Presentation
In our daily lives, our words escape us. They disappear before we even have time to hear them. No sooner said than gone. It goes too fast: it's the dizzying speed of sound. So when the opportunity arises for our sounds to come back to our ears, through that acoustic phenomenon known as echo, we can't resist the idea of playing them back and keeping the memory of our words alive. In these rare contexts, we carry the voice and take the time to listen to it dissipate into the distance.
"The idea for this
installation came to me in a dream and I've made it a reality"
Now it's your turn
The Fabrique de Souvenirs is a fun, interactive and
participatory installation that artificially recreates echo conditions. Made
from tubes of different cross-sections fitted with a sound system, it adapts
easily to the spaces it occupies.
The audience is invited to take hold of the Parlors (tubes topped with a mouthpiece) and whisper, shout, sing and produce a variety of sounds simultaneously. One hand tapping out a rhythm, another rubbing the surface of the tube, another happily whistling: in this way, a collective work is created that exists only for the time of the encounter, a sound poetics of ephemeral exchange where everyone can act and interact depending on where they are. It's worth noting that the Parlors are positioned at different heights, so that children and people with reduced mobility can also take part.
The focus is no longer on the disappearance of sound, but on
what is said and heard. An opportunity to listen and interact.
For added magic, the
sound system is not visible. Everything is carefully concealed and the speakers
are also camouflaged - only the equipment is visible.
Multiple forms
The Fabrique de Souvenirs is a device that can be easily
adapted to suit needs and constraints. Easy to transport, simple, light and
flexible, it can be customised to suit events and requirements. It can be set
up indoors or outdoors, be animated or operate independently, for a day, a
weekend, a month, etc. The Fabrique de Souvenirs is a co-constructed project.
A participatory workshop can also be set up to prepare the
pipe structures.
Here are two projects based around La fabrique de souvenirs :
The interactive concert
In this project, the Memory Factory is supplemented by kiosks with a variety of instruments and sound toys. Voice-distorting microphones are also available. The audience is given time to experience the collective creation of sound with the other participants. A musical improvisation is launched with no particular end in sight. Acting, trying something, meeting, exchanging, creating, imagining and taking risks are all possible and infinite forms of poetry. Here's a video preview:
Collecting words
In this form, the Memory Factory is enhanced by an urn and a notepad which are made available to all participants. This gives them the opportunity to write down what they want to say, but perhaps don't dare. A moment is set aside during the event for a public reading of all the words collected. The audience will have the chance to do the reading themselves. Like an echo, the words slipped into the ballot box are read out loud.
Also to be seen
Improvised music, concert and beatbox
Parc de la Gloriette, Tours
Square du Lait-de-mai, Nantes
Technical rider : Here
Contact
In charge of distribution // Sarah Urban
Information mail // contact.lesreveursdelune@gmail.com
Instagram // @lesreveursdelune