The Tree of Light

by Yann Garreau and Onyo
2021
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Prix de la meilleure oeuvre française à l'export - NewImages Festival 2022

The Tree of Light is an original fiction which plunges you into the heart of an enchanted forest to experience a unique moment of regeneration of a thousand-year old tree. The work allows the experience of a new relationship with the living beings that inhabit our world.

Sitting in a circle, eyes closed, with headphones on, the experience is a journey of sensory wonder through a unique spatialized sound, an interactive light sculpture made by a craftsman, and an immersive writing that puts you at the heart of the story.

In-situ experience
Computer, Other
Suitable for all audiences
from 15 to 20 minute(s)
French, English
Update : 31/05/2024
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The Tree of Light Illustration (Margaux Peltat)
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Synopsis:

In time immemorial, a sun deity placed a fragment of his heart in a tree in the Onyo forest. Thus was born the Tree of Light, which brought the world out of darkness and allowed life to develop. But... this energy is not eternal. Every hundred years, the living gather in a sacred ritual to restore this energy. You will take your place in this ritual, guided by a shaman deer, and participate in the rebirth of this legendary tree.


The experience :

Between 3 to 12 participants per session are invited to sit around a luminous branch of the Tree, to close their eyes and put a headphone on their ears. They will then discover this unique ecological fables for the next 13 minutes.

How to broadcast the experience :

There are different scenographic and experiential versions to adapt the work to all types of spaces and audiences, and to amaze the greatest number. From hosting the Tree of Light in a Yurt, to a very small installation easy to travel, and even digital version of the experience that can work on tablets.


The note of intention:

By mixing art and science, the work mobilizes the powers of fiction to take a step aside and explore other imaginaries of life. The authors, Yann Garreau and Charlotte-Amélie Veaux, draw on contemporary works on ecology. Influenced by the work of the philosopher Baptiste Morizot, devoted to the relationship between humans and the living, they deliver a dreamlike narrative that gives a voice to animals and plants.

What if we lived in tune with the other living beings that inhabit the world alongside us? And if their voice was as strong as ours, what would they say? What new collective fact could bring us together? How can we coexist in symbiotic logics?

These questions have built a collective narrative that blurs the boundary between humans and other living things. We rediscover a rich, animated fauna and flora that never ceases to amaze us and to take care of each other. The work participates in the fall of stress and anxiety as a walk in the forest might, thanks to a breath exercise that is the main interaction of the narrative.

The Tree of Light is a call for the regeneration of living ecosystems.

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In-situ experience
Experience
Terms
Multi-users
Interactivity
Linear
Capacity
From 2 to 30 people
Duration
From 15 to 20 minute(s)
Audience
Categories
Suitable for all audiences
Minimum age
5 years
Accessibility
Suitable for visitors with developmental and learning disabilities, Suitable for people with reduced mobility, Audio description
Prices
Pricing
Fixed price, Revenue sharing, Guaranteed minimum + revenue sharing
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Languages
Original language
French
Dubbing
English
Subtitles
Team
Interpreter
no
Public outreach
yes
Technician
no
Material
Equipment
Computer (Mac) ; Other
Minimum space required
A partir de 30 m 2
Internet connection
Not required to broadcast the artwork
A workshop may accompagny this artwork.
Awards
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Programming
Festival La Magma Académie du Climat, Paris (France), 2023
Lumières sur le Quai - Edition Jouer avec le Feu Quai des Savoirs, Toulouse (France), 2023
Tournée Sud-Microfolie Cannes, Marseille, Draguignan, Cagnes-Sur-Mer (France), 2023
ChangeNow 2022 Grand Palais Ephemère à Paris (France), 2022
Festival Les Illuminés Chateau de l'île de Noirmoutier (France), 2022
Grand Défi Ecologique Citoyen de l'ADEME Le Quai - Angers (France), 2022
Novembre Numérique Alliance Française de Toronto (Canada), 2022
Open Factory #6 Cent-Quatre à Paris (France), 2022
Expéditions Créatives Institut Français de Tunisie (Tunisia), 2021
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Direction
Y G
Author
Yann Garreau
Author
Onyo
C R
Direction
Charlotte Roux
B V
Composition and sound design
Bastien Varigault
E F
Composition and sound design
Elodie Fiat
C
Lighting design
Collectif Scale
C M
Artist
Charles Macaire
F C
Artist
Françoise Cadol
J N
Artist
Johanna Nizard
A R
Artist
Alexandre Ruby
C V
Author
Charlotte-Amélie Veaux
Production-distribution
Production
Onyo
O
Broadcasting
ONYO
 
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