Transforming a Familiar Urban Encounter into a Temporary Landscape of Perception| Atelier JR

One of Paris' most familiar landmarks, Pont Neuf becomes a site of exploration, participation and collective urban experience. Four decades after Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped Pont Neuf in fabric, French artist JR returns to Paris' oldest bridge with La Caverne du Pont Neuf—a temporary, large-scale public art installation presented from 6 to 28 June. The intervention transforms one of the city's most recognisable urban landmarks into an immersive cave-like environment.Constructed as a vast rocky landscape stretching 120 metres across the bridge, the installation invites visitors to move through and inhabit the work. The project shifts attention from the bridge's role […]