Julien Berthier bought a worn-out boat on a classifieds site and built a rock on top of it. 4.3 metres high, with a hatch you climb through to steer
it cruises the calanques near Marseille, drifting past the real rock formations it was copied from
people notice only when it overtakes them
the author says:
it intrudes on the landscape modestly and changes it imperceptibly
the thing sits between stage set, enhanced reality, leisure object, survivalist anguish and ecological stakes
but anchored it rocks with the waves and catches every eye on the coast
the invisible turned out to be very visible
by Julien Berthier
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