1999年設立。巨大な機械を使ってパフォーマンスを行うフランスのカンパニー。劇団ロワイヤル・ド・リュクスや他の劇団等に巨大人形を制作していた技術者たちが、自らのパフォーマンスを行うようになった。クモ、象、巨人等のさまざまな巨大人形を制作している。
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Day 4 and La Princess heads off into the main city center. This is the view from Liverpool’s Town Hall. Thousands of people and La Princess decides to squirt them all with jets of water. She is followed by musicians on cherry pickers.
A close up view of La Princess reveals the operators and the mechanics involved with the spider. Weight – 37 tonnes Height – 50 feet high. 50 hydraulic axes of movement Made from steel and reclaimed poplar Moves at 2 miles per hour Took 1 year to build. A team of 13 people ride and control the spider.
For 5 minutes the clouds part and the spider named La Princess is fully revealed in stunning detail. Passers by are a little surprised at how small it looks but the next few days show that La Princess was mearly sleeping.
上写真(boston.com)は、La Princesse (巨大な機械のクモ)。イギリス・リバプール(2008)、日本・横浜(2009)で開催。