Walking Tour
Walking TourMarseille
Sail to the fortress that imprisoned Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo. This 16th-century island prison offers dark stone corridors, panoramic Mediterranean views, and a literary pilgrimage you can walk through.
Tips
June 11
Ferhani's slow cinema meets island fortress. Three video installations explore time through fixed shots, transforming the former prison into a contemplative gallery that journeys from Marseille to Algiers.
June 11
Sit in a prison cell and let sound carry you away. Hassen Ferhani's installation at the Château d'If removes images entirely, inviting you to experience a film's soundtrack in the same stark setting where incarcerated men once posed for portraits. The silence of the stone tower makes the voices and ambient sounds feel almost physical: a meditation on confinement, imagination, and what we cannot see.
June 11
A desert roadside stop materializes inside a 16th-century fortress prison. This immersive film installation brings Hassen Ferhani's Algerian eatery, where Malika welcomes wanderers with coffee and quiet wisdom, to the Château d'If. A meditation on hospitality blooming in the unlikeliest places: isolation meets open arms, stone walls frame shifting sands, and the sea whispers to the Sahara.
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Walking TourWalking TourSail to the fortress that imprisoned Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo. This 16th-century island prison offers dark stone corridors, panoramic Mediterranean views, and a literary pilgrimage you can walk through.
Tips
June 11
Ferhani's slow cinema meets island fortress. Three video installations explore time through fixed shots, transforming the former prison into a contemplative gallery that journeys from Marseille to Algiers.
June 11
Sit in a prison cell and let sound carry you away. Hassen Ferhani's installation at the Château d'If removes images entirely, inviting you to experience a film's soundtrack in the same stark setting where incarcerated men once posed for portraits. The silence of the stone tower makes the voices and ambient sounds feel almost physical: a meditation on confinement, imagination, and what we cannot see.
June 11
A desert roadside stop materializes inside a 16th-century fortress prison. This immersive film installation brings Hassen Ferhani's Algerian eatery, where Malika welcomes wanderers with coffee and quiet wisdom, to the Château d'If. A meditation on hospitality blooming in the unlikeliest places: isolation meets open arms, stone walls frame shifting sands, and the sea whispers to the Sahara.