Sinking boat by French artist

[John]

The Love Love was built to look as if it is sinking. French artist Julien Berthier has designed a fully functional boat to look as if it is sinking. The 6.5m (21ft) yacht was cut in half with a new keel and motor added so it remains in the sinking position while being fully functional. He describes it as "the permanent and mobile image of a wrecked ship that has become a functional and safe leisure object."

Berthier has taken the boat (or should I say half-a-boat) across the English Channel to London and has toured it around Europe , getting plenty of offers of assistance from unwitting good Samaritans, who would presumably be either very annoyed or rather bemused by the contraption. The designer and artist designed and built the floating installation in 2007. He named his creation Love Love.

/>http://www.julienberthier.org/Love-love.html

[adambris]

brilliant!!!!

[Gad]

brilliant!!!!

yep..and if he was a struggling Australian artist our government would have given him a huuuuge grant of taxpayers money to build this cultural art piece

[adambris]

brilliant!!!!

yep..and if he was a struggling Australian artist our government would have given him a huuuuge grant of taxpayers money to build this cultural art piece

hahaha so true!

[Keen-as-fisho]

Cool

although sometimes I wish I had nothing better to do, aswell.

[Scope]

hahah top contraption, was it Ray that posted it once before??

[Bommie]

what an idiot

[chaujern]

i'd be impressed if it could actually be sailed ... :S

[rayke1938]

hahah top contraption, was it Ray that posted it once before??

About a year ago had a bit of a look and couldnt find the post.

Cheers

Ray

[Luc53]

I'd like to built one to make it look like it was catching fish!!

Wonder how many false alarms it creates!!

Luc

[Ash]

Amazing feat really!