DISCO BALL CEMENT TRUCK
BENEDETTO BUFALINO
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION
DISCO BALL CEMENT TRUCK
Benedetto Bufalino converts a cement mixer into a giant disco ball, staged to look like construction has been interrupted to make way for a party. The mixer truck decorated with mirrored facets pumps out dance music and casting myriad reflections onto the surrounding architecture.
By hijacking a construction site, the unlikely installation transforms the public square into an impromptu dance floor. The dazzling cement mixer refracts light as it rotates, drawing us into a moment of collective joy, and highlighting the beauty of the cityscape.
Year created: 2016
By hijacking a construction site, the unlikely installation transforms the public square into an impromptu dance floor. The dazzling cement mixer refracts light as it rotates, drawing us into a moment of collective joy, and highlighting the beauty of the cityscape.
Year created: 2016
Technical specifications
Materials: Cement mixer, 3,500 plexiglass mirrors, 7,000 magnets, hydraulic motor
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: Approximately 10 × 2.5 × 8 m
Weight: Total of 21,856 lbs (1,682 lbs magnets, 86 lbs mirrors, 20,088 lbs cement mixer)
Notes: Requires electrical connection for the mixer motor, lighting, and sound
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: Approximately 10 × 2.5 × 8 m
Weight: Total of 21,856 lbs (1,682 lbs magnets, 86 lbs mirrors, 20,088 lbs cement mixer)
Notes: Requires electrical connection for the mixer motor, lighting, and sound
ARTISTE
Benedetto Bufalino, FRANCE
Benedetto Bufalino sees everyday public spaces as playgrounds for offbeat reinterpretations of reality, where he is able to subvert perceptions of urban space by rearranging it.
Benedetto Bufalino lives and works in Lyon, France. His ephemeral installations in public spaces were part of the events Un Été au Havre, Nuit Blanche in Paris, and Voyage à Nantes, in France; Landscape Festival Praha, in Prague; and Concéntrico, an International Architecture and Design Festival in Logroño, Spain.
Benedetto Bufalino lives and works in Lyon, France. His ephemeral installations in public spaces were part of the events Un Été au Havre, Nuit Blanche in Paris, and Voyage à Nantes, in France; Landscape Festival Praha, in Prague; and Concéntrico, an International Architecture and Design Festival in Logroño, Spain.
