Céleste Boursier-Mougenot | From Here to Ear

[@poplar1376]

Man i need a whole record of this

[@RCAvhstape]

2:20 a tuner clipped onto the guitar, for the birds, you know, in case they want to tune it.

[@GettingHyphy]

feel lucky to have seen this in person. such a cool idea and atmosphere to be immersed in

[@mateuszt6498]

The bird chilling out on the Thunderbird at 2:23 cracks me up every time.

[@davidjameschamberlain]

Typical bass player sleepin on the job

[@D_ytAcct]

Oh this is lovely

[@chrisdooks5903]

Saw this in Nantes yesterday and it was incredible

[@zebredpooding]

Awwww they are so cute. ☺️

[@youtoviewmusic6917]

Awesome

[@dormaettu302]

I really like this dude

[@BrunoG03-Vichy]

Ees a wok een progress!,!,,! 🤣 Only The French , but I love it.

[@luyaoliu3797]

cool

[@davidjameschamberlain]

Jesus them strings chonky. These finches djent

[@colpindidier5310]

2706 DES GUITARES POUR PERCHOIRS… Une musique aléatoire Sur un chemin qui ne l’est pas Vient nous offrir un répertoire L’étonnement nous tend les bras… Des mandarins d’un coup de patte - Experience à la Hendrix - Dans un réel qui se dilate Chantent le clair autant que Nyx… L’instinct les pousse et les dirige Dormant au nid puis s’envolant Puis se posant pour un prodige Où le son va batifolant… Où le son va dans l’innocence De ces oiseaux de leurs couleurs Pour un light-show nu sans défense Privant de voix les beaux-parleurs… Dans un émoi qui le déroute Le spectateur est en 3D Une splendeur soudain l’envoûte - Lui qui n’avait rien demandé -… L’Art est ici tout sauf farouche Comme un écho d’Ummagumma De Sysyphus ou de sa mouche Il s’affranchit de tout format… L’Art constamment doit nous surprendre Nous émouvoir - brisant le temps - C’est un bonheur qu’il sait répandre Dans des instants tous éclatants… L’Art est alors aussi céleste L’oiseau se mute en ménestrel Par la grandeur qu’il manifeste Il se révèle intemporel… Fait générateur : Visite à Nantes en septembre 18 d’une exposition abritant la volière de Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Nota : Ummagumma est nom du 4° album des Pink Floyd (1969). Les parties 2 et 3 du titre Sysyphus me sont spontanément venues à l’esprit en visitant cette exposition. Le vol d’une mouche est intégré au morceau Grantchester meadows. COLPIN Didier

[@richardd9938]

I'm an arts student, and I wanna ask everyone hear, do people think that is animal experimentation disguised as art? I mean a part of me finds the whole piece really beautiful and inspiring, but I can't help feeling its one of many examples where animals are just taken by humans and put into their exhibition space, with no consent or wilful collaboration from the animals. Genuinely would like to hear people's thoughts on this :)

[@jzocchio]

I think it's safe to say that in a country with serious official/constitutional environmental regulation it's not going to be simple for a similarly serious institution in collaboration with an artist to use animals in an installation, and that's why they'll most likely be fully secure and correct regarding the creatures. This is generally a faux-polemic that will always pop up when artists 'dare' to dialogue with this modern tradition (of dealing with animals in art). One hysterical example of this is the São Paulo Art Biennial of 2010, when there was a big crowd backlash against an installation (called "Bandeira Branca") that had two captive-bred vultures live together with sand sculptures inside a huge span characteristic of the building (somewhat similar to the one in the Guggenheim NY). Ignoring any art-related discussion that could come from the initial tension, some groups protested - "free the birds" -, broke into the grades, depredated the sculptures, attacked the artist, etc. The preoccupation just could have been legitimate if the work hadn't been already fully conformed to federal environmental law, authorized, and realized with free access by the specialists from the national institute of natural resources during the construction and exhibition of the work. The birds, captive-bred, were actually enjoying a space larger than the one from which they were commissioned, and were continuously monitored and cared by the experts - for less than one week, until the "activist" pressure forced a populist early closing of the installation.

[@steveoath]

New radiohead album? ? ?

[@midinerd]

close your eyes visualize andy kaufman

[@kathynordskog5460]

That's cold😂I was thinking how beautiful the French language sounds 💙🐦🌿

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

get a fantastic jazz drummer in there and see what the birds play along...

[@AbdiYohan]

Not enough views on this at all...