Marguerite Humeau, Enid, A female engineered to cry out of sadness, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Enid, A female engineered to cry out of sadness, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Enid, A female engineered to cry out of sadness, 2016. Nottingham Contemporary
Titre

Enid, A female engineered to cry out of sadness

Date
2016

Dimensions
291.8 × 248.3 × 337 cm (Including stand) 114 7/8 × 97 3/4 × 132 5/8 in.

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, silicone, nylon, artificial tear drop system and reservoir in glass, depressant hormones powder, 3 drops of elephant tears sourced in Thailand, water, water pumps, powder-coated metal stand, sound

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Titre

Enid, A female engineered to cry out of sadness

Date
2016

Dimensions
291.8 × 248.3 × 337 cm (Including stand) 114 7/8 × 97 3/4 × 132 5/8 in.

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, acrylic parts, silicone, nylon, artificial tear drop system and reservoir in glass, depressant hormones powder, 3 drops of elephant tears sourced in Thailand, water, water pumps, 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