{"id":371,"date":"2007-07-03T22:11:46","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T22:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2015-07-26T21:47:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T10:47:29","slug":"les-machines-de-lile-de-nantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2007\/07\/03\/les-machines-de-lile-de-nantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele de Nantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Darthbob from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laprise.org\">Laprise.org<\/a> who recently alerted me to a new project related to <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/11\/royal-de-luxe-the-elephant-and-the-small-giantess\/\">Royal de Luxe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesmachines-nantes.fr\/\">Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele de Nantes<\/a>, which opened over this last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/machines.jpg\" title=\"Machines\" alt=\"Machines\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Style_corps\">Planned as a new artistic, cultural and tourist venture, <\/span><span class=\"Style_corps\">and part of an urban renewal of the docklands, it consists of numerous large mechanical creatures to build dreams around, <\/span><span class=\"Style_corps\">imagined by Fran\u00e7ois Delarozi\u00e8re and Pierre Orefice. They are i<\/span><span class=\"Style_corps\">nstalled in the great naves of the old shipyards on the island of Nantes, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Style_corps\">First, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/684569372\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\">a great elephant<\/a>, similar to the <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/11\/royal-de-luxe-the-elephant-and-the-small-giantess\/\">Sultan&#8217;s<\/a>, but a bit bigger at 12 metres high, which can take 30 passengers on its back for a 30 minute journey. It will journey every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then there will be a huge tree, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/st3f4n\/674681525\/in\/set-72157600573243435\/\">branches<\/a> that you can walk within. In time there will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683724189\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\">herons in the tree<\/a>, and people will be able to take rides in baskets below their wings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/herontreerdl.jpg\" title=\"Herontreerdl\" alt=\"Herontreerdl\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/heronrdl2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The third part is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/684567504\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\">a gallery of imagined machinical marine creatures<\/a>, also rideable:<\/p>\n<p>Le Luminaire des grands fonds:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683729845\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/angler.jpg\" alt=\"Angler\" title=\"Angler\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>La Larve de crabe:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683723555\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/larvae.jpg\" alt=\"Larvae\" title=\"Larvae\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Le Poisson pirate:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/684584286\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/piratefish.jpg\" alt=\"Piratefish\" title=\"Piratefish\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Le Calamar \u00e0  r\u00e9tropropulsion:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683704631\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/squid.jpg\" alt=\"Squid\" title=\"Squid\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683704631\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>La Raie manta:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/683728147\/in\/set-72157600586168207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/manta.jpg\" alt=\"Manta\" title=\"Manta\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I think there is also a royal crab planned.<\/p>\n<p><u>Other links:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Royal de Luxe &#8211; this unofficial French site is always the best for all up-to-date RdL news.<\/p>\n<p>At Nantes M\u00e9tropole:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"telecharger\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantes-tourisme.com\/servlet\/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?ID_FICHE=512&amp;OBJET=0008&amp;ID_FICHIER=8526\">dossier presse El\u00e9phant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantes-tourisme.com\/servlet\/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?ID_FICHE=512&amp;OBJET=0008&amp;ID_FICHIER=907\">machinesfr.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantesmetropole.fr\/60719069\/0\/fiche___pagelibre\/\">Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele<\/a> : check links from this page<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantesmetropole.fr\/html\/lesmachines\/index.html\">Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele<\/a>: this site has plans, sketches, video and photos:<\/li>\n<p>video 1: intro, bits of elephant and branches, maquette of the tree<br \/>\nvideo 2: adapting the original buildings, building the elephant, in particular its feet!<br \/>\nvideo 3: making the models of the creatures &#8211; very cute little squid, manta<br \/>\nvideo 4: piecing the iron and wooden shell of the elephant together with crane.<\/p>\n<p>photos 1 &#8211; 18: the opening, with elephants first parade<br \/>\nphotos 19 &#8211; 26: models<br \/>\nphotos 27 &#8211; 49: making the elephant<br \/>\nphotos 50 &#8211; 55: the buildings<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantes.maville.com\/actu\/machines_accueil.php\">Maville.com&#8217;s special coverage<\/a>:  check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantes.maville.com\/Les-premiers-pas-de-l-elephant-sur-l-ile-de-Nantes\/re\/machines_photo_construction\/actu_detail---62-14985-detail(:)(:)62-elephant_galerie.html\">manta<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nantes.maville.com\/Les-premiers-pas-de-l-elephant-sur-l-ile-de-Nantes\/re\/machines_photo_construction\/actu_detail---55-14978-detail(:)(:)55-elephant_galerie.html\">angler fish<\/a> in particular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ouest.france3.fr\/info\/pays-de-la-loire\/32397006-fr.php\">France 3: Les Fabuleuses Machines de l\u2019\u00eele<\/a> has a cool <a href=\"http:\/\/ouest.france3.fr\/info\/pays-de-la-loire\/32439028-fr.php\">photo gallery<\/a> &#8211; the best photo of the crab larvae so far.<\/p>\n<p>At Flickr:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34163385@N00\/sets\/72157600586168207\/\">Claude Joannis<\/a> (thanks for the creative commons license)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/st3f4n\/sets\/72157600573243435\/\">Stefan<\/a> (thanks for the creative commons license)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/royaldeluxecentral\/pool\/\">Royal de luxe central pool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linternaute.com\/nantes\/magazine\/les-machines-extraordinaires-de-l-ile-de-nantes\/les-machines-de-l-ile-de-nantes.shtml\">L&#8217;Internaute Magazine photo gallery<\/a>: cool workshop making photos (added 19.7.07)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Darthbob from Laprise.org who recently alerted me to a new project related to Royal de Luxe, Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele de Nantes, which opened over this last weekend. 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