The Bordeaux submarine base was built by the Germans during the Second World War. Culturespaces is working to bring this emblematic site back to life by transforming it into France’s largest digital art center, offering large-scale immersive exhibitions.
Culturespaces and the Succession Antoine de Saint-Exupéry have joined forces to offer a new immersive experience based on “The Little Prince”, an original creation specially designed for the Bassins des Lumières, a digital art center in Bordeaux. In 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry published “The Little Prince” in New York. The following year, he mysteriously disappeared in the Mediterranean aboard his P-38 Lightning, leaving behind him this emblematic work, which quickly became a worldwide success and a literary staple.
This immersive exhibition invites visitors to (re)discover “The Little Prince” from a whole new angle. Saint-Exupéry’s watercolors and words come to life on the walls and floor, plunging us into a world where imagination knows no bounds. Roses, foxes and snakes seem to come alive, transporting us from desert to meadow, from planet to planet, as if time and space no longer existed.
Immersed in this poetic universe, we accompany the Little Prince on his quest to tame and understand the world. This quest echoes our own questions about the meaning of life and our need for connection, exploring the story’s timeless themes: question and answer, childhood and maturity, joy and sadness, love and friendship, visible and invisible. “The Little Prince” encourages us to look beyond appearances and reconnect with our capacity for wonder.
Whether children or adults, “The Little Prince” has a message to convey to everyone. In truth, it is aimed less at children than at the part of childhood that lies dormant in each of us. This creation is an invitation to rediscover the magic and simplicity of the world, to remember the importance of imagination, curiosity and kindness. As Saint-Exupéry says: “We only see clearly with the heart, the essential is invisible to the eyes”.
Address: Base sous-marine de Bordeaux Impasse Brown de Colstoun, 33300 Bordeaux
Opening times: From October 18 to November 3: every day from 2:20 p.m. to 8 p.m.
From November 4 to December 19: every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 2:20 p.m. to 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 7 p.m.
From December 20 to 31: times to come
More information: https://www.bassins-lumieres.com/en
Photos credits: © Culturespaces / V. Pinson – Le Petit Prince® © Succession Antoine de Saint Exupéry – 2024
Video credits: © Culturespaces / David Coignoux / Le Petit Prince® © Succession Antoine de Saint Exupéry-2024
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