Michel de Broin
Posted: August 3rd, 2010 | Author: Adeline Wessang | Filed under: portfolios | Tags: Michel de Broin, Nuit Blanche, objects | 1 Comment »Montreal artist born in 1970
Reparations, video still, 2004
Used plastic bottles found by chance on the street are recuperated and transformed into rockets
12 tons of asphalt, yellow paint, road sign, 40 m long, 2001
The design of this bicycle path is a rupture in the rationality of urban landscaping
Black Whole Conference, 72 chairs, 2006
Fuite, pump, pipe, electrical plug, grate inlets, 2009
Keep on Smoking, bicycle, pedal power generator, smoke device, 2006
Revolution, steel, 7.5 x 5 x 6.5 m, 2010
Lost Object, suction system, latex form, movement detector, 2002
The Arch, ultra-high performance concrete, stainless steel, 2.80 x 4.72 x 1.27 m, 2009
Silent Screaming, alarm, bell jar, vacuum pump and water, 2006
Device designed to silence an alarm system by creating a vacuum, which is an environment where sound cannot travel. The movement of the hammer striking the jar is visible but the alarm is inaudible
Out of the White, 1996
Late Program, metal, thermal glass, wood, 175 x 79 x 74 cm, 2009
La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel, mirror ball, 1000 mirrors, 7.5 m in diameter, 2009
The largest mirror ball ever made was suspended from a construction crane 50 meters above the ground to render the starry sky to the Parisians during one night in the Jardin du Luxembourg during the Nuit Blanche event
Encircling, asphalt, yellow paint, road sign, 14.80 x 21.90 m, 2006
Hole, wandering trailer, wood, plaster and plastic, 2002
A hole has been made at the back of a trailer where one could crawl inside
Hole (detail)
Superficial, mirror, glue, cement, 2004
A large stone was enveloped with fragments of mirror
Revolutions, aluminium, 5 x 8.5 m, 2003
Shared Propulsion Car, car body, pedals and gears, 2005
All superfluous devices were removed from an 86′ Buick Regal – the engine, suspension, transmission and electrical system – thereby reducing the weight of the vehicle whilst preserving its appearance. It was then equipped with 4 independent pedal and gear mechanisms that make it possible for passengers to form the self-propulsion group. The top speed was around 15km/h
