Alexis Tricoire has explored the relationship between design and plants, plants and architecture, and objects and vegetation since 2006. The artist has designed public art installations with plants that make audiences think and awaken environmental awareness. Here are some of his most impressive projects.
Art Installations With Plants: Hanging Gardens in a Shopping Center
Green mobiles were designed for a new shopping center in Prague. The hanging gardens are planted in a series of containers inspired by bags. The forms were created with 3form Varia, made with 40% recycled materials, which complements the green value of the project. Mini LED lights are integrated into each planter.
Art installations with plants: Plant Islands, Lyon Confluence, April 2012
This project was inspired by islands floating along the rivers of the Amazon. Fifteen plant containers float
in the air and create beautiful effects.
DNA Helix, exhibition “Ballade en Yvelines,” Versailles, spring 2011
The column is formed from two strands of a DNA helix. With its base in a planter, it asks visitors to reflect on the future of biofuels.
Water Ribbon, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, June 2011
The pond comes to life when the plates float on the water and move in the wind. The standing red tubes recall reeds and raise concerns about river cleaning, lakes and biodiversity.
Forest symbols
Temporary Mapei installation “That Matter,” 2007
These walls, covered with fruit-shaped lights, are colonized by vines. They hang on both sides of the wall.
Bubble Tree, Confluence, April 2012
A six-meter tilted mast holds seventeen glass bubbles that function as small ecosystems.
“Sprawling Extensions,” La Maréchalerie art center in Versailles, France
This installation works as a metaphor for urban wilderness growing along rivers and roads. It also shows the irrational chaos in our society and the lack of space reserved for plants.
Rhéophytes Flutes, “Follies Vegetable” exhibition by Patrick Blanc, 2006
Because nature is a source of knowledge and many hopes for science and medicine are directed toward it, the plants are placed in large “test tubes.”
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