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The careers of Lights! It is the continuous play which we appreciate particularly when heat is smelt.
You will be stunned in front of these gigantic blocks of careers on which are thrown in music of the famous works.
But how were they born?
There are 20 million years. The training of the stone of the Leases The stone extracted in the South is baptized locally by the name of the municipality where it is exploited (stone of the Leases, Fontvieille …). Also said "stone of noon", the stone of the Leases is a calcareous rock slightly coquillée, in fine grain and about white and fair color. She results from the aggregation of carbonate of calcium on a calcareous sand. We find numerous marine fossil fragments there which give evidence of the presence of the sea. XIXth century Opening of the career of ocean depths The industrial development also involves the construction of numerous buildings (factories, warehouses, stations …).
It is especially the nearby village of that from the Leases, Fontvieille, that benefits of the considerable development of the stony request at that time because his white stone is of better quality than that of the Leases.
However, that of the Leases is not outdone and also takes advantage of the bright spell if we judge it by the number of careers then in exploitation, of which the career of ocean depths, known today under the name of Careers of Lights.
- On 1935 Closure of the career After the World War I, the decline of the stone of construction begins. New building materials made their appearance: the steel, the concrete ... More economic, these new materials make a fierce competition for the freestone of careers. Thus the latter eventually closed.
- On 1959 Careers and Jean Cocteau The career finds a new function thanks to the visionary genius of Jean Cocteau in the 60s. Amazed by the beauty of places and his environment, he decides to turn "The Will of Orpheus there".
- First 1977 audiovisual shows; stony careers become of Lights The transformation of careers is confirmed with the creation of a new project inspired by Joseph Svoboda's searches, scenographer of the second half of the 20th century and intended to emphasize this space: the immense rocky bulwarks of careers form so many supports for a sound and a light dispositives.
- On 2012 Culturespaces, agent of the site The city of Baux-de-Provence confides to Culturespaces the management of the career, within the framework of a delegation of public service. Baptized "Careers of Lights", she establishes a place of great experiment for Culturespaces who developed an innovative concept there: AMIEX ® (Art and Music Immersive Experience). The Careers of Lights open in March with the digital exhibition immersive: "Gauguin, Van Gogh, the painters of the color", a journey in music in the world colored with these two artists, produced by Culturespace and directed by Gianfranco Iannuzzi, Renato Gatto and Massimiliano Siccardi. 2013 Monet, Renoir… Chagall. Journey to the Mediterranean.
- In 2013, the Careers of Light presented an immersive digital exhibition entitled "Monet, Renoir… Chagall. Voyage en Méditerranée". Produced by Culturespaces, directed by Gianfranco Iannuzzi, Renato Gatto and Massimiliano Siccardi and labelled Marseille-Provence 2013, this exhibition invites to evolve freely in the quarries to follow the variations of 16 2019 Van Gogh, the starry night.
- In 2019, the Careers of Lights celebrates the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) who painted over 2,000 paintings during the last 10 years of his life. On the 7000 m² of the Carrières, this new visual and sound creation, produced by Culturespaces and directed by Gianfranco Iannuzzi, Renato Gatto and Massimiliano Siccardi with the musical collaboration of Luca Longobardi, retraces the intense life of the artist fascinated by the warm and colourful shades of Provence on the theme of the Mediterranean.