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Daniel Buren's Arrows In order to make finding the theatre easy, Daniel Buren, Pascal Rambert and the Lycée Galilée created a distinctive series of red and white arrows. Daniel Buren’s concept of an “object of signage” officially became a project in September 2006 after a meeting at the Lycée Galilée. The creation of the signs was left in the hands of 15 pupils, along with the help of a team of staff.
Get the Adobe Flash Player to see this player. In total, 100 arrows were installed around Gennevilliers, marking out the routes to the theatre along the most important paths through the town, from Gabriel Péri Métro station, the Lycée Galilée, the Luth district, the Village, and Chanteraines and Barbaniers. The final route to be marked, along the boulevard intercommunal by way of avenue de Coubertin and rue des bas, was laid down at the end of 2008, once the extension work on Métro line 13 was complete. Distinctively painted in red and white, the arrows are made from diverse materials. Each red and white section was created in a mould by pasting and mixing polyurethane. With a length of 60.9cm every arrow weighs 2.25kg. They all have a width of 8.7cm, and with Buren’s famous precision, this exact thickness also applies to every individual band of colour. For visibility, the arrows are raised 2.50m above ground.
Daniel BurenDaniel Buren'S objective ‘The Theatre is a vital cultural centre of the town, and whether you are a motorist or a pedestrian, you should be able to reach it without difficulty, in the same way that it is usually quite easy to get to the town hall almost anywhere, however uninformed you might be as a visitor. Unfortunately, the directions you might reasonably hope to find for the Théâtre de Gennevilliers when you get to the town are neither particularly visible nor very numerous. This is the problem. I decided for myself that specific directions needed to be set up from every significant point of entry to Gennevilliers, clearly and visibly pointing out the way to the theatre. The project will need the help of the local authorities, and should mean (whether it becomes simply a brief phenomenon or it works well enough to make it last) that it becomes a definitive local work, geographically and visually pointing all roads in the direction of the theatre, the beating heart of the town. It should therefore combine the following qualities: to be distinctive, specific and original, meaning that as an object, it can be directly and unmistakeably linked to the theatre, its most important role being to successfully direct anyone who does not know the area to their destination.' Daniel Buren / May 2006 Pascal RambertPascal Rambert'S objective I want to multiply the links between the worlds of art, business and professional teaching to create what will be a surprising and candid dialogue. After visiting the lycée Galilée and several artists’ studios, it seemed only natural to ask the students to collaborate with artists like Daniel Buren to create work for the theatre. Doing this means putting people of different skills together and creating an intelligent, solid link between them. Here, we had the technical know-how of a team of future professionals as well as the authoritative knowledge of their teachers. The théâtre de Gennevilliers wants to make such collaborations between industry, technology and art happen more regularly. Pascal Rambert / May 2006 Thanks to the teaching team at Lycée Galilée : Emma Floren, Philippe Ivars, Gael Samson et Patrick Dey, Eric Loiseau, Marc Sicard, Catherine Lafargue, Yasmine Bentounsi, et Philippe Portet, Sophie Battung, et Marc Rossano. |
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