From left to right:

Costume for 

M.2062 (Edgar Allan Poe)

The apparition draws on the 2011 film Twixt by Francis Ford Coppola, in which the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe is called upon by a struggling writer.

Costume for 

M.2062 (Lola Montez) (on the chair and hanging)

In collaboration with Clémence Bellin

For this apparition, Gonzalez-Foerster draws on the 1955 film Lola Montez, in which its director Max Ophüls envisioned the life of a minor historical character mostly known for her amorous exploits with famous men. 

Costume for 

M.2062 (Fitzcarraldo)

The holographic projection shows Gonzalez-Foerster as Fitzcarraldo, the protagonist of Werner Herzog’s eponymous 1981 film, portrayed by Klaus Kinski.  

Costume for 

M.2062 (The Boy with Green Hair)

The 1948 film The Boy with Green Hair, directed by Joseph Losey, addresses the aftermath of World War II. The pacifist fable centered on the psychological cost of war on children. 

Valley Chair

At the center of the space: 

Stage with costume for 

QM.15 (Sarah Bernhardt)

In collaboration with Clémence Bellin

This apparition is a curtain ghost. The life-sized image of L’Aiglon by Sarah Bernhardt by DGF appears and disappears on a dark velvet curtain.

Scenography by Studio Manuel Raeder

Photo © Andrea Rossetti