etienne bardelli unveils walking ghosts installation in france

etienne bardelli unveils walking ghosts installation in france
A 950 m2 environment, painting produced by 40 student and a robot.
all images courtesy of etienne bardelli

taking over a former paint shop in an old bus depot, ‘the walking ghosts hall’ by etienne bardelli is a permanent installation at the new art center, blida in metz, france. set to open in 2014, the 950m2 room has been completely transformed by a painting made by 40 students of the montigny building school. they followed a ‘guide’ drawing on the ground, which was produced using a robot developed especially by supelec engineering students. evoking the catastrophic aesthetic of ruins from a nuclear power plant, the space has been imagined as the last carefree breath of a failing industry. the sculptures were constructed from cut and folded steel elements, ranging in size from 3-4m. two walls of 100m2 distorted mirrors made from flexible altuglas add to the overflow of limitless colors, shimmering lights and gleaming aborted structures.

view of the 3m high lacquered steel structures

a 4m long folded and lacquered bench

every bench is made of only one sheet of steel

the piano bench, fixed on the floor, gives a smooth flexibility

two walls of distorting mirror of 100m2 each, made of flexible altuglas©

steel, colors and liquid mirrors

aluminum motorized lusters, generating a 3m deported rotation

the supelec students robot marking the ground

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