\nThe two designers also chose to put the entire creative process on display, from the very first sketches drawn by Fran\u00e7ois Delarozi\u00e8re. The materials are in their natural state, and the mechanisms are all visible. The building process can be seen for all the sculptures, whether steel or wood.
\nBeing able to watch the workshop of the company La Machine in activity enhances this unprecedented tour \/ performance that is both entertaining and educational.<\/p>\n
A story told by the machinists<\/strong> Pierre Orefice and Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere, the Machines de l’\u00eele co-authors<\/p><\/div>\n Pierre Orefice<\/strong> From 1998 to 2007, Pierre Orefice was the artistic director of Manaus \u2013\u00a0an association creating and producing events in outdoor urban spaces. As such, he was invited by the cities of Antwerp and Nantes to coordinate their respective celebrations of the new millennium on the night of December 31st 1999. In 2004, he created an event for Nantes\u2019 Floralies festival by building \u201cthe vegetal port of l\u2019\u00cele Feydeau,\u201d followed by the \u201cEmbankment Gardens\u201d in the Ceineray basin. In 2013 \u2013\u00a0the year when Nantes was the European Green Capital \u2013\u00a0this creation became permanent. Since 2001, Manaus has worked on the outdoor sets of the fictitious State of Groland, as well as the organization of the 2004 edition of the Angoul\u00eame International Comics Festival, where Groland was invited as guest country.<\/p>\n Co-author with Fran\u00e7ois Delarozi\u00e8re of the Machines de l\u2019\u00eele, Pierre Orefice is its director. He also is the director of the Nefs and the art director of the Seasons of Les Machines: Printemps des Nefs, \u00c9t\u00e9 indien aux Nefs and No\u00ebl (theater, music, circus, dance\u2026) aux Nefs and Nantes Maker Campus. Author, with Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere of the Herons TreePproject, he steered the Herons Tree Project endowment fund alongside Karine Daniel from 2017 to 2022. Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere<\/strong> In 2003, Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere and Pierre Orefice created Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele as a way of accompanying the urban renewal of the westernmost tip of l\u2019\u00cele de Nantes designed by architect Alexandre Chemetoff. This cultural and touristic project paved the way for the \u201cmachines de villes<\/em>\u201d:\u00a0these either mobile or permanent structures revitalize urban space.<\/p>\n In 2005, he also participated in the architectural revamping of Le Channel \u2013\u00a0Calais\u2019 state-funded theatre \u2013\u00a0alongside Patrick Bouchain. In 2013, he created the project, \u201cLes animaux de la place<\/em>\u201d in La Roche-sur-Yon. \u2028New projects for permanent machines would soon be completed \u2013 first in Nantes, with the Heron Tree, which he has co-designed and built. Toulouse and Calais will also be home to new creations in 2018 and 2019 respectively.<\/p>\n Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere is also a scenographer and theatre director. As such, he was responsible for Le Grand R\u00e9pertoire \u2013 Machines de spectacle<\/em>: a performance-exhibition featured between 2003 and 2006. Again in 2003, he created La Symphonie M\u00e9canique<\/em> with Mino Malan, combining the worlds of classical music and mechanical sounds. In 2008, Les M\u00e9caniques Savantes<\/em>\u00a0were a world exclusive in Liverpool during its year as the European Cultural Capital. This mechanical bestiary was presented the following year in Japan for the 150th<\/sup> anniversary of the port of Yokohama. In 2010, a new show was born: Le D\u00eener des petites m\u00e9caniques<\/em>, which reinvented the culinary arts, while L\u2019Exp\u00e9dition v\u00e9g\u00e9tale<\/em> and its crew of botanical scientists took flight. Les Machines de l\u2019\u00eele is a totally unprecedented project. A product of Fran\u00e7ois Delaroziere and Pierre Orefice\u2019s collective imagination, it is the only place where you\u2019ll find Jules Verne\u2019s \u201cInvented Worlds,\u201d the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and Nantes\u2019 industrial history, all on the exceptional site of the city\u2019s former shipyards. Some strange machines … <\/p>\n
\nThe machinists who are working to place the Machines in motion and bring them to life explain how the mechanisms work and how they were developed. During the tour \/ performance the Machines periodically awaken, suddenly turning into animals or monsters.
\nThe universe of the Machines can be enjoyed by all generations and is perfect for family and group outings.
\nThere\u2019s no separation between the adult world and the world of children. Parents are not only accompanying, they are also concerned with the awakening of their children, and they share their trip and discover behind the animal the machine in motion.<\/p>\nThe co-authors<\/h3>\n
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\nPierre Orefice holds a masters in economics and attended Sciences Politiques in Paris. From 1985 to 1998, he was the producer and administrator of Royal de Luxe, the street theatre company based in Nantes since 1989. He also directed the project Cargo 92. Le Cargo Melquiades-Ville de Nantes carried on board four French theatre companies – Royal de Luxe, Mano N\u00e9gra, Philippe D\u00e9coufl\u00e9 and Philippe Genty \u2013 and docked at eight ports in South America.<\/p>\n
\nHe settled in the Heron Tree endowment fund created by Nantes M\u00e9tropole in 2017 in order to co-pilot the project.<\/p>\n
\nOn October 1st<\/sup>, 2023, he retired. In 2024 and 2025, he will continue to participate in the cultural programming of Les Nefs with Laurent Mareschal and Patrick de Groote as part of an external mission entrusted by Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes.<\/p>\n
\nFran\u00e7ois Delaroziere graduated from the Beaux-arts de Marseille fine arts school and founded the association,\u00a0La Machine, in 1999. Its mission was to build sets and machines for the theatre, as well as merry-go-rounds. As the company\u2019s artistic director, he has tirelessly explored the art of machines in movement and their ability to enchant spectators.<\/p>\n
\nHis latest production, LongMa Jing Shen<\/em>, features a horse named Dragon, and was created in 2014 for the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of diplomatic relations being established between France and China, which was held in Beijing. Since then, it has been presented in Nantes, Calais and Ottawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"