Marguerite Humeau, Bastien, A foetus is getting born, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Bastien, A foetus is getting born, 2016.
Title

Bastien, A foetus is getting born

Date
2016

Dimensions
62.3 × 77 × 137.1 cm (Including Stand) 24 1/2 × 30 1/4 × 54 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, sound

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Title

Bastien, A foetus is getting born

Date
2016

Dimensions
62.3 × 77 × 137.1 cm (Including Stand) 24 1/2 × 30 1/4 × 54 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, sound

(Sound)

The death throes of a matriarch elephant trigger an evolving chorus of voices around her, moving through sadness, melancholy, nostalgia, joy, love and amazement - as if her passage towards death were awakening new forms of emotion, language and consciousness in the group.

00 : 00 The Death of Echo, 2016 00 : 00

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Credits

Sound

Voice synthesis, sound design, orchestration: Pierre Lanchantin (Machine Intelligence Laboratory, University of Cambridge); Voices: Gideon Wagner and Ghizela Rowe