法国街头游行的50英尺高的机器牛头怪

法国创意公司La Machine最近在法国图卢兹发布了他们的最新作品——一只近50英尺高的机器牛头怪。这只野兽在一只42英尺高的蜘蛛的陪伴下，在这座城市老城区迷宫般的街道上游行，参加他们的最新作品《圣殿卫士》。这对机器演绎了克里特岛公主阿里阿德涅(Ariadne)的神话，阿里阿德涅帮助忒修斯战胜了人身牛头怪(Minotaur)，并现场演奏了音乐。这些令人印象深刻的动态雕塑是La Machine的最新项目，并从1999年开始在全球范围内运作。艺术家、技术人员和展览装饰师聚集在一起，这群独特的爱好者和专家构建了不同寻常的展览对象，而运动是他们令人惊叹的表演和创作的关键因素。La Machine动物般的作品将城市变成了梦幻世界。La Machine的市场总监弗雷德特·兰普雷(Fredette Lampre)告诉《giant》杂志，“我们一直致力于运动。”“这是我们的艺术路线，我们总是使用木材、皮革、铜或玻璃等优质材料，从不使用塑料。”这只机械蜘蛛是由一个大约60人的团队耗时两年完成的。神话中的牛头怪机器一半是电动的，一半是燃烧的，在17名操作员的帮助下在城市里四处移动。尽管这只技术怪兽重达1万多磅，但它仍有能力在城市的大型建筑之间平稳而真实地移动，并从大鼻孔里喷出蒸汽。这次演出是作为对新改建的图卢兹航空航天区的介绍而组织的。在德国、比利时、意大利、阿根廷、智利、日本、中国和加拿大展示了他们的创作和项目之后，他们即将在法国南特和加莱举行展览。

The French creative company La Machine recently premiered their latest creation, a nearly 50-foot-tall robotic Minotaur, in Toulouse, France. The beast marched through the labyrinthine streets of the city’s old town accompanied by a 42-foot spider for the group’s latest production The Guardian of the Temple. The pair of machines performed an operatic interpretation of the myth of Ariadne, a Cretan princess who helped Theseus overcome the Minotaur, to live music. These impressive kinetic sculptures are La Machine’s latest project from their oeuvre of mechanical bestiary which has operating worldwide since 1999.Bringing together artists, technicians, and show decorators, this unique group of enthusiasts and experts construct atypical show objects, and movement is the key factor for their awe-inspiring performances and creations. La Machine’s animal-like works turn the cities into dream worlds. “We always work on movement,La Machine’s head of marketing, Frédette Lampre tells Colossal. “It’s our artistic line and we always use the fine material such as wood, leather, copper, or glass, and never use plastics.”The mechanical spider was constructed over the course of two years by a team of around 60 people. The mythical Minotaur machine is half electric and half combustion, and moves around the city with the help of 17 operators. Although this technical beast weighs over 10,000 pounds, it still has the capacity to move smoothly and realistically between the city’s large buildings and blast steam out of its large nostrils.The performance was organized as an introduction of the newly repurposed Toulouse Aerospace district. After presenting their creations and projects throughout Germany, Belgium, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Japan, China, and Canada, their upcoming shows are scheduled for Nantes and Calais in France. You can see a portion of the Toulouse-based performance in the video below and view past productions on La Machine’s website, Instagram, and Youtube.  (via Dioniso Punk)View this post on InstagramAstérion a parcouru @toulousefr au pas de charge pour accomplir sa quête #gardiendutempleA post shared by Compagnie La Machine (@compagnie_la_machine) on Nov 3, 2018 at 5:01pm PDT