Ouverture, Choeur de l'aube n°1

2022
Cotton, led rgbic, sound composition - 77 min, site-specific dimension

Does the kingfisher retain all the reflections of the river?
There are those moments when everything stops. And the air is felt, the gaze is silent, the heart speaks and then the colors spring. There is no more time in this world: everything becomes one and then everything, again. It is so vast that even the song of a bird could not cover its extent. The sky is dressed in gold as silver, it can go to the purples or oranges. But we will never know the secret of its rhythms. Because it belongs to what we call "possible"


Immersed in the darkness, a fabric is stretched to the ceiling: a luminous window opens onto an infinite space that is covered in the colors of the sky at dawn, a soundtrack composed of the song of the 120 species of birds present in the territory of Cuneo (Italy) is broadcast at low volume.
The sound work was created in partnership with the Parc Gesso e Stura (Cuneo) and the naturalist Dario Olivero following a visit to the nature reserve "L'Oasi della Madonnina" (Sant'Albano Stura).

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List of the 120 birds species:
Anas platyrhynchos, Anas acuta, Circus cyaneus, Dendrocopos major, Anthus pratensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Parus major, Fringilla montifringilla, Tadorna tadorna, Gallinago gallinago, Aythya nyroca, Picus viridis, Prunella modularis, Cyanists caeruleus, Fringilla coelebs, Emberiza schoeniclus, Circaetus gallicus, Ardea cinerea, Milvus migrans, Porzana porzana, Tringa glareola, Tringa ochropus, Tringa erythropus, Hirundo rustica, Sterna hirundo, Ardea purpurea, Melanitta nigra, Platalea leucorodia, Circus aeruginosus, Falco naumanni, Porzana parva, Chlidonias hybrida, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Ficedula hypoleuca, Coracias garrulus, Pernis apivorus, Ardeola ralloides, Plegadis falcinellus, Phoenicopterus roseus, Falco vespertinus, Luscinia megarhynchos, Chlidonias niger, Lanius collurio, Gelochelidon nilotica, Tachybaptus ruficollis, Himantopus himantopus, Merops apiaster, Accipiter nisus, Fulica atra, Actitis hypoleucos, Apus apus, Certhia brachydactyla, Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Anthus campestris, Phalacrocorax carbo, Ixobrychus minutus, Podiceps cristatus, Falco tinnunculus, Gallinula chloropus, Charadrius dubius, Streptopelia turtur, Upupa epops, Acrocephalus palustris, Oriolus oriolus, Phasianus colchicus, Egretta garzetta, Phalacrocorax pygmeus, Pandion haliaetus, Falco subbuteo, Columba palumbus, Cuculus canorus, Motacilla alba, Hippolais polyglotta, Garrulus glandarius, Nycticorax nycticorax, Bubulcus ibis, Ciconia nigra, Anas clypeata, Podiceps nigricollis, Apus melba, Riparia riparia, Sylvia atricapilla, Aegithalos caudatus, Sturnus vulgaris, Buteo buteo, Vanellus vanellus, Tringa nebularia, Netta rufina, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Alcedo atthis, Motacilla cinerea, Cettia cetti, Remiz pendulinus, Saxicola rubicola, Anas crecca, Falco peregrinus, Aythya ferina, Rallus aquaticus, Grus grus, Larus michahellis, Turdus philomelos, Phylloscopus collybita, Carduelis carduelis, Carduelis spinus, Anas strepera, Mergus merganser, Botaurus stellaris, Aythya fuligula, Accipiter gentilis, Dendrocopos minor, Anthus spinoletta, Erithacus rubecula, Turdus merula, Lanius excubitor