Windsower / Girouette
Kinetic installation, 2023.
Polyester, aluminum, marble, automation, winches.









Windsower/Girouette, a giant kinetic sculpture activated by an electronic and robotic system, is the first iteration of Amélie Laurence Fortin’s research into the speculative potential of objects. A polyester sheet, used particularly in the manufacturing of hot air balloons, hangs from the ceiling and makes a series of slow movements, creating a flow of energy. Expansion and retraction of forms, rise and decent, transition between the horizontal and the vertical: this work-creature reflects the perceptible power inhabiting this century-old building with its industrial past. To deal with the challenges of the monumental empty volume, the artist came up with a solution: she divided the space into three areas following the sides of a triangle.
Watch Windsower/Girouette in movement
EXHIBITED
Fonderie Darling, Montreal, Canada, 2023
Fonderie Darling, Montreal, Canada, 2023
PRESS / CATALOGUE
Aricle Le Devoir, 2023
Aricle Le Devoir, 2023
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS /// Conseil des Arts du Canada, Milly-Alexandra Dery and the team of Fonderie Darling, Jean-François Lahos.
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