Roads of Arabia
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Sisygambis has created the audiovisual and digital works of this remarkable exhibition. The Caravan, immersive installation, crossing through the desert of Arabia, Highway to Modernity, a celebration from the roads to Mecca in the 1950's to the futuristic taxi drones, animated maps, digital flipbooks… A fascinating story from Antiquity to the present day, at the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Benaki Museum in Athens.
Projection 4.0 - 7,50m x 4,22m
Immersive installation of images shot in the Liwa desert.
Projection 4.0 - 7,50m x 4,22m
Immersive installation of images shot in the Liwa desert.
Projection 4.0 - 7,50m x 4,22m
Immersive installation of images shot in the Liwa desert.
Projection 4.0 - 7,50m x 4,22m
Immersive installation of images shot in the Liwa desert.
Sound & projection 6m x 5m
The trade roads, Incense Roads and the Pilgrimage to Mecca
LED wall 6m x 5m
A celebration from the roads to Mecca in the 1950's to the futuristic taxi drones and Hyperloop train.
Music : Christine Coulange with the soundbase of Paul Mattar, Ethnographic Museum of Geneva (MEG)
Touchscreens 21”
Jaussen and Savignac Selection in arabic, french and english
touchscreens 21”
Mecca at the end of the 19th century as seen through the two volumes by C. Snouck Hurgronje
in arabic, french and english
touchscreens 21”
Mecca at the end of the 19th century as seen through the two volumes by C. Snouck Hurgronje
in arabic, french and english
Official opening speech, November 8th, 2018
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