La nuit dorée is an audiovisual project by Ela Orleans developed during her residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. It is based on instrumental pieces and songs inspired by the ambiance of 1960s French cinema and its vibrant musical landscape. Visually, it explores archival materials of the era, particularly film and fashion, combined with her experiments with painting, film, photography and text. Employing her favourite technique of collage, Orleans creates an audiovisual, retro sci-fi portrait of night life in Paris of the 1960s.
“…coming on in the shadows like a Gallic Nico, while iconic images of French cinema zipped by, lovers from Godard’s Pierrot le Fou spilling into Tati’s Playtime, undercut by images of rioting in Paris from the Algerian War to May ’68 always threatening to break through the grand illusion.” Clash Magazine
