LOADING. Urban art in the digital age: the street art exhibition at the Grand Palais Immersif, our photos

For several years now, street art has been everywhere. In the streets, of course, particularly in Paris's 13th arrondissement, but also in galleries and museums, or in more unusual places likeParis City Hall, with the exhibition " Capitale(s): 60 ans d'art urbain à Paris ".

And the trend continues. From December 6, 2023 to July 21, 2024, the Grand Palais Immersif is devoting an exhibition to urban art. Called " Loading. Urban art in the digital age ", this installation offers visitors an astonishing, fascinating and immersive dive into the urban history of this artistic discipline, but not only. This original exhibition also shows the impact of digital production and distribution technologies on the work of many urban artists. Street art may have emerged in the street, but it is now exhibited everywhere, particularly on the Internet and social networks, and has even become part of the common imagination.

With this immersive installation, visitors are invited to step back in time and (re)discover street art in all its facets, through exclusive digital experiences: from its beginnings on the famous New York subway to the discovery of drone painting, via the large-scale murals that appeared in the 2000s, not forgetting the recent spread of NFT.

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Thanks to the latest technological innovations offered by the Grand Palais Immersif, visitors are invited to travel to the four corners of the globe to admire some of the most impressive works produced in recent years, and to reflect on this art form and its evolution from walls to digital screens.

And the visit gets off to a great start in the first large room, where spectacular images are assembled to form an original video-immersive experience, animated by the artists in action, such as Vhils, Saype and Rache, on a 25-metre-high fresco! We travel from Paris to Brazil, via Montreal, Egypt and Norway. An opportunity to discover a new form of urban art, engaged in a dialogue with the environment.

The tour continues in the tunnel with the so-called (in)visibles, such as Joseph Kyselak (1798-1831), considered one of the first taggers, as well as South Korean artist Jazoo Yang, born in 1979, and Mexican artist Said Dokins, born in 1983. Then there's graffiti in the digital world and graffiti as a new form of calligraphy. The best part? Visitors take a seat in front of a touch screen to enter their message and choose the style of graffiti they want. Their message then appears large on the wall.

To discover the rest of the " Loading. Urban art in the digital age ", visit the Grand Palais Immersif from December 6, 2023 to July 21, 2024.