Then you walk downtown and realize that a 50-foot-tall creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man was looming above you.
Monday, November 05, 2018
In France, a Giant Spider and a Minotaur Roam, and Sleep
Then you walk downtown and realize that a 50-foot-tall creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man was looming above you.
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My dad actually just sent me this article a couple days ago! I absolutely love puppets and articulated things. The craftsmanship that goes into making these beats is incredible. I especially love the spider because spiders are one of my favorite things visually, AND they actually put the legs in the right place! That makes me even more happy. This article reminds me a lot of the gigantic marionette girl that Susan showed us really early on in the year. (I think that one was in Australia). One thing that confuses me about this is that the minotaur has been merged with a centaur? Minotaurs in Greek mythology are described as “a creature with the body of a man, and a head and tail of a bull.” The fact that this puppet has the body and legs of a horse, but also the torso and arms of a man, then the bull head is a little confusing, and personally detracts from the overall aura of the beast. But nevertheless it’s a really incredible machine. The details in the face make it look like a real living thing, and the smoke that comes from its nostrils is quite an entertaining touch. I hope Europe keeps making more of these puppets because they’re great.
I would love to do more than just imagine “looking out the window one morning and seeing a gigantic spider perched on the roof of a neighboring building- its eight legs extending to the street below”. I wish I could experience in person what Alissa J.Rubin described in her article In France. A Giant Spider and a Minotaur Roam, and Sleep, an immersive art exhibition moving through the streets of Toulouse France, “an immersive form a street theater”. These creatures are made by this theatre company, La Machine. The company is technicians and designers creating giant mechanical functioning creatures, and brings them into public spaces like the streets of France. I love Mr. Delaroziére’s goal of making the whole city a place of theatre, bringing magic and fantasy into everyday life and spaces. They make fantasy not, they make it real. On top of making the experience more real by bringing it into your daily life they also make all the details of the creature as real as possible. Going so far as to animate it’s breathing and sound. I would love to see this in person, but would even more love to work on and be apart of immersive art and performance such as this. Reading articles like this truly keeps me going.
I would love to do more than just imagine “looking out the window one morning and seeing a gigantic spider perched on the roof of a neighboring building- its eight legs extending to the street below”. I wish I could experience in person what Alissa J.Rubin described in her article “In France, A Giant Spider and a Minotaur Roam, and Sleep”, an immersive art exhibition moving through the streets of Toulouse France, “an immersive form a street theater”. These creatures are made by this theatre company, La Machine. The company is technicians and designers creating giant mechanical functioning creatures, and brings them into public spaces like the streets of France. I love Mr. Delaroziére’s goal of making the whole city a place of theatre, bringing magic and fantasy into everyday life and spaces. They make fantasy not, they make it real. On top of making the experience more real by bringing it into your daily life they also make all the details of the creature as real as possible. Going so far as to animate it’s breathing and sound. I would love to see this in person, but would even more love to work on and be apart of immersive art and performance such as this. Reading articles like this truly keeps me going.
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