Submarine Stern at Cité de la Villette, Paris

4 October 2017 · Paris

The stern of a submarine reduced to its bare geometry: draft markings counting down from 42, cruciform tail planes, and a four-blade propeller backlit against an overcast Paris sky. Industrial hardware at this scale stops being machinery and starts being architecture — every surface a deliberate angle, every number a claim on deep water. The geodesic dome at the right edge places this firmly at the Cité de la Villette, where the vessel sits as both historical object and unintentional sculpture.