Francois Delaroziere is the artistic director of La Machine, a French theater company that creates living architectures that use movement as a language and source of emotion. Radio France says, “[Delaroziere] creates a world both real and dreamlike which invades cities for beautiful, moving and crazy celebrations.” Recent creations include a 37-ton mechanical spider for the show “Les Mecaniques Savantes” and the 35-foot tall mechanical elephant featured in 2005’s “The Sultan’s Elephant” at the edge of the River Loire.



In conversation with Elisabeth Hayes, Executive Director of FACE (The French American Cultural Exchange).



With support from Arts Engine, the University Musical Society (UMS) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD).



This lecture took place on September 22, 2011 as part of the University of Michigan School of Art & Design’s Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series. Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Speaker Series brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School to conduct a public lecture and engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities.



All programs take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the historic Michigan Theater, located at 603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and are free of charge and open to the public. For more information, please visit: http://art-design.umich.edu/stamps