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Rose Lowder: The Source of the Loire and Other Films
Filmmaker Rose Lowder's fifty-year research into visual perception through nature observation, centred on her film "La Source de la Loire" (2019-2021) alongside twenty one-minute films shot on organic farms in southern France.
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Preview: written before the show opened
For three springs running, from 2019 to 2021, Rose Lowder went back to Mont Gerbier de Jonc to film a tiny, babbling stream. It is the source of the Loire, France's longest river, and the film is projected here on celluloid.
Lowder, born in Lima in 1941, has spent more than 50 years filming nature and editing inside her 16mm Bolex camera. A one-minute film holds 1,440 different images, and some shots last under a second, so pictures overlap on your retina. You won't get a story or linear time, only things seen very close up. Around the Loire film are twenty one-minute films, grouped into "bouquets" and shot on farms in southern France and northern Italy where biodiversity is cultivated.
It opens on 21 October, so no reviews yet. The first two days are free with no booking: 21 October (noon to 10pm) and 22 October (noon to 5pm). After that, the €13 Palais ticket covers it (€9 reduced, free under 18). Closed Tuesdays.
Look for
La Source de la Loire (2019-2021)
Look for the stream that becomes France's longest river, filmed on Mont Gerbier de Jonc over three springs and projected on film rather than digitally.
The two bouquets
Twenty films, one minute each, shown together in groups and shot on farms in southern France and northern Italy where biodiversity is preserved and cultivated.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Going Solo
- Locals Who've Seen It All
With kids
Under-18s get in free.
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Image credits
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- Rose Lowder: The Source of the Loire and Other Films© All rights reserved by the artist / Courtesy of Light Cone
- Florian Krewer: woven thinCourtesy of Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM)
- Kerry James Marshall: The HistoriesCourtesy of Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM)
- Simone Fattal: Des villes au fond d'un lacPhoto : François Doury © Adagp, Paris, 2026
- Palais de TokyoGuilhem Vellut via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM)Lustucrucaca / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Musée du quai Branly - Jacques ChiracJean-Pierre Dalbera, CC BY 2.0
- Grand PalaisȘtefan Jurcă / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Musée de l'Armée (Les Invalides)xiquinhosilva from Cacau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0