ERNESTO NETO REIMAGINES SPACE
Ernesto Neto reimagines space. As a result, the Grand Palais becomes a sanctuary. Ernesto Neto’s woven architecture invites the body, the earth, and the beat to reunite. Back in 2005, he filled the Panthéon in Paris with translucent membranes that pulsed with scent and suspension. Now, two decades later, his return marks a deeper resonance. In the wake of ecological reckoning and fractured global rhythms, his new installation Nosso Barco Tambor Terra lands like a healing force. Meanwhile, as part of the Brésil-France 2025 season, the work anchors the first edition of Le Grand Palais d’Été. Stretched beneath the iron and glass vaults, Neto’s piece is less exhibition than ecosystem.
AN IMMERSIVE CATHEDRAL OF CROCHET
Neto weaves with cotton, spices, bark, and soil. Moreover, a forest of color, suspended in light, welcomes visitors into an immersive, living sculpture. You don’t just look. You walk, breathe, sit, listen. In addition, instruments are embedded in the structure, drums, gourds, seeds, and suspended forms. Sometimes, they’re activated by performers or the public. Rhythm becomes architecture. Music becomes breath. Nothing is static.
BEYOND THE IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION
The installation hosts a café, workshops, and open-air “bavardages.” Meanwhile, conversations unfold on climate, craft, and Afro-Brazilian spiritualities. Adults and children share space, materials, and sounds. Rather than aiming for spectacle or didacticism, the goal is presence. Neto’s work blends sacred geometries and informal softness. Inspired by the legacies of Neo-Concretism and Arte Povera, his language remains entirely his own. Ultimately, art is not something to be preserved, it’s something to enter, something to become.
THE RITUAL OF RHYTHM
On June 8, the installation opens with a major percussion performance. Then, ten musicians animate the structure using sounds from Brazil, Africa, Asia, and Europe. As a result, the audience becomes part of the score.
ERNESTO NETO’S POETIC POLITICS
Through touch, scent, and rhythm, Neto speaks to universality, not as a utopia, but as a shared vulnerability. His “barque” is both ancestral and futuristic, his “tambour” echoes the pulse of land and body. His “terre” is not symbolic, it’s literal.
IMMERSIVE CULTURE AS CONNECTION
In an era of digital fatigue and divided identities, Neto’s work reminds us: that your body is still here. You can still walk barefoot through woven shadow, drum with strangers, and remember the earth as a shared song. Ultimately, Ernesto Neto reimagines space.
IF YOU GO
Installation: Nosso Barco Tambor Terra
Artist: Ernesto Neto
Dates: June 6 – July 25, 2025
Location: Nef Nord, Grand Palais
Admission: Free, no reservation
Opening concert: June 8, 18h
Info: grandpalais.fr
For another take on immersive aesthetics and conscious creation, step into Marina Testino’s textile manifesto here.
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