CENTRAL SV    

 CENTRAL is an agency specializing in the design and production of cultural and artistic events 
aiming to rethink the way WORKS are presented within a contemporary space by bringing together architecture-design-new technologieS

Its story is one of complex exhibition projects
always keeping at the heart of its approach the importance of placing the creative process at the center of its thinking







Pascal Dusapin & Pharell Williams 

To Be Sung is a production created at the Fondation Louis Vuitton around one of the leading figures of contemporary opera, Pascal Dusapin.

Invited to engage with the work, Pharrell Williams conceived a scenographic and lighting dialogue responding to the score’s suspended moments of silence. These charged silences filled with inaudible frequencies , were embodied through suspended water effects, frozen in mid-air by a lighting concept developed by Matiere Noire. To Be Sung explores the threshold between sound and absence, making the invisible perceptible.

CENTRALsv was commissioned to produce the development of the scenography and oversee the synchronization between stage movements and the artistic ensemble, ensuring a precise alignment between spatial composition, performative gesture, and musical structure.

Client 

Orchestre


Narrator

Sopranos

Sonorisation et spatialisation 

Scénographie et lumière

Mouvement

Imagery

Fondation Louis Vuitton 

Le Balcon
Dirigé par Maxime Pascal

Florence Darel

Norma Nahoun / Elise Chauvine / Jenny Davier 

Florent Derex

Matiere Noire 

Suzanne Meyer

Ophélie Maurus










TRAUMA stages a night of music, art and performance at U122AE, in collaboration with Companion Culture on the occasion of Art Basel Paris. 

Working closely with Trauma, our mission was to translate the collective’s artistic vision into an experience that merged sound, light, and performance within the unique underground architecture

Unfolding beneath the 18th arrondissement, the program features sets by Europa and Emma DJ with cxoxc, a performance by Raphaelle, and a site-specific light environment by Matiere Noire.Three levels underground, in the subterranean vaults of the former French retailer Tatí, the night kicks off with a DJ set by Europa. 
Scenography Light Design
 
Imagery Matiere Noire


Ophélie Maurus








Inhabiting a restrained, monolithic scenography, the installation translates arctic semiotics into a contemporary spatial language. A breathing screen concealed behind a darkened aperture pulses with diffused luminosity, while austere blackened steel shelving systems support fractured glass domes, their weight and rupture evoking glacial memory. A sculpted volumetric snow block abstracts the stratified atmosphere of frozen terrains, transforming meteorological mass into architectural artifact. Extending the illusion of depth, a panoramic display operates as a threshold — a suspended horizon that opens onto a distant, silent landscape, dissolving boundaries between interior structure and environmental vastness.
Client 

Imagery

BAM WORKS

Ophélie Maurus










Installed  at Dover street Paris the backdrop explores the intersection between two distinct worlds: the delicate universe of designer Cecilie Bahnsen and the technical aerial language of Alpha Industries. The project occupies a corridor transformed into an immersive space through a parachute fabric, with crystallized jackets arranged around it in a sculptural manner. Subtly illuminated, this translucent surface offers a double reading both material and atmospheric.

Client 

Imagery

BAM WORKS

Ophélie Maurus










MAGMA is a curatorial project initiated by Paul Olivennes , is an art and literature journal that brings together contemporary artists from across all disciplines for each new edition.

On the occasion of the release of Magma No. 3 ‘Archive of the Future’ an exhibition extends the publication into space. Installed at 127 rue de Turenne, this curatorial project brings together a selection of original works featured in the book: paintings, photographs, sculptures, as well as sound and film installations. Staged by the Paris-based studio Matière Noire the exhibition offers a singular encounter: the possibility of inhabiting a book, of living alongside its artworks.
Curator and Art Director 

Supported by 

Scenography

Graphisme
 
Imagery

Paul Olivennes

Bottega Veneta 

Matiere Noire

Faye and Gina

Ophélie Maurus





Grounded in a deep understanding of James Turrell’s minimalist legacy, CentralSV joined the realization of his solo exhibition at Gagosian Le Bourget. The studio combined conceptual research with technical expertise to emphasize the atmospheric qualities of Turrell’s pioneering works. Working in close partnership with the James Turrell Studio, CentralSV oversaw the execution of the construction, coordinating for several months with architectural teams Matiere Noire and lighting engineers to bring the project to life.Client 

Architectural and execution oversight  

Engineering 

Imagery Gagosian

Matiere Noire



Studio Barthelmes

Thomas Lanne










A Magazine Curated By celebrates 25 Years of Curation and Creation with the opening of an immersive exhibition at Union de la Jeunesse Internationale.
Bringing together 32 past guest curators, the exhibition, designed by Ciguë in collaboration with Matthieu Prat (Diplomates) and Simon Chaouat, extends the magazine’s universe beyond the page.

Objects on display include Yohji Yamamoto’s pack of cigarettes, Jun Takahashi’s silk teddy bear made for A Magazine Curated By Pierpaolo Piccioli alongside his interpretation of a Hermès Kelly bag, Kris Van Assche’s Libertad o Muerte necklace, Stephen Jones’ Planetarium hat and Giambattista Valli’s old iPhone with personal photographs.

In addition, designers contributed silhouettes representing their signature styles, including Glenn Martens (Y/Project), Kim Jones (Dior), Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez (Proenza Schouler), Yohji Yamamoto, Peter Do, Thom Browne, Martine Sitbon and Lucie and Luke Meier (Jil Sander).

The exhibition also features the magazine’s complete digital archive, presented in full for the first time in collaboration with SOOT, offering visitors a chance to explore the visual and narrative evolution of A Magazine Curated By.Scenography & Execution 

Material

Graphisme

Imagery Matthieu Prat (Diplomates)and Simon Chaouat


cigüe

Elsa Mueller

Ophélie Maurus









LEMAIRE released Nine Frames in October 2025.
In close collaboration with Matiere Noire creative studio, we developed a holographic screen that evokes the ghostly presence of a cinema projection. An ephemeral image hovering behind the glass, dissolving the boundary between physical space and moving image.

A curtain placed at the back of the window deepens the perspective, creating the impression of looking through the window of a lived-in interior.
The installation extends the spirit of Nine Frames is a dialogue between clothing, gesture, and emotion. Transforming the boutique into a quiet, cinematic moment within the city.
Scenography Design
 
Movie director

Imagery Matiere Noire


Lucca Lutzky

Ophélie Maurus










As commitment to a contemporary renaissance aesthetic, the scenography serves as a dialogue between past and future is expressed through a thoughtful and immersive artistic approach. Whether through the fusion of Tati’s classical architectural elements with contemporary technical aesthetics, or through the curation of innovative artworks rooted in a dialogue between past and present, this Showroom installation stands as a landmark, a symbol of Jordan’s Renaissance, honouring its legacy while shaping its future.Scenography Design
 
Pictural motion design

Imagery Simon Chaouat and Nikolaos Sampaziotis


Sylvain Sey


Ophélie Maurus

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