Press release
Autumn in Paris will be resolutely Felliniesque with the “Fellini, la Grande Parade” exhibition to be held at the Jeu de Paume, a complete retrospective of his films and a series of lectures at the French national film library, as well as other encounters at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Paris.
Dolce Vita DR
In 2006, Jaeger-LeCoultre announced its commitment to the field of cultural patronage, and particularly in the area of images and photography, by associating with the work of the Jeu de Paume in promoting photographic culture worldwide. Driven by the same desire, Jaeger- LeCoultre and the Jeu de Paume naturally decided to associate in a certain number of major patronage operations.
In 2009, the brand's support for this exceptional exhibition dedicated to Fellini's work will represent a further expression of the dedication to film-making of the Manufacture Jaeger- LeCoultre, which this year also served as official sponsor of the Venice International Film Festival for the fifth consecutive time.
Intervista DR
Taking on a Fellini exhibition involves returning to the very roots of Felliniesque creation, by examining and revealing the processes of transformation, modification, borrowing or layering mingling film excerpts, photographic documents, magazine coverage, television images and the work of other artists. The exhibition is clearly a pluridisciplinary undertaking aiming to offer a new perspective of Fellini's approach to cinema.
Events and historical facts, History with a capital H or popular anecdotes, biographical or fictional elements are the multiple raw materials from which Fellini – by alternating or mingling techniques of confrontation, resonance and dialogue – deftly builds the specific nature of his narrative framework and the originality of his visual environments.
Expressing the artistic context surrounding his work through an exhibition implies attempting to detect and explore the mechanisms of Fellini's fundamental creative process. While many now legendary scenes have established themselves as the perfect embodiments of Fellini's fertile imagination, it would seem that an exhaustive analysis of the creative context can now offer us a whole new vision of his work. This possibility is entirely in tune with Fellini's own character. Trained in his youth in the field of caricatures, and having earned a living by sketching portraits of American soldiers on leave, Fellini always retained his acutely perceptive skills that made him capable of capturing more from our daily materiality than a mere “freeze frame”.
The Jeu de Paume exhibition partially unveils some of the inner workings of Fellini's approach to his art by highlighting the process of absorbing reality, of which he was a peerless exponent. It is essentially composed of photographs, drawings by Fellini, original film posters, magazines from the period and film excerpts.
Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre
Born of an invention, the Grande Maison has always been driven by the spirit of discovery; the need to create new, ever more accurate and more complex technical marvels. Year after year, knowledge and skills have been enriched, renewed and multiplied to serve the unique purpose of mastering the countless operations involved in manufacturing watch movements and cases – the fundamental prerequisite for rising to the most daunting technical challenges.
A major player in watchmaking history, Jaeger-LeCoultre has now celebrated its 175th anniversary. The Manufacture has an impressive range of world firsts, superlative creations and legendary models to its credit, including the Reverso, the Duoplan, the Master Control, the Memovox Polaris, the Gyrotourbillon I and the Atmos. In 2009, around 1000 people proficient in over 40 watchmaking professions and more than 20 cutting-edge technologies continue to pay tribute to the pioneering ardour of the company founders by creating new masterpieces proudly perpetuating the grand horological tradition.
In 2010, as a further extension to the capacious premises now surrounding Antoine LeCoultre's original atelier, Jaeger-LeCoultre will be inaugurating a new building providing 9,000m2 of additional workshop space.
