Tokyo, Japan, 1996
Towns in fiction films
Cinema Avenue was one of four large-scale exhibitions held by Tokyo Town
Hall despite the famous cancellation of the World City Exhibition.
In November 1995, the Japanese capital asked François Confino to
design and implement an exhibition on towns in fiction films... that was
due to take place seven months later!
Impossible is not a word that the French, the Canadians or the Japanese
take seriously!
The plans were finished in France by the end of December.
The sets and film mixes were ready in Montreal at the end of March 1996.
The whole lot was shipped to Tokyo in 24 containers on 19th May and the
opening ceremony went off as planned. The extremely popular theme drew
in crowds calling for tight visitor-flow control and attendance forecasts
were largely surpassed.
| type of achievement | Travelling exhibition |
| client | Tokyo Town Hall |
| production | Rozon - Juste Pour Rire |
| location | International Exhibition Centre, Tokyo, Japan |
| attendance | 300 000 visitors in 2 months |
| floor space | 3 000m2 |
| budget for scenography |
US$6 million |
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PROJECT DETAILS
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The police station
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Urban Archaeology . Paris, France, 1977 |
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Cités-Cinés . France, Belgium, Canada, 1987-90 |
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The Movie Train . France, 1990 |
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The French Pavilion . Expo'92, Seville, Spain, 1991 |
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Discovery Pavilion . Expo'92, Seville, Spain, 1992 |
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Funny Stories . Montreal, Canada, 1993 |
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The Neolithic Museum . Bougon, France, 1993 |
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Stadium Stardust . Paris, France, 1993 |
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Paris is free . Paris, France, 1994 |
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Cités-Cinés 2 . Paris, France, 1995 |
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High Flight . Montreal, Canada, 1995 |
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Cinema Avenue . Tokyo, Japan, 1996 |
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A trip to Wonderland . Tokyo, Japan, 1997 |
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The Utopia Pavilion . Expo'98, Lisbon, Portugal, 1998 |
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Satie's houses . Honfleur, France, 1998 |
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Expo'00 . Theme Park . Hannover, Germany, 1998 |
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Tokyo Toyota Museum . Japan, 1999 |
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Oceanliner Museum . Saint-Nazaire, France, 2000 |
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Micropolis . Saint-Leons, France, 2000 |
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Turin National Cinema Museum . Italy, 2000 |
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The Audi Pavilion-Autostadt . Wolfsburg, Germany, 2000 |
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Time for time . Paris, France, 2000 |
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Exhibit Master Plan . Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2002-03 |
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Restaurant . Turin National Cinema Museum, Italy, 2003 |
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Barolo Wine Museum . Italy, 2003-07 |
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L.A. Light-Motion-Dreams . Los Angeles, USA, 2004-05 |
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Turin Automobile Museum . Italy, 2004-08 |
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Collapse? . Los Angeles, USA, 2005-06 |
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Suzhou Science Museum . China, 2005-08 |
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Television Museum . Aubervilliers, France, 2005-09 |
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1913 Building Galleries . Los Angeles, USA, 2006-08 |
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BIE Expo x Expos . Milan, Italy, 2008 |
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Future to come . 2011 |
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Future Pavilion . Shangaï, China, 2010 |
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Memorial of Slavery . Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, 2009 |
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450th birthday of the University of Geneva . Geneva, Switzerland, 2009 |