New Holland, Pascal Rivet, 2009-2015 [destroyed]

Softwood battens and plywood, 500 x 280 x 220 cm

*Work no longer on the itinerary, burnt on 20 June 2015 on the occasion of "Jour de fête", inauguration of the Quinzaine radieuse #7.

"The initial purpose of this wooden tractor was not to "go up in smoke". However, little by little and in an increasingly insistent way, the idea of seeing it disappear (after having seen it slowly built...) "germinated" to the point of becoming a possible, absurd, baroque and tragic outcome to this sculpture project. The idea of a fire took hold, like a spectacular funeral erasing the memory of the 'deceased-object', becoming its own pyre and its own coffin (made of wood) as part of a ritual. Twilight images, a carcass caressed by flames, consuming itself "slowly". A "rural" Crash. Pascal Rivet

An edition and a film have been produced from this performance:

• Day of celebration, 2016 Extrait Film en triptyque, 48 minutes, Shot on Saturday 20 June 2015 Feu de la saint jean, Piacé le Radieux Production 36secondes http://ddab.org/fr/oeuvres/Rivet/Page22
• Day of celebration, 2016 Edition produced after Pascal Rivet's "Jour de fête" Midsummer bonfire, 20 June 2015 in Piacé Wooden box 11.5 x 15.5 x 4 cm with hot iron markings containing ashes, nails and screws. 50 copies https://piaceleradieux.com/produit/pascal-rivet-jour-de-fete/