BLEEDING ART: Royale de Luxe

Since 1979, the French troupe Royale de Luxe has been stunning the world with their gigantic and superbly-crafted mechanical marionettes. In this photo you see the colossal deep-sea diver who will creak to life as part of the upcoming Estuary 2009 arts festival in the French city of Nantes. Royale de Luxe usually has a complicated biography for each of their giant creatures. The diver is apparently searching for his missing niece, a giant child who was being held captive aboard the Titanic when it sank.

Below you can see a few videos of the giant marionettes that Royale de Luxe has created for previous festivals.




First, the 2006 piece, The Sultan's Elephant.



Second, from the Sultan's Elephant show, a piece known as the Little Girl Giant.



From 2000, The Giraffe Hunters, featuring a giant mechanical giraffe and a giant walking man:



Finally, The Hidden Rhinoceros:



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