The building for the insurance company Harmonie Atlantique has become the medium for a new image thanks to its recent renovation by Canal Atelier d’architecture.
François Morellet’s work reconciles mathematical and geometrical rigour with humour and chance. He refuses to impose the arbitrary decision of the artistic process to the visitors. The result is a work where chance is somewhat mastered, and where the piece becomes its own referential point.
François Morellet (1926-2016) has created a work that constantly changes and thereby avoids the tiresome vision of an unchanging artwork. Everyday, using three luminous “coverings”, the façade allows clouds, a sun, or the rain to appear, announcing the weather in four hours’ time!
This illuminated neon weatherforecast sign extends right across the building’s façade. Every day, it predicts the weather in four hours’ time: clouds (white curves), sun (red circles) or rain (blue dashes).
By the same artist
By the same artist
L’ANGLE DRAC (1987) by François Morellet, a project funded by the French Ministry of Culture, located at the corner of the DRAC Pays de la Loire building
1 rue Stanislas Baudry
14-20 Quai François Mitterrand, 44200 Nantes
How to get there?
Situated on the Quai Mitterrand. Visible from the Quai de la Fosse and the Anne de Bretagne bridge.
T. +33 (0)2 40 75 75 07
Website
Only visible after dark.
