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Article
The Memory of an Elephant
Article first published online: 10 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1002/ad.704
Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Issue
Architectural Design
Special Issue: Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids
Volume 78, Issue 4, pages 44–49, July/August 2008
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How to Cite
Sheil, B. (2008), The Memory of an Elephant. Archit Design, 78: 44–49. doi: 10.1002/ad.704
Publication History
- Issue published online: 10 JUL 2008
- Article first published online: 10 JUL 2008
- Abstract
- Cited By
Keywords:
- La Machine, The Grand Elephant, Nantes, France, 2007;
- sci-fi pioneer Jules G Verne;
- Ile de Nantes;
- Dubigeon shipyards;
- Pierre Orefice and François Delaroziére;
- the Sultan's Elephant tour;
- theatre group Royale de Luxe;
- ‘instructions to make’;
- Patrick Bouchain;
- La Machine, La Luminaire des Grands Fonds (The Deep-Sea Angler Fish),Ile de Nantes, France, 2007;
- Le Mondes sous Marin;
- La Machine;
- Le Poisson Pirate (The Pirate Fish),Ile de Nantes, France, 2007;
- La Machine, La Raie Manta (The Manta Ray),Ile de Nantes, France, 2007b;
- performance is recorded as a digital script.
Abstract
A mechanical, ‘magical menagerie’ is emerging out of the disused shipyard of Nantes in western France. For Bob Sheil the project was first embodied by the spectacle of a giant elephant being paraded through the streets of central London in 2006. He describes how the collective of designers at La Machine are creating creatures through carefully contrived production and performance routines. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.