Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni, The Outland
Artist duo Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni’s latest installation “The Outland” was admirably received by the crowds at the recent La Force de l’Art 02 in Paris, France.
The Outland is a large black box, perched atop hydraulic legs, that bounces and dives unpredictably, shudders and shakes, tips and wobbles, to the point you might be afraid it will fall over. It is in fact a flight simulator ride, with no door and no external markings. As soon as you learn that, the box becomes more and more intriguing, inciting imaginary flight paths as you try to reconcile the visible movement of the box with what sort of vision the imaginary audience inside would be experiencing.
Here’s a video of this mechanical sculpture in motion:
