Le bri bleu 1997 Port de toile 1998 - 1999

Magie d’un grand site — Citadelle de Brouage, France — Metallic and wood structures covered with shredded fabric — Underwater lighting — L. 500 to 675 cm.

Le Bri Bleu / Port de Toile, titled to the installation of boats on the pond leaning against the outside of the ramparts of the Citadelle of Brouage. This pond - currently filled - was a residual water body of this former salt trading port, then the largest in northern Europe. Brouage was the birthplace of Samuel de Champlain, a geographer and founder of Quebec City.

The event Magie d'un grand site, an event highlighted the historic site with artistic creations: street shows, installations, etc. The blue bri/ Port of canvas, animated by the desire to invite the local residents to a poetic experience, evokes the maritime past of the citadel. In the field, these stagings have their own life, a life of variable duration, extended by the series Brouage, suite photographique…