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Les Cascadeurs Installation By Laurent Gongora Interrupts The Flow Of A Waterfall
Steel triangles protruded from a waterfall in central France to intervene with the cascade of water in this installation by artist Laurent Gongora.
Laurent Gongora attached 24 metal components to the rock behind the Cascade de Vaucoux in France’s mountainous Massif Central area to “redraw” the shape of the waterfall.
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Arranged in an eight-metre-higher diamond formation, the pointed shapes stuck out via the falling water and diverted the torrent over their tops.
“Seeking at this enormous cascade, I thought it would be intriguing to tame the way water is falling,” Gongora told Dezeen. “The graphics of the basaltic rocks about the waterfall created me want to develop one thing quite geometric.”
The project’s title, Les Cascadeurs, translates as “the stuntmen” and also relates to the French word for “waterfall”.
The tiny roofs have been coloured black to match the regional stone and have been fixed onto a steel base frame hidden by the water.
Horizonal bars beneath each and every peak have been designed for daredevil wildlife to take shelter from the cascade. “There is a small wooden perch below every roof, in case a ‘stunt bird’ would like to come and shelter,” Gongora explained.
Gongora worked with two climbers more than 3 days to hang the structure from rocks and trees above the site employing six steel cables.
The piece was installed for the annual Horizons Sancy art and nature festival in 2012.
