Elastic Bonding / 15e Biennale de Lyon – Là où les eaux se mêlent / Lyon (FR) / 2019
Elastic Bonding is a monumental site-specific performative installation for the 15th edition of Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale Where Water Comes Together with Other Water. The biennale was held in the deserted halls of the former Fagor factory in the Gerland district from September 18, 2019 - January 5, 2020.
Five tentacular bodies were affixed to vertical textile formations that emanated from the ceiling windows on a 12 m height aiming to blend into the building’s architecture and conjure a landscape commensurate with the scale of the site. Rectangular frames, (4*2 m) was fastened directly onto the window-frames, fully covering them, so that the transparent, elastic lycra created a cone-like structure, funneling the light downward, toward the body on the ground.
In cooperation with 20 students from the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon, the installation was activated regularly through the full length of the exhibition period.
Performance duration: 3 times 45 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the exhibition period.
Performed by: Anli Adel Ahmadi, Inès Aïdat, Sara Andrieu, Enzo Blond, Raul Calin, Louise Carriere, Bastien Charmette, Titouan Crozier, Vladimir Duparc, Léa Ferec-Pourias, Thomas Fontain, Mio Fusho, Margot Guigoet, Aurélien Labenne, Tom Lesne, Jade Logmo, Mélissande Tonolo, Axel Poulsen, Jade Sarette, Hugo Thabaret.
Material: Transparent lycra, construction wood, plaster, clay
Size: Window framework in the ceiling: 400 * 200 cm; Height: 13 m; Installation area: 100 * 50 m.
The project is supported by: Arts Council Norway; OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway; Royal Norwegian Embassy and with kind collaboration with CNSMD - the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon.
Photos: Jeff Pachoud / AFP / NTB scanpix and Blaise Adilon
