Pling Klang

Avenue Georges Brassens, Saint-Brévin-les-Pins

As a couple assembling a flat-pack piece of furniture: banal? Not so much! Étienne Manceau and Mathieu Despoisse turn this intimate challenge into an acrobatic playground, a material for thinking about the mechanics of a romantic relationship, between DIY, humor and confidences. Getting your feet caught in the screws that roll, getting your head tangled in the manuals that resist, you know the feeling. Étienne Manceau and Mathieu Despoisse have one goal: to assemble this IKEA shelf and hang it on the wall. Laughter, clashes, and even reconciliation — they question the couple as a social inven…