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From October 31^th to November 3^rd, 2019, the Dragon de Calais took its first steps in the North of France. One day of prologue and three days of shows during which spectators followed the adventure of the strange creature from the sea.
At first mistrustful, men and women have gradually tamed the machine before adopting it permanently in their city. Invited to stay, the huge Dragon became the Dragon of Calais.

Nearly 400,000 spectators attended these four days of festivities, despite the unpredictable weather. The show was also particularly watched on social networks where about 4 million Internet users followed the journey in the town of #DragondeCalais.

 

The media also largely covered the event, particularly the national channels including ARTE, France2, M6, TF1, CNEWS , LCI, BFMTV ; AFP TV or France 3 région. Several portraits of François Delaroziere were also broadcasted for the occasion, including 20 h Le Mag sur TF1 or the broadcast Artotech on France 3 Pays-de-la-Loire.

From December 17^th, the Dragon of Calais will definitively take up residence facing the sea, carrying on its back about fifty passengers. La Compagnie du Dragon will ensure the commercial exploitation and technical operation of the Dragon and other future saurians.

A film on the adventure of the Dragon de Calais and the urban project in Calais will also be produced in a few months by the company Xbo Productions.

Find other photos of the show here +

Find the National and International Press Review of the show here +

 

 

From the 1^st to 3^rd of November, 2019, the City of Calais will discover Le Dragon de Calais during spectacular celebrations. Freed from the subterranean worlds, the Dragon of Calais is heading for the city. This new creation built by La Machine Company will roam the city, manipulated by 17 people who give him life.  This big show in the streets of Calais will be the festive prologue to the dragon’s public introduction as a «City Machine» : La Compagnie du Dragon.

GENERAL INFORMATIONS 
From 1^st to 3^rd of November 2019 –  All the day long and the evening, from 10 a.m to 9 p.m
Free to access – In the streets of the city of Calais.

Our shows take place in the streets, squares and boulevards of  Calais. There will be moving scenes like parades and fixed scenes. You can come 1, 2 or 3 days without encountering any problem of comprehension, the show being speechless. A booklet will be given in the streets with more details on the places and schedule of departures scenes. You could also download it on this website from 21^th October.

More informations about the show here +

Download The Show Program : Le Dragon de Calais

Watch the teaser

 

In 2019, the company La Machine celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Twenty years of creation spent reinventing the city, poeticizing the public space and transforming the gaze of the inhabitants on their own city.

From Toulouse to Nantes, from Yokohama to Santiago de Chile, from Le Grand Répertoire discovered by the inhabitants of Nantes in 2003 to the last show Le Gardien du Temple presented in November 2018 in Toulouse, millions of spectators saw the company’s shows since 1999.

Click here to see the Press Review of the 20 years of the company Machine

 

” Drawing challenge the idea – What I draw exists for and by itself, free from any performing production; it is a sensitive language. However, it also a detailed trace enabling those in charge of construction to take ownership of a proposal…”
F. Delaroziere.

Discover François Delaroziere’s portrait sharing its practice of the drawing in the creation of the machines  on the La Machine Facebook :

 

Extracts of the book “Bestiary, machines and ornaments ” appeared to the French Publisher Acte Sud.
Find the book here : https://www.lamachine.fr/boutique/

La Machine, Actes sud publishing and Chaîne d’encre library are pleased to welcome you Saturday, February 16th 2016 (4pm to 6pm) for the presentation of the new book of François Delaroziere.

Librairie Chaîne d’encre, 17 rue de Sèvres – 75 006 Paris – 01 42 84 41 57

“On april 29, 2015, the news had made the front page of the Mechanical Science and Human Archaeology magazine : a group of scientists have discovered a new type of living being.
The article report that new DNA structures were to be found in several sites within a 120km zone around Chateau-Gontier (France). The genome analysis has revealed that the creature might be still alive. The research team of La Machine has been dispatched to the site to study the case.”

The puppet and manipulated object biennal festival “Onze” gave La Machine and François Delaroziere the opportunity to create a new 30min-project which will be presented in 11 venues in Mayenne, Sarthe and Maine et Loire.
We invite you to discover this work in progress In the Pays de la Loire region.

22/01/2016 – 19h30 – Segré (49)

26/01/2016- 19h30 – Gorron (53)

28/01/2016 – 19h – Allonnes (72)

29/01/2016 – 19h30 – Loiron (53)

30/01/2016 – 19h30 – Bais (53)

03/02/2016 – 20h30 – Laval (53)

04/02/2016 – 19h30 – Mayenne (53) 

05/02/2016 – 20h30 – Montenay (53)

06/02/2016 – 20h30 – Craon (53) 

09/02/2016 – 20h30 – Château Gontier (53)

The huge flying greenhouse of L’Expédition Végétale landed at the Montreal Botanical Garden last night, Monday 18 July at 2:41 a.m. after some difficult manoeuvres due to the extreme heat!

The scientists of L’Expédition Végétale travel the world aboard their mythical aircraft, the Aéroflorale II. Chartered by the company La Machine, this 4-storey high structure is propelled by the electricity produced by the plants on board. During their stopover in Montreal, the team will undertake a series of experiments on the site of the Botanical Garden on the richness of the biodiversity of the city and its surroundings.

After a long stopover in the Far North, where the researchers studied, among other things, the ancient pollens of sunflowers of a still unknown variety in the permafrost, the crew has now set course for America for the first time in its history. Since its last stopover in September 2019 in Calais, in the Channel Strait, the Plant Expedition took to the skies again on 12 March for its new mission to Quebec and the metropolis. Its members are to undertake a series of experiments on the richness and capacity of Quebec’s endemic species to produce the famous phytovoltaic energy.

“We are very honoured that the Montreal Botanical Garden is the first North American stop for the Plant Expedition. The research conducted by this team of extraordinary ‘scientists’ gives us the opportunity to address the importance of greening the city in a very original way.”
Anne Charpentier, Director of the Botanical Garden.

“On behalf of the Expedition Végétale crew, I would like to warmly thank the Botanical Garden for allowing us to land with the Aeroflower II. The ability of plants to produce electricity is at the heart of our research. We are therefore going to explore the Botanical Garden and try to identify endemic plants with a high phytovoltaic yield.”
F.D. Captain of the Aerofloral II

Due to the exceptional presence of the scientists of the Plant Expedition, the Botanical Garden is open later. The entire team of the Plant Expedition will be able to share their work and experiences with visitors to the Botanical Garden from Thursday to Sunday, between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., until the end of their mission around 31 July. After that date, they will head south, their next destination.