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been recreated by digital artists and is being brought to life by more than 100 Barco projectors as a visually as- tounding spectacle. The new exposi- tion is the crowning achievement of a recently renewed partnership between Barco and Culturespaces, a key player in Europe’s cultural landscape. Culturespaces has a history of many years working with Barco projectors to create digital art experiences. Bassins de Lumières in Bordeaux is the first project since the renewal of the part- nership between Barco and Culture- spaces in December 2019. Located in a former World War II submarine base facing the Atlantic Ocean, Bassins de Lumières offers an overwhelming, im- mersive experience devoted to major names in the history of contemporary


Jan De Witte, CEO of Barco, visits les Bassins de Lumières together with Bruno Monnier, President of Culturespaces.


art. The Bassins de Lumières program will alternate every year, but the first exhibitions are dedicated to Gustav Klimt and Paul Klee. Moving images of the artwork are projected onto the monumental architecture of the sub- marine base and reflected in the wa- ter of four enormous basins. Visitors can virtually walk into the artwork, by gangways and along the quays of the basins.


“Bassins de Lumières offers a totally unique, sensory experience, includ- ing projected video, light and sound,” says Augustin de Cointet de Fillain, Director of Bassins de Lumières and Culturespaces Digital, the exposition organizer. “The mix of the location, the recreated artwork from Klimt and Klee, and the superb image quality of Barco projectors make this exposition an unequalled experience.” “Following the creation of the Ate- lier des Lumières, we are pleased to have created this enormous digital art centre for the City of Bordeaux,” says Bruno Monnier, President of Culture- spaces. “The Bassins de Lumières will offer visitors an unforgettable visual and audio experience in a unique set- ting, a place for sharing culture that is open to all types of visitors.” The enormity of the submarine base structure


and available projection


surface – almost 14,000 m2 – made the organisation decide to pull out all stops when it comes to projection


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technology. Culturespaces opted for no less than 72 Barco F80-Q12, 27 G60-W10, and 3 UDX-W32 laser pro- jectors to be installed for the Bassins de Lumières project.


Previous Culturespaces projects with Barco projectors have proven to be successful as well. The French cultur- al organization already created sim- ilar digital art centres in Paris, with the Atelier des Lumières, and in Les Baux-de-Provence, with the Carrières de Lumières. But the new Bassins de Lumières project surpasses the previ- ous ones in size: the submarine base’s surface area is three times the size of that of the Carrières de Lumières and eight times that of the Atelier de Lu- mières.


Culturespaces renewed its partner- ship with Barco in December 2019. The organization chose Barco as the exclusive projection technology part- ner for existing and future projects for three years. Both companies agreed on the delivery of 168 new laser pro- jectors and a Barco service contract covering the entire equipment fleet. According to Augustin de Cointet de Fillain, Bassins de Lumières received raving feedback upon its opening in June 2020, which should only make the organisation more confident to work on new visual showpieces with Barco.


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