IFO Birdcage,Identified Flying object,was designed in 2011 for a Relay art program,
in London, initiated by Michael Pinsky artist and Stephanie Delcroix, curator.
The cage was to be part of an urban perimeter margin, in the making, adjacent to the Saint Pancras and King 'cross stations
emblematic in London.
Inspired by an industrial steel architecture, which remained on the site, from the late nineteenth periods, such as the German Gymnasium,
nowadays became a restaurant in Square Pancras, the cage structure designed, was reminiscent of the training ropes thrown into the sky of the sports hall Gymnasium, through its integrated swing to capture the public.
In addition, its design was largely inspired by the majestic old steel gas pipelines, cylindrical shaped, present on the site before the reconstruction of the district and its new urban axis.
This light installation, suspended in the air by the crane present on the site, accompanied its development and was a nomadic installation on the major urban renewal site from 2011 to 2013.
It ended its run on Pancras Square, in the heart of the two stations, like a gear creating a symbolic and urban link between the two stations.
Initially programmed for two years, it was eventually adopted by London and became a highly visited perennial facility.
The luminous rainbow, dressing it at night, evoked this cage that floated in the winds, and letting the bird pass freely, when it was suspended between heaven and earth, to come and capture the convivial moments and the passer-by, enjoying the urban kiosk.
