.”
“Stéphane Foenkinos and Pierre-Alain Giraud’s proposal sweeps away everything that has already been done with Augmented Reality. The sensation of being in the company of the characters is stunning. NOIRE leaves in the mouth a taste of injustice and anger, and the desire to know better Claudette Colvin.”
“An impressive sensory experience. The technique of narration, the characters, the originality of the subject… Everything contributes to make the installation NOIRE, the unsung life of Claudette Colvin an event not to be missed.”
“A sensory experience, original and disturbing: archives and videos are projected on a screen while we physically move among the holographic spectres of the characters of the past. A new and powerful way to transmit history.”
“At the Centre Pompidou, thanks to an emotionally charged installation, we plunge, as if we were there, into the story of this pioneer of the civil rights movement, but also one of the last survivors.”
“It is a tremendous tribute, the first of its kind in the world, that the Centre Pompidou offers to Claudette Colvin. The installation, at the crossroads of digital arts and live performance, is amazing.”
Artscape
“Thanks to augmented reality, we are immersed in the daily life of Claudette Colvin. We are in the bus at her side, in the court with her facing the judge who condemned her. A way to live segregation and racism from the inside and certainly to better feel the injustice.”
“A striking hybrid experience: simple spectators, we become actors. The technical process used in this immersive show is very different from virtual reality: here the spectators see each other, can talk to each other and navigate between the parts of the real set and those in hologram. My fellow experimenters, and myself, come away shaken by what we’ve just discovered. ‘It is very fascinating, very disconcerting and even disturbing.’”
“The virtual and real worlds blend together, creating a fragile bridge between us and History. The sounds, the voice of the narrator, the music complete the immersion in this strong and touching story, in which we meet a woman committed to human rights, in a terrible period of history. A poignant experience to live without waiting at the Centre Pompidou.”
“Tania de Montaigne successfully tackles the Augmented Reality challenge to immerse the viewer in the story of this icon of the American Civil Rights Movement.”
Thierry Voisin, Télérama
“NOIRE, the unsung life of Claudette Colvin can now be seen. Or rather lived, thanks to this immersive installation in augmented reality, presented as a world premiere. Guided by the voice of the author, headphones on the eyes, a journey in Alabama of the 1950s.”
“The work of art is here, also, militant and viral, by its form. (…) The live show, conceived in augmented reality in a mix between films, sounds, holographic projections, is an experience to live, without any hesitation. NOIRE is an installation, a work of art in its own right, in its form and in its contents.”
“The holograms of the high school girl, the policemen, the judge appear as ghosts, sometimes just suggested by silhouettes in luminous points. This technology is not a gadget, it serves the substance of the subject on this erased past which reappears. Recommended for young people of the same age as Claudette Colvin at the time.”
“Thanks to the augmented reality that immerses us in history, we are, like witnesses, invited to understand the mechanisms of racism and to feel deep inside what Claudette Colvin experienced. We emerge both moved and angry from this striking leap into the past. Aware that the fight against racism is not over.”
“The Centre Pompidou innovates with an installation to be lived as an extraordinary experience. NOIRE is an experience to be seen, heard and lived. It is the result of a fantastic collaboration between Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud and Tania de Montaigne. Here Tech is put at the service of culture and history.”
Elizabeth Sutton, Idboox
“A story about the heart and its consequences that we could not stop thinking about long after experiencing it.”
