MONET´S GARDEN
A place to enjoy, to play and to learn about the insights of the Impressionists.
Monet, the founder of Impressionism, considered his garden at Giverny as—in his own words—his “most beautiful masterpiece.” Monet's Garden is a recreation of the Giverny landscape that physically and poetically surrounds the viewer.
We have brought this fabulous place to life through the famous water lily pond, the iconic Japanese bridge, the house, and his studio, creating the perfect setting for a series of interactive and visual installations. These installations allow people to discover, experience, admire, and understand the Impressionist technique and its main interests: light, color, and brushstroke.
LIGHT
Light is the subject. Monet persistently experimented with lighting, striving to capture and express light at a given moment, without focusing on the identity of the model.
Claude Monet painted the same subject in varying environments to demonstrate how changes in light can affect color. Through projections, we replicate the large format of Monet's canvases, giving the audience the opportunity to experience how forms are diluted, mixed, or separated inaccurately depending on the light they are subjected to.
COLOR
The use of pure and saturated colors with a reduced palette achieves a rich chromatic contrast by juxtaposing, rather than blending, colors.
The relationship between music and color has been studied and applied in various ways, often associating the frequencies of sound with those of light. In this installation, we have linked all complementary colors seen in the picture with Debussy’s "Clair de Lune," relying on its tonal key and how the notes are related in the harmonic series. In music, the harmonic series is the relationship between notes and their sequence of frequencies. The color pink is placed at the center of the painting, playing the same role as the key center of the musical piece. Hence, the notes from the melody will illuminate the colors based on these principles.
BRUSH STROKE
A determined brushwork. Fragmented strokes of pure colors result in a vibrant whole that depicts the spontaneous nature of Impressionist work.
Photos & videos: WOW factor
Creative Direction
Roman Beranek
Itziar Arriaga
Ivan Val
Written by
Roman Riklin
Monet Expert & Editor
Daniela Thiel
Concept
Christian Indermaur
Immanuel Wagner
Roman Riklin
Executive Producers & Producers
Andreas Schessl
Nepomuk Schessl
Nick Hellenbroich
Darko Soolfrank
Philippe Trawnika
Guido Schilling
Production Management
Roman Beranek
Alexa Meierhofer
Anja Diggelmann
Motion Artists
Lead 2d: Javier Burgos
Lead 3d: Mario Jimenez
2d and 3d artists
Alberto Vega
Adolfo Ruiz Mayoral
Cesar Ruiz
Enrique Mulero
Jaime Gutierrez
Lucia Rodríguez
Itziar Arriaga
Ivan Val
Creative technologist and technical artist
Nacho Cossio
Music Supervisor & Sound Design
Sergio Geval
Nick Hellenbroich
Sound Design & Mix
Guido Keller
Technics & Sound & Planning
Okula AG
estec visions gmbh
Produced by
Projektil
MAAG Music & Arts
Alegria
Partner
Lichthalle MAAG
Immersive Art
Alegria
Media & other Partners
SRF2 Kultur
SonntagsZeitung
Orell Füssli
Zürich Tourismus
VBZ
Marketing
WOW Factor GmbH
Silke Sasse,
Selina Nickel
Nova Konietzny