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A large-scale ice sculpture fills a stone hall, supported by a metal scaffolding frame. A person stands to the right, looking up at the towering, frozen forms.

Thirteenth century monastery foam party anyone? Why not!

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Date
6 September 2012

Chances are, if you’ve ever been on holiday and had a few drinks, you may well be harbouring some sweaty, fumbling memories of a 1990s Spanish foam disco in the depths of your brain. Well, it’s finally time to rekindle those memories in the form of Michel Blazy’s Bouquet Final, which is really the first example of how foam should be used (surprisingly not in the fountain of a city centre). Filling an enormous 13th Century monastery in Paris, Michel has installed giant foam-producing machines, bubbling huge quantities of unpredictable wet cloud into the classic architecture of the building. Très belle.

A large ice sculpture fills a vaulted stone room, consisting of thick, frozen curtains of ice draped over a metal scaffolding. The ice glows white, pooling into heavy, jagged mounds on the floor.
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Michel Blazy: Bouquet Final

A large-scale sculpture of white, cloud-like forms is supported by metal scaffolding inside a stone cathedral. Two people stand in the foreground, looking up at the installation.
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Michel Blazy: Bouquet Final

A large mass of white foam spills from metal scaffolding in a stone room. The foam cascades down in thick, rounded shapes, pooling on the floor beside a pointed archway.
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Michel Blazy: Bouquet Final

Large, billowing mounds of white foam cling to metal scaffolding. The thick, cloud-like shapes curve and overlap against a neutral stone wall.
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Michel Blazy: Bouquet Final

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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