Conception of a ghost train under the direction of the artist, feasibility study, coordination, realization.

The City of Paris’ ‘Musée d’Art Moderne’ held a solo exhibition by the American artist Elaine Sturtevant. For the occasion, the 85 year-old artist wanted to create an installation in which the most horrible figures of contemporary art history like “The Painter”, “McCarthy” or “Divine” (John Waters’ Pink Flamingo icon) would be seen in amongst bats, Frankenstein and other well known monsters.

The curator, Anne Dressen, called on us to help design a ghost train with the artist. The first sketch led to the idea of a course punctuated with scenes played out by robots.

Because it had to be done within a short time and limited budget, we replaced the usual detailed study by a satellite organization of the project.  Cinema professionals were put in charge of animations, sculpture, scenery and sound design in our studio in Montreuil. This joint handling of the project lowered costs and made management more fluid. Each of us was responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of the elements with which we were concerned. Also our friendship meant we naturally combined our different areas of expertise and ended up with a successful and complex result.