MUCEM: Closing night of the OH les beaux jours! festival

📍MUCEM, Marseille

▪️ iDzia installation: video, light, sound

MUCEM: Closing night of the OH les beaux jours! festival

A magical closing for the Oh les beaux jours! festival on the terrace of Fort Saint-Jean at the Mucem. For this final evening, the audience gathered facing the sea, in an exceptional setting where heritage, poetry, and contemporary creation naturally echo one another. As the sun slowly disappeared on the horizon, the golden evening light gave way to a soft atmosphere, inviting reverie.

The first part of the evening was carried by Clara Ysé, accompanied on piano by Camille El Bacha. Together, they brought to life the poetry collection Vivante, published by Seghers, in which Clara's world resonates with the voices of René Char, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Fernando Pessoa. Her reading, delivered with a presence both gentle and powerful, immediately captured the audience’s attention. The subtle notes of the piano accompanied the words with precision, creating a bubble of poetry suspended in time.

The second part of the evening took the form of a hybrid and immersive performance titled Les royaumes invisibles. Musician Voyou took the stage with his luminous compositions from the album Les Royaumes minuscules, while comic book artist Cyril Pedrosa drew live on stage. His illustrations, projected in large format, evolved in sync with the music, creating a seamless visual and sonic dialogue. The connection between image and sound was built gradually, drawing after drawing, note after note, shaping a dreamlike, almost cinematic narrative. This sensitive duo was joined by a surprise appearance from Albin de la Simone, adding yet another emotional layer to an already generous performance.

This delicate and luminous finale perfectly captured the spirit of the Oh les beaux jours! festival: a meeting of disciplines, a dialogue between artists and audience, where literature is constantly enriched by other forms of art. This closing night, imagined as a suspended moment in time, offered everyone a space to feel, imagine, and share.

A heartfelt thank you to the entire festival team for this beautiful adventure, to the Mucem for their warm welcome, and to all the artists for these rare and precious moments. Night fell over the terrace of Fort Saint-Jean, but the words, sounds, and images from this evening continue to resonate long after the applause has faded.

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