D'entrée de jeu (Let the Games Begin), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - MNBAQ (Canada) 2017
This project offers a progressive immersion in a captivating visual and tactile experience that stimulates the interest of the younger ones for art. It is a playful, interactive space in which children, with their families, sharpen their visual perception of creation through fun and exploration.
With D’entrée de jeu, the MNBAQ’s central pavilion comes to life in a vibrant four-act experience:
LE PASSAGE (THE PASSAGE)
Between the walls of the Riopelle Passage, strange, soft, yet troubling shapes have appeared. Playfully, with a touch of irony, tubular shapes covered in fake green, orange, blue, and pink fur face passersby with notions of diversity. Offering a visual, tactile stimulation as well as a moment of questioning, the whole experience becomes an exchange between a poetic abstraction and the reflections of an ever changing society.
L’ARCHIPEL (THE ARCHIPELAGO)
Designed as a giant puzzle with infinite possibilities, modules on wheels are at the participants’ disposal. Painted in orange, all components of these modules form an archipelago of shapes, or an inspiring creation work site. Manipulation and creation are the key words in this section of the Family Gallery.
LA FUGUE (THE ESCAPE)
Torres’ works in the public space are truly distinctive, surprising sculptures created from multi-shaped, multicolored objects. D’entrée de jeu features a splendid jumble, La fugue (The Escape), a cascade of objects in balance, overflowing from the Family Gallery. It impresses visitors, makes them smile, carries them away… and sparks reflection.
LA CABANE RÉINVENTÉE (THE REINVENTED CABIN)
Spaces devoted to silent contemplation are as important as those for active play. In another area of the exhibition, several gateways lead children to a dream cabin with soft pillows and captivating books. There, they can rest, observe, discover multiple perspectives and spatial interpretations, invent treasure hunts or secret places.
The exhibition D’entrée de jeu is open until October, 2018.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec