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Gloup Splash Blup

Immersive sound installation (2022)
dur : ad. lib.

Electronics: 4 channels + headphones

First performance : May 20 and 21, 2022

at Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Paris 

Commissioned by : Ircam and the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris for the Chaire Supersonique 

In collaboration with visual artist Isadora Belletti. 

Gloup Splash Blup was created with sounds from various sources of marine life: fishes, shrimps, whales and seals, to name a few. They have been generously donated by various scientist and researches all around the globe.

About the piece

 

English 

 

Gloup Splash Blup is a sound installation that immerses us into an aquatic universe. Fish, mammals and crustaceans emit mostly unsuspected sounds. Indeed, these organisms rely on listening to find their way, find food, mate or even locate each other; each having a unique sound signature. The project highlights this soundscape that is kept hidden from us and offers visitors an experience of sound discovery.

To participate in the installation, the visitor is invited to lie down on a "fish boat" (made up of a metal structure, a fishing net hammock and a lamp) that refers to the abyssal anglerfish. Both the structure and the sound composition play with the idea of ​​comfort and menace, oscillating between pleasant and penetrating sounds; between the comfort of lying down and the hardness of the fishing net. The visitor therefore becomes a marine being who explores his environment but who must be alert at all times.

photo credit :  Isadora Belletti 

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Français (original) 

 

Gloup Splash Blup est une installation sonore immersive qui nous plonge dans un univers aquatique. Les poissons, les mammifères et les crustacés émettent des sons pour la plupart insoupçonnés. En effet, ces organismes comptent sur l’écoute pour se repérer, trouver de la nourriture, s’accoupler ou même se localiser, chacun ayant une signature sonore unique. Le projet met en évidence ce paysage sonore qui nous est caché et propose aux visiteurs une expérience de découverte sonore.

Pour participer à l'installation, le visiteur est invité à s'allonger sur un bateau-poisson composé par une structure en métal, un hamac en filet de pêche et une lampe qui fait référence à la baudroie abyssale. Tant la structure que la composition sonore jouent avec l'idée de confort et de menace, oscillant entre des sons agréables et pénétrants; entre le confort de s'allonger et la dureté du filet de pêche. Le visiteur devient donc un être marin qui explore son environnement mais qui doit être en alerte à tout moment.

Institutions and collaborators

Dr. Aaron Thode, UCSD and the Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Program; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research; Ana Sirovic, Texas A&M University at Galveston; Anthony Hawkins, Loughine Ltd.; Ari Daniel Shapiro and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Arthur Newhall, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Australian Antarctic Division; Bernd Würsig; Brady Doak, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland; Carrie Wall and David Mann, University of South Florida; Christine Gabriele, Glacier Bay National Park; Craig Radford, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland; James Locascio and David Mann, University of South Florida College of Marine Science; Jay Barlow and Shannon Rankin, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service; Jennifer L. Miksis Olds; Julia R. G. Dombroski, Syracuse University/Instituto Australis; Kendall Folkert, Jan Straley, and Aaron Thode; K.M. Stafford, University of Washington; Eric Parmentier, Laboratoire de Morphologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Liège Université; Marc Lammers; Mark McDonald; Peter M. Scheifele, University of Cincinnati Medical Center; Brittany Hook & Joshua Jones, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Sean Hayes, NMFS Salmon Ecology Group; Shannon Rankin - NOAA Federal; Sheila Patek; Stacy DeRuiter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Stephen Insley, University of Victoria; Dr. Sue Lowerre-Barbieri, University of Florida; Susan Parks, Syracuse University, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Steve Insley; Thomas R. Kieckhefer; Trudi Webster, University of Otago.

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