GENTILHOMME
Montreal, Canada
An installation that will bring you surprises, music and dance!
Five fun-loving characters are patiently waiting to share their fantastic world with you. But Popo, Popup, Poplu, Popette and Popotin are hidden inside mysterious monoliths – and they need your help to kick off the party!
In order to free their zany energy, you will have to call on these figures, talk to them – and maybe even sing – to persuade them to spring forth. Time for this party to POP!
This interactive, collective experience invites you to celebrate, laugh and dance. POP! is a call to revel in joy and spread happiness.
Technical features
Quantity of monoliths: 5
Weight of a monolith: 1 200 lb (544 kg)
Dimensions of a monolith: 7 pi 8 po (2,33 m) x 3 pi 1/8 po (1 m)
Footprint: 600 po (16 m) x 240 po (7 m)
Various configurations are possible depending on the site and the desired experience, but we recommend arranging the five monoliths in a semicircle.
Creation
Gentilhomme
Design and production
Thibaut Duverneix and Mathieu Léger
Mechanical design
Stéphane Beaulac
Sound design and original music
David Drury
Interactive design
Marouane Sahbi
Creative supervision
Guillaume Cardell
Art direction
Renée Lamothe and Mathieu Léger
Production
Marie-Lou Bouchard, Frédérique St-Pierre and Sophie Bisson
Project management
Lucie Brillouet
Fabrication
Jack World
Inflatables production
Carlos Navarrete-Patiño
Creative code
Étienne Garon-Vincent and François de L’Isle
3D animation
Jérôme Routhier
Technical direction
Sébastien Boulanger
Production
Quartier des Spectacles Partnership in partnership with Jack World
Executive Production, Touring
Jack World
Testimonials
Gallery
POP! de Gentilhomme, Luminothérapie 11e édition, Montréal, Canada, 2019 © Ulysse Lemerise, OSA images
POP! de Gentilhomme, Bentonville, USA, 2022 © Courtesy of Scott Family Amazeum and Downtown Bentonville Inc.
POP! de Gentilhomme, Luminothérapie 11e édition, Montréal, Canada, 2019 © Ulysse Lemerise, OSA images
POP! de Gentilhomme, Bentonville, USA, 2022 © Courtesy of Scott Family Amazeum and Downtown Bentonville Inc.
POP! de Gentilhomme, Luminothérapie 11e édition, Montréal, Canada, 2019 © Ulysse Lemerise, OSA images
POP! de Gentilhomme, Luminothérapie 11e édition, Montréal, Canada, 2019 © Ulysse Lemerise, OSA images
POP! de Gentilhomme, Bentonville, USA, 2022 © Courtesy of Scott Family Amazeum and Downtown Bentonville Inc.
Awards and nominations
Installation Expérientielle Numix 2020
Nomination of POP!