Swarm (Essaim)

by Félix Blume
2021

Swarm sound installation is composed by 250 small speakers, each one reproducing the sound of a flying bee. Suspended in the exhibition space, those sonic devices offer us several listening experiences ranging from the group to the individual. The visitor is invited to approach those small beings and become part of the swarm, in an immersive sonic experience with the bees. It’s then possible to listen to those voices as many individual testimonies by these workers that tend to get unnoticed.

In-situ experience
Other
Suitable for all audiences
Without dialogue
Update : 15/05/2024
Essaim at Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Fr, 2021)
Essaim, Domaine de Keguéhennec (Fr, 2021)
Essaim, exhibition at Marseille (2021)
Essaim, exhibition at Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Fr, 2021)
Essaim, exhibition during Festival Maintenant (Rennes, Fr, 2021)
Essaim, exhibition during Métaboles (Marseille, Fr, 2021)
Essaim, exhibition at Musée Réattu (Fr, 2022) (Léo Aupetit)
Essaim, exhibition during Campo Base (It, 2022)
Essaim, exhibition during Sonic Acts Amsterdam (Nl, 2021) (Amie Galbraith)
Essaim, exhibition at EKKM (Tallin, Ee, 2023) (Paul Kuimet)
Essaim, exhibition during Donau Festival (Au, 2023) (Sascha Osaka)
Essaim, exhibition at Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Fr, 2021)
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Exhibitions: Jeanne Barret (Marseille, Fr, 2021), Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Vannes, Fr, 2021), Festival Maintenant! (Rennes, Fr, 2021), Wilde Westen (Kortrijk, Be, 2021), Biennale Une 5ème Saison (Aix en Provence, Fr, 2022), Hear Here (Leuven, Be, 2022), Musée Réattu (Arles, Fr, 2022), Campo Base Festival (Val d’Ossola, It, 2022), Sonic Acts (Amsterdam, Nl, 2022),  Donau Festival (Krems, Au, 2023), Sonic Protest (Paris, Fr, 2023), Abbaye de l’Escaladieu (Tarbes, Fr, 2023), Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (Tallinn, Ee, 2023),

Press: Point Contemporain (Fr), Anonymal TV (Fr), Radio Canal B Rennes (Fr), Meeting with Félix Blume during Maintenant festival at Rennes (Fr), Swarm presented in Kortrijk during the exhibition Sound Art in Public Spaces (Be), We Make Money Not Art (En), Immédiats (Fr), Contemporanéité de l’Art (Fr), Neo2 (Es),

Production: D.D.A Contemporary Art (Constance Juliette Meffre)
Co-production: M2F Créations / Lab Gamerz, Domaine de Kerguéhennec & Musée Reáttu
Participation of DICRéAM (CNC)
Collaboration with beekeeper Dominique Hardouin and 250 bees
Conception of the recording studio and the sonic devices: Grégoire Lauvin
Conception of the sonic devices version 2: Guillaume Stagnaro
Assistant: Arthur Thomas
Assistant for the installation: Louis-Marie Ropars and Félix Neumann
Post-Production Assistants: César González, Alejandro Díaz
Coordination and technical riders: Ana Medina
Many thanks to Luce Moreau, Paul Destieu, Sara Lana, Cleo Verstrepen, Andres Blume, Marie-Christine Cabanas, Guillaume Stagnaro, Thomas Hardouin, Lucas Compagnoni, Louis-Marie Ropars, Eric Mezan and Yoav Yaron.
Pictures: Yoav Yaron, Constance Juliette Meffre, Luce Moreau, Arthur Thomas, Louis-Marie Ropars and Félix Blume.

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In-situ experience
Experience
Terms
Multi-users
Interactivity
Linear
Capacity
From 1 to 30 people
Audience
Categories
Suitable for all audiences
Minimum age
4 years
Accessibility
Suitable for visitors with developmental and learning disabilities, Suitable for people with reduced mobility
Prices
Languages
Original language
Without dialogue
Dubbing
Subtitles
Team
Interpreter
no
Public outreach
no
Technician
yes
Material
Equipment
Other
Minimum space required
de 20 m 2 à 200 m 2
Internet connection
Not required to broadcast the artwork
Awards
Programming
Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Individual Exhibition in 2024) Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Mexico), 2024
Novas Frequências Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 2024
Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia Tallinn (Estonia), 2023
Donau Festival Krems (Austria), 2023
Biennale une 5ème saison Musée des tapisseries (Aix en Provence) (France), 2022
Hear Here Stuk (Leuven) (Belgium), 2022
L'écoute Essaimée Musée Réattu (Arles) (France), 2022
Festival Maintenant Electronik (Rennes) (France), 2021
Voyage Sonore Domaine de Kerguéhennec (France), 2021
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Direction
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Composition and sound design
Grégoire Lauvin
G S
Composition and sound design
Guillaume Stagnaro
Production-distribution
Broadcasting
Félix Blume
D
Production
D.D.A Contemporary Art
M
Production
M2F Créations - Lab Gamerz
 
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