THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT
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Image
Totale©

Whether in a book, newspaper, magazine, painting or screen, the image is always a prisoner, enclosed within a frame. Readers and viewers are looking at an imaginary world held captive by small, rigid structures.

“The real world, which is everywhere, with the sky, the ground, its play of light and shadow, is Image Totale©” explains Albert Plecy. Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron perpetuate and sublimate this French know-how, which was created in 1977. Their artistic and technical expertise adds a new dimension to the Image Totale© concept.

The challenge of Image Totale© is to free the image from its frame. In this way, the image's integrity is respected and emotions are amplified. Annabelle Mauger explains that freeing the image also means freeing the viewer: “Every visitor has the right to wander, for as long as they like, in every nook and cranny of each immersive exhibition, to truly feel free of any constraints.” The viewer is no longer passive, but becomes part of the image and interacts with it. Image Totale© offers a unique experience, enveloping the viewer and placing them at the heart of the image.

key
dates

1955

Albert Plécy

aims to encourage the exchange of ideas and innovation in photography. He founded the "Gens d'Images" association with Jacques Henri Lartigue and Raymond Grosset.
The origin
Pictures : Albert Plécy, creator of the concept of Image Totale©, at work.

Joseph
Svoboda

When Joseph Svoboda shows him the « Mur d'images », in Montréal, in 1965, Albert Plecy can immediately see a new powerful concept : the integration of the viewer through the liberation of images. He names it Image Totale©.

Limestone
quarries

In 1975, Albert Plécy visited the impressive limestone quarries of Les Baux-de-Provence, in the south of France, and immediately realized that this was the place he had been looking for for years.
Development of Cathédrale d'Images quarries, approved by the mayor.

First
vernissage

First opening of Cathédrale d'Images with the exhibition
« Les très riches heures du duc de Berry ».
April 10, 1977
First exhibition of Cathédrale d'Images « Les très riches heures du duc de Berry » en 1977.

Death of
Albert Plécy

Albert Plécy dies three weeks after the opening of Cathédrale d'Images. His wife Anne Plécy became the guardian of his legacy.

Annabelle
Mauger

Annabelle Mauger is working for Cathédrale d'Images for the first time, as a consultant, alongside the creation team (Dong & Charbonneau) for the "Portraits of China" show. Annabelle Mauger is in charge of communications and is working as an artistic advisor on the creation of the exhibition.
September 2001

Julien
Baron

Julien Baron joins the Cathédrale d'Images team.

Van Gogh
exhibition

Annabelle Mauger took on the challenge of creating the 2008 Van Gogh exhibition in time for the opening on 27 February 2008. She produced the entire exhibition in a record time of 13 days. The exhibition ran from February 27th, 2008 to January 4th, 2009, and was a huge success.
Imagine Van Gogh in 2008, the first digital immersive exhibition.

Good
Company

lililillilil is founded by Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron, to design and produce immersive exhibitions in Image Totale©. Characterized by artistic and technological creativity, their exhibitions stand out for their signature approach: telling a story by releasing the emotion contained in the works, presented in their authenticity.

Imagine
Van Gogh

An improved version of the original immersive exhibition, called Imagine Van Gogh, is presented at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. Imagine Van Gogh has now toured the world, with millions of spectators from Singapore, Paris, Buenos Aires, Boston, Vancouver, Montreal...

Imagine Picasso

Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron have created a new immersive show, Imagine Picasso, presented for the first time in Lyon. It's a show that breaks all the rules of immersive exhibitions, with a room only 4 meters high - half the height usually required.

Imagine
Monet

After the success of Imagine Van Gogh and Imagine Picasso, Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron create Imagine Monet which enhances the work of French painter Claude Monet, father of Impressionism and the first immersive painter in history.

International
Success

In 2023, over 30 exhibitions by Annabelle Mauger & Julien Baron have toured the world. Imagine immersive exhibitions have been presented in Europe, North America, South America and the Middle East.

Imagine
Paris

The new license Imagine Paris is created by Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron. This exhibition takes visitors on an immersive promenade through the City of Light, its art, architecture and history. Imagine Paris is available for a worldwide tour!
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