An enormous LED-covered red elephant lights the Place Béraudier with a luminous glow. Is this a hallucination? Of course not. In the vast zoo of the city, the elephant watches you intently with his green eyes and invites you to pay him a visit in his new urban habitat.
ELEPHANT ROUGE is an art installation in public urban space designed specifically by Bibi for the Fête des Lumières in Lyon. The walker will immediately recognize the components of this giant totem: indeed, the light object is composed of 800 recycled polyethylene containers. 5 meters high, the thermoplastic Babar is a new visual hallucination.
Appropriation and modern urban myth, ELEPHANT ROUGE is a new addition to the luminous and contemporary bestiary to which the Fish Fountain and the Dragon King already belong.
BIBI is a visual artist that has been creating installations in public areas since 1991, specialising in the use of recycled objects made of plastic. He views plastic as a "6th element" and invites audiences to think about this material and how it has invaded our environment. Although Bibi's work can sometimes appear childlike, it often tackles darker themes, such as Hell. Following on from the King of Dragons and Red Elephant, this year sees the third part of the triptych on his favourite theme. His installations have been displayed worldwide, in Singapore, Moscow, Sydney and Shanghai.