"The installation draws reference from both lived and imagined meals, translating familiar rituals into a spatial and mechanical composition. Rather than focusing solely on , the table incorporates the broader environment of a festive dinner, including decoration, movement, sound, and atmosphere. A series of mechanical systems animates glass objects, triggers light sequences, and releases scents, creating a layered sensory experience distributed along the length of the table."
"Visitors are invited to engage directly with the installation through buttons, levers, and handles embedded within the structure. These controls activate different elements of the table, producing variations in sound, light, and motion. The interaction introduces unpredictability, allowing the environment to shift continuously as multiple participants contribute to the sequence of events. The installation thus operates as a collective mechanism, shaped in real time by visitor participation."
La Mécanique de Noël is a 20-meter interactive installation in the refectory of Fontevraud Abbey conceived by Agence GG. The project functions as a large communal table that explores sensory and mechanical dimensions of festive gatherings through an assemblage of interactive devices, blown elements, lights, motion, and scent. Mechanical systems animate glass objects, trigger light sequences, and release scents distributed along the table's length. Visitors engage with embedded buttons, levers, and handles to activate elements that produce variations in sound, light, and motion. Multiple participants create unpredictable interactions, shaping a continuously shifting collective environment that abstracts traditional winter imagery into mechanical and sensory cues.
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