Bertrand Lamarche - Rotor

ROTOR, 1998
Sculpture, table, engine, propeller, atomizer
220 × 100 × 200 cm 
Collection Centre national des arts plastiques

exhibition view at the Boghossian foundation- Villa Empain, Brussels, 2013
Exhibition view at the Boghossian foundation-Villa Empain, Brussels, 2013

Like Vortex, Rotor explores the theme of weather control by creating a real whirlwind inside a plastic tube. The twister of nearly one meter in length here created, appears as a real fantasy that evokes the potential of nature but also the science fiction stories about absolute power and totalitarianism.

Exhibition view at Rochechouart, Museum of contemporary arts, 2012
credit Olivier Prigent
Exhibition view at Rochechouart, Museum of contemporary arts, 2012. Photo Olivier Prigent

Exhibition view at the 
Boghossian foundation
Villa Empain, Brussels, 2013
Exhibition view at the Boghossian foundation Villa Empain, Brussels, 2013

Exhibition view la Galerie 
Le Sous-sol, Paris, 1998
Exhibition view la Galerie Le Sous-sol, Paris, 1998