Paris, light as helium, grand as history.
There are nights when the city’s lamps switch off, surrendering their stage to a single spark. Such was the overture of Paris 2024: a flame risen from the Tuileries, clasped by Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner, then whisked sky-ward on a golden aerostat—Voltaire’s hot-air dreams made flesh. The cauldron drifted above the gardens like a second moon while the Seine held its breath, and suddenly the Olympic Games felt not organised but composed, a Debussy nocturne on the banks of sport.
Parisians have seen balloons before; none, however, wore a halo of fire that murmured “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” in embers. Below, rowers sliced the river in choreographed silence, echoing Coubertin’s old sermon that sport is “muscle turning into poetry.” Somewhere near Pont des Arts, a choir of bicycles traced the five rings in head-lights, proof that Paris can still improvise a fresco from traffic.
There were winks, too: a wink to Les Bleus when the Bastille’s façade unfurled into a tricolour waterfall; a wink to Les Misérables as drones spelled “Paris 2024” above the Île de la Cité, rewriting Hugo upon the sky. Even the cautious London press conceded at dawn: never has an opening night been so defiantly airborne.
And anecdotes already tint cafés. A stagehand swears the balloon pilot quoted Saint-Exupéry—“On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur”—as he lit the burner. Volunteers report that Riner’s torch weighed “just enough to remind you of duty.” Michel, a pétanque champion from Arles, confessed he’d stood in the rain for five hours merely “to feel Paris lift off her usual shoulders.”
Thus the Games begin beneath chandeliers of constellations, the flame roaming like a curious tourist above the Louvre’s glass blade, the Champs-Élysées humming in future tense. For a fortnight at least, sport will speak French with perfect clarity.
Take the memory home: our luminous Paris 2024 print—an Olympic Games poster forged from that very moment when the cauldron sailed and two torchbearers saluted the night. Hang this sport print on your wall, and every glance becomes a boarding pass to the summer Paris proved the sky was not the limit but the venue.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Paris, light as helium, grand as history.
There are nights when the city’s lamps switch off, surrendering their stage to a single spark. Such was the overture of Paris 2024: a flame risen from the Tuileries, clasped by Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner, then whisked sky-ward on a golden aerostat—Voltaire’s hot-air dreams made flesh. The cauldron drifted above the gardens like a second moon while the Seine held its breath, and suddenly the Olympic Games felt not organised but composed, a Debussy nocturne on the banks of sport.
Parisians have seen balloons before; none, however, wore a halo of fire that murmured “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” in embers. Below, rowers sliced the river in choreographed silence, echoing Coubertin’s old sermon that sport is “muscle turning into poetry.” Somewhere near Pont des Arts, a choir of bicycles traced the five rings in head-lights, proof that Paris can still improvise a fresco from traffic.
There were winks, too: a wink to Les Bleus when the Bastille’s façade unfurled into a tricolour waterfall; a wink to Les Misérables as drones spelled “Paris 2024” above the Île de la Cité, rewriting Hugo upon the sky. Even the cautious London press conceded at dawn: never has an opening night been so defiantly airborne.
And anecdotes already tint cafés. A stagehand swears the balloon pilot quoted Saint-Exupéry—“On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur”—as he lit the burner. Volunteers report that Riner’s torch weighed “just enough to remind you of duty.” Michel, a pétanque champion from Arles, confessed he’d stood in the rain for five hours merely “to feel Paris lift off her usual shoulders.”
Thus the Games begin beneath chandeliers of constellations, the flame roaming like a curious tourist above the Louvre’s glass blade, the Champs-Élysées humming in future tense. For a fortnight at least, sport will speak French with perfect clarity.
Take the memory home: our luminous Paris 2024 print—an Olympic Games poster forged from that very moment when the cauldron sailed and two torchbearers saluted the night. Hang this sport print on your wall, and every glance becomes a boarding pass to the summer Paris proved the sky was not the limit but the venue.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
