As an hybrid combination of an animal and a constructed object, the carriage is defined negatively by the three exterior elements that compose it: the man that occupies it and drives it, the ground on which it travels on, and the horses that draw it. Moreover, the coach is a means of transport in space, but in this case, also in time. As it is represented here, with its horses captured in full gallop, this sculpture is the representation of a 17th century object, but rendered with the techniques of the 20th century (after Muybridge, Marey and Lumière). A wave goes through the whole piece, distorting it, but without making it incomprehensible. Coming from a parallel universe, and yet quite real, waves surround us and go trough us, like a silent reality; our current means of communication constitute their material expression.
Xavier Veilhan