A fabulous encounter between cinema and astronomy, Tempo is the fruit of a close collaboration between filmmaker Philippe Baylaucq and Sébastien Gauthier, astronomer at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. In this show, the Théâtre de la Voie lactée breaks down the boundaries between science and art. With larger-than-life images, a soundtrack created by the talented Robert-Marcel Lepage and live animation with Maxime Pivin-Lapointe, Tempo takes viewers on an enlightening and moving exploration through the cycles of the celestial vault. The journey invites us to observe the sky attentively from another perspective, notably the link between our perception of time and our position in the Universe. Put away your watches and clocks, Tempo takes us back to humanity's primeval reading of Time through the observation of Nature.

"If filmmaking is the art of telling a story by summoning images from the blackness and sounds from silence, then astronomy is the art of looking ever further out into the cosmos and time. The Planetarium dome is a universe in itself, a huge book where scientists record what they have seen through their telescopes. I was invited to contribute my vision as an artist to enhance the knowledge that scrolls across the Planetarium dome every day. Working on designing and producing Tempo was an opportunity for me to create a convergence of cinema and astronomy. Just as it is extraordinary for a filmmaker to put one's art at the service of fiction, in this case I was tremendously pleased to put poetry at the service of reality. I already suspected that the barrier all too often erected between science and art was an artificial one. The results of this fruitful encounter shows, beyond a doubt, that art and science can be combined in an astonishing voyage where everything is true and yet truly incredible.”