Machines de ville

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By François Delaroziere

Summary

Machines de ville explores the captivating world of La Machine, a company renowned for its giant mechanical creations that enchant audiences worldwide. François Delarozière showcases four landmark projects in Nantes, La Roche-sur-Yon, Toulouse, and Calais, revealing how these intricate machines blend with urban spaces and human performers. The book offers an insider's view of the creative process and daily life within the company, highlighting their visionary approach to integrating mechanical art within city environments.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary arts, mechanical engineering, urban culture, and innovative public performances. It is suited to those curious about the intersection of art, technology, and city life.

A new publication showcasing the mechanical creations of François Delarozière and how they are transforming France's cities

A new publication showcasing the mechanical creations of François Delarozière and how they are transforming France's cities

Description

For many years now, the company La Machine has been creating shows featuring fascinating giant machines which delight huge audiences of young and old alike in the cities of France and around the world. Gradually, these performing machines have become permanent installations in cities around France, an integral and integrated feature of urban development.

Through four emblematic projects in Nantes, La Roche-sur-Yon, Toulouse, and Calais, François Delarozière demonstrates how the elegant dynamics of this mechanical bestiary relates to space and to human performers. He speaks of the machines' creation and charts the daily lives of the company, its members, artists, technicians, and artisans and how they undertake such visionary projects of mechanical urban architecture working in tandem with local authorities.

After the book La Machine spectacle, here is Machines de ville, highlighting the machines which have slipped into people's daily lives, churning out dreams, sparking discussion, stirring emotions, and reflecting us back to our own humanity by their mere presence in the city.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9782330136437

Publisher: Actes Sud

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 March 2021

Country: France

Imprint: Actes Sud

Illustration: Illustrated throughout

Contributors:

Preface by David Mangin
Interviewer Philippe Dossal

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 820g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture François Delaroziere Non-Fiction

About the Author

François Delarozière is the artistic director of the La Machine theater company. Since a young age he has had a fascination for carrousels and for the mechanisms that set objects in motion. An illustrator, an inventor, a constructor, scenographer and devisor of street theater, he has been designing and supervising the creation of vast show machines for over 15 years, including for the theater company Royale de Luxe. Among the most emblematic of his masterpieces of urban scenography are the Giant, the Rhinoceros, the Little Giant Boy, the Giraffes, the Little Giant Girl and the Great Elephant, among many others. Philippe Dossal is a freelance journalist who has written for the daily newspapers Libération, La Tribune and Le Point in Nantes and author of numerous books including Jean Blaise, réenchanteur de ville (2015).