Customised 50s/60s Algerian café in Paris with props, objects, books on tables, photos, vinyls, glasses, bottles… Photo credit: Thierry Bal
Detail of café. Photo credit: Thierry Bal
Front view of Algerian café in Paris.
Algerian café in Paris with a customised Scopitone – video jukebox on the left
Scopitone on the right
60s Scopitone – video jukebox playing dance extracts from Agnès Varda’s film: Salut les Cubains, 1963. Photo credit: Thierry Bal
Scopitone
Café Algérien à Paris & Dance Speaks Without Words, 2026
Immersive 1950s/60s Algerian Parisian Café with objects, vinyls records, bottles, books on tables and a 1960s Scopitone (video jukebox)
displaying extracts from Agnès Varda’s film Salut les Cubains, 1963
Café and Scopitone are original pieces, bought in Paris and customised for the project
Installation view Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain, London. Exhibition When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks…
Commissioned and funded by Tate Britain, London.