Marguerite Humeau, Edwina, Amelia, Antonia, Three females which larynges that have gone down, allowing them to sing in an almost articulated language, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Edwina, Amelia, Antonia, Three females which larynges that have gone down, allowing them to sing in an almost articulated language, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Edwina, Amelia, Antonia, Three females which larynges that have gone down, allowing them to sing in an almost articulated language, 2016.
Title

Edwina, Amelia, Antonia, Three females which larynges that have gone down, allowing them to sing in an almost articulated language

Date
2016

Dimensions
279.2 × 193.4 × 230.4 cm (Including Stand) 109 7/8 × 76 1/8 × 90 3/4 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, powder-coated metal stand, sound

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Title

Edwina, Amelia, Antonia, Three females which larynges that have gone down, allowing them to sing in an almost articulated language

Date
2016

Dimensions
279.2 × 193.4 × 230.4 cm (Including Stand) 109 7/8 × 76 1/8 × 90 3/4 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, powder-coated metal stand, 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