Cinema sometimes begins at the water's edge. The filmmaker Rose Lowder explores the details of nature in The Source of the Loire and Other Films, her exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, from 21 October 2026 to 14 February 2027. Her recent films reveal how meticulous work on film stock can transform familiar elements into visual compositions. On screen, a stream or a landscape thus become the starting point for an exploration of our perception.
Since the 1970s, Rose Lowder has been working with a 16mm Bolex camera. She composes her images in-camera, with takes sometimes shorter than a second. The rapid sequence yields juxtapositions and a sense of superimposition. Each minute can bring together 1,440 different images, designed to interact with one another.
Shot on film, La Source de la Loire was made between 2019 and 2021. Over three successive springs, the filmmaker headed to the Mont Gerbier de Jonc to film the small stream that gives rise to France’s longest river. The focus is on the movement of the water and on what a hurried gaze might miss.
The journey at the Palais de Tokyo also includes twenty one-minute short films, gathered into "bouquets." They were shot on properties in the south of France and the north of Italy where biodiversity is preserved and cultivated. Under the curatorship of François Piron, the exhibition invites visitors to experience a cinema without a traditional narrative, where the interplay of colors, rhythms, and motifs guides the screening.
Don’t rush to pin down a single storyline. Let the visuals wash over you, then ask how the experience might alter the way we view a garden or the edge of a path.
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Dates and Opening Time
From October 21, 2026 to February 14, 2027
Location
Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du président Wilson
75116 Paris 16
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Access
Metro line 9 "Iéna" or "Alma-Marceau" station
Prices
Tarif réduit: €9
Plein tarif: €13
Official website
palaisdetokyo.com
