Inhabiting the modernist décor of Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture, sandblasted car hoods remodeled into precious présentoirs adorn a modular stage system that serves as an altar for fashion memorabilia. Paired with high-tech LED screens, the set-up blurs industrial timelines in an elaborate play of texture and diversions echoing the cross-disciplinary ethos of the event. The light design for the festival’s live performances provides an immersive response to the cohesive celebration that is Manifesto, expanding the minimalist setting of the Parisian Communist headquarters with monochromatic hazy gradients lining the faceted surface of the inner dome.

Photograph : t-space studio