a monumental 6 meter high kinetic sculpture not a puppet inspired by the evolution of bibendum over time from the original stack of tires to the contemporary michelin figure the sculpture is made of pure white abstract blocks and floating curved elements like a giant poetic mobile airy serene benevolent and sculptural it evokes multiple historical silhouettes of bibendum in 3d appearing and disappearing depending on the angle of view sometimes it reads as a cloud sometimes as a fragmented figure sometimes as an almost complete iconic form inspired by the purity of japanese minimal design and the poetic balance of monumental kinetic mobiles extremely white elegant ethereal refined museum scale installation subtle motion lightness suspension poetic transformation contemporary art sculpture high end design soft shadows dreamlike presence
