Issues of mechanical reproduction, unconscious art-making, and the beauty of chaos swirl about in Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s charming work. The themes are well-worn, but the approach is lighthearted and inviting. This French artist and composer has a knack for misusing everyday objects to create alarmingly organic music.
For instance: Boursiey-Mougenot once jerry-rigged a grand piano to play musical notes translated from the text being typed on a random laptop. He’s also attached harmonicas to the end of vacuum cleaners to create otherworldly, organ-like noises. In the video below, the artist placed an amplified guitar in the middle of a gallery and then allowed dozens of birds to perch upon its sensitive strings, resulting in some surprisingly listenable accidental drone!
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This is really neat!
That rocks!
You know, I’m stunned. Yes, they’re lighthearted, but the video, and the image just shattered me. Thank you, We Love You So (for this and so much else). Thank you, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot.
gorgeous…! i wander if the birds were tweeting in response to the amplified sounds they were accidently creating (by design!)?
So beautiful and so noisy, this birds may be talked Fred Birds… haha, that’s a joke. Thanks for this video.