A Statue for Liberty
, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
The immersive VR experience A Statue for Liberty explores the remarkable story behind New York’s most iconic monument, premiering this September, with the support of VIVE Arts, at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. A Statue for Liberty, Bartholdi’s dream, from Paris to New York is a GEDEON Experiences production, in co-production with BackLight, the Musée d’Orsay, and VIVE Arts, with the participation of the Musée Bartholdi in Colmar. Fitted with VR headsets, the 35-minute collective walk-through follows sculptor Auguste Bartholdi from his earliest sketches and his 1865 meeting with thinker Édouard Laboulaye, through his collaboration with engineer Gustave Eiffel at the Gaget, Gauthier & Cie foundry, to the statue's arrival and 1886 inauguration in New York Harbor. The experience includes a virtual reconstruction of the now-vanished Gaget, Gauthier & Cie workshop, recreated through extensive historical research. Inspired by late 19th-century paintings, A Statue for Liberty blends artistic vision with historical accuracy, reaffirming the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of freedom and Franco-American friendship.
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