SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.

GOLDEN MONOLITHS

Lille - France, 2025
SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.

This monumental intervention reconfigures the everyday perception of the public environment, turning industrial objects into totemic symbols that alter our understanding of space.
The street ceases to be a simple space of transit and becomes a ritual corridor, a passageway between monolithic columns that challenge the spectator to confront them. Passers-by, now active participants, find themselves immersed in a dialogue with these imposing volumes, which symbolize an era marked by circulation and commerce.


Originally conceived as utilitarian structures for global transportation and trade, the containers are decontextualized and coated in gold. Far from being a decorative gesture, this treatment converts their industrial purpose into an artistic resignification that oscillates between the functional and the symbolic.


SpY subverts the original identity of the containers through an installation that transforms the utilitarian into the mythological, in an exercise in spatial perception that invites reflection on the cult of consumption in modern society.

Commissioned by: Lille3000
Produced by Jonas Atelier
FIESTA Festival

GOLDEN MONOLITHS

Lille - France, 2025
Golden Monoliths de SpY transforma el paisaje urbano de la ciudad francesa de Lille mediante la instalación de catorce contenedores marítimos dorados en posición vertical, alineados a lo largo de su calle principal.

Esta intervención monumental re-configura la percepción cotidiana del entorno público, convirtiendo objetos industriales en símbolos totémicos que alteran nuestra comprensión del espacio. La calle deja de ser un simple espacio de tránsito para convertirse en un corredor ritual, un pasaje entre columnas monolíticas que desafían al espectador a enfrentarlas. Los transeúntes, ahora participantes activos, se ven inmersos en un diálogo con estos imponentes volúmenes, que simbolizan una era marcada por la circulación y el comercio.

Originalmente concebidos como estructuras utilitarias para el transporte y el comercio global, los contenedores son descontextualizados y revestidos de dorado. Lejos de ser un gesto decorativo, este tratamiento convierte su propósito industrial en una re-significación artística que oscila entre lo funcional y lo simbólico.

SpY subvierte la identidad original de los contenedores mediante una instalación que transforma lo utilitario en lo mitológico, en un ejercicio de percepción espacial que invita a reflexionar sobre el culto al consumo en la sociedad moderna.

Comisionado por: Lille3000
Producido por Jonas Atelier
Festival FIESTA
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.
Lille - France
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SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos
SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.
Lille - France
Photo: Ruben PBescos