We are delighted to announce that Scenitz is one of the guest curators for the next edition of Lumino festival, one of the main light & digital art festival in Canada, produced by Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Join us in Montreal from November 2025 to March 2026 to discover the program
Photo: Organ installation by Nicolas Paolozzi / taken by Alban Guerry-Suire
4 evenings of festivities in Parc Blandan, with a participatory dance show by Tudansesmonchou, set by PJ Pargas, tombolight and faceted karaoke by the Comité des fêtes, participatory fresco by Kairos & Noémie, glitter by Club Confettis, participatory mapping by The Live Drawing Project & more
Park lighting: Emilien Guesnard
🎥 Alban Guerry-Suire Thanks to Tushen Raï & Pedro Bertho for the musical extract
As part of the Lumino festival organized by the Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal, Nicolas Paolozzi created the in situ work Vortex. This luminous, airborne, streamlined creation is an immersive installation that generates a constantly changing atmosphere. Geometry, light and water intertwine to give viewers a unique visual and sensory experience. Comprising luminous octagons arranged on top of one another, the installation seems to float gently over the indoor fountain. Inspired by the architecture of Complexe Desjardins, the work is eco-friendly, being made from recycled and recyclable materials. Contemplating it produces a feeling of lightness that transports viewers to a world of dreams and imagination.
Exhibited from January to June 2025
Artist: Nicolas Paolozzi Production: Module Distribution: Scenitz
Discover the video report of Nawelle Aïnèche’s Outside installation, presented throughout December 2024 at the Lyon Auditorium as part of the Fête des Lumières.
Video direction: Alban Guerry-Suire (@_stonecat)
Artistic direction, scenography and staging: Nawelle Aïnèche Video mapping: Pia Vidal Dancers: Clara Grosjean Alice Bessou Musical creation: Yôko Higashi Production: Tanquieta, Les Subs, Lyon Festival of Lights Distribution: Scenitz
Point of (No) Return premiere at Fjord Oslo Festival
Anastasia Isachsen’s new creation Point of (No) Return was shown for the first time from 31 October to 3 November 2024 as part of the emblematic Fjord Oslo festival.
Anastasia Isachsen’s new creation Point of (No) Return was shown for the first time from 31 October to 3 November 2024 as part of the emblematic Fjord Oslo festival. Interactive and hypnotic, the work immerses the audience in a visual spectacle that invites us to question our impact on the environment. When they stand close to the circular structure, the ice begins to melt. When they step back, the water becomes ice again. The more he allows himself to be absorbed by the images, the more the flow of water becomes uncontrollable, eventually turning into a dark storm – approaching a point of no return?
Artistic direction & video: Anastasia Isachsen Collaborator: Transversal Production: Fjord Studio Distribution: Scenitz
For thousands of years, in Mantes-la-Jolie, the Light has been preparing. It has been hiding in the bricks and blocks that form the walls of your flats, houses, car parks and shopping centres. It has infused itself, condensed in matter, soaking it with its flow as sweet as honey. The Light has waited, day after day, year after year, until one day it will burst forth and flood the human world once again. To do this, it is accompanied by a timeless people: the Scintillons. Their bodies are made of vibrations and dust of pure light. Each Scintillon is unique and embodies a note carrying a message for Humanity. For the Lueurs de Mantes festival, the Light has decided to come out of hiding. With the help of a dozen volunteer Scintillons, the public discovered the messages they had to convey.
– Artist: Pia Vidal Production diffusion: Scenitz Event: Lueurs de Mantes, FR
On the occasion of Lueurs de Mantes light festival, artist Nicolas Paolozzi made an in situ adaptation of his audiovisual work Organ, in the stunning church of Mantes-la-Jolie.
At the crossroads of light and sound, Organ interacts with the architecture of the space, revealing and enhancing its beauty. Composed of LED tube panels and accompanied by a laser projection, it highlights the lines and volumes of the environment, transforming the structure into a true visual composition.
In sync with an enchanting musical score, the interplay of lights follows the rhythm with precision, heightening the intensity of the sensory experience. This immersive interaction creates a large-scale spectacle where light becomes an instrument and architecture, a vibrant stage of emotions.
Both lightweight and refined, Organ seamlessly blends into its surroundings, offering a poetic and majestic reinterpretation of the space. Its minimalist technical setup allows for a flexible and adaptable implementation while delivering a monumental and immersive experience.
– Artist: Nicolas Paolozzi Sound design: Baptiste Martineau Production: Module Distribution: Scenitz Event: Lueurs de Mantes
Throwback of “Boum de Lumières”, an event for kids and families produced by Scenitz as part of the Lyon Festival of Lights 2024.
During four nights, kids and their families immersed themselves in an atmosphere of joy and light: participatory dance show, interactive video mapping, tombolight, faceted karaoke, mask workshop, glitter make-up, luminous fresco… A symphony of the senses, where lights brought out emotions, dance warmed bodies and drawing brought dreams to life.
Programming & production: Scenitz Coproduction: AADN, Lyon City Artists et performers: Le Minichoux, PJ Pargas, The Live Drawing Project, Comité des Fêtes, Kairos, Club Confettis, Make-It, Noémie Vilain Perini, Lumios
Tech team: Katia Mozet, Emilien Guesnard, Yves Ducasse, Johan Corrèze, Konrad Kaniuk, Adèle Romieu, Guillaume Valeyre, Anabelle Strehalano
We’re delighted to announce our new collaboration with transciplinary artist Nawelle Aïnèche and her surprising project Outside, which joins the works we are touring after a premiere in Lyon Auditorium for Lyon Festival of Lights.
Artist Nawelle Aïnèche first trained in stage costume. Her work, dominated by weaving, focuses on the body, its traumas and mechanisms. During residencies, notably at Ateliers Médicis, she pursues her research into movement, matter and sculpture. She has developed a number of transdisciplinary projects based on the weaving of video cassette tapes, combining installation and performance. Her work has been exhibited in France and abroad.
Outside is an immersive, hybrid and protean project, bringing together the mediums of performance and installation through video mapping by Pia Vidal and sculpture activation by two dancers. Whether in movement or contemplation, this magnetic project takes us into an inner, visceral world where time is suspended. The project deals with traumatic amnesia through the materiality of magnetic videotape. The question of memory is central.
☞ Outside audiovisual installation was Lyon Auditorium in December 2024 on the occasion of the Lyon Festival of Lights
☞ Outside dance performance is going to be premiered in Lyon in May 2025
Artistic direction, scenography and staging: Nawelle Aïnèche Video mapping: Pia Vidal Dancers: Clara Grosjean Alice Bessou Musical creation: Yôko Higashi Production: Tanquieta, Les Subs, Lyon Festival of Lights Distribution: Scenitz
A look back at Emilien Guesnard’s monumental video projection: blues in the air, vast landscapes, intensity of black and white. Emilien, with The Lightning Hope collective he created for the occasion, is a poetic animated film that plays with the emotional power of our imagination.
Artistic direction & scenario: Emilien Guesnard Graphic & motion design: Gaël Béron, Pierre Magnol & Fred Aujas Music composition: Cédric Béron Performing musicians: Cédric Béron, Théo Charaf, Marion Leclercq Audio description: Lucie Baverel Production: Novelty & Scenitz