Marguerite Humeau, Echo, A matriarch engineered to die, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Echo, A matriarch engineered to die, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Echo, A matriarch engineered to die, 2016.
Titre

Echo, A matriarch engineered to die

Date
2016

Dimensions
115 × 110 × 450 cm 45 1/4 × 43 1/4 × 177 1/8 in. Including plinth and bench: 172 × 220 × 610 cm 67 3/4 × 86 5/8 × 240 1/8 in.

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, glass artificial heart, water pumps, water, potassium chloride, powder-coated metal stand, sound

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Titre

Echo, A matriarch engineered to die

Date
2016

Dimensions
115 × 110 × 450 cm 45 1/4 × 43 1/4 × 177 1/8 in. Including plinth and bench: 172 × 220 × 610 cm 67 3/4 × 86 5/8 × 240 1/8 in.

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, latex, silicone, nylon, glass artificial heart, water pumps, water, potassium chloride, 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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Sound

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