<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shape+colour]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/author/shapeandcolour/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[claude cormier: &#8220;pergola&#8221;.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>To celebrate the inaugural year of the        Arts Le Havre Biennale d&#8217;Art Contemporain, Montréal-based landscape architect and urban designer <a href="http://www.claudecormier.com"><span style="color:#339966;">Claude Cormier</span></a> constructed a beautiful impressionist tribute to one of the world&#8217;s most famous painters &#8211; Le Havre&#8217;s own Claude Monet.</p>
<p><a href="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1140" data-permalink="https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/claude-cormier-pergola/cormier/" data-orig-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg" data-orig-size="500,228" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="cormier" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1140" src="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg?w=500&#038;h=228" alt="" width="500" height="228" srcset="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg 500w, https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg?w=128&amp;h=58 128w, https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cormier.jpg?w=300&amp;h=137 300w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></p>
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<p>Meant to mirror the wisteria flowers that showed up in so many of Monet&#8217;s works, &#8220;Pergola&#8221; is made up of 90,000 plastic balls draped into the trees outside the Le Havre City Hall. I like the weird juxtaposition of the technicolour plastic balls against the organic green of the trees. I kind of want to yank them all down, create a ball pit, and throw some children in it&#8230; but this is good too.</p>
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<p>Via <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Lost At E Minor</span></a></p>
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