Marguerite Humeau, Gisant II, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Gisant II, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Gisant II, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Jean, An elephant watching the scene with a sense of wonder, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Jean, An elephant watching the scene with a sense of wonder, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Jean, An elephant watching the scene with a sense of wonder, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Pierre, An elephant engineered to be happy, 2016.
Marguerite Humeau, Pierre, An elephant engineered to be happy, 2016.
Titre

Jean, An elephant watching the scene with a sense of wonder

Date
2016

Dimensions
188.2 × 104.9 × 162.1 cm 74 1/8 × 41 1/4 × 63 7/8 in. (Including Stand)

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, nylon, powder-coated metal stand

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Titre

Jean, An elephant watching the scene with a sense of wonder

Date
2016

Dimensions
188.2 × 104.9 × 162.1 cm 74 1/8 × 41 1/4 × 63 7/8 in. (Including Stand)

Matériau

Polyurethane foam, white paint, nylon, powder-coated metal stand

(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