"From Here to Ear"

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Video from the installation piece "From Here to Ear" by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Copenhagen Contemporary. Per the exhibitor's description:

In a Scandinavian landscape of sand and lyme grass, 88 zebra finches played experimental compositions on 17 electric guitars and basses. With the installation from here to ear v. 21, the French artist and composer Céleste Boursier-Mougenot transformed CC’s 600 m2 hall into a giant aviary where 44 zebra finch couples resided throughout the winter. Flying around freely, the birds settled on the strings of the instruments as if they were wires between city roofs or branches of a tree. The chirping of the finches and the sounds they made as their beaks and claws connected physically with the electric instruments filled the hall with ambient music. A live concert with no beginning or end.

Video captured by Out of Sync - Art in Focus, an art-centered channel on YouTube.