An exhibition that puts the behaviour of crowds under the microscope!
A phenomenon explored for the first time in a scientific exhibition
The crowd is not only a sum of individuals: their interactions give rise to something greater, which this exhibition seeks to explore. To this end, it calls on a variety of disciplines: fluid mechanics, granular physics, mathematics, behavioural science and social psychology. The exhibition’s scientific curator, Mehdi Moussaïd, provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this subject, on which he is both a specialist researcher and educator for his YouTube subscribers as well as for his readers since the publication of the bestseller “Fouloscopie, ce que la foule dit de nous” in 2019.
The crowd is a subject that speaks to everyone: everyone has experienced a crowded space—a memorable experience, whether happy or not. The crowd is not a monstrous force that sweeps us along against our will; nor is it simply a mere collection of individuals.
The exhibition will shine a light on certain mechanisms of these emerging phenomena while revealing the basic principles of physical crowd movements. The exhibition’s originality lies in its twofold approach: visitors successively find themselves at the heart of the crowd, feeling it physically, then outside it to better grasp and discover its inner workings. Interactions of all kinds are at work in it and reveal the social character of the human species.
In scientific partnership with the Max Planck institute.
- CROWD SAMPLES
This artistic installation illustrates density, a key concept in crowd studies.
- FROM THE PHYSICAL... TO THE DIGITAL CROWD
The exhibition’s interactive elements allow visitors to experiment with the mechanisms of physical crowds and learn that crowd phenomena are also at work in digital spaces.
- THE CROWD: GOOD OR BAD?
An immersive audiovisual show presents an intersection of historical, sociological, political, psychological and anthropological approaches.