[Net-Gold] The Isle of Nantes

[David P. Dillard]

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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:05:59 -0000
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Subject: [Net-Gold] The Isle of Nantes





http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=88920




"Many countries highlight their unique landmarks (Sydney Opera House in
Australia, The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy) or cultural celebrations
(or the Rio Carnival in Brazil & Running Of The Bulls in Spain) as a
reason to visit. But Nantes, the 6th largest city in France has an
entirely different way to lure tourists to their region.



Tucked inside several warehouses that were formerly used as shipyards,
sits an exhibition titled Machines of the Isle that will genuinely blow
your mind.



The creation of two artists Franois Delarozire & Pierre Orefice, their
vision is based upon Visualizing a travel-through-time world at the
crossroads of the imaginary worlds of Jules Verne and the mechanical
universe of Leonardo Da Vinci. Theyve built 3 major machines, The Great
Elephant back in 2007, The Marine Worlds Carousel in 2012 and The Heron
Tree which will be available to the public in 2014."





Fair warning some parts of that site are kind of nsfw.




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