Vernissage of the Sound Gallery #3: "Luwe tom - The flutes". Opening of Sound Gallery #3. Creation by Matthias Lewy and Axiwae Apalai. Lobby (-1), MEG, Friday 20 September, 6.30pm.
Venerdì 20 settembre 2024, 18:30 Passato
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©D.Schoepf
This space presents works of sound art broadcast by a multi-channel sound system (eight loudspeakers installed in the ceiling) providing an immersive and collective listening experience. The works, broadcast in turn over a period of several months, are compositions specially created for the Sound Gallery, addressing contemporary themes. What they all have in common is that they incorporate extracts from recordings from the four corners of the world, produced at different times and preserved in the MEG's sound archives (Archives internationales de musique populaire). "Luwe tom - The flutes" is a sound tale based on a collective project initiated eight years ago, centred on recordings made in the 1980s by ethnologist Daniel Schoepf among the Aparai-Wayana people of Amazonia.
These recordings are at the heart of a network of connections between humans, animals, plants, spirits and even various Western institutions (the MEG, the Musée des Confluences, and research teams in Paris and Basel). In this way, these recorded sounds can be seen as entities endowed with a power: that of bringing together, exchanging and transmitting the importance of sound and hearing in Amazonia. The sound tale features Dondon, the main voice of the recordings, and her brother, who take part in an initiation ritual involving physical, spiritual and musical tests linked to animals. It explores their dreams, memories and the deep connection between initiates, animal spirits and ancestral rituals.
"Luwe tom - The flutes", 2024
Vernissage de la Galerie sonore #3 : "Luwe tom - les flûtes". Vernissage de la Galerie sonore #3. Création par Matthias Lewy et Axiwae Apalai. Foyer du MEG (-1) .Vendredi 20 septembre 18h30.
Venerdì 20 settembre 2024, 18:30 Passato
Questo evento include sistemazioni accessibili Disabilità motoria
©D.Schoepf
Cet espace présente des œuvres d’art sonore diffusées par un système de son multicanal (huit haut-parleurs installés au plafond) permettant une expérience d’écoute immersive et collective. Les œuvres, diffusées tour à tour pendant quelques mois, sont des compositions spécialement créées pour la Galerie sonore qui abordent des thématiques contemporaines. Toutes ont en commun d’intégrer des extraits d’enregistrements provenant des quatre coins du monde, produits à différentes époques et conservés dans les archives sonores du MEG (Archives internationales de musique populaire).
Luwe tom - les flûtes, 2024
