A demanding observatory of the immersive transition.
The ↗ immersive.paris ® collection, by Atelier Daruma, sets out to form a demanding observatory of the immersive transition. Through a succession of conversations, essays and analyses, it makes visible a thematic overview of the artistic and technological ferment aimed at immersing audiences in experiences that engage all five senses.
A curious spectator of the shifts underway in a cultural landscape shaped by a growing need for interaction and reconnection, the collection engages in a wide participatory study of a phenomenon it also contributes to — through its parent studio, Atelier Daruma, an immersive creation studio founded by the award-winning director Mathias Chelebourg.
↗ The collection’s manifesto
An immersive transition is on the way...
“In this experiential world, where you are the hero and your whole body is the interface, you put your phone down at the entrance.”
↗ Immersive Gastronomy
The first volume of the pocket collection. An exploration of scenographic restaurants, performative dining tables and designed tasting experiences where the sensory encounter itself is treated as a work.
- 08The new menu of culinary design↗ Julie Rothhahn
- 36The gourmet brain↗ Roland Salesse
- 68Gourmet immersion for everyone↗ Jade Frommer
- 78Immersive tables of the world↗ Ultraviolet, teamLab, Ithaa, Alchemist…
- 144Blind immersing↗ Michel Reilhac
- 158Immersion to serve the food↗ Paul Pairet
- 188From Montreuil-sur-Mer to Paris and Versailles↗ Alexandre Gauthier
With Paul Pairet · Alexandre Gauthier · Julie Rothhahn · Jade Frommer · Michel Reilhac · Roland Salesse · Perrine Bettin · Mathieu Gayet · Ultraviolet · teamLab · Under · We Are Ona · Alchemist · Vespertine · Sublimotion · Ithaa
The digital edition is protected — full-screen page turns, table of contents and zoom on every page. Access on request.
↗ Immersive Dance
The second volume of the pocket collection. A deep dive into augmented contemporary dance — motion capture, digital doubles, hybrid performances, and choreographic writing in the age of computed worlds.
- 08Dance and technology: a pas de deux
- 24Dancing in the light↗ Hiroaki Umeda
- 36The connected choreography factory↗ Orianne Vilmer
- 48Mocap: from lab to stage
- 152The dancer and her double↗ Carly Lave
- 172Performing arts and the immersive challenge↗ MC2, LUX, CN D, Chaillot
- 190The performing arts in the age of “Storyliving”↗ Samuel Tétreault
With Wayne McGregor · Blanca Li · JR · Mourad Merzouki · James Thierrée · Rone & (La)Horde · Maud Le Pladec · Hiroaki Umeda · Carly Lave · Samuel Tétreault · Orianne Vilmer · Alexander Whitley · Margherita Bergamo Meneghini
Out in 2026, in French and English. The first excerpts are taken as-is from the book.
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Before the pocket collection came this first edition, premium and made for professionals: 224 pages and 90 articles on the immersive transition, seen by the people shaping it.
- 06Artificial intelligence
- 64The tools of immersion
- 122Brand images
- 148New immersive venues
- 196The works
Free preview: cover, editorial, contents and first article. The rest is password-protected; the reader is in French. The premium print edition is available on request: contact@immersive.paris.
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↘ Inside the volume
↘ Works documented in the volume
↘ What the collection cuts across
- 01 Artificial intelligence
- 02 Immersive technologies
- 03 Brand innovation
- 04 Hybrid venues
- 05 Immersive works
- 06 New events
↘ Masthead
Pia Baltazar · Marialya Bestougeff · Coline Delbaere · Ramy Fischler · Quentin Jorquera · Elisha Karmitz · Markus Noisternig · Michel Reilhac · Sandra Rodriguez · Stéphanie Targui · Jeanne Vézien · Julien Rosilio · Natalia Bokhonko
↘ Partners and institutions
↘ Keep in touch with the collection
Official website: immersive.paris. IP Gastronomy is available to order on Amazon.
Our daily feed, ↘ the daily, extends the collection at the pace of the news — one dispatch at a time, in French and in English.
↘ Excerpts from the collection
Interviews, essays and sheets from IP Gastronomy and IP Dance, reproduced as in the book.
↘ Collection highlight 01 Dance and technology: a pas de deux
Contemporary dance is linked to the encounter between the liberation of movement and cutting-edge technology.
recent dailies ↘
↗ Orianne Vilmer
The connected choreography factory
A committed artist and accomplished engineer, Orianne Vilmer founded the company Danse en Seine in 2010 to promote encounters between amateur dancers and professional choreographers.
Tree of Codes, Wayne McGregor
Manchester (GB), Opera House, 02/07/2015.
Frôlons, James Thierrée
Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, 19 May 2018.
Dazzle: A Re-Assembly of Bodies
Premiere: Venice Biennale / Venice Immersive, 2022.
No Reality Now
Lyon, Biennale de la danse, 19-21 September 2023.
Movement Studies in the Living Room / Variation II
NXT Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27/09/2023-12/01/2025.
Lilith.Aeon, AΦE
KMØ, Mulhouse, France, 30-31/10/2024.
↗ Hiroaki Umeda
Hiroaki Umeda — dancing in the light
For me, immersion is about conveying strong sensations to the audience through movement and space.
↗ Samuel Tétreault
Samuel Tétreault — the performing arts in the age of storyliving
For me, an immersive show is a total art form that engages all the audience's senses.
↗ Carly Lave
Carly Lave — the dancer and her double
Carly Lave is a contemporary choreographer and dancer renowned for her innovative approach to movement.
↗ Julie Rothhahn
The new menu of culinary design
I studied at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design in Reims, where I was lucky enough to take classes with Marc Brétillot, one of the very first designers to approach food as a material.
↗ Blanca Li
Blanca Li — dancing with robots
“One day, I put on a virtual reality headset and saw a world opening up in front of me, at which point I started working with it.”
↗ Roland Salesse
The gourmet brain
Faced with the avalanche of dietary advice and injunctions we receive from all quarters, I wanted to go back to basics and ask myself how our relationship with food works biologically.
↗ Paul Pairet
Immersion to serve the food
“Ultraviolet is all about cooking. We are immersive only to reinforce the effect of each dish by creating an atmosphere conducive to tasting.” A conversation with Paul Pairet, chef of Ultraviolet in Shanghai.
Avatars dance too
A virtual body is not merely a stand-in for a physical one.
↗ Solène
The customer's experience
Initially, I posted all my outings on my personal account, and during Covid, I noticed that people weren't aware of what to do.
A world tour of festivals
At the crossroads of choreographic art, digital technologies and sensory stimulation, immersive dance seeks to actively integrate spectators into the stage experience.
↗ Michel Reilhac
Blind immersing
It's an experience I invented in 1993 at the Avignon Festival, as a closing meal for the "Dark / Noir" team, a carte blanche I'd been given by Bernard Faivre d'Arcier, the festival's director, to take over the Lycée Aubanel for the…
Mocap: from laboratory to stage
Motion capture, or "mocap" as it is applied to dance and choreography, is a burgeoning field that mobilizes researchers from the fields of movement science, artificial intelligence and the performing arts.
↗ Alexandre Gauthier
From Montreuil-sur-Mer to Paris and Versailles
After the floods that hit La Grenouillère in autumn 2023, and as I realized that my restaurant, my home, would remain closed indefinitely, I wanted to mark a special occasion in Paris.
Pixel, Mourad Merzouki
Créteil, Maison des Arts, 15/11/2014.
↗ Jade Frommer
Gourmet immersion for everyone
A former student of hotel and restaurant management at Lyon's Institut Paul Bocuse, Jade Frommer founded Ephemera in January 2020 with two of her fellow students.
Room With a View, Rone & (La)Horde
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France, 05-14/03/2020.
The table ecosystem
Gastronomy is everywhere.
Starter, main course and dessert
France respects its culinary traditions.
Poetry of immersion
Immersive gastronomy is as much about poetry as it is about food.
Cooking as contemporary fine art
From its very inception in 2019, French culinary innovation studio We Are Ona has forged a fruitful partnership with Art Basel, the world's leading contemporary art event.
Kodawari Ramen
Starter : \~$4-10 - Ramen: \~$15-16 -- Dessert: \~$9.
Atica
Designed by architect Chloé Leymarie, the space invites guests on a journey.
Ultraviolet
From RMB 4 800 (\~$674)/pers., drinks included.
Potel & Chabot
On January 10 and 11, 2024, the *Future Earth* experience offered to the best customers of the house created in 1820 showed its immersive turn.
MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza
From ¥38 500 (\~$250)/pers.
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant
Lunch from $195/pers.
Treepod Dining Experience
Soneva Hotels offers, among other experiences, a culinary adventure in the ancient rainforest of Koh Kood island.
Under
Dinner : NOK 1 950-2 250 (\~$175-202)/pers.
Petit R
Held on the historic Ruinart Champagnes estate, Petit R meals celebrate the house's great vintage wines.
Iris
Full Menu NOK 4 600 (\~$414)/pers.
Alchemist
Full Menu NOK 5 400 (\~$486)/pers.
We Are Ona
Founded in 2019 by Frenchman Luca Pronzato, We Are Ona presents itself as a "360° culinary creation studio".
Dinner in the Sky
Between \~$70 and \~$291/pers.
Schwebendes Restaurant
CHF 179 (\~$206)/pers.
Vespertine
In an avant-garde building designed by architect Eric Owen Moss, chef Jordan Kahn has been taking on the challenge of renewing the concept of gastronomy since 2017.
Sublimotion
Opened in June 2014 by chef Paco Roncero (2 Michelin stars) and artistic director Eduardo Gonzáles, Sublimotion regularly renews its offer of metagastronomy, a multi-sensory show lasting around 3 hours, combining avant-garde cuisine with immersive technologies, music, dance, performances, illusionism.
Tokyo Burnside
Starter ¥500-800 (\~$3-5) -- Main Course ¥1 000-1 500 (\~$6-10) -- Dessert ¥600-900 (\~$4-6).
Kitchen Theory
Founded in London in 2013 by chef Jozef Youssef, Kitchen Theory specializes in multisensory immersive dining experiences and brand activation events.
Eatrenalin
Close to Europa Park, the restaurant opened at the end of 2022, offering a futuristic experience.
Ice Restaurant
In Lapland, not far from Santa Claus's Village, the Arctic SnowHotel & Glass Igloos restaurant has been offering guests the chance to dine in a building and on furniture sculpted entirely from snow and ice since 2008.
Ephemera
The Ephemera group has become a benchmark for immersive dining in the capital since its opening of its first Parisian restaurant, Under the Sea, in April 2023.