Clinique du Parc Lyon

The waiting area for MRI services in the Clinique du Parc Lyon, Lyon, France, features both an overhead Luminous SkyCeiling and an eScape digital cinema display. Together, the overhead presence of a realistic sky and the gentle movement and natural sounds of the eScape’s long nature scenes transform the, otherwise, clean, undecorated space. Waiting patients find themselves soothed by the realistic nature simulations.

In the installation image above, the eScape digital cinema display looks like a framed photograph. In fact, the long scenes (typically an hour, or longer) and the natural sound gives the installation an engaging and relaxing presence.