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Title

Emmett, a male in artificial oestrus showing highly visible signs of aggressivity

Date
2016

Dimensions
300 × 202 × 392 cm (Including plinth and bench) 118 1/8 × 79 1/2 × 154 3/8 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, silicone, glass container, artificial black must, water pump, water, nylon, powder-coated metal stand, sound

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Title

Emmett, a male in artificial oestrus showing highly visible signs of aggressivity

Date
2016

Dimensions
300 × 202 × 392 cm (Including plinth and bench) 118 1/8 × 79 1/2 × 154 3/8 in.

Material

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, silicone, glass container, artificial black must, water pump, water, 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