When the French conceptual artist Michel de Broin first spoke to his
mates about producing the biggest disco ball the world had ever seen
and suspending high above the night sky of Paris, surely they would
have thought him a little nutso. True Michel's work does dabble in the
absurd both in public and private spaces but a 7.5 metre disco ball
featuring 1000 mirrors suspended by a freaking crane 50 metre into the
air... I mean, really?
While many undoubtedly thought him a few stubbies short, Michel got the
last laugh when his luminous, ginormous ball was suspended in the
Jardin du Luxembourg during the
Nuit Blanche event in Paris. The so
called
La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel when hit with spotlights
from all over the city shot shards of light across Paris like a
fairytale dream. Nice one Michel. Sure beats that dumb ass blimp that
hovers over our city with that even dumber tv screen on it during that
one day in September.
There's a few pictures to the right of this post of the ball in action and for more information on Michel de Broin please visit
micheldebroin.org.