Marc Chagall at the Carrières de Lumières: Extraordinary
Artists Inspired by Provence · Inspire · Modern TrobadorsThe Carrières de Lumières defy description. One could say (aptly) that it is a multi-media extravaganza—about 100 projectors casting 3,000 images on walls as high as 14 meters, spilling onto the ceiling and the floor, and choreographed perfectly with music ringing out from about 25 speakers strategically placed within the 5,000 square meters of a former limestone quarry certainly qualifies as fantastic spectacle.
Carrières de Lumières
Route de Maillane
13520 Les Baux-de-Provence
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 54 47 37
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