alexis tricoire snakes vegetal two-headed dragon through paris art venue

alexis tricoire snakes vegetal two-headed dragon through paris art venue
all images by seenbykloe for blog esprit design

snaking through the light-filled atrium and two levels at paris’ cité de la mode et du design is ‘le dragon à deux têtes’ (the two-headed dragon), a semi-aquatic plant and animal that weaves its way through the massive art space. from now until september 20, 2015, visitors can experience the work of artist and designer alexis tricoire as it unfolds through, and interacts with the architecture of the building.

lush vegetation weaves throughout the space, pouring out from painted tubes 

echoing the sinuous and reptilian façade of the cité de la mode et du design, ‘the two-headed dragon’ rises in the structure’s central atrium, bringing together industrial materials and plant life. lush vegetation sprouts from within huge tubes that coil around the building’s beams and up its walls. as the two painted pipelines twist and intertwine with each other, botanical life overflows from their depths, pouring greenery and delicate flowers into the central passageways that tower above visitors.  

the tubes echo echoing the sinuous and reptilian façade of the cité de la mode et du design 

‘the two-headed dragon’ rises in the central atrium, bringing together industrial materials and plant life

greenery and delicate flowers pour into the central passageways that tower above visitors

lush vegetation sprouts from within huge tubes that coil through the building

vegetation hangs from the inner portions of ‘the two-headed dragon’

the sculpture meets at a pool of water located on ground level 

the installation towers above visitors to the paris museum

the two tubes snake their way through the massive art space

the sculpture explodes flowers from within it’s tubular depths