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INDIGO is committed to promoting creativity by initiating projects and making its spaces available to artists and cultural players. Our initiatives are designed to meet a number of objectives: improving the customer experience, facilitating access to art and culture, supporting artists and creators, and making the city more beautiful for everyone.
The location and configuration of our parking spaces allow us to host ephemeral cultural events.
Our parking spaces are conducive to urban creativity. This gallery includes the works you can discover in INDIGO car parks.
Created in 2024, this work by Tina Tictone plunges the viewer into the world of sea bathing and water sports during the Belle Époque. The artist celebrates this period of emancipation when, as she describes it: “During the Belle Époque, female bathers broke all codes! Sleeveless, with bare shoulders and panties that stopped above the knee, … they wore bathing suits modeled on those already worn by men for a long time.”
This creation is part of the permanent exhibition of The Next Movement, an arts cooperative based on the Basque Coast and committed to promoting local art and heritage. In the heart of Biarritz, monumental ceramics, murals, abstract and figurative works make up an immersive and aesthetic journey that celebrates the rich history and modernity of contemporary creation.
In spring 2023, Toulouse-based artists Benjamin STOOP and Nicolas DELPECH, from the Deux Mille studio, designed and created a monumental, colored, ephemeral fresco on the roof of the 2,000 m² Les Carmes car park. Over 90% of the paint used is natural.
This initiative is part of an ambitious project led by Toulouse City Council’s technical services since 2022. Combining art and scientific analysis, the approach aims to limit the effects of global warming in the city. The concept is based on the use of ecological paints that lower ground temperatures, and the commissioning of artistic frescoes that enhance Toulouse’s heritage.
Following successful experiments on the Pont Saint-Pierre, the roofs of the Victor Hugo and Les Carmes parking lots were chosen for their architecture, strategic location in the heart of Toulouse, and vast surface area, enabling large-scale testing. The results of this study are promising: painted surfaces record a temperature drop of 10 to 13°C compared with unpainted bitumen.
The fresco was on view from June to September 2023.
You can watch the making of this monumental work of art commissioned by the City of Toulouse in this video.
image credit: Slot-B
Created in 2024, this work by artist TAROE pays tribute to Biarritz’s timeless elegance and prestigious past. TAROE chose to depict a tramway from the early 20th century, when the city was the capital of good taste and fashion. The artist describes it as follows: “With its haute couture workshops and fashion boutiques, Biarritz has, since the beginning of the 20th century, offered everything that good taste dictates. This reputation attracted a refined clientele from all over Europe, who flocked to the former Biarritz Anglet-Bayonne tramway station on Place de la Liberté (now Place Clémenceau).
This creation is part of the permanent exhibition of The Next Movement, an arts cooperative based on the Basque Coast and committed to promoting local art and heritage. In the heart of Biarritz, monumental ceramics, murals, abstract and figurative works make up an immersive and aesthetic journey that celebrates the rich history and modernity of contemporary creation.
Created in 2024, this work by Stéphane Opera invites us to rediscover Biarritz’s maritime heritage from a unique perspective. Through his work, the artist evokes Biarritz’s maritime soul and proudly quotes its motto: “I have the Winds, the Stars and the Sea on my side”.. He also emphasizes the importance of Place Sainte-Eugénie, which he describes as “a gateway to the city’s maritime and port DNA”.
This creation is part of the permanent exhibition of The Next Movement, an arts cooperative based on the Basque Coast and committed to promoting local art and heritage. In the heart of Biarritz, monumental ceramics, murals, abstract and figurative works make up an immersive and aesthetic journey that celebrates the rich history and modernity of contemporary creation.
For a few months, the elevator kiosk on Lille’s Grand Place was dressed by artist Sandrot for the Solid’Art 2024 Contemporary Art Show, an event organized by Secours Populaire du Nord and sponsored by INDIGO and the INDIGO Foundation. The artist designed a window featuring a dove, a lynx and a red panda.
Sandrot is a contemporary French painter who draws her inspiration from nature. Through her works, she gives a majestic place to the living world, creating monumental animal representations where they are least expected.
From July to September 2023, a 2,700 m² ephemeral fresco transformed the roof of Toulouse’s Victor Hugo car park into a monumental work of art. Toulouse City Council gave carte blanche to artists Vincent Abadie Hafez (Zepha) and Cyril Simon (2Flui), who used over 90% natural materials.
This initiative is part of an ambitious project led by Toulouse City Council’s technical services since 2022. Combining art and scientific analysis, this approach aims to limit the effects of global warming in the city. The concept is based on the installation of paints that lower ground temperatures, and the commissioning of artistic frescoes that enhance Toulouse’s heritage.
Following successful experiments on the Pont Saint-Pierre, the roofs of the Victor Hugo and Les Carmes car parks were chosen for their architecture, strategic location in the heart of Toulouse, and vast surface area, enabling large-scale testing. The results of this study are promising: painted surfaces record a temperature drop of 10 to 13°C compared with unpainted bitumen.
You can watch the making of this monumental work of art commissioned by the City of Toulouse in this video.
image credit: Slot-B
