L'envol [The Flight]
Date:
2024
Ref:
7146
Materials:
Bronze polychrome
Dimensions:
92 x 50,5 x 100 cm
Exhibition history:
2024 Parcours Les Victoires, Plaine Commune, Saint-Denis, France
Courtesy:
Lucy + Jorge Orta
In the series Genius Loci, this new public commission untitled “L’envol” coincides with the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A life-size bronze sculpture of a child releasing a bird is placed on the footbridge overlooking the Canal Saint Denis and the Olympic stadium. The universal figure symbolises the link between generations, a dynamic and poetic image of renewal for a neighbourhood in the making, at the heart of urban and ecological transitions.