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Nature Capitale (May 23-24 2010)
Twenty years after "the big harvest" on the Champs-Élysées, the world's most famous avenue was again closed to traffic for an outstanding event: Nature Capitale. The Grand Palais contributed to the green weekend with its "Theorem of Free Will" exhibit.
A free event enjoyed by Parisians and tourists alike © Collection Grand Palais, François Tomasi
On May 23 and 24 the world's most famous avenue was closed to traffic for an outstanding event. For two days, "Nature Capitale" produced a spectacular and festive installation featuring more than 150 plant species on the Champs-Elysées. This jubilant work, covering an area of nearly seven and a half acres, showed how man can shape the natural environment, and drew two million visitors.
The Grand Palais partnered the event, visitors entering the Nave from the avenue du général Eisenhower and crossing from north to south, discovering an exhibit tantalisingly entitled the "Theorem of Free Will". The installation saw the floor of the Nave carpeted with 1,000 m2 of moss. Every four hours, dancers watered the vegetation along the path to the accompaniment of an orchestra. A chance to see life in green!
The Grand Palais partnered the event, visitors entering the Nave from the avenue du général Eisenhower and crossing from north to south, discovering an exhibit tantalisingly entitled the "Theorem of Free Will". The installation saw the floor of the Nave carpeted with 1,000 m2 of moss. Every four hours, dancers watered the vegetation along the path to the accompaniment of an orchestra. A chance to see life in green!
