pictures courtesy of Art Insolite Amis
Girouette....... wind vane..... a device turning around in the wind......I like how it is called in french, because of the association the word has with "rotating", but that is an incorrect association, because etymologically the word girouette comes from anglo-norman wire-wite.
Whatever. If you want to see a wonderful collection of home made rotating devices, you will find it in the small community of Bosgouet in Normandy, France.
Life and work
These girouettes and rotating creations have been constructed by mr Yves Floc'h (19??). He had different jobs in the black-smith profession, and later in his life he worked as a fireman (experiencing a gas explosion in 1963) and an operator in an enterprise.
Mr Floc'h began making his mobile constructs in 1995, probably when he became retired. It is reported, that he wanted to do something so as not to get bored.
The constructs are made from all kinds of recycled material, old parts of lawn mowers, bicycles, cars, accessories of machines that are used in and around the house, etc., all painted in bright colours.
Like other bâtisseurs de l'imaginaire mr Floc'h began by constructing a windmill, but going on with other constructs, he developped his own personal style, making todays environment into a colourful ensemble of rotating devices.
You should see it on video. There is one from Eure TV on Daily Motion (2009)
Documentation
* Pascale Lemare, Normandie Insolite (2005)
* Video (2009) by Eure TV
in this blog: other installations with movable devices:
* Gerard van Lankveld
* Eise Eisinga
* Franz Gsellmann
* Robert Coudray
* Pierre Avezard
Yves Floc'h
4 cité Beau Soleil
27310 Bosgouet, Haute Normandie, FR
can be seen from the street
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