Le cabaret du néant

Calypso Mahieu – Le cabaret du néant

Le Cabaret du Néant is a mysterious place where cynicism  and occultism co-existed. Visitors were welcomed in  a macabre decor with skeletons, damned souls' sculptures  and many other monstrosities. These frightful figures  announced the charming peep-shows and performances  where people came to test their destiny for one night.  The cabaret doesn't exist anymore and my work  interprets this nefarious place through aesthetic research  and a work of stagings where the web media virtualizes  this historic place of Pigalle and brings it back to life in the  digital age.

Diploma project (2016) by Calypso Mahieu

Le Cabaret du Néant is a mysterious place where cynicism and occultism co-existed. Visitors were welcomed in a macabre decor with skeletons, damned souls' sculptures and many other monstrosities. These frightful figures announced the charming peep-shows and performances where people came to test their destiny for one night.

The cabaret doesn't exist anymore and my work interprets this nefarious place through aesthetic research and a work of stagings where the web media virtualizes this historic place of Pigalle and brings it back to life in the digital age.

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