US EditionFrench Artist JR's Installation Will Transform Paris' Oldest Bridge Into a Giant Cave
- Transforming Pont Neuf, JR will create a walk-through 'cave' that runs June 6-28, covering over 17 meters in height and spanning 120 meters, as he said it's possibly the largest immersive installation.
- As a nod to Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1985 Pont Neuf wrapping, JR describes the project as a personal homage aimed at `bringing back mineral and nature` to Paris and recalls meeting Christo recently.
- Snap's AR studio is developing smartphone-based augmented reality, while JR's engineering team tested the structure in an Orly airport hangar and found it 'stays the same' with ongoing monitoring planned.
- From outside, the installation will be visible hundreds of meters away, and the bridge will close to traffic during June's Paris Fashion Week and World Music Day amid tourist-packed early summer.
- JR frames the work as an allusion to Plato's allegory of the cave, linking chained people's shadows to modern perception, and says `What are our caves today is our phone` to compare social media algorithms.
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'French Banksy' Looks to Take Over an Iconic Paris Bridge
He's known as the French Banksy—or simply JR. In June, he plans to transform the bustling Pont Neuf that dates to the 17th century into a walk-through "cave"—a temporary, monumental public artwork that will cover the stone arches with a rocky illusion and invite visitors to cross the...
"La Caverne du Pont-Neuf" will be presented from June 6 to 28, 2026 in Paris. This spectacular project pays tribute to the packaging of the Pont-Neuf by the creators Christo and Jeanne-Claude 40 years ago. The musician Thomas Bangalter planned to pack this cave "with a unique sound material". - The ex-Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter joins JR for an extraordinary project in Paris (Culture, media and entertainment).
The former member of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter, joins with the artist JR to transform Pont Neuf in Paris into an immersive and sound work of art The former member of the duo Daft Punk, Thomas
The Cavern will be available for free, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. "In acoustic plastician", Thomas Bangalter planned to "pack up a unique fabric that would sound without being music."
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He is known as the French Banksy. Now artist JR plans to turn a Paris bridge into a massive cave
French artist JR, popular for his large-scale projects from photographs to graffiti and street art, wants Parisians to do something unusual: stop for an immersive experience on the city’s oldest bridge, Pont Neuf. In June, he plans to transform the…
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