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Titre

Cleopatra – A Cappella

Date
2014

Durée
7 minutes and 48 seconds, looped

Matériau

HD synthetic voice singing a love song from Ancient Egypt translated in the nine extinct languages that Cleopatra used to speak: Ge’ez, Median, Ancient Greek, Arabic, Egyptian, Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, Troglodyte, Persian

Noting there were far fewer accounts of what Cleopatra sounded like than her astonishing beauty, Marguerite sought to synthetically re-create her voice. Underpinned by historical descriptions, Cleopatra – A Cappella is a breathy recital in dulcet tones that brings the Egyptian queen back to life.

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Titre

Cleopatra – A Cappella

Date
2014

Durée
7 minutes and 48 seconds, looped

Matériau

HD synthetic voice singing a love song from Ancient Egypt translated in the nine extinct languages that Cleopatra used to speak: Ge’ez, Median, Ancient Greek, Arabic, Egyptian, Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, Troglodyte, Persian

Noting there were far fewer accounts of what Cleopatra sounded like than her astonishing beauty, Marguerite sought to synthetically re-create her voice. Underpinned by historical descriptions, Cleopatra – A Cappella is a breathy recital in dulcet tones that brings the Egyptian queen back to life.

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Crédits

Sound works

Singer: Sarah Krebs; Voice synthesis: Machine Intelligence Laboratory, University of Cambridge (Pierre Lanchantin), and Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (Nicolas Obin and Charles Picasso)