Échos de l’Invisible

With Echoes of the Invisible, the Musée d’Orsay presents a video by Jad Bestautte alongside paintings and sculptures from its collections. The installation addresses the mental health of young people through a series of visits to the museum with adolescents who were followed at the Pitié-Salpêtrière. Their exchanges around the works informed the video.

In The Solitude of Alexander Harrison, a silhouette barely stands out at the water’s edge. The light gathers the diners in The Dinner, a lamp-light effect by Félix Vallotton, while The Suppliant by Camille Claudel reaches out to someone who eludes her. These scenes served as the starting point for conversations about what each person could recognize there from their own experience.

As the winner of the Orsay Lab project call, Jad Bestautte conceived the video from these encounters. Her presentation amid the works allows a return to the paintings and sculpture with the questions raised during the visits.

Practical information
- Thursday late opening until 9:45 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays and on December 25.
- Free admission on December 5 and 6 for its anniversary, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 5.