The fire-breathing dragon-horse sparking wonder in a city near you | Frédette Lampre

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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How does a city change when its art doesn’t hang on museum walls but instead roams the streets? Artist Frédette Lampre of the production company La Machine shares how their towering, handcrafted mechanical creations transform urban spaces into living theaters, creating unforgettable experiences that reconnect people with their cities and each other.

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0:00.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:12.3	I'm your host, Elise Hugh. The most influential puppets in my life are actually Muppets, you know,
0:18.7	from Sesame Street or Kermit and Miss Piggy and their whole Jim Henson
0:22.8	puppet universe. They evoke all kinds of feelings and nostalgia childhood. In this talk,
0:29.9	artist and designer Fredette Lomp, who is part of the French street theater collective La Machine,
0:36.0	reflects on what it means to create and build giant
0:39.5	moving machines from fire-breathing sea dragons to slumbering minotars and why the kind of
0:45.8	puppets she makes go way beyond entertainment. They can help reshape how people see their cities
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