In La nuit dorée, Orleans blends archival material from the era—film, fashion, and music—alongside her experiments in painting, film, photography, and text. Using her signature collage technique, she crafts an audiovisual, retro portrait of 1960s Paris nightlife. The visuals combine archival night scenes with fragments filmed during her own night walks during her residency at Cité des arts internationale, capturing moments from the historic Marais quartier, the heart of medieval Paris. Together, these elements create a layered, nostalgic journey into a golden era of French art and culture.
“Orleans gazes back fondly through the nicotine clouds of 1960s French cinema, where yé-yé beats soundtracked “a golden age that never was”.”
The Wire
