Traversée

with Nicolas Montgermont Vibratory sculpture, 2x15m, 2017

Traversee is a sculpture installed in the Blanquefort tramway station in the Bordeaux suburbs. It is made of a rail that starts from the tramway rail, meanders on the dock and rise until two meters before going back into the ground.
The vibrations caused by the tramways circulating resonate into the sculpture. The spectator can thus touch and listen to the arrival of a tram by simple body contact.
Waiting time in the station is transformed into a sensitive time, thanks to the physical link created by the rail.
Traversee proposes an experience renewed every day by revealing all the variations of the arrivals and depar