VIGIE (2023) is a public commissioned artwork designed for the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy - SHOM - in Brest.
For 300 years, the SHOM has been a pioneering research institute in the field of hydrography and oceanography worldwide. The installation VIGIE (2023) consists of 6 masts on which sculptures evoking the world of oceanography are attached. Their shapes are inspired by the tools and know-how of ocean exploration and physical description of its elements. The artwork adds some abstraction to applied science.
The tribute paid to these technical milestones in SHOM’s scientific adventure builds a coherent plastic whole. The building is adorned with the tools that played a part in its history, and the work is thus somewhere between a game and an inventory of forms.

01/08 - VIGIE part #1 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
400 x 185 x 217 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

02/08 - VIGIE part #2 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
250 x 80 x 93 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

03/08 - VIGIE part #3 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
500 x 178 x 197 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

04/08 - VIGIE part #4 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
300 x 136 x 86 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

05/08 - VIGIE part #5 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
250 x 65 x 61 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

06/08 - VIGIE part #6 (2023)
Public commissioned artwork - sculpture
Powder-coated aluminum, concrete base
400 x 98 x 98 cm
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

07/08 - VIGIE (2023)
Simulation 3D
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023

08/08 - VIGIE (2023)
Maquette d’étude
© Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris, 2023