30.03.2024 - 30.12.2024

Sensory audio guide - La Traversée

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Hangar Y's new open-eared audio guide! 

La traversée is a self-guided sound tour of the Hangar Y park, using bone conduction* technology and light headphones worn in front of the ears.

Using your smartphone, the audioguide takes you on a guided tour of 6 sculptures and art installations, combining voice-over with the enchanting melody of a flute. More than an audio tour, La Traversée is a sensory experience. Thanks to bone conduction, you stay connected to the surrounding nature and the people around you. You don't just hear the sounds and voices in your ears, you feel them physically too...Ready for a new discovery of contemporary sculpture?

* bone conduction offers an accessible listening experience for the hearing and visually impaired.

Duration: approx. 40 minutes, including 20 minutes of audio content
Price: €6 (park entrance included) - headset rental included

PASS Y rate: free

The experience requires a smartphone connected to the Internet with geolocation enabled. Remember to recharge your phone before the experience.

Helmets can be collected from the ticket booth on presentation of proof of identity.

The experience is based on Mezzo Forte's agami platform
Musical creation: Mezzo Forte / Flute: Simone Conforti / Voices: Elisabeth De Wrangel / Texts: Jessy Simonini and Martin Bourguignat

Credit and caption: Christian Boltanski, ANIMITAS, 2021, 180 cast-iron bells, steel rods, plastic, dimensions variable. Courtesy Estate Christian Boltanski and Marian Goodman Gallery. Collection FRÉDÉRIC JOUSSET