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« Opus 2 - The whispers » - 2008 -

 

Sound installation

 

Sound and video installation presenting itself as a kind of "aviary", sound device, musical (electro-acoustic) and video for 7 canaries.

A video film "The Whispers" made in China in black and white, 15 minutes is projected looping on the wall / screen of the showroom. The discontinuous soundtrack (sound composition made from speech-language recordings, whistles of the earth and metronome) accompanies, envelops and structures the whole installation.

Seven canaries living in freedom, live in the "aviary" and interpret in real time a musical composition and sound random. The singing canaries move freely in the projection and broadcast room, they play with the strings amplified by posing indifferently on one or the other of the lines. Their movements trigger sounds and notes in real time and their shadow on the film constitute musical notes (alive).

This projected score is random and allows to read an "arrangement" of notes written in real time, which appear and disappear according to the movements of the singers. Their songs mingle with the soundtrack of the film (words whistled, whistles of the earth, sounds of liquid flows).

 

 “space musical range” : Five metal cables are stretched in the exhibition space, at equal intervals to the image of a musical range or a guitar string set. This range, lines of partition, projects itself in shadow in the film by splitting itself visually. The strings are amplified by patch microphones attached to the cables. When the birds land on the strings, their movements and movements trigger a sound on a sampler. The five amplified strings are connected to a digital mixer and then sent back to a computer that processes the audio signal in real time via the Max MSP software (Ircam). The sounds produced are then amplified and diffused in real time in space and constitute a musical composition random and infinite.

The exhibition space is transformed into an instrument thanks to the amplified string device. This interactive instrument invites the viewer to experiment and play with the strings. Visitors are invited to explore the sound space of the birds' territory and to experience the three-dimensional space of a musical and linguistic partition where the language mixes with its melody.