Sound installation at Fondation LUMA Arles (2018)

After a week immersed in the wetlands of Camargue, near Arles, France, I created this soundscape for an exhibition at the LUMA foundation Ateliers, where artists re-invented ways of using local materials and resources –salt, sand, stones, plants all harvested from less than five kilometers away. Their work was presented in a 5-day festival, which started with an edible installation based on forgotten edible weeds like salicorne and wild mustard.

The atmospheric piece provided visitors with a subtle experience of life cycles in the sansouïre wetlands: dawn choruses, afternoon siestas, and evening frenzies. The recordings were made during an ornithology workshop led by the audio naturalist Bernard Fort (also known as the hermit thrush), and organised by Phonurgia Nova.

“Bruits blancs, bruits roses sur le sol salé de la sansouïre.”

Sansouïre • May 2018.
installation at the LUMA Ateliers, Arles
in collaboration with Fanny Pelegrin