The Machine-Animals of Nantes

By Miss Cellania in Art on Jan 6, 2008 at 11:20 pm

Nantes, France is hosting an exhibition of mechanical sculptures by François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice (official site en français). Each sculpture is also a moving vehicle! Besides this 11-meter tall elephant, see the giant squid, deep-sea fish, and more. Link

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ted
Jan 7th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Is that “quid” as in Chewing tobacco, or as in the British pound?
fz
Jan 7th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Um, “quid” as in s-quid?
Christophe
Jan 7th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Yeahhh! tax money at work!
Another reason why they had a 10% increase in local taxes in Nantes…
anon
Jan 7th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
What’s the relationship between this and the Royal De Luxe production from several years back?

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/09/sultans-elephant/
Miss Cellania
Jan 7th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
anon, the article at Dark Roasted Blend says that some of the same artists are involved, but it doesn’t specify who. It’s probably clear in the French site…
Alex
Jan 8th, 2008 at 2:23 am
That was the first thing that came to my mind too, anon! You beat me to it…

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