France6 events
Exhibitions
06 NOV → 28 NOV
Fortune Teller
Evoking childhood games, the playful dimension of the Oulipo literary movement, and ancient forms of divination, Fortune Teller draws inspiration from the Yijing, or Book of Changes. This ancestral system, based on eight natural elements and sixty-four trigrams, provides the framework for a poetic and interactive narrative. Confronted with ever-changing messages, each viewer becomes an interpreter, connecting personal memories to the symbols that emerge. Through this act of interpretation, each encounter gives rise to a new story, contributing to the ever-evolving narrative of Fortune Teller. Fortune Teller unfolds through an augmented reality narrative inhabited by Spirits embodied in everyday objects. Some remain hidden, others reveal themselves, and a few even begin to speak. Like a “choose-your-own-adventure” story, each encounter guides the viewer on a quest to find a life companion: one of the Spirits of Fortune Teller. The experience features eye motifs integrated into frescoes and artworks, inviting visitors to bring the surrounding space to life. Animated by these gazes, the exhibition space itself becomes a living narrative, where architecture and imagination merge. Visitors are invited to download the Fortune Teller app for free to awaken each eye and explore a branching, tree-like narrative that reveals the hidden world of Spirits inhabiting the objects around them. Created and directed by Julie Stephen Chheng · Animation: Thomas Pons · Development: Julien Hognon (Volumique) · Music: Apollo Noir · Touch development: Pauline Millet.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Luang Prabang
- Date
- 6 November 2026 → 28 November 2026
- Participants
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Curator
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, daytime (outdoors)
- Price
- Free entry
06 NOV → 28 NOV
URAMADO AR, the Awakening of the Tanukis
Discover Uramado AR, The Awakening of the Tanukis, an immersive and participatory augmented reality experience created by French artist Julie Stephen Chheng. Designed as a scavenger hunt, Uramado AR, The Awakening of the Tanukis invites us to explore our differences in a playful way, through a narrative in which reality and imagination intertwine. The journey tells the story of the Tanukis, nature spirits awakening in the city. Scattered throughout the Institut français and hidden to varying degrees, the Tanukis invite participants to download the free Uramado AR app and embark on their scavenger hunt. As participants discover the Tanukis, the creatures come to life, express their surprise, and ask questions of the viewer. At the end of the experience, participants discover which natural element their Totem Animal is associated with, based on their answers! By bringing her colorful illustrations to life through augmented reality, Julie Stephen Chheng transforms the smartphone into a magical lens through which to view the real world, closely intertwining the physical spaces where the illustrations are placed with the virtual universe they reveal. Inspired by Japanese mythology, the world of Uramado also draws on shamanic culture and various personality tests.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Luang Prabang
- Date
- 6 November 2026 → 28 November 2026
- Participants
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Curator
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, daytime (outdoors)
- Price
- Free entry
10 NOV → 28 NOV
URAMADO AR, the Awakening of the Tanukis
Discover Uramado AR, The Awakening of the Tanukis, an immersive and participatory augmented reality experience created by French artist Julie Stephen Chheng. Designed as a scavenger hunt, Uramado AR, The Awakening of the Tanukis invites us to explore our differences in a playful way, through a narrative in which reality and imagination intertwine. The journey tells the story of the Tanukis, nature spirits awakening in the city. Scattered throughout the Institut français and hidden to varying degrees, the Tanukis invite participants to download the free Uramado AR app and embark on their scavenger hunt. As participants discover the Tanukis, the creatures come to life, express their surprise, and ask questions of the viewer. At the end of the experience, participants discover which Totem Animal they are, based on their answers! By bringing her colorful illustrations to life through augmented reality, Julie Stephen Chheng transforms the smartphone into a magical lens through which to view the real world, closely intertwining the physical spaces where the illustrations are placed with the virtual universe they reveal. Inspired by Japanese mythology, the world of Uramado also draws on shamanic culture and various personality tests.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Vientiane
- Date
- 10 November 2026 → 28 November 2026
- Participants
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Curator
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, daytime (outdoors)
- Price
- Free entry
10 NOV → 28 NOV
Fortune Teller
Evoking childhood games, the playful dimension of the Oulipo literary movement, and ancient forms of divination, Fortune Teller draws inspiration from the Yijing, or Book of Changes. This ancestral system, based on eight natural elements and sixty-four trigrams, provides the framework for a poetic and interactive narrative. Confronted with ever-changing messages, each viewer becomes an interpreter, connecting personal memories to the symbols that emerge. Through this act of interpretation, each encounter gives rise to a new story, contributing to the ever-evolving narrative of Fortune Teller. Fortune Teller unfolds through an augmented reality narrative inhabited by Spirits embodied in everyday objects. Some remain hidden, others reveal themselves, and a few even begin to speak. Like a “choose-your-own-adventure” story, each encounter guides the viewer on a quest to find a life companion: one of the Spirits of Fortune Teller. The experience features eye motifs integrated into frescoes and artworks, inviting visitors to bring the surrounding space to life. Animated by these gazes, the exhibition space itself becomes a living narrative, where architecture and imagination merge. Visitors are invited to download the Fortune Teller app for free to awaken each eye and explore a branching, tree-like narrative that reveals the hidden world of Spirits inhabiting the objects around them. In a projection that extends the experience, Fortune Teller brings nature spirits to life as they stream past in a continuous, frenetic flow. When the viewer encounters one of these spirits, a personal message is revealed, accompanied by a dreamlike setting inspired by the movements of nature. Created and directed by Julie Stephen Chheng · Animation: Thomas Pons · Development: Julien Hognon (Volumique) · Music: Apollo Noir · Touch development: Pauline Millet.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Vientiane
- Date
- 10 November 2026 → 28 November 2026
- Participants
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Curator
- Julie Stephen Chheng
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, daytime (gallery)
- Price
- Free entry
10 NOV → 14 NOV
Food market
During the festival’s opening week in Vientiane, from 10 to 14 November, a food market sets up at the Institut français: from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 November, 11am to 8pm, then on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November, 11am to 9:30pm. Programme and stallholders to be announced.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Vientiane
- Date
- 10 November 2026 → 14 November 2026
- Participants
- Curator
- Opening hours
- Price
- Free entry
20 NOV
Opening of the exhibition Old Houses of Luang Prabang: book and watercolours
On Friday 20 November at 6pm, the Institut français in Luang Prabang opens the exhibition Old Houses of Luang Prabang. Illustrator Magda Korotynska and writer Francis Engelmann present their book Luang Prabang, Treasures of the Architectural Heritage of Laos, and the watercolours that accompany it. The exhibition then remains on view until 28 November.
- Venue
- Institut français du Laos — Luang Prabang
- Date
- 20 November 2026 → 20 November 2026
- Participants
- Magda Korotynska, Francis Engelmann
- Curator
- Magda Korotynska & Francis Engelmann
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, daytime
- Price
- Free entry
Participants
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