arnold goron: suspended heads

‘suspended heads’ installation by arnold goron for isabel marant

three hundred and fifty hand-carved styrofoam heads float above clothing displays and mannequins in the installation ‘suspended heads’, created by french designer arnold goron for the windows of isabel marant.

each head is unique, and painted in one of the colours of the isabel marant collection. all are suspended to the ceiling with red string, which is threaded back to a single point on the wall.

three of the storefronts featuring ‘suspended heads’ are in paris; the others are in beirut, new york, and madrid. in one of the french shops, on rue saintonge, goron designed an electrically-powered machine that raises and lowers twenty heads at different speeds and levels.

video depicting the movement of the heads via an electrical machine that goron designed for the shop at rue saintonge in paris

full side view of front window

closer view

streetside view of storefront installation

view from interior of store

street view of the installation in another of the shops

closer view of some of the pieces

detail view

additional view

in the rue saintonge shop, goron made a machine that raises and lowers about twenty of the heads at different speeds and levels

documentation of the installation and gear system for the electrically raised and lowered heads at rue saintonge