From the top of the 15-metre tower, objects hover in suspension, fall through a trapdoor and are continuously recovered in mechanical trays activated by pulleys that carry them back to the top to resume their fall. Spectators, young and old, will be invited to make some of these objects themselves using materials provided by the artist before seeing them take flight.

In the suspended time and distended gravity of L’Aplanatarium, each “aplanant” (floating object) has its own shape, size and material, determining its random fall, trajectory and unique choreography. In a poetic installation exploring the movement of falling bodies suspended in the air, over time, this uninterrupted dance of paper feathers forms infinite bounds of natural movements, like falling leaves, cascading water and achenes in the autumn.

Here, circus performer and balancing artist, builder, manipulator and maker of objects, Johann Le Guillerm, develops one of multiple avatars, one of multiple forms that illustrates his exploration of balance and imbalance, of the disorder of the world and the possibilities of a new arrangement into poetic order. Somewhere between performing arts, performance and visual art, his unique world of evolving installations pursues work focused on deconstructing and rebuilding the world to invent another one that is unique, funny, fascinating and wonderful.