This video show with sound effects was projected on an architectural installation in the form of an inverted candle, giving visitors visual experiences derived from representations of fire such as flames, ashes, smoke, heat or even lights.
For this show, the French Institute of Morocco has called in a young Moroccan collective composed of Zineb Sekkat, an architect known as Linez for its mapping projects, and the Method Agency in Architecture, represented by architects Youssef Chajai and Mouad Laalou.
The idea of featuring this show inside the church is to encourage people to discover this place, Laalou said in a statement to MAP.
Approached by MAP, the head of the cathedral of Rabat, Father Daniel Nourissat expressed his joy to see this show being celebrated inside the church to encourage people to enter and watch this candle and this light which symbolize the love of God in our hearts.
For her part, director-general of the French Institute of Morocco, Clelia Chevrier Kolačko noted that this mapping was created by three architects, two of whom are winners of the digital lab, which the French Institute has been carrying for two years now.
The French ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal, emphasized the symbolism of being in a cathedral in Morocco. "This openness to all religions, this is what makes it special and I find it very beautiful," she said.
Inaugurated on November 17, 1921, the St. Peter Cathedral is undeniably part of the cultural and historical heritage of the capital. It is the work of the architect Adrien Laforgue, who also built the Post Office, the Rabat-Ville train station and the former Palace of Justice (now Parliament).