Le Grand Répertoire: Les (Useless) Machines de Spectacle
Ben and I braved the stormy weather on Saturday and went to Le Grand Palais for the exposition called «Le Grand Répertoir ». After WW2, François Delarozière and his troupe of friends at “Royale de Luxe” from Nantes made these machines and others for street theatre and performance. On the whole, the machines were a good laugh, but I do wonder what other crazy things they do in Nantes. Here are a few short videos:
Because life is not complicated enough… here’s La machine à tartiner le nutella:
If you wanted to get rid of old pianos…, you could (a) give them away or (b) catapult them.
Or, how about a cooling water cannon?