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LOCOMOTIVE

PLACE DES ARTS

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An art installation for Montreal’s Place des Arts, Locomotive is a fantastical portrayal of a human machine resembling an elaborate game of organic dominos.

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Creative direction
Creative production
Art direction
Media direction
Conception

Partenaires

Place des Arts

Vision

Human flesh makes up a patchwork of glittering metallic members which have the luster of new pistons and bolts. Caught in awkward tension, the bodies quiver in suspension, the movement becoming increasingly intense until released by the passing impulse.

Approach

The complexity of this work lies within an ecology of play, monstrosity, and sensuality with each gear, wheel and suture playing its role in a carefully synthesized chain reaction of image, sound and light. Uncomfortable yet intrigued, the eye of the passer cannot turn away from the machine.

Director & editor

Thibaut Duverneix

Original Idea & Creation

Thibaut Duverneix & Mathieu Léger

Designer & Art Director

Mathieu Léger

Composer

David Drury

Assistant Director

Ashley Watkin

Production

Département, Josh Usheroff

Line Producer

Antler Films

Executive Producer

Sach Baylin Stern

Photo Direction

Christophe Collette

MUA

Anicko Bouchard

Music production

Christian Olsen, David Drury

Double Bass

Sage Reynolds